High Output Bridge Pickup - Kent Armstrong

[gemil]

Hi Room

I am interested in getting either of the following humbuckers to place in the bridge position of my Epiphone SG400

KENT ARMSTRONG ULTRA DISTORTION HUMBUCKER 20K- OEM

or

KENT ARMSTRONG PAF DISTORTION HUMBUCKER 13K- OEM

I have a 8.8k pup in the neck for cleans

Does anyone know if they are any good?

I want to sound like my fav band THERAPY?

Also does anyone know if they will clean up ok?

Thanks

Gemil

 

[martinsixstringcustoms]

Re: High Output Bridge Pickup - Kent Armstrong

I don't have those particular Kent Armstrongs, but I do have a pair of K.A. PAF Style Clones that sound pretty damn nice, especially given the price. For budget pickups, they don't seem too bad.

 

[Zhangliqun]

Re: High Output Bridge Pickup - Kent Armstrong

I had a 9k Kent Armstrong that probably would have sounded great in the bridge, but I put it in the neck because KA, especially at that time, was known -- at least to me -- more for their jazz pickups.

At the time, I hadn't figured out that with some exceptions, anything above 7.8 to 8.0k is just too hot for a good jazz neck tone, so it was kinda muddy.

 

[idsnowdog]

Re: High Output Bridge Pickup - Kent Armstrong

I had the mega distortion. Very heavy pickup in the vein of a Dimarzio distortion. Lots of bass and sizzling treble. The construction was pretty poor. They didn't terminate their leads very well. Instead they just taped them together.

Snowdog

 

[robrhy]

Re: High Output Bridge Pickup - Kent Armstrong

I've tried K.A pups and wasn't impressed with them,although there are a lot of players who do like them.

 

[Gary Ladd]

Re: High Output Bridge Pickup - Kent Armstrong

KA90s are great!...but I wouldn't use his humbuckers if they gave em to me.

The only HBs worse are Carvins and that crap coming over by the boatload from Asia.

I think I would choose KA HBs by a hair over PRS HBs

 

[gripweed]

Re: High Output Bridge Pickup - Kent Armstrong

I had a 9k Kent Armstrong that probably would have sounded great in the bridge, but I put it in the neck because KA, especially at that time, was known -- at least to me -- more for their jazz pickups.

At the time, I hadn't figured out that with some exceptions, anything above 7.8 to 8.0k is just too hot for a good jazz neck tone, so it was kinda muddy.

I wonder how it would have sounded with an a4 magnet? Maybe not quite as muddy?