Looking for new favorite pickups.
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Re: Looking for new favorite pickups.
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gsammo79
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Re: Looking for new favorite pickups.
I haven't tried any after market pickups besides Duncans. The SD Custom Shop does awesome work. If you have a pickup concept that you are after then the Custom Shop may be it--they wound an (A5 12.0 dc, modified PG) pickup a few months ago
good luck
I haven't tried any after market pickups besides Duncans. The SD Custom Shop does awesome work. If you have a pickup concept that you are after then the Custom Shop may be it--they wound an (A5 12.0 dc, modified PG) pickup a few months ago
good luck
blueman335
Mojo's Minions
Re: Looking for new favorite pickups.
My favorite Duncans are their PAF types: Seth, A2P, & WLH.
Swapping magnets opens up new tones & EQ's.
My favorite Duncans are their PAF types: Seth, A2P, & WLH.
Swapping magnets opens up new tones & EQ's.
gsammo79
New member
Re: Looking for new favorite pickups.
Sure thing.
The Custom Shop is accessible through the Seymour Duncan website. They do good work and, particularly in my case, were great to work with.
The CS has a custom pickup order that basically gives you the all kinds of options to choose from--what type of magnet, potted, unpotted, what tone you're looking for or wanting to emulate, even engraving). If it took me about 3 weeks to get the pickup I ordered and they even called me personally to talk about my order and suggest a few ideas.
Sure thing.
The Custom Shop is accessible through the Seymour Duncan website. They do good work and, particularly in my case, were great to work with.
The CS has a custom pickup order that basically gives you the all kinds of options to choose from--what type of magnet, potted, unpotted, what tone you're looking for or wanting to emulate, even engraving). If it took me about 3 weeks to get the pickup I ordered and they even called me personally to talk about my order and suggest a few ideas.
elelpe
Well-known member
Re: Looking for new favorite pickups.
Wait, what? I love PG+, my favorite PAF from Duncan. Yet sometimes I wish it has more oomph. This is awesome!
Wait, what? I love PG+, my favorite PAF from Duncan. Yet sometimes I wish it has more oomph. This is awesome!
gsammo79
New member
Re: Looking for new favorite pickups.
Yeah. It's overwound, and with all that extra wire, it's not a true PG honestly. They started with the stock Pearly and I asked them to give me the "Gimme all Your Lovin' " lead tone, so they wound it to 12.0 and added an A5.
I named it Eliminator.
Yeah. It's overwound, and with all that extra wire, it's not a true PG honestly. They started with the stock Pearly and I asked them to give me the "Gimme all Your Lovin' " lead tone, so they wound it to 12.0 and added an A5.
I named it Eliminator.
blueman335
Mojo's Minions
Re: Looking for new favorite pickups.
Ants have a PAF wind with aged (degaussed) A2 magnets, which some players don't care for (A2's are a low output magnet to begin with, and degaussing reduces that further). Seth's are more popular here, also with a PAF wind, but with fully charged A2's. They're one of the great PAF's.
Ants have a PAF wind with aged (degaussed) A2 magnets, which some players don't care for (A2's are a low output magnet to begin with, and degaussing reduces that further). Seth's are more popular here, also with a PAF wind, but with fully charged A2's. They're one of the great PAF's.
JMP/HBE
Well-known member
Re: Looking for new favorite pickups.
Whats the dif between SL & 59's ?
Is that the "Seth Lovers" ?
Whats the dif between SL & 59's ?
Re: Looking for new favorite pickups.
its "more wire" but not by much since im sure its #43 probably similar to a s-deco a5 pup in some ways which is cool
i love the antiquity humbuckers in some guitars with their aged a2 magnets. there is a chewy texture to the mids and soft singing high end. in some guitars they are too dark. i love seths too and find them to be brighter in the same guitar as the antiquitys. sometimes i like it, sometimes i dont.
the biggest thing is the 59's are potted and the seths are not and the different magnets. 59's have a5 and seths have a2.
its "more wire" but not by much since im sure its #43 probably similar to a s-deco a5 pup in some ways which is cool
i love the antiquity humbuckers in some guitars with their aged a2 magnets. there is a chewy texture to the mids and soft singing high end. in some guitars they are too dark. i love seths too and find them to be brighter in the same guitar as the antiquitys. sometimes i like it, sometimes i dont.
the biggest thing is the 59's are potted and the seths are not and the different magnets. 59's have a5 and seths have a2.
richard parker
Active member
Re: Looking for new favorite pickups.
I have the Bare Knuckle Steve Stevens (Rebel Yell) set in a Gibson Firebird Studio and they're great. I have a JB in a very old SG Junior and that's great too. Can you tell us more about your guitar, musical tastes etc. ?
I have the Bare Knuckle Steve Stevens (Rebel Yell) set in a Gibson Firebird Studio and they're great. I have a JB in a very old SG Junior and that's great too. Can you tell us more about your guitar, musical tastes etc. ?
blueman335
Mojo's Minions
Re: Looking for new favorite pickups.
Right, Seth Lover. The guy at Gibson who invented humbuckers in the mid 1950's. He later worked with Seymour Duncan in creating these PU's. Hard to beat that endorsement.
Seth's are warmer and fuller, with a lot of texture, and an open airy quality from being unpotted (and they're feedback resistant). '59's are clearer and sharper, with less mids, and a lot of treble and bass. In some guitars, '59N's can be fairly bassy. Likewise in some guitars '59B's can be pretty bright & thin.
Right, Seth Lover. The guy at Gibson who invented humbuckers in the mid 1950's. He later worked with Seymour Duncan in creating these PU's. Hard to beat that endorsement.
Seth's are warmer and fuller, with a lot of texture, and an open airy quality from being unpotted (and they're feedback resistant). '59's are clearer and sharper, with less mids, and a lot of treble and bass. In some guitars, '59N's can be fairly bassy. Likewise in some guitars '59B's can be pretty bright & thin.
Progbusters
New member
Re: Looking for new favorite pickups.
similar but different. air zone and air norton
similar but different. air zone and air norton
