mlowry@ms.uky.edu ( Mark A. Lowry ) (12/12/89)
OK, we all know the story about replacing pickups. Well, now here's my question to all fellow guitarists. I'm wanting to replace the pickups in my guitar over to one model or another of Seymour Duncan. I have 1 Humbucker and 2 Singles Coils in a custom built Aria Pro II. I'm looking for a Duncan pickup with very high output with a little more 'bight' to it. I've been looking at the JB and Custom, Custom for my humbucker...And yes, I have double-locking tremelo bar. Do any of you people out there have any recomendations on which is a good Duncan to get?? Might be worthy of note that my styles range from jazz/blues to primarily rock. Feel free to e-mail me or post here, whatever you choose.. Thanx in advance!! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | Mark A. Lowry "People livin in competition, | | mlowry@ms.uky.edu All I want is to have my | | mlowry@UKMA.BITNET {rutgers,uunet}!ukma!mlowry Peace of mind." | | cs.dept.lowry.m@ukpr.uky.edu ---Tom Scholz | +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
pete@wlbr.IMSD.CONTEL.COM (Pete Lyall) (12/13/89)
I have been happily using the Seymour Duncan Hot-Rails in both neck
and bridge positions on my strat for 2 years. The HR's are extremely
high output (thin wire & incredible number of windings), but lack a
little of the screechy-scratchy brightness of a full humbucking...
they're smoother. I almost replaced the bridge pickup will a full
humbucker for that reason, but decided I loved the tone too much to
screw it up, and bought a Charvel 475 guitar for a sharper edged
humbucker tone.
As an aside, the Charvel 475 is a truly amazing beast. This is the
update of the popular model 4. It is two single coils and a humbucker,
but that's only the start of the story. The pickups are active Jackson
pickups with the coil split electronics. The controls are volume,
tone, and a coil balance knob that rotates between extremes on the
coil splits (i.e. 1 coil, both coils, or anywhere in between). On the
humbucker, the stacked sound is truly the 'metal' sound of today,
although it can be softened by external EQ (I use a quadraverb), or
rolling off the onboard treble control (it works!) a notch or two. The
single sound is a bitey strat bridge pickup.
When playing cleanly, the two single coils are the best I have ever
heard. They are fat, rich, and have great across the board frequency
response. Like the 'bucker, they are also subject to the coil knob,
which takes them all the way from great Fender'esque throaty single
coils to near-humbuckings. The tones are very rich and clear (usually
mutually exclusive).
The trem system is a Floyd liscensed unit (Kahler?), which is great
to play, but per standard Floyd modus operandi a bitch to tune. At
least it stays in tune once you get it there. (Note: I'm used to a
cam-based Washburn Wonderbar on the strat, thus the bias).
Pete
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