Sentient color & pole pieces/screws?

[moshuajusic]

It's hard to tell from the pics. Is the Sentient glossy or matte black? And are the pole pieces the usual chrome (or do they call it nickel)? They kinda look black in pics.

[dave74]

Re: Sentient color & pole pieces/screws?

matte black and black-nickel I think maybe

[Bowtomecha]

Re: Sentient color & pole pieces/screws?

Here’s my stock sentient 7. The poles are not a flat black, more like a black chrome. The pickup coils are a matte black, like a stealth black color.

Here’s my Pegasus 7 which has the exact same color scheme as the sentient. I replaced the stock fillister pole screws with black oxide hex screws that are a standard flat black. You can see the contrast.

[Bowtomecha]

Re: Sentient color & pole pieces/screws?

My Pegasus looks tight with the hex pole pieces. Again this and the sentient come in the same color scheme stock.

[Mincer]

Re: Sentient color & pole pieces/screws?

Keep in mind, it can be ordered in a variety of colors through the Shop Floor Custom program.

[Ascension]

Re: Sentient color & pole pieces/screws?

Keep in mind, it can be ordered in a variety of colors through the Shop Floor Custom program.

Can be but never seen one with normal polls. Have 3 2 matt black one zebra matt and all 3 have the black chrome polls. Always have thought Duncan has made a huge mistake in making these look so different from the rest of their line as they are a super versatile neck pickup. IMO maybe the most versatile that Duncan has. The looks will limit that market for this pickup however as does how Duncan is marketing these as for metal only has.

[Mincer]

Re: Sentient color & pole pieces/screws?

Can be but never seen one with normal polls. Have 3 2 matt black one zebra matt and all 3 have the black chrome polls. Always have thought Duncan has made a huge mistake in making these look so different from the rest of their line as they are a super versatile neck pickup. IMO maybe the most versatile that Duncan has. The looks will limit that market for this pickup however as does how Duncan is marketing these as for metal only has.

There just isn't that many custom ones in the wild. But they can look like anything we currently make. The point is just because all of the marketing makes it look one way, doesn't mean it always has to be that exact way.

[Ascension]

Re: Sentient color & pole pieces/screws?

There just isn't that many custom ones in the wild. But they can look like anything we currently make. The point is just because all of the marketing makes it look one way, doesn't mean it always has to be that exact way.

Understand and in most cases I would agree but it this case do not. IMO the Sentient neck is one of the single most usable and versatile neck pickups in the entire Duncan and may be THE most versatile. Have run most of them in something at some point over the years. Clean it's sweet full and warm without being muddy, crunched its defined clear and fat for solo sings. Covers about any style you throw at it well plus so far has been the absolute best neck bucker split with a single coil that I have yet used. To cosmetically produce it with a look that pins it to the metal crowd then market it also to pretty much just that crowd I see as a HUGE mistake. Makes more traditional players like myself have to pay more to get a pickup that looks like most of the rest of the Duncan line as a CS or Floor Custom.

[Ascension]

Re: Sentient color & pole pieces/screws?

Since there are few floor custom Sentient Zebras out in the wild here is mine in my Carvin ST 300 with a Hybrid Trembucker bridge.

[moshuajusic]

Re: Sentient color & pole pieces/screws?

Thanks. �� Looks like I'd have to go with a floor shop custom to match the bridge pickup in looks. Hopefully it's not that much more expensive than stock.

[Mincer]

Re: Sentient color & pole pieces/screws?

No, it isn't a big upcharge. You do have to order it from an SD dealer, though.

[Ascension]

Re: Sentient color & pole pieces/screws?

No, it isn't a big upcharge. You do have to order it from an SD dealer, though.

Yep this one came from Banjo Mikes he normally stocks a number of floor custom pickups.
Like this one https://www.ebay.com/itm/Seymour-Dun...IAAOSwf15aaf9R.
Recommended seller and have had FANTASTIC customer support from them.

[dave74]

Re: Sentient color & pole pieces/screws?

Yep this one came from Banjo Mikes he normally stocks a number of floor custom pickups.
Like this one https://www.ebay.com/itm/Seymour-Dun...IAAOSwf15aaf9R.
Recommended seller and have had FANTASTIC customer support from them.

Bravo to his ebay store's structure. It's so easy to surf his stock compared to other retailers. You can quickly narrow the search in many ways.

[Ascension]

Re: Sentient color & pole pieces/screws?

Bravo to his ebay store's structure. It's so easy to surf his stock compared to other retailers. You can quickly narrow the search in many ways.

Yep and here is a testimony to his CS.
I bought a Perpetual Burn from him that came in sealed or supposedly sealed but had been soldered in before. I hit the ebay site informed them that it has been soldered in before but since the pickup was flawless and the leads had never been cut there was no problem I was just informing them. An hour later Mike himself CALLED ME on my cell personally! Was both concerned, apologetic and dead serious about finding out how that could have happened. We talked for a little super cool guy and I never ever have forgotten that. Now if I buy a pickup off ebay it will be from them unless he just doesn't have what I need in stock at the time.