Got my BLACKOUTS Today

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Duh, WHY would Seymour Duncan make HUMBUCKERS? Gibson ALREADY makes HUMBUCKERS...there is NO REASON for NEW AND IMPROVED HUMBUCKERS BY SEYMOUR DUNCAN.

And WHY would they make single coils? Duh! Most Fenders COME with single coils! There is no hole in the market to be filled by these single coils.


Now take all of the reasons you WOULD give me about those two statements, and apply them to the Blackouts. thank you.

Man has a point.
 
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IIRC . . . Blackouts use a balanced output configuration internally. Without going into boring technical details, its an improved way to make the pickup even quieter without compromising the signal path.
 
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Alexi Laiho just signed on for Blackouts.

That's good news! I hope most of his fan will look on seymour duncan blackout and other duncan products! Anyway Laiho need to upgrade his gear. The sound of the 2 last album of COB wasnt IMO very good (for his playing skill). I hope he will don't use the blackout with his stupid piece of **** of MM04 Gain booster Preamp (a total crap...).
 
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Alexi Laiho just signed on for Blackouts.

I think you guys completely nailed a flagship model pickup for the company.

After hearing all the talk I would like to try some eventually. Hopefully you guys can get some better sound clips out that would do the pickup justice.
 
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I think you guys completely nailed a flagship model pickup for the company.

As much as I wanna try the Blackouts, you really think that a high output, active pickup is a good flagship model for Duncan? Doesn't seem like a very good representation of them.
 
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As much as I wanna try the Blackouts, you really think that a high output, active pickup is a good flagship model for Duncan? Doesn't seem like a very good representation of them.

No, but I'm willing to bet that high output active pickups are what the majority of players want any more these days. Almost any newer band I can think of use actives... I'm sure the majority of them will be at least trying the duncans, and probably the majority will end up using them.

When I say flag ship I really should have just said top seller.
 
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Gotcha.

I would agree with your "the majority of players.... " statement as far as modern metal goes, but beyond that, I think most of the world is still chasing the PAF trail. I'll be pretty shocked if the Blackouts change the sales positions of the JB & 59.

BTW, your sig is pretty funny.
 
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Not an active fan at all here, but I think it's cool what SD did in offering 2 size for 7 string guitars (And I'm not a 7 string fan either).

BTW what does IIRC mean? Probably a newb question but I would like to know.
 
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Not an active fan at all here, but I think it's cool what SD did in offering 2 size for 7 string guitars (And I'm not a 7 string fan either).
I agree. There's still nothing quite like a company who claims to listen to feedback from customers, then actually do it.

BTW what does IIRC mean? Probably a newb question but I would like to know.
IIRC = If I Remember Correctly
 
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i never thought of emgs as noisy anyways. i dont think thats a very big improvement, and i actually like the compression of emgs. i am starting to have mixed feelings about the blackouts actually, I still will try a pair though. will emg star marketing themselves as the original active now?
 
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blackouts are the EMG 81 wannabes

You are obviously someone who's talking out of his ass :rocket:

If you played one, you'd realize that EMG's days are over,
so try one or shut the hell up! But I mean that in a nice way:usa2:
 
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Cool, now all he needs are decent guitars instead of knockoffs :laugh2:
And wait 2 years at twice the cost all the while having incorrect specs? Jackson kinda makes me laugh at the moment :laugh2: but anyway this isn't the place to talk about how ****ty Jackson has become.
 
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Cool, when should these reach Guitar Center cause i got a %10 coupon that i need to use before the end of the month. Will you please post some sound samples?
 
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I don't think GC will really order them, you'll have to go in and special-order them.
 
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Not an active fan at all here, but I think it's cool what SD did in offering 2 size for 7 string guitars (And I'm not a 7 string fan either).

BTW what does IIRC mean? Probably a newb question but I would like to know.


Are the 7 string versions available now?
 
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