Recent content by PDC

Looking for a Seymour Duncan Little ‘59 Neck - actually 2 of them: one White and one Black. Plenty listed on Reverb, but prefer to buy from a forum member, if anyone has one they are willing to part with. Reply here or PM me. Thank You!

So after mastering the extremely simple art of magnet swapping, I found myself swapping magnets just for the sake of swapping magnets. It was a lot of fun - and pretty darned informative. I learned quite a bit about the subtle - and not so subtle - differences that various magnets make on...

Anybody have one they aren’t using???

A while back I ran into a very informative and helpful thread listing all the Duncan offerings that were essentially the same wind with different magnets. Now I cannot seem to find that thread for the life of me. The search function either yields 0 results - or 10 pages worth of threads. Is...

Has anyone here on the forum tried both the Duncan 78 and the Jalen 78 (maybe even in the same guitar?) and have any thoughts on how similar or dis-similar the two actually are? I've got a guitar that came with the Jalen 78 - and while it sounds great to my ears (having never played a guitar...

Quick review of the EMG Fat 55. Very, very cool pickup with lots of low/moderate output passive pickup vibe. I had previously tried a Hot 70 (Ceramic Magnet) and found it to be unbearably ‘muddy’ on the low end. That was right before I went back to passives for all but 2 of my guitars. I had...

Does anyone know what size the pole pieces are in the 'Little' Humbucker line - or a source for replacements?

Some time ago, I went from decades of EMGs back to all passives. I’m still having a great time - but windings, and DC Resistance and magnet types can contribute to OCD. Before switching back to passives, I had gravitated toward the EMG 57 because - to my ears at least - it sounded noticeable...

I have read that the mis-matched coils of the 59/Custom Hybrid makes it prone to noise & buzzing. I never realized how much until I played my 59/Custom equipped guitar back to back with my regular ‘Custom’ equipped guitar. The buzz in the 59/Custom Hybrid had nothing to do with whether or not...

Re: Let’s see those Marshall Amps Modded or Clones Re: Let’s see those Marshall Amps Modded or Clones Black Splawn is a ‘Fully Loaded’ 50 Watt Nitro. Purple is a ‘Fully Loaded’ 50 Watt QR. the heads on the 2x12 are both Mark Abrahamian ‘Rockstah’ builds.

I recently swapped out all of my plug-n-play EMGs for an assortment of Jalens and Duncans. All went well. I understand all of the basic principles of wiring and soldering. (Been playing and slapping guitars together for decades.) Not claiming to always make the ‘prettiest’ connections - but...

Accomplished my first magnet swap and really dig the result. After lots of ‘pickup go round’ in my various guitars, I find myself gravitating toward the Custom wind. But found that the stock offerings all seem to have a bit too much of something and not quite enough of something else. The...

Really weird experience. I just had 2 different pots - one SD YJM and an EVH each short out on me. After multiple checks, re-checks and re-re-checks, I found that on each pot, the tab where the hot pickup lead is attached was loose. I could wiggle it to get full signal or dead silence. Any pots...

Picking a ‘Little’ Pickup Short version: Between the Little ‘78, the Little ‘59 and the Little Screamin’ Demon, which pickup is the brightest / hottest? Which one has bigger / tighter bottom? Talkin’ bridge versions. Long version: I have a pair of strats. One is alder and has a very...

Love for the SH/TB-14 “Custom 5” Just wanted to post some love for the SH/TB-14 “Custom 5” pickup. Lots of mixed reviews on the forum. Without doubt, pickups are SO dependent on the guitar, the amp and the player. LOTS of variables to consider. I had recently made the switch to passive...