Least favorite Duncan p'up

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theodie said:
I guess poor technique would explain why I thought it was like an icepick in my ear?????? The technique isnt the problem, its the tone of it that bothered the hell out of me. Also, the Dime and Demon spent about the same amount of time in the guitars before they got ripped out and sold.

Once again, go away troll.
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+1

An icepick tone is going to sound like an icepick tone REGARDLESS of who is playing it.

Just because it works for you doesn't mean it will work for players of similar or superior experience.

Not everybody is about throwing out bumblebees of dynamics-devoid notes, just like not everybody is about chillout style players like Jack Johnson.
 
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theodie said:
I guess poor technique would explain why I thought it was like an icepick in my ear?????? The technique isnt the problem, its the tone of it that bothered the hell out of me. Also, the Dime and Demon spent about the same amount of time in the guitars before they got ripped out and sold.

Once again, go away troll.
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uuh here...

I expected alot more from Odie...
 
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Binnerscot said:
I have to say that I haven't found one I didn't like - I just had to find the right guitar for it.
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I think you're 100% right. They all have their place in somewhere.
I had a APH neck in my Les Paul years ago, that I didn't like, however
Slash has made history with APHs in his LPs etc. You just have to search
for the right combination. It's a mixture of all the parts pickup, guitar, amp
that makes the sound.
 
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It switches.. I'll dislike one then it'll grow on me..

For example, I used to really dislike the Jazz neck.. just didn't work with me at all. Last time I tried it I fell in love. At the moment.. I think that my 59n just sounds really.. lifeless.. dead.. and boomy. But then I'll find a setting that makes it sound like sex.. some good Clapton Cream tones etc.

I didn't like the hotrails, the first few times I tried it, then it too grew on me.. very different tone. And hotrails in the neck! *drools*
 
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I don't much care for the '59 neck. The invader, the JB, and the Screamin Demon were cool in the right guitars. The Dimebucker was pretty nuts...I'd bet that that one would sound really good in the right axe as well.
 
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As has been hinted a couple of times but needs to be enunciated really clearly:

A pickup is only part of the chain. The same pickup can sound great on one guitar and sound dreadful on another.

This is not even getting into the differences with different amps, effects and players.

I have three fairly different instruments with identical high-quality humbucking pickups -- they sound incredibly different.

I have two other very similar guitars with identical high-quality single-coil pickups -- they sound incredibly different, too.

And this is with just me playing, no effects and into the same amps.
 
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I don't see how people get that the demon is ice picky.

It's smooth and warm on my setup, bright but not ice picky or even close to it.

The JB sounded like nails on a chaulk board.
 
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Dimebucker for shure!I can't get along with that kind of "hard edged" tone.But it can be good for some players with different axes.
 
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Based on the reviews of guys here I tried to like the CC, but after installing it in three guitars I had to ship it off. I’m not sure you could design a sloppier and spongier bottom end if you tried. The EQ was fine, but man, that bottom end just wasn’t at all appropriate for what I was trying to do with it.

I had similar issues, although not nearly as bad, with the JB. The JB also has an obnoxiously harsh top end in the wrong guitar.
 
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Beer$ said:
The poor worker blames his tools.
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Actually the poor worker blames the sh**ty system he lives in!LOL.;) ....Off Topic.


Honestly there is no Duncan I didin't like. But on the other hand I always liked all the pickups I owned just some very few of them had THE MAGIC.

And these are the C5 and the Demon (for Duncans).
 
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Beer$ said:
uuh here...

I expected alot more from Odie...
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I knew you were "trying" to be funny.

It still dosent change the fact that you are a troll.:smack: :laugh2:


We have to stop feeding them folks!!!!!:fingersx:
 
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The CC and I never got along very good, but that could also be cause of the guitar I installed it in.

In general I like Duncans PAF style stuff, but when it really boils down, ever since I tried a SuperD, I have preferred DiMarzios.

The Pearly gates is a killer though :D
 
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PoorMan said:
Invader and Brobucker. Sometimes the JB.
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:laugh2: That's hilarious I never remember you all out saying you hated the BB poorman. I think it's funny since you were one of the guys really pushing for it...oh and JeffB who hated it before he tried it. :p


Mykel to answer your question, I hate to say I hate any of the pups. I tried the C5 in a LP Custom and hated the results. I tried the JB in a LP and hated the results. But I've heard guys on here get GREAT tone with both. What is weird though is that the JB/C5 hybrid is a pup I can get into.

Luke
 
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I generally don't have a use for high output distortion pickups. I had two guitars with Hot Rails and didn't like them.
I've never tried an Invader, but can't see myself wanting to. A friend actually told me it doesn't sound as dull as you'd think for a mega-output pickup.
I don't have a use for the Duncan Dsitortion, but I've heard them in other people's guitars and they didn't sound bad. I used to have a guitar with a Seymourizer II in the neck (the neck position companion to the Duncan Distortion, probably now just called the Distortion neck pickup) and that one didn't sound bad.

My least favortie probably is the JB. I have numerous guitars that had JB's. They've all been pulled out. I now have just one with a JB and it actually sounds OK so I'm leaving it there.

I have a couple of guitars with neck '59's. They're a little boomy, but those guitars are semi-hollow, which probably helps with that. They don't sound too bad.
 
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i recently fitted pearly gates in the bridge of my fav guitar..im happy with it and i hope it stay there forever..do u guys know what pickup did the PG replaced??? it's JB..now i have lil prob with the PG..here
 
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Luke Duke said:
:laugh2: That's hilarious I never remember you all out saying you hated the BB poorman. I think it's funny since you were one of the guys really pushing for it.

Luke
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It's true. And it is funny. I've been careful not to say I disliked it, but in reality...

When the final specs were being nailed down I stated that I thought 10K was a little too hot to get a "true" PAF tone. But I had to put my money where my mouth was so I got one anyway. Most guys love the BB--so that's good. I found it dark and muddy sounding and ended up selling it.

But since then I've found the perfect PAF style pickup for me. So it's all good.
 
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