Gaps in the product line?

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I've done that too. And A5 on one coil, A2 on the other coil. It's a nice mix that way, instead of 3 treble, 3 bass per coil. Then the coil splits each sound more different than one another too.
 
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such easy mods (to do if you're in the factory), but it isn't being done. I mean, it's supersimple to make the StagJazz, but it isn't being done. Shame.
 
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orpheo said:
such easy mods (to do if you're in the factory), but it isn't being done. I mean, it's supersimple to make the StagJazz, but it isn't being done. Shame.
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Shop Floor Customs? It's using existing parts and specs, so no special work has to be done except a different assmebly.
 
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I notice nearly all your humbuckers are marketed to rock, blues, and metal players. How about guys who play some form of U2-inspired pop-rock, worship, shoegaze, ambient, post-rock, folk, etc.

We could seriously use a humbucker that sits in tonal ground normally occupied by teles. Edgy yet sweet clean and lightly overdriven sounds that take well to delay and reverb. Most humbuckers I've met work well for thick syrupy clean, rough harsh crunch and focused gain. How about some nice sparkly overdrive? I know I could just use a tele but sometimes I want the unique attack and cancellation that only comes from a full-size humbucker.

I played a '73 ES335 with stamped-cover T-tops that got really close. Clear, almost raspy without being harsh. Like the Edge's explorer and white LP. Current pickups that get close are the Duesenberg grande vintage and Grosh small blocks. The 490R gets close but it's too muddy and the high-frequency bite, while in the right frequency range, is over-pronounced to the point of harshness.

Maybe there's a pickup in your line that already covers this but the marketing would never lead me to it. You need a name that doesn't immediately conjure an image of tight leather pants saturated with jack daniels infused ball sweat.
 
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ParameterMan said:
I notice nearly all your humbuckers are marketed to rock, blues, and metal players. How about guys who play some form of U2-inspired pop-rock, worship, shoegaze, ambient, post-rock, folk, etc.

We could seriously use a humbucker that sits in tonal ground normally occupied by teles. Edgy yet sweet clean and lightly overdriven sounds that take well to delay and reverb. Most humbuckers I've met work well for thick syrupy clean, rough harsh crunch and focused gain. How about some nice sparkly overdrive? I know I could just use a tele but sometimes I want the unique attack and cancellation that only comes from a full-size humbucker.

I played a '73 ES335 with stamped-cover T-tops that got really close. Clear, almost raspy without being harsh. Like the Edge's explorer and white LP. Current pickups that get close are the Duesenberg grande vintage and Grosh small blocks. The 490R gets close but it's too muddy and the high-frequency bite, while in the right frequency range, is over-pronounced to the point of harshness.

Maybe there's a pickup in your line that already covers this but the marketing would never lead me to it. You need a name that doesn't immediately conjure an image of tight leather pants saturated with jack daniels infused ball sweat.
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You want a Screamin' Demon. (I want them to change the name of that pickup to reflect that it's neither a demon nor screams.)
 
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dominus said:
You want a Screamin' Demon. (I want them to change the name of that pickup to reflect that it's neither a demon nor screams.)
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I have one. Dry, tight, uncompressed. Soaks up gain, stays fluid. Total opposite world from what I want.
 
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ParameterMan said:
I notice nearly all your humbuckers are marketed to rock, blues, and metal players. How about guys who play some form of U2-inspired pop-rock, worship, shoegaze, ambient, post-rock, folk, etc.

We could seriously use a humbucker that sits in tonal ground normally occupied by teles. Edgy yet sweet clean and lightly overdriven sounds that take well to delay and reverb. Most humbuckers I've met work well for thick syrupy clean, rough harsh crunch and focused gain. How about some nice sparkly overdrive? I know I could just use a tele but sometimes I want the unique attack and cancellation that only comes from a full-size humbucker.

I played a '73 ES335 with stamped-cover T-tops that got really close. Clear, almost raspy without being harsh. Like the Edge's explorer and white LP. Current pickups that get close are the Duesenberg grande vintage and Grosh small blocks. The 490R gets close but it's too muddy and the high-frequency bite, while in the right frequency range, is over-pronounced to the point of harshness.

Maybe there's a pickup in your line that already covers this but the marketing would never lead me to it. You need a name that doesn't immediately conjure an image of tight leather pants saturated with jack daniels infused ball sweat.
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A standard route Filter'tron or DArmond voiced pickup would fit the bill.
 
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dukebox said:
A standard route Filter'tron or DArmond voiced pickup would fit the bill.
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And be a different beast entirely. I could just keep using my telecaster if we're going down that route.

That is another pickup I think Duncan is missing though - a humbucker-sized filtertron with a bit more beef might find it's way into a lot of guitars.
 
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Securb said:
The big question is do you own a SD Jazz? I have one in my Iceman and it is very full, round and clear with very pronounced mids. THe pickup is perfect for Jazz.
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Is your Iceman super midrangey? My Jazz neck sounds pretty hollow sounding. It's wired correctly and the rest of the setup has plenty of mids.

Maybe I just don't get neck humbuckers? I'm still searching for the one that really fits me.
 
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Edgecrusher said:
feasible with rod mags like a strat pickup

not so feasible in like a paf with a single bar mag underneath
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Bareknuckle Juggernauts use a ceramic mag flanked by two Alnico mags. I was thinking stuff like that as well, just didn't mention it.
 
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Ptolemaeus said:
Bareknuckle Juggernauts use a ceramic mag flanked by two Alnico mags. I was thinking stuff like that as well, just didn't mention it.
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Other way around sparky.. .its a alnico with ceramic spacer mags.

And note I said in a PAF with a single bar mag. To do it requires ceramic spacer mags (alnicos are a no go at that size) or some sort of bar mag plus magnetic blades combination like in the Iommi pickup.
 
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Eh, it's early. Please forgive me for my mistake. When you said PAF, I automatically assumed you meant just a regular humbucker. I still like the idea of mixing mags, though. It worked well for Bareknuckle.
 
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Ptolemaeus said:
I still like the idea of mixing mags, though. It worked well for Bareknuckle.
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Mixing mags can yield great results with some experimenting!

I have a bridge pickup with mixed A5 rods (3+3 staggered) and an A8 bar underneath, with larger than normal baseplate screws that extend to the top of the bobbin, therefore extending the A8 magnetic field other than through the already charged A5 rods. It sounds great to me. There's a clip of it posted in a thread where I posted clips of a few pickups I'd built.
 
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MacBradley said:
Mixing mags can yield great results with some experimenting!

I have a bridge pickup with mixed A5 rods (3+3 staggered) and an A8 bar underneath, with larger than normal baseplate screws that extend to the top of the bobbin, therefore extending the A8 magnetic field other than through the already charged A5 rods. It sounds great to me. There's a clip of it posted in a thread where I posted clips of a few pickups I'd built.
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What's the voicing like on it? That sounds really interesting. How'd you come up with the concept?
 
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I've not read the whole posts, but I would want a non antiquity, non custom P90 dogear. i have 2 guitars with them and one needs a change.
 
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These should be production pickups:

TB Spaced Distortion Neck (Seymourizer)

TB Spaced Pearly Gates Plus

OG Diablo (High output Screamin' Demon)

Low-Medium output Blackout (ala EMG 60)
 
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