El Diablo VS. JB VS. DD

[El Dangeroso]

so i've been looking at the new Dan Donagen (Disturbed) and Scott Ian (Anthrax) signature models from Washburn. they 2 version of each of them, a lower quality model (70) and a higher quality model (75). one of the main differences between them is the pickups. the 70's got a matched pair of Duncan Distortions, where as the 75's got an El Diablo in the bridge. (the Dan Donegan has a 59 in the neck and the Scott Ian has no neck pup.) now i currently have a DD in the bridge of my ibanez iceman and really like what it can do. i also have a jb in the bridge of my epi les paul and...well comon, it's the freakin jb! so my question is as follows: how does the El Diablo compare to the DD and the JB tonewise?

 

[Stevo]

Re: El Diablo VS. JB VS. DD

I found that Diablo is not powerful and compressed like I assumed it'd be. It's a very nice pickup with some open definition. I think it's actually more PAF sounding than both the DD and JB.
The DD is more compressed and fat when distorted.
It sounds like you are already familiar with the JB and DD.

I recorded some samples of all three of these pickups. If you want to hear them, you can click on my SD Pickup Demos link in my signature.