Duncan Nazgul and Sentient vid

[Grindspine]

Ola England and Keith Merrow have a demo uploaded for the Duncan Nazgul and Sentient pickups with a nice comparison to a Distortion thrown in the middle of the song.

http://youtu.be/g0uXXKg78DQ

I am pretty impressed with how the Nazgul sounds on the upper register--it's very smooth, yet still very "black metal" sounding on the solo sections.

 

[Funkfingers]

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Cookie monster! :banghead:

 

[idsnowdog]

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Earlier this year Scott asked for opinions on 7&8 string pickups. I am glad that they decided to develop pickups voiced for 7&8 string guitars rather than just try and roll out 7&8 string versions of existing pickups. I don't buy that something that works well for 6 strings is equally applicable to 8 strings.

 

[Grindspine]

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Cookie monster! :banghead:

I did say it was Ola. He's doing a demo of a pickup called the Nazgul. Were you expecting something other than cookie monster vocals?

 

[AlexR]

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Surely the Nazgul would be reserved for a 9 string guitar.

 

[ex-250]

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And I thought I was the only one...

I hereby petition that the Nazgul be made for 9-strings only.

 

[Ashurbanipal]

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Surely the Nazgul would be reserved for a 9 string guitar.

Exactly.

And they must be forged in the smithies of Minas Morgul under supervision of the Witchking himself.

 

[AlexR]

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Ah, I'm so glad that bit of Nerd-o-rama was understood straight away

 

[JeffB]

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Nazgul?

I hope Duncan has talked with the Tolkein estate and researched the use of that name well..they are extremely vigilant about protecting the Professor's IP, and have sued a few businesses into oblivion..even ones they worked with previously.

 

[youngthrasher9]

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Nazgul?

I hope Duncan has talked with the Tolkein estate and researched the use of that name well..they are extremely vigilant about protecting the Professor's IP, and have sued a few businesses into oblivion..even ones they worked with previously.

Nazgul has been a name for wraiths before the lord of the rings was written IIRC.

 

[Myaccount876]

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I honestly thought this was a terrible demo. Djent simply put is not a good thing to play when demoing any sort of gear, especially pickups, because most of the time you will not be able to tell the difference because no matter what it will sound the same. Like Djent.

I'd like to hear the Nazgal played clean, then classic rock, then the metal genres power, thrash, doom, death, and black. I think that would show what the pickup excels at instead of only playing Djent.

 

[LeOtherGuy]

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Djent

You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means. And there most certainly was an audible difference between the Distortion and the Nazgul. I heard it just fine, and I'm not exactly using uber-hi-fi audiophile-approved speakers.

 

[Edgecrusher]

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I honestly thought this was a terrible demo. Djent simply put is not a good thing to play when demoing any sort of gear, especially pickups, because most of the time you will not be able to tell the difference because no matter what it will sound the same. Like Djent.

I'd like to hear the Nazgal played clean, then classic rock, then the metal genres power, thrash, doom, death, and black. I think that would show what the pickup excels at instead of only playing Djent.

Considering the types of players that these are marketed too its not suprising at all. You dont play thrash when trying to sell single coils to country artists. I'm willing to bet the majority (which is who these demos are aimed at not the minority) of people interested in these pups only want them for high gain sounds.

 

[Myaccount876]

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You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means. And there most certainly was an audible difference between the Distortion and the Nazgul. I heard it just fine, and I'm not exactly using uber-hi-fi audiophile-approved speakers.

Detuned 6 string or 7 string, tight low end, noise gate and high gain, hitting palm muted power chords to make a percussive sound.

Didn't really think the demo showed what the pickup is capable of very well. It will obviously appeal to players of that genre, but I may be interested in the pickup but not the genre. Just like a '59 will obviously appeal to blues and classic rock guys, but there are plenty of demos that are more than blues or classic rock showing what it can really do.

 

[Legion216]

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Any idea if we can buy these things yet? If so, where?

 

[Ashurbanipal]

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Nazgul?

I hope Duncan has talked with the Tolkein estate and researched the use of that name well..they are extremely vigilant about protecting the Professor's IP, and have sued a few businesses into oblivion..even ones they worked with previously.

I wondered about this too. They've been at loggerheads with Hollywood ever since the LotR films came out, even though Tolkien himself sold the film rights to LotR in the 60s, because he didn't think anyone would be able to make credible live-action movies of the books. JRR's son Christopher is the head of the Estate, and is mostly against the licensing of the IP.

I'd like to hear the Nazgal played clean, then classic rock, then the metal genres power, thrash, doom, death, and black. I think that would show what the pickup excels at instead of only playing Djent.

Agreed.

 

[TheLivingDead]

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You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means. And there most certainly was an audible difference between the Distortion and the Nazgul. I heard it just fine, and I'm not exactly using uber-hi-fi audiophile-approved speakers.

Thank you.

Totally not Djent and the demo was great.

 

[AlexR]

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^ what is that gif with monster and 'punk girl' (??) clip from....I've got this deja-vu thing going.

 

[JeffB]

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Nazgul has been a name for wraiths before the lord of the rings was written IIRC.

It is one of many words of the compete fictitional languages created by the Professor..Elvish, in this case. Many of his creations have their their origins in other european mythology, most notably Norse/Asgardian mythos,, but this is not one of them.

 

[Grindspine]

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I honestly thought this was a terrible demo. Djent simply put is not a good thing to play when demoing any sort of gear, especially pickups, because most of the time you will not be able to tell the difference because no matter what it will sound the same. Like Djent.

I'd like to hear the Nazgal played clean, then classic rock, then the metal genres power, thrash, doom, death, and black. I think that would show what the pickup excels at instead of only playing Djent.

I thought it showed what the pickups could do (in comparison to the Duncan Distortions) quite well. Of course that is for the (sarcasm) few people that play high gain distortion rhythm (/sarcasm).