Charvel Pickups

Sam SG

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I have a Charvel DS 3ST Desolation Series guitar. Its a made in China budget model guitar but pretty decent. Has a decent oiled neck. Mahogany body and neck.
Anyway anyone know anything about the humbuckers they use? Are they alnico or ceramic?
The pups are a tad hot but not like Super D hot to my ears. I have not ohmed them.
 
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I shoulda took a pic earlier of the back when I had it half apart.
When I restrung it I flipped the neck pup to take a peek it has brass colored base an RoHs sticker and a sticker that said neck underneither thats all.
But I did take front pics just now.
Ive emailed Charvel but havent heard anything yet. Thought maybe someone here may know
 

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isnt much to be learned from the front on these things. id guess they are ceramic, a meter will tell you more. you dont have to pull the pups, just plug a cable into the jack, make sure all controls are full up and put the meter on tip and sleeve of the other end of the cable. it wont be exact, but itll give you a good ball park reading
 
Ok so I ohmed um off a guitar cord
17.25 On the bridge!!!
And
12.8 on the neck.
So being as they arent muddy with that much windings probably ceramic.
 
I'm guessing they're some sort of Duncan Distortion clones based on the DCR if they're ceramic. Maybe not clones, because they have brass baseplates, right? But something inspired by.
 
They seem to sound ok frequency wise for what they are. Not woofy. But definetly balls to the wall. Thick loud and powerfull.
Not really what I need though.
 
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