Re: Duncan Distortion
I've was never one, a few years ago anyway, to switch out P/Us. I bought the NJ neckthru series from BC RIch and knew I had to change them out. Given my Ibanez RG3120 had dimarzio's and I was none too impressed I bought a Duncans for the Mockingbird. I put a JB in the bridge and a Jazz in the neck. It sounded ok but really I wasn't too happy with the JB. I had EMGs in my Warlock NJ N/T and EMGs in my Jr. V. Also I had an ESP Custom and a ESP KH3 all with EMGs in them. I thought EMG was the way to go. A few months later I ended up buying an American Jackson SL1, SL2H, KV2 and KE2. All with Duncans all with poopy sound. I loved the sizzle I got from them but they really didn't have the definition I was looking for. At the point I kinda swore off Duncans. Everyone raved about the JB and I personally couldn't stand it. I still played the Jacksons until I sold them but I was constantly messing with my amps EQ trying to tighten the sound up. I could never really get what I was looking for. As an aside I never really liked the EMGs I had in the KH3. The ESP Custom I had however was awesome. The KH3 always sounded thin. I put a 81/60 set in my LP Custom and that finally had the sound I was looking for. Then I sold every guitar I had except the Pauls to buy 2 American BC RIches. The Bich I bought had a JB in the bridge and I wasn't real happy with it but it was an American Rich which I had been after for years so I didn't care. Then the Mockingbird I bought had a Custom in it . Loved the sound. So I bought a CUstom for my Bich. Then I noticed even tho the sound was much tighter it wasn't quite tight enough. The second Mockingbird I got a few weeks ago had DiMarzios in it and they sounded good but were missing something so out they came. I plopped a Jazz in the neck and a Custom in the bridge. Then I saw a bunch of people reccomending the Distortion and someone said it was what Metallica used on Kill 'Em All which is exactly what I was going for. It was exactly what I wanted even though when I first got it in it was a bit bright because I had the strings so low. As I said in my original post once I gave the strings a little room to breathe it beefed up and I was so happy with the sound that I felt all my guitars had to have a Distortion....
It only took me 17 years but I finally have the sound I've been looking for.
