Sludgenutz
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After getting tired of the original Dirty Fingers set, I decided on a high output Anderson H3 for the bridge (ala Pepper Keenen of COC), and and an acccompanying H1 for the neck position in my 335-S.
I do thank you all for the open-minded feel of this board, as I have talked of other pickups in the past with no static. I have bought Duncan in the past, but there seems to be a "gap" in the offerings between the Duncan Distortion and the Invader.
The Anderson H3 turned out to just what I wanted in the bridge, and the H1 just blew me away.
Both of these pickups appear to be F-spaced. Both are very cleanly manufactured. The fabric taping around the coils are smooth, and there was not a hint of extra wax left on the pickups The bases and bobbins are heavy/thick black plastic. One nice advantage of the package is that you can instantly identify which coil is the coil too be "split" by flipping the pickup over, and identifying the proper colors of the wiring harness to the bobbins.
These pickups are not packed with springs, but small diameter silicone-y (not weak/decomposible prone surgical latex) tubing. I ended up using the Gibson springs out of habit. Also, the screws were black, and slightly larger in diameter than stock Gibson screws. Both pickups have 12 large polepieces, and are said to spread out the magnetic field. This does seem to be the case.
These pickups cured a problem I had with my 335-S's weak/thin E string repsonse with the Dirty Fingers. The guitar's response on the low E was very thin, lacked volume, and punch...and at worst case scenario...thought this may have been caused by being a double-cutaway, with less "waist" width than an SG, and less thickness than a Les Paul. Not to mention, this guitar is a Norlin era product.
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The H1 measured a light 6.26 K. It is really awesome sounding in that it is not woofy in the humbucker mode, and syncs nicely with the H3 when played as a pair. What really got my rocks off was a very "airy" acoustic tone. It sounds so good, it is actually better sounding than I can play. There are so many other players that could put this pickup to use. I have never heard a split humbucker sound like this before.
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The H3 measured 14.48 K, and sounds just like I was hoping. This pickup is thick, with no particular spikes across its powerband. The highs are there (just have to grab a little more treble on amp) to get the same presence as the Iommi pickup, but natural "balls" on the lower end of the spectrum are looser/bigger. Not bad at all, just different from the tighter sounding Gibson Iommi. The spike-free highs are there, no doubt...and harmonics are there if you want them, just not "bucketloads of darts" like some pickups.
This pickup is loud!! This pickup has NFL linebacker-like shoulders, and is perfect for downtuned metal/stoner rock that I tend to gravitate to. If you want a good idea of how this pickup sounds, give a listen to DOWN's Southern metal tone on NOLA (New Orleans, Louisiana), "Loosing All" and "Stone the Crow" come to mind.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...bs_b_2_1/104-5664123-8447149?v=glance&s=music
Thanks for your time.:13:
I do thank you all for the open-minded feel of this board, as I have talked of other pickups in the past with no static. I have bought Duncan in the past, but there seems to be a "gap" in the offerings between the Duncan Distortion and the Invader.
The Anderson H3 turned out to just what I wanted in the bridge, and the H1 just blew me away.
Both of these pickups appear to be F-spaced. Both are very cleanly manufactured. The fabric taping around the coils are smooth, and there was not a hint of extra wax left on the pickups The bases and bobbins are heavy/thick black plastic. One nice advantage of the package is that you can instantly identify which coil is the coil too be "split" by flipping the pickup over, and identifying the proper colors of the wiring harness to the bobbins.
These pickups are not packed with springs, but small diameter silicone-y (not weak/decomposible prone surgical latex) tubing. I ended up using the Gibson springs out of habit. Also, the screws were black, and slightly larger in diameter than stock Gibson screws. Both pickups have 12 large polepieces, and are said to spread out the magnetic field. This does seem to be the case.
These pickups cured a problem I had with my 335-S's weak/thin E string repsonse with the Dirty Fingers. The guitar's response on the low E was very thin, lacked volume, and punch...and at worst case scenario...thought this may have been caused by being a double-cutaway, with less "waist" width than an SG, and less thickness than a Les Paul. Not to mention, this guitar is a Norlin era product.
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The H1 measured a light 6.26 K. It is really awesome sounding in that it is not woofy in the humbucker mode, and syncs nicely with the H3 when played as a pair. What really got my rocks off was a very "airy" acoustic tone. It sounds so good, it is actually better sounding than I can play. There are so many other players that could put this pickup to use. I have never heard a split humbucker sound like this before.
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The H3 measured 14.48 K, and sounds just like I was hoping. This pickup is thick, with no particular spikes across its powerband. The highs are there (just have to grab a little more treble on amp) to get the same presence as the Iommi pickup, but natural "balls" on the lower end of the spectrum are looser/bigger. Not bad at all, just different from the tighter sounding Gibson Iommi. The spike-free highs are there, no doubt...and harmonics are there if you want them, just not "bucketloads of darts" like some pickups.
This pickup is loud!! This pickup has NFL linebacker-like shoulders, and is perfect for downtuned metal/stoner rock that I tend to gravitate to. If you want a good idea of how this pickup sounds, give a listen to DOWN's Southern metal tone on NOLA (New Orleans, Louisiana), "Loosing All" and "Stone the Crow" come to mind.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...bs_b_2_1/104-5664123-8447149?v=glance&s=music
Thanks for your time.:13:
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