Benjy_26
25's Nemesis
I love pretty much everything Seymour makes. The Antiquity I and II lines are fantastic, as are all the Custom Shop offerings. The production line minis, humbuckers, P-90's, single sized 'buckers, stacks, and singles all have a well deserved place in the market.
My gripe? The SM-1's only fit in mini 'bucker slots. No duh, right? Now, normally, I would be the first to say that if you want to use a specific pickup, mod your guitar to fit it.
I recently did that. That90'sGuy was gracious enough to sell me a SM-1n/SM-1b combo and a pair of adapter rings for PAF slots.
THESE PICKUPS SOUND FAN-FREAKIN'-TASTIC in a Lester. Clean, clear, chimey, and very transparent through a clean channel. They have a very airy quality to them; almost like a cross between an acoustic and a great single coil. These things do REM style clean rythms, chicken pickin' and funk with zero issues. I'll try them dirty later, but I am totally digging this pairing.
Now, what can Seymour possibly do to improve this set?
MAKE THEM IN A HUMBUCKER CASING. Seriously, Seymour, these pickups need to be in more guitars. I know, I know, hyper-mega-super-hot-improved-PAF-with-an-80's-mega-brewtal-edge pickups are popular, but c'mon, don't we have enough of those?
I humbly submit that we need more pickups with chime, kerrang, air, clarity, and character out there. The Phat Cats are cool, all of the PAF's are fab, and the P Rails are pretty awesome, but there's still some flavors missing that can very easily be adapted to the Gibson humbucker format. All of the R&D is pretty much done on these. Throw the bobbins on a PC base, put in a couple of maple or plastic spacers to keep the actual pickup centered on the base, and top it off with a solid (no holes) cover. Throw it in the wax and you're done!
This needs to be done. Please. :burnout:
My gripe? The SM-1's only fit in mini 'bucker slots. No duh, right? Now, normally, I would be the first to say that if you want to use a specific pickup, mod your guitar to fit it.
I recently did that. That90'sGuy was gracious enough to sell me a SM-1n/SM-1b combo and a pair of adapter rings for PAF slots.
THESE PICKUPS SOUND FAN-FREAKIN'-TASTIC in a Lester. Clean, clear, chimey, and very transparent through a clean channel. They have a very airy quality to them; almost like a cross between an acoustic and a great single coil. These things do REM style clean rythms, chicken pickin' and funk with zero issues. I'll try them dirty later, but I am totally digging this pairing.
Now, what can Seymour possibly do to improve this set?
MAKE THEM IN A HUMBUCKER CASING. Seriously, Seymour, these pickups need to be in more guitars. I know, I know, hyper-mega-super-hot-improved-PAF-with-an-80's-mega-brewtal-edge pickups are popular, but c'mon, don't we have enough of those?
I humbly submit that we need more pickups with chime, kerrang, air, clarity, and character out there. The Phat Cats are cool, all of the PAF's are fab, and the P Rails are pretty awesome, but there's still some flavors missing that can very easily be adapted to the Gibson humbucker format. All of the R&D is pretty much done on these. Throw the bobbins on a PC base, put in a couple of maple or plastic spacers to keep the actual pickup centered on the base, and top it off with a solid (no holes) cover. Throw it in the wax and you're done!
This needs to be done. Please. :burnout:
