RockStarNick
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Hey guys. Yeah yeah, I know, this pickup has been reviewed to death, but why not one more.
Anyways, after having identical setups in both my Gibson Les Pauls, I decided to make my black and chrome Les Paul Studio my "hard rock / metal" axe.
(In my Les Paul Standard, I have a 59 Neck and a Custom5 Bridge, which, in my opinion, is prehaps THE perfect pickup combo for a Les paul. vintage neck sounds, and a bridge that is loud and full, but not overly "modern" sounding)
Anyways, I threw in the DD, and all I can say is WOW. This pickup kicks MAJOR A$$. This is my first experience with a high powered ceramic bucker, but to my ears, this pickups seems to have ALOT of everything. Huge bass, tons of mids, and great cutting trebles. But none of the freqencies are overbearing or annoying at all, which is great. It sounds huge. But not flat or muddy like a Tone Zone. Huge, but alive and with tons of character, but still lets my Les Paul sound like a LP.
Leads just seem to literally jump out of the guitar, and it has tremendous post-attack sustain.
Although its high powered, and ceramic, the LAST word I would use to describe this pickup would be harsh. True, its loud, aggressive, but it still has that trademark Seymour Duncan "vintage-ness" going on. Which I love. It pairs up very well with a 59 in the neck.
Pickups that I would compare it to (as in, put in the same category) would be the Gibson 500T, and the PRS HFS. But, that being said, I think the Duncan wins over both of these. It has alot more character and tons more note definition than either one of these.
OK. Thanks for letting me yap. Peace fellas.
Anyways, after having identical setups in both my Gibson Les Pauls, I decided to make my black and chrome Les Paul Studio my "hard rock / metal" axe.
(In my Les Paul Standard, I have a 59 Neck and a Custom5 Bridge, which, in my opinion, is prehaps THE perfect pickup combo for a Les paul. vintage neck sounds, and a bridge that is loud and full, but not overly "modern" sounding)
Anyways, I threw in the DD, and all I can say is WOW. This pickup kicks MAJOR A$$. This is my first experience with a high powered ceramic bucker, but to my ears, this pickups seems to have ALOT of everything. Huge bass, tons of mids, and great cutting trebles. But none of the freqencies are overbearing or annoying at all, which is great. It sounds huge. But not flat or muddy like a Tone Zone. Huge, but alive and with tons of character, but still lets my Les Paul sound like a LP.
Leads just seem to literally jump out of the guitar, and it has tremendous post-attack sustain.
Although its high powered, and ceramic, the LAST word I would use to describe this pickup would be harsh. True, its loud, aggressive, but it still has that trademark Seymour Duncan "vintage-ness" going on. Which I love. It pairs up very well with a 59 in the neck.
Pickups that I would compare it to (as in, put in the same category) would be the Gibson 500T, and the PRS HFS. But, that being said, I think the Duncan wins over both of these. It has alot more character and tons more note definition than either one of these.
OK. Thanks for letting me yap. Peace fellas.
