Hi all,
I’m thinking on buying a set of Jeff Loomis Blackouts for one of my “Swamp Ash” guitars. I usually go for a set of Duncan Distortions or Nazgul/Sentient (tried the Black Winters 2 times but they keep sounding to me kind of harsh/too bright).
While I was looking to buy the Jeff Loomis set (have it in my checkout cart) I looked for some photos and I realized that in the back of the pickups it says :
Bridge Pickup : Blackouts TB6 Differential Preamp
Neck Pickup : Blackouts HB6 Single Ended Preamp
So that caught my attention a lot, and started to think about what does that mean ?. I think we all can agree that this set and the duality set lack of information in the web compared to other models like regular Blackouts or the whole passive pickup arsenal.
Wanted to ask you. Does anyone know if that means the Jeff Loomis Blackouts are based on the Duncan Distortion set but with alnico V magnets and an active preamp ?
There’s only a handful of videos testing this pickups on YouTube, and besides the 2 videos from Jeff Loomis, the other 3-4 videos from users lack of sound quality.
Has anyone tried/used them extensively enough already to mention if they do sound like a set of Distortions with a twist ?
I’m thinking on buying a set of Jeff Loomis Blackouts for one of my “Swamp Ash” guitars. I usually go for a set of Duncan Distortions or Nazgul/Sentient (tried the Black Winters 2 times but they keep sounding to me kind of harsh/too bright).
While I was looking to buy the Jeff Loomis set (have it in my checkout cart) I looked for some photos and I realized that in the back of the pickups it says :
Bridge Pickup : Blackouts TB6 Differential Preamp
Neck Pickup : Blackouts HB6 Single Ended Preamp
So that caught my attention a lot, and started to think about what does that mean ?. I think we all can agree that this set and the duality set lack of information in the web compared to other models like regular Blackouts or the whole passive pickup arsenal.
Wanted to ask you. Does anyone know if that means the Jeff Loomis Blackouts are based on the Duncan Distortion set but with alnico V magnets and an active preamp ?
There’s only a handful of videos testing this pickups on YouTube, and besides the 2 videos from Jeff Loomis, the other 3-4 videos from users lack of sound quality.
Has anyone tried/used them extensively enough already to mention if they do sound like a set of Distortions with a twist ?
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