duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

[rombola]

Re: duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

what about the little screws on top of the pickup do they have to be all lined up or its the same thing?

 

[SABOTAGE]

Re: duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

what about the little screws on top of the pickup do they have to be all lined up or its the same thing?

for the best dynamics set em like this,


\ / \ / \ / or there abouts

 

[rombola]

Re: duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

whats the difference ?

 

[Edgecrusher]

Re: duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

Yeah what I'm curious about that too what is the difference? I've always used them to adjust the height to individual strings...

 

[aaronsdmf]

Re: duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

i got a JB in the bridge and sh-6 in the neck

its great for good fast bassy leads,or clean sounds great! kick ass neck PU.
i like it,
\m/ jb/distortion \m/

 

[dd12939]

Re: duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

For the screw poles on the pickup, I've had the best luck with trying to set them to the curve of the fretboard radius (so the outside ones are lower than the middle ones) After you roughly set them like that, then you can adjust for differences in string volume. You might also try setting the screws lower to the pickup (but still 'radiused') and the whole pickup higher, and then the opposite, with the pickpup being lower, and the screw poles being higer. There are LOTS of different sounds to be had from any one pickup, depending on how you set it. Also, if you're still having issues with bass response, you might try keeping the bass side of the pickup a little closer to the strings than the treble side.

 

[rombola]

Re: duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

For the screw poles on the pickup, I've had the best luck with trying to set them to the curve of the fretboard radius (so the outside ones are lower than the middle ones) After you roughly set them like that, then you can adjust for differences in string volume. You might also try setting the screws lower to the pickup (but still 'radiused') and the whole pickup higher, and then the opposite, with the pickpup being lower, and the screw poles being higer. There are LOTS of different sounds to be had from any one pickup, depending on how you set it. Also, if you're still having issues with bass response, you might try keeping the bass side of the pickup a little closer to the strings than the treble side.

thast too complicated i dont wanna mess around with that

 

[fab.regnaut]

Re: duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

Well i tried the DD in an Ibanez roadstar and it sounded shrill with no bottom end because the guitar is very bright but in a Gibson MIII with bolt on neck ( a bass orientated guitar with smooth hights ) it is just right ;full and singing hights not piercing at all and very chunga chunga basses ; it depend on your guitar .

 

[BigBazz]

Re: duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

i just intalled a duncan distortion in my paul and im not impressed at all , i dont know im changing strings later to thicker ones , damn even the stock pickups on my ibanez iceman sound better dude , im very dissapointed , lets see what happens with the thicker strings im gonna try the pup height too , it sounds too trebbly it doesnt have bottom end sounds thin its not bassy at all

any suggestions?

maybe you should check that you havent wired it out of phase. its easily done

 

[Luke Duke]

Re: duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

thast too complicated i dont wanna mess around with that

Man it's just a screwdriver. Although I don't match mine to the radius 9on most guitars) I do raise and lower the screws depending on string volume. I'd suggest raising the bass side of the pup.

Luke

 

[rombola]

Re: duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

Man it's just a screwdriver. Although I don't match mine to the radius 9on most guitars) I do raise and lower the screws depending on string volume. I'd suggest raising the bass side of the pup.

Luke

how do u do that?

 

[joelap]

Re: duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

Maybe you need to re-equalize your amp? Different pickups will give off different frequencies and emphasize different things. If none of the above suggestions work, try re-eqing your amp if you already havent.

 

[brisk]

Re: duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

I just installed SH-6 neck and bridge in my V (set-neck, mahogany body and neck, rosewood fingerboard, TOM bridge, 500K pots for neck volume, bridge volume and master tone).

AWESOME!!!

As I expected, I got this full & Agressive distortion sound with ease, still very blanced from low E to high E strings. There is no thin ice-picky sound AT ALL! Each note is very clear.

What I didn't expect was the clean sound is so much better than I expected. They blended perpectly with deep mahogany body, almost like jazz music tone.

Looks like my V finally found right pickups. I dig'em!

brisk

 

[Stevo]

Re: duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

I installed my DD with the pole pieces not on the bridge side, then I raised the poles about 1/16 of an inch or so. That fattened up the sound a little.

 

[Luke Duke]

Re: duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

how do u do that?

Alright man I'm going to explain for ya, It's all good. Take a flathead screwdriver and lower all the poles till they are all the same height and as far down as they will go. Next take a (depending on your screw it could be a flathead or phillips) screwdriver and raise your pup (both sides) till it is approximately 1/16 of an inch (") from the strings. Then raise or lower either side till it is acceptable sounding. I cannot stress how important it is that the pup is close to the strings without touching them or pulling the notes flat.
After that play some barre chords (I do it distorted) and listen for which string you don't hear or don't hear much of. Raise the appropriate screw with your flathead.

It is a tedious process but the rewards are well worth it.

Hope that helps man!

Luke

 

[brisk]

Re: duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

It is a tedious process but the rewards are well worth it.

I totally agree.

 

[SABOTAGE]

Re: duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

after firing up my axe with the DD in it i really think rombola must have wired it wrong or something cause the DD is far from NOT IMPRESSIVE! :saeek:
if anything i am overly impressed with mine! :laugh2:
best metal toned pup out there i have tried.

 

[fab.regnaut]

Re: duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

Each pickup pick the sound of YOUR GUITAR ( of course ! ) but this simple statement means that IF YOUR GUITAR IS BRIGHT THEN AVOID BRIGHT PICKUPS ( and the DD is quite bright ...) but prefer them if your guitar is dark : we should keep this in mind !
And if your guitar lack the midds then don't choose something like C5 or 59 , etc , etc .

 

[rombola]

Re: duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

i have a 59 in the neck and its sounds awesome , also i was checking out the seymour duncan diagram and my guitar is totally different wired up first of all what i did with the 59 i just soldered the wires where the stock ones were so i did the same with the bridge dd thats why i think is connected right , but looking at the seymour duncan diagram i founs out that is diferent , do the stock wiring should be different than the seymour's diagram or they should be the same? im very frustrated man i hate this wiring sh*t so much

 

[ex-250]

Re: duncan distortion ! not impressed at all

a lot of companies use different colors for each wire. go by the official SD diagram. that should probably fix the problem. i love the DD i have, im gettin another for my newest guitar soon. hope it all works out for you