Recent content by SweetClyde99

I heard a comparison between the Black Winter and a Dimarzio Super Distortion today, and I actually preferred the Black Winter in most of the samples, which surprised me because I’m a big fan of the Super D. My problem is that I haven’t gotten along with some of the ceramic and A8 pickups I’ve...

I have an HH Gibson Les Paul Special with a Super Distortion in this bridge. I really like it for high gain rhythm tones, but I have several guitars with hybrid/mismatched coils, and I’ve gotten really used to the extra harmonic content those sorts of pickup lend to lead parts and single note...

Just wondering if anyone has had a chance to compare these two pickups. On paper, it l seems like they’d have a fair amount in common—A5, mismatched coils, reasonably close resistance—but I know those specs don’t provide the full picture. I’m mostly interested in how they compare under a lot of...

I just half-aired a Tone Zone a week ago, and I really like what it did for that pickup in that guitar. I was just curious if anyone has tried doing the same to any other pickups they found to be too thick and high output. The JB and Custom Custom seem like they might be good candidates from...

I have an Air Norton lying around that didn’t do much for me as a neck pickup, and I’ve been thinking about converting it to a regular Norton to try in the bridge of another guitar. I couldn’t find much info on de-airing one of these online, but I opened up the pickup, and it looks like the air...

I just dropped my third Super Distortion into a guitar, and I have no regrets. I usually find that when I really like a pickup in one guitar, it just happens to work in that guitar, and I’m not guaranteed to like it in the next guitar, but this pickup just seems to be working for me right now...

I have a black Dimarzio Breed in very good condition that I’d like to trade for a black Dimarzio Super Distortion.

My HSS Strat has been something of a problem child for me for a while. I’m primarily a Les Paul player, and I practically never play anything other than the bridge position with a humbucker in it, but I really like the weight, ergonomics, and neck and this guitar, and I love the aesthetics, so...

I impulse bought a Suhr SSH+, and I’m trying to figure out what I should do with it. I’ve heard these do pretty well in Les Pauls, unlike JBs, which are supposed to be in the same ballpark. Does anyone have any experience with with an SSH+ in a Gibson? On a related note, if anyone knows how...

Looking for a used Seymour Duncan PATB-1. I have a few other pickups around if you’re interested in trading too.

Has anyone compared these two? It seems like they’d be in the same ballpark given how I usually hear them described. I have and really like the PATB-1, and I’m thinking a Perpetual Burn should be next on my list. SD’s website shows the PATB-1 being a bit hotter, which makes sense, but the EQ...

I’ve got a couple of pickups that I’ve made hybrids out of or otherwise modded that are now wrapped in electrical tape because the original tape was more or less ruined in the process. Electrical tape looks cheap and tacky, but I haven’t had much luck tracking down any tape similar to what...

This forum was kind enough to turn me on to the Dimarzio Breed when I was looking for something similar to but distinct from a Tone Zone, and the Breed was a perfect fit for my HH Tele. I liked it so much, I put a second one in an HSS Strat, but it’s quite a bit darker in this guitar (it...

I have a couple of UOA5s on the way—one to try in a Custom 8 and the other to try in a PATB-1 if I like it in the Custom 8–and I have been reading up on them a lot. There are a lot of rave reviews of them out there, but most are from years ago, when they first became available to forum members...

I got a new Les Paul that came stock with a Burstbucker 3 in the bridge. I like it a lot more than I expected, but with high gain it’s a bit soft in the lows and it’s lower output than all my other humbuckers, making some adjustments necessary when I switch guitars. On paper, it seems like an...