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Is there any direct comparisons between some vintage 80's Duncan and the modern day version of the same pickups? There is so much conjecture that the old ones sounded better or were made better. Is there any truth to this? Thanks

I popped the A5 back into my '78 today and wired it back into my guitar and now the pickup is completely dead. I don't know how I did it. The coils are not exposed and the wires connecting the coils seem to still be soldered together. Anyone know how I can use a multimeter to confirm whether I...

Hey guys, I just threw together a new parts guitar. It is a late 70's Charvel body made of hard ash, supposedly what eddie's Frankie guitar was made out of. The body weighs 5.25 lbs. I have a Floyd Rose off of a 1983 Kramer Pacer and the Floyd has the brass big block upgrade. The neck is a...

Hey guys, I know there is a mega thread on this and I have read through it twice, but I'm still not sure if I can pull this off. can I make a C5/59 hybrid if my C5 is 4 conductor and my 59 has the braided, single conductor wire? If so..... what do I do with the extra wires? Thanks a ton. These...

I have the above mentioned four pickups in four of my guitars. Three of them are identical guitars with alder bodies. The Duncan EVH pickup is in a mahogany bodied guitar so it is not an exact comparison on the EVH. These were all recorded on the same night, right before the Lakers game was...