Brandon Ellis Signature Dyad pickup

[orpheo]

https://customshop.seymourduncan.com/brandon-ellis-signature-dyad-parallel-axis-humbucker/

Oh, exciting. A new signature pickup, a Parallel Axis, and a 'hybrid' no less.

Wish someone had written about a Parallel Axis hybrid a while back.
































OH WAIT.
I did.

https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/latest-updates/parallel-axis-trembucker-my-experiences

 

[Coryd]

I watched the video on this one today. Looks kinda interesting! Must….resist……buying…..more……….pickups…….

im trying to just be happy with my JB and Distortion

 

[Rex_Rocker]

I want one.

I love TBDM. I love Brandon's playing.

I need it in my life.

/fanboi

 

[Coryd]

I’ll have to check that band out. Sounds like he really knows pickups though!

 

[Rex_Rocker]

I’ll have to check that band out. Sounds like he really knows pickups though!

They play fast Thrash-y Melodic Death Metal ala 90's At the Gates. The vocals get Cradle of Filth-y at times. They have a slight Metalcore-y twist.

 

[nienturi]

The pickups doesn't really rang my bell. BUT!

I love the PATB series so much that the possibility of this new humbucker pulling people's interest toward the good ole PATB series excites me

 

[nienturi]

https://customshop.seymourduncan.com/brandon-ellis-signature-dyad-parallel-axis-humbucker/

Oh, exciting. A new signature pickup, a Parallel Axis, and a 'hybrid' no less.

Wish someone had written about a Parallel Axis hybrid a while back.

OH WAIT.
I did.

https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/latest-updates/parallel-axis-trembucker-my-experiences

Very well written. But for me the real potential is PATB-3
https://www.tonejourney.com/post/howto-swap-humbucker-magnet

Alnico 4 suits really fair

 

[orpheo]

Very well written. But for me the real potential is PATB-3
https://www.tonejourney.com/post/howto-swap-humbucker-magnet

Alnico 4 suits really fair

I tried a PATB3/PATB1n hybrid as a bridge and as a neck pickup. Alnico 5, never got around to try the rest. I was amazed. Floored. Little less 'fat' than the #3, a bit more bite and clarity. 'flutey' overtones in the neck pickup. Great as a 2 set pickup, or just a bridge with 2 singlecoils, or neck with a patb3.

Wish they were able to make the tones of those pickups in 'regular' looking pickups, or at least gold covers over them.

 

[hamerfan]

For me its quite a time ago when i had a PATB 3, a 1b and a 1n. I tested them all only in a Les Paul. The 3 was despite the promising specs nothing to write home. In retrospec I think I had the same problems with original Brobucker. A bit wooly, a bit darkish and not enough cut in the mix.
The 1b was better but not too much difference to a standard C5. For me it was the C5 version for Floyded guitars, but I had only LPs at that time.
But the real winner for me was the 1n: really clean and flutey. I did not keep because of the looks.

 

[Masta' C]

The North coil of a Crazy 8 and the hotter South coil of a Parallel Axis Trembucker Distortion, along with the Alnico 2 bar magnet from an RTM.

An A2-based "Crazy 8"/PA Distortion hybrid...interesting if nothing else!

 

[Clint 55]

Chewy yet sharp. Sounds good! He was very methodical about going about it.

Errors in the video: coil mismatch doesn't scoop the pup, it generally adds mids. And flipping the pickup around doesn't put the north coil on the top, it puts the south coil on the top. :22:

 

[orpheo]

An A2-based "Crazy 8"/PA Distortion hybrid...interesting if nothing else!

If I recall correctly, the Crazy8 is heavily based on the PATB1, so in a sense, it is the PATB1/2 hybrid Alnico2 (for those who just wanna give it a try).

I tried the PATB1/2 hybrid with an alnico8 and that was just insanity. Tight, aggressive, very, very punchy, and fluid in the leads. Truly, insane. A2 will, I think, add a slightly softer pick attack than the a8, and soften the low end a touch, but the 'coils' give a tone that's tight enough to make that workable. The A8 is just too much but after a while can get a bit grating on the ears, imho.

 

[nienturi]

I tried a PATB3/PATB1n hybrid as a bridge and as a neck pickup. Alnico 5, never got around to try the rest. I was amazed. Floored. Little less 'fat' than the #3, a bit more bite and clarity. 'flutey' overtones in the neck pickup. Great as a 2 set pickup, or just a bridge with 2 singlecoils, or neck with a patb3.

Wish they were able to make the tones of those pickups in 'regular' looking pickups, or at least gold covers over them.

Sounds amazing I should try