Alnico II Pro / Pearly Gates / Whole Lotta Humbucker / Screamin' Demon

[Brucifer85]

Hey all.

Im just curious to know the differences between these bridge pickups. Unfortunately there arent any YouTube videos with a comparison of them.

How do they sound with distortion and clean?

Which is your preference and why?

What kind of guitar do each of these work best in?

Thanks!

 

[Mr. B]

Re: Alnico II Pro / Pearly Gates / Whole Lotta Humbucker / Screamin' Demon

Seymour Duncan just added a dozen videos comparing just those pickups.
https://www.youtube.com/user/SeymourDuncanChannel/videos

There are dozens of other videos featuring these pickups on the Duncan website and Youtube.

There are enough reviews and comparison thread on this website alone to keep you reading for a week. Most of the big discussions about these pickups have already taken place. The search function is your friend.

 

[vinnie1971]

Alnico II Pro / Pearly Gates / Whole Lotta Humbucker / Screamin' Demon

I used all the SD videos and magnet experiments to decide which EQ profile and which SD pickup suits my ear best and knowing the guitar is super bright regardless of what goes in!
The discussions here are useful especially those talking about PGs.
Those videos are excellent


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[Brucifer85]

Re: Alnico II Pro / Pearly Gates / Whole Lotta Humbucker / Screamin' Demon

Seymour Duncan just added a dozen videos comparing just those pickups.
https://www.youtube.com/user/SeymourDuncanChannel/videos

There are dozens of other videos featuring these pickups on the Duncan website and Youtube.

There are enough reviews and comparison thread on this website alone to keep you reading for a week. Most of the big discussions about these pickups have already taken place. The search function is your friend.

Not a side by side video demo though unfortunately.

 

[beaubrummels]

Re: Alnico II Pro / Pearly Gates / Whole Lotta Humbucker / Screamin' Demon

I only have experience with the Pearly Gates and WLH, both in an SG Standard and a Les Paul Studio.

The Pearly has more top and bottom end IME - gave me more to work with by rolling the volume and tone knobs.

The WLH sounds like a 'produced' sound as is; softened top end, not too much bottom but enough to work with - I kept all the knobs on 10.

However, there's been plenty of discussion of all 4, even recently. Search is your friend, my friend.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Alnico II Pro / Pearly Gates / Whole Lotta Humbucker / Screamin' Demon

They all differ in EQ and output. I think it is easier to work backwards here...what kind of guitar? What don't you like about the current pickups? What music do you like? What is the rest of your gear? What are you trying to achieve? Do you need
-more output?
-smoother highs?
-more touch sensitivity?
-more compression?
-tighter low end?

 

[Aceman]

Re: Alnico II Pro / Pearly Gates / Whole Lotta Humbucker / Screamin' Demon

The "What is missing" questions are spot on if you want a good answer.

This thread addresses some of the issues you ask about.

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/sho...ial-Which-PAF-Thread&highlight=Aceman's+which

I have had A2P's, PG's and recently a Demon in the bridge. I like them all, for different reasons and different guitars....

 

[Brucifer85]

Re: Alnico II Pro / Pearly Gates / Whole Lotta Humbucker / Screamin' Demon

This isn't for one of my guitars.

Its just a general question and discussion out of curiosity and for those who do a search on these pickups and want to get a general idea of how these lower output humbuckers compare and to have all the info in one thread to save searching and reading numerous threads.

 

[darthphineas]

Re: Alnico II Pro / Pearly Gates / Whole Lotta Humbucker / Screamin' Demon

Not a side by side video demo though unfortunately.

Maybe they can get Merrow to make such a video

 

[Artie]

Re: Alnico II Pro / Pearly Gates / Whole Lotta Humbucker / Screamin' Demon

I have had A2P's, PG's and recently a Demon in the bridge. I like them all, for different reasons and different guitars....

Me too. Plus, the "Slash" version of the AII Pro. All good pups. The Slash version definitely ups the ante. It just has that certain je ne sais quoi.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Alnico II Pro / Pearly Gates / Whole Lotta Humbucker / Screamin' Demon

This isn't for one of my guitars.

Its just a general question and discussion out of curiosity and for those who do a search on these pickups and want to get a general idea of how these lower output humbuckers compare and to have all the info in one thread to save searching and reading numerous threads.

Here's the elevator speech (better descriptions on the individual pickup pages):

Alnico II Pro: PAF sound with smooth highs, & increased mids. Like buttah.
Pearly Gates: Like a PAF, with slightly increased high end
Whole Lotta Humbucker: Harder rockin' PAF voicing that hits the amp slightly harder
Screamin Demon: Highest output of the bunch, it has a ton of highs and scooped mids