As I recently posted, it seems SD quietly released a 6-string production version of the Wes Hauch "Jupiter" humbucker set this month.
Well, I'm proud to say that I am the first to get my hands on them!
Let me tell you...these things are sexy! Truly a "Dimebucker" set for the new millennium!
Bridge DCR: 15.6K
Neck DCR: 8.6K
Both pickups appear to have Ceramic mags and use 57mm long rails, which means they can easily be used in any 6-string application, even slanted!
The rails themselves have a very slight top radius of approx. 18", protruding ever-so-slightly above the bobbin tops toward the center.
As you can see in the pictures below, these also use an entirely new, totally flat baseplate that appears to be powder-coated brass (or a similar golden alloy judging by what I can see in the mounting threads).
The best part of this package is the undeniably sexy matte black bobbins and the subdued, offset modern SD logo like that used on the AHB-3 Mick Thompson "EMTY" Blackouts and OEM Hyperion sets! I genuinely think SD should move to this type of logo on all of their pickups!
As for a review of their tone, I'm sorry, but you'll have to wait a bit longer!
I have a plan for these...they are going in a custom Fender "Meteora" style guitar, which I find incredibly fitting based on name alone, but they are sure to be absolute monsters!
My custom body gets here in a couple weeks and then it's off to paint. I'm thinking a bright, lime-green metalflake to really set off the swoopy lines and highlight the new pickups!
We'll see if my curiosity can hold that long (I doubt it, ha ha!)
Well, I'm proud to say that I am the first to get my hands on them!
Let me tell you...these things are sexy! Truly a "Dimebucker" set for the new millennium!
Bridge DCR: 15.6K
Neck DCR: 8.6K
Both pickups appear to have Ceramic mags and use 57mm long rails, which means they can easily be used in any 6-string application, even slanted!
The rails themselves have a very slight top radius of approx. 18", protruding ever-so-slightly above the bobbin tops toward the center.
As you can see in the pictures below, these also use an entirely new, totally flat baseplate that appears to be powder-coated brass (or a similar golden alloy judging by what I can see in the mounting threads).
The best part of this package is the undeniably sexy matte black bobbins and the subdued, offset modern SD logo like that used on the AHB-3 Mick Thompson "EMTY" Blackouts and OEM Hyperion sets! I genuinely think SD should move to this type of logo on all of their pickups!
As for a review of their tone, I'm sorry, but you'll have to wait a bit longer!
I have a plan for these...they are going in a custom Fender "Meteora" style guitar, which I find incredibly fitting based on name alone, but they are sure to be absolute monsters!
My custom body gets here in a couple weeks and then it's off to paint. I'm thinking a bright, lime-green metalflake to really set off the swoopy lines and highlight the new pickups!
We'll see if my curiosity can hold that long (I doubt it, ha ha!)
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