Duncan Stormbringer pickups

[Fiesta Red]

It has been a few years since these were introduced and haven't heard or read much about them. Anyone here try a set?

 

[uOpt]

Do they have an official page?

 

[Fiesta Red]

Not that I'm aware of. Instagram and Facebook announcements

 

[Mincer]

You can see them on Reverb, where they sell them. I haven't tried them, as I don't have a guitar for them, but 'Stormbringer' is my favorite Deep Purple album..

 

[uOpt]

This is all relevant to my interests...

 

[Mincer]

And no, no official page that I can find other than Reverb. According to the listing:
I’m not sure if or when this will actually go up on our Custom Shop site, so this is an “underground” opportunity if you want to order any.

 

[Anficht]

Let me add my review of these for the public. I already mailed with "Fiesta Red" but maybe more people are interested in these.

I though they were good but a tad on the bright side. I ultimately sold them as I felt the bridge pickup was underpowered compared to the neck pickup. I could have lived with the brightness, as I like bright pickups in general but the bridge pickup should have been just a bit higher in output for my personal taste for better balance.
Also, the attack was glassy. It was not a "solid" attack as with more modern pickups but definitely glassy and vintagey. That's probably wanted and Ritchie-like. But this was the deal-breaker for me. The more I played these, especially fast runs, the more the vintage glassy attack bothered me.
I ultimately was more happy with the YJM Furies which have a more solid & punchy attack and less of that vintage glassiness, so I settled for the Furies.
So they are good pickups for sure for the right candidate - they were just not for me.

Hope this helps for people considering these - so you know what you're getting

 

[jeremy]

sounds like these are vintage output pups, which is what i expected. the furys are a quite different thing for sure. thanks for the review!

 

[Mincer]

Let me add my review of these for the public. I already mailed with "Fiesta Red" but maybe more people are interested in these.

I though they were good but a tad on the bright side. I ultimately sold them as I felt the bridge pickup was underpowered compared to the neck pickup. I could have lived with the brightness, as I like bright pickups in general but the bridge pickup should have been just a bit higher in output for my personal taste for better balance.
Also, the attack was glassy. It was not a "solid" attack as with more modern pickups but definitely glassy and vintagey. That's probably wanted and Ritchie-like. But this was the deal-breaker for me. The more I played these, especially fast runs, the more the vintage glassy attack bothered me.
I ultimately was more happy with the YJM Furies which have a more solid & punchy attack and less of that vintage glassiness, so I settled for the Furies.
So they are good pickups for sure for the right candidate - they were just not for me.

Hope this helps for people considering these - so you know what you're getting

Did they sound like Ritchie on Stormbringer? He had a slightly different sound on that album, but I wouldn't describe the attack as 'glassy'.