Duncan Design™ HB101N and HB102B

[freek]

Duncan Design™ HB101N and HB102B

I have a Samick AV6 with Duncan Design™ HB101N and HB102B pickups. Anyone know which SD pickups these are modeled after?

 

[dominus]

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59 Neck and JB Bridge.

 

[DrNewcenstein]

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Why do folks feel compelled to put the Trademark symbol in a post?

 

[blueman335]

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Have you thought about upgrading PU's? DD's are nothing like Seymour Duncans as far as tone quality, definition, and depth. You can get high-quality American and European-made PU's online used, usually for around half price. I've gotten used Schallers & Carvins for $20 to $30.

 

[bagouser]

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I've pulled several HB-102 sets out of my Schecters. The bridge model, suprisingly, DID sound alot like a JB, but the attempt at the Jazz neck wasnt so nice.......
I also noticed that the USA JB had a little more "bite" than the HB 102 version.
They are totally useable, many people swear by DDs INSTEAD of USA Duncans......I'm not one of them, but they exist.

 

[Funkfingers]

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Firstly, freek, welcome to the forum.

Secondly, I happen to be perfectly happy with the Duncan Design P-90s in my Squier Telecaster Custom II. I am under no illusions about the relative merits of these pickups when compared to US Duncans. It is just that the sum of the parts in the Squier adds up to Big Fun.

 

[theboatcandream]

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I have a guitar with the JB-wannabe in the neck position. It does sound a lot like the JB, but it seems to be lower in output.

 

[Mark Cearlock]

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Firstly, freek, welcome to the forum.

Secondly, I happen to be perfectly happy with the Duncan Design P-90s in my Squier Telecaster Custom II. I am under no illusions about the relative merits of these pickups when compared to US Duncans. It is just that the sum of the parts in the Squier adds up to Big Fun.

+1, I need to get another one of these someday.

 

[DrNewcenstein]

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So what's the 103N modeled afer? I've got one that meters at 8K.

 

[Funkfingers]

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So what's the 103N modeled afer? I've got one that meters at 8K.

The Distortion set. (Allegedly.) The DC resistance figures are way different to the American PUs. The DD103 set appears as OEM on a lot of Asian heavy metal guitars. I suspect that they were aiming for an EMG-81/60 power/tone difference.

 

[Mark Cearlock]

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The Distortion set. (Allegedly.) The DC resistance figures are way different to the American PUs. The DD103 set appears as OEM on a lot of Asian heavy metal guitars. I suspect that they were aiming for an EMG-81/60 power/tone difference.

And, oddley enough, a squier jagmaster :eyecrazy:

 

[80's_Metal]

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HB-101
The HB-101 was patterned after the Seymour Duncan SH-1 '59 Model™ humbucker set. It uses an Alnico 5 magnet and winding spec based on the revered 1955 - 1960 Gibson P.A.F....

HB-102
The HB-102 was modeled after Seymour's favorite humbucker combination, the USA-made SH-4 JB™ bridge and SH-2n Jazz Model™ neck set. Like the HB-101s, these pickups also use Alnico 5 magnets, but have a hotter winding spec, based on the...

HB-103
The HB-103 was patterned after the SH-6 Duncan Distortion™ set. It uses ceramic magnets and powerful coil windings to deliver a high output tone with lots of crunch and harmonics. The bridge pickup is Trembucker-spaced....

HB-104
The HB-104 is a high-output blade humbucker that's based on a design we created for England's Patrick Eggle Guitars. The guitar was short-lived, but the pickup lives on in some recent guitar designs from Schecter and Jackson....

HB-105
The Duncan Designed version of the super-popular Seymour Duncan Blackouts active humbucker....

HB-108
The HB-108 is called the Detonator™ and is based on the high-output, Seymour Duncan SH-8 Invader....

HB-112
Similar to the Seymour Duncan Screamin' Demon, but with more bite and more screams!...



I don't think the 103s sound much like SH-6 but I absolutely Love the 108's!

 

[blueman335]

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DD's...They are totally useable, many people swear by DDs INSTEAD of USA Duncans......I'm not one of them, but they exist.

I don't know what qualifies as 'a lot'. It comes down to this: DD's are for guys that want a PU, but don't want to spend the money for a high quality one. But put enough distortion and effects on, and you can't tell what the PU sounds like.

 

[freek]

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Why do folks feel compelled to put the Trademark symbol in a post?

It was copied along with all the other info...

Thanks for all the input!

 

[hamerfan]

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I had a 102B which was quite nice but not as my JB. I swapped in a ceramic to make it beefier and its now in my nephews chinese guitar.