How nasty is the George Lynch Screamin' Demon?

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rockinangus said:
any other suggestions for the Dokken sound?
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Play with the rounded edge of the pick. (George uses the tip pointed forward for what it's worth.) I've watched him play from the side of the stage, in the front row, and in his rehearsal space. Dude has the WEIRDEST picking style I've ever seen! That's a lot of it right there. BUT, other guys have learned how to cop a lot of his picking technique, so it can be done...I'm just too lazy! Ha-ha!

Now, the rig: SH-6 in a bright guitar, (like the Tiger or the Blue Kamikaze) thru an old non-master volume Marshall cranked up LOUD. Start there. Then add effects lightly. His use of effects is subtle but complex. Geo is like EVH; a tone chaser. (I've heard him play the Tiger thru a blazing old-school Marshall and sounding VERY thick. I've played that guitar and lemme tell you, it is BRIGHT.)
 
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So is the Sh-12 in between a '59 bridge and a Jazz bridge?
 
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I've tried the Demon in Les Paul and I didn't care for it at all. It is a bright pickup, and as counter-intuitive as it may seem, the pickup works better in brighter instruments. It works much better when it is reinforcing a guitar's strengths rather than compensating for its weaknesses.
 
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Music123.com has 15% off some Duncan pups now including the Screamin' Demon. Maybe that would be better than the JB I have now which is too hot and mid-woofy. I was going to get a '59....
 
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MikeS said:
I've tried the Demon in Les Paul and I didn't care for it at all. It is a bright pickup, and as counter-intuitive as it may seem, the pickup works better in brighter instruments. It works much better when it is reinforcing a guitar's strengths rather than compensating for its weaknesses.
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I can confirm this. In a LP? Nah. In a Fender style instrument it shines.
 
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That pickup is very "airy" sounding. There is NOT a lot of push in the mids. It works great with mahogany guitars, especially set neck instruments! The Demon does take some getting used to. You'll most likely love it or hate it. I dig it in some guitars.

When I had one in an HSS superstrat, I told Lynch "Dude, when I use the Demon, I sound like you...but very drunk and with broken fingers!" LOL
 
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I have only ever bought a pickup...tried it...hated it and then brought it back to the store the same day.

That pickup was a Screamin Demon
 
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Get a C5 or a Custom. For that guitar, those 2 are the way to go for rock and metal.
 
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Like many others have said, the Demon is crap for Dokken. Want anemic tone, shrill, vacant and percussive? Get a Demon! The specs look great on paper for a non-metal pickup, but it sucks at that, too. Honestly, a stock Ibanez V7 sounds better.

Distortion is the answer. You can get away with Full Shred bridge or Custom. I would not recommend C5.
 
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I liked the Demon I had in a Poplar bodied Strat.

I spent a fair amount of time with one in an LTD GL model, Maple bodied, maple/maple neck. It really stood out there. It likes Bright guitars.
 
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I has that DiMarzio sound... in the low register especially... your E and A strings
will have that awful cardboard, woody sound... yuck! Very DiMarzio like...
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JB_From_Hell said:
Word. I was super pissed when I first bought one 11 or 12 years ago. I ended up digging it, but with that name, I was expecting something that screamed and sounded demonic.

It doesn't help that every moron music store guy will tell you it's a super hot pickup.
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The dweebs at guitar center will tell you anything to make a sale. If the guy thought you wanted a super hot, nasty MetalBucker, than he will tell you the pickup you're considering is exactly that. Not to mention, the $120 Screamin Demon gives him more commission than the $80 Distortion, Invader, or Custom series.

Since It's the latest pickup I've bought and installed, I can tell you that this pickup is not silly hot like an Invader, but it's not Puss In Boots either.
If most PAF HBs clock in around 8.5K, and most "hi gain" HBs clock in around 15K, this baby may well be in "the sweet spot" at 10k.
It's not overly vintage like the '59 (which sounds very weak and snorty to me). It has a very interesting EQ. I believe that it's designed to be played thru Gibson style guitars and valve heads. If you play a LP or an SG, and the other guitarist in your band is drowning you out with his bright single coils, try the Demon, It's got a really nice voice and IT CUTS THROUGH THE MIX like a hot samurai sword thru butter.

They definitley screwed the pooch with the name......
Screamin Demon sounds like something you would get for Black Metal, but this medium output beast is much more at home with some good ole Rock and Roll.
 
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