Just got an Alnico II Pro neck...

cayle_6

cayle_6

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Installed it in my PRS SE Bernie Marsden and it sounds awesome! I was torn between the 59, A2Pro and Slash A2Pro but I went with the regular A2Pro with nickel covers. I has the warmth and clarity that I was searching for. I paired it with a Mike Turk Hot 59 bridge pickup. They're a match made in tonal heaven!

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I love the AII Pro too! I prefer alnico 2 neck pickups like the PGn, the AII Pro, Antiquity and the Seth Lover.

To me, they have a little less bass than alnico 5 pickups like the 59n and allow me to get a tone that's clearer and less muddy.

And I'm a big fan of the way humbuckers sound with nickel covers.

I know people say that the diff between covered and uncovered is slight...but it's not slight to me. To me a pickup with a cover vs the same pickup without a cover results in a sound that is so much different that the same pickup sounds like a different pickup.

I've also found that Modern wiring vs. 50's has the same effect. The same pickup with 50's wiring sounds like a different pickup if wired Modern.
 
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I'm glad you're really digging it! I work with some artists who definitely prefer covers over open coil pickups too. It seems to kind of smooth everything out a little.
 
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I like A2P's a lot. I think they're definitely better than PG's, which seem to get so much fanfare.
 
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jumble jumble said:
Maybe I'm crazy but I try to get my pickups under the strings.

Oh man have I been doing it wrong all this time and I should have done it like the picture?
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Good one. You got me there. I forgot to upload the finished product. :laugh2:

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Right now - the A2P's are my fav Duncan set.

They live in my SG, and will stay there for ever !

I did order some 'other' SD units, but will start a thread about that later . . .
 
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That is a nice looking guitar.

I can't understand why there isn't more love for the A2 pro's, the matched set in my Michael Kelly make it sound creamy and bluesy (IMO), never had a problem with the output level and find them versatile too, mine are coil spilt which adds another dimesion.
 
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ram_man said:
I can't understand why there isn't more love for the A2 pro's, the matched set in my Michael Kelly make it sound creamy and bluesy (IMO), never had a problem with the output level and find them versatile too, mine are coil spilt which adds another dimension.
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+1. It's one of Duncan's best HB's.
 
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It is a great pickup set. And it's amazing to me how different it sounds with 50's wiring vs. modern wiring - like a different pickup set!

Sounds great either way but it gets a nice grit on top with 50's wiring. Sounds fatter with modern wiring.

The difference is dramatic though.

Same is true of the Pearly Gates set.
 
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BTW, the AII Pro set is actually the Duncan Jazz.

Same pickups.

Only diff is alnico 2 in the AII Pro and Alnico 5 in the Jazz.
 
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Very bluesy clean tone. Warm but clear. I love diming the gain on my amp then rolling off the neck pickup volume to get a break up tone to a slight crunch for blues.
 
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And I opted for modern with treble bleed... is it that different with 50s?
 
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ram_man said:
And I opted for modern with treble bleed... is it that different with 50s?
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Yes, it is. The '50s mod keeps the p'up's tone the same when using the volume control, the treble bleed mod acts as a High-Pass filter, making the p'ups brighter the more the volume control is reduced.

HTH,
 
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