"Duncan Designed P-100"

[Brian Krashpad]

Hi kids. Just got a Schecter Tempest Special, looks like this:

The old Schecter specs I have seen online say the pickups are "Duncan Designed P-100's." Now Gibson P-100's are stacked HBs, but these DD's seem to have some some hum, which appears to be cancelled in the middle pickup position, indicating one pup is RW/RP. The shop guys where this guitar had been on consignment (I subsequently bought it directly from the owner) were similarly of the opinion that it had true single-coils like P-90's in it (they told me this AFTER it had gone off consignment, so they no longer had any motive to misrepresent it).

There's no record of DD P-100's on the SeymourDuncan.com Duncan Designed page. Does anyone know if these are stacked humbuckers like Gibson P-100's, or single coils like Gibson P-90's?

Thanks in advance!

BK

 

[jeremy]

Re: "Duncan Designed P-100"

i doubt that duncan would call anything a p100 since they has such a bad reputation.
if they hum, id assume that they are real p90's
duncan does make a p90 stack but im not sure if there is a duncan design version

 

[metallicaxlxl]

Re: "Duncan Designed P-100"

The P90-1 is a stacked-coil P-90 that offers series, parallel and out-of-phase switching capabilities.

that was found under duncan designed section. in any case, i would consider replacing them, duncan design are pretty cheap versions of the real things, and are not that great.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Re: "Duncan Designed P-100"

i doubt that duncan would call anything a p100 since they has such a bad reputation.

Here is the language used in Schecter's press release of the model found on Harmony-Central:

2004 Tempest Specials Now Shipping

March 2, 2004

Redesigned for 2004, the Diamond Series Tempest Specials now feature a mahogany 'slab' body, a set-in 24 3/4" mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard, 22 jumbo frets, Grover tuners and a TonePros 'locking' tune-a-matic system. Electronics consist of dual Seymour Duncan Designed P-100 pickups, two volume knobs, tone control, and 3-way pickup selector.

Three new finishes add to the Special's vintage visuals; See-Thru Cherry (STC), Tobacco 2-Tone Sunburst (2TSB) and TV Yellow (TVY). "

Cite: http://www.harmony-central.com/Newp/2004/2004-Tempest-Special.html

I know that Duncan Designed currently makes a true P-90 copy, because they come equipped on the Squier Tele Custom II. However, despite this, oddly there is no mention of a Duncan Designed single-coil P-90 version on the Duncan Designed page on SeymourDuncan.com.

BK

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Re: "Duncan Designed P-100"

The P90-1 is a stacked-coil P-90 that offers series, parallel and out-of-phase switching capabilities.

Thanks, as you can see from the Schecter press release above, they were not calling it a P90-1.

that was found under duncan designed section.

Yes, I saw that.

in any case, i would consider replacing them, duncan design are pretty cheap versions of the real things, and are not that great.

I understand the difference between DD and USA Duncans, as I have Duncan P-90s on my USA Hamer and Jazz/JB on my Fernandes Ravelle. So far these sound OK but I just wanted to know if anyone new if these were singles or a stacked bucker because I don't wanna have to yank the pups to look.

Unlike humbuckers, I've found some inexpensive import P-90's that actually sound quite good (ceramic P-90's on my Agile SG-knockoff Valkyrie sound just fine).

BK

 

[Guest]

Re: "Duncan Designed P-100"

That thing is beautifulll...

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Re: "Duncan Designed P-100"

That thing is beautifulll...

Obrigado!

It's a neat mixture of traditional elements of a Les Paul Special in a slightly different package. I like it, and was able to find a very nice used one with it's original hardshell Schecter case for only $250 US.