the guy who invented fire
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Anybody ever try a Demon with an Alnico II magnet?
magnet swap on a Screamin Demon
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the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: magnet swap on a Screamin Demon
cool...maybe I'll have to get with John and see how that was!
thanks bro.
mrid said:
cool...maybe I'll have to get with John and see how that was!
thanks bro.
JB_From_Hell
Jomo's Nimions
Re: magnet swap on a Screamin Demon
I've been curious about the Demon with a ceramic mag. Have you tried that?
I've been curious about the Demon with a ceramic mag. Have you tried that?
STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Re: magnet swap on a Screamin Demon
I did this A2 magnet in my Scremon Demon a couple of years back...MRID has a great memory!
Anyway....What it did do was gave the pickup more mids(Of course) shaved some of the highend away(This was a bright pickup) in the strat I had it in....It warmed it up nicely and made the pickup smoother....The pickup was a bit looser in it's feel,but not as tight...
What it didn't do....
I Lost some of the cut it had and the tightness of tone,plus the crunchy ryhthms I had before the switch..I went back to the A5 and have stayed with it ever since...I normally like an A2 magnet in the bridge position,but with this pickup,I liked it stock with the A5...
I also use the Dimarzio Fred and it's A5 and the 2 pickups are so very close both in character and the dc resistances of both pickups....
John
the guy who invented fire said:
I did this A2 magnet in my Scremon Demon a couple of years back...MRID has a great memory!
Anyway....What it did do was gave the pickup more mids(Of course) shaved some of the highend away(This was a bright pickup) in the strat I had it in....It warmed it up nicely and made the pickup smoother....The pickup was a bit looser in it's feel,but not as tight...
What it didn't do....
I Lost some of the cut it had and the tightness of tone,plus the crunchy ryhthms I had before the switch..I went back to the A5 and have stayed with it ever since...I normally like an A2 magnet in the bridge position,but with this pickup,I liked it stock with the A5...
I also use the Dimarzio Fred and it's A5 and the 2 pickups are so very close both in character and the dc resistances of both pickups....
John
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: magnet swap on a Screamin Demon
John,
How does a Demon with the A2 compare to a Pearly Gates?
STRATDELUXER97 said:
John,
How does a Demon with the A2 compare to a Pearly Gates?
STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Re: magnet swap on a Screamin Demon
The PG still has better cut and seems tighter? Probably because of mismatched coils..The PG also has more growl and snarl in the mids..
the guy who invented fire said:
The PG still has better cut and seems tighter? Probably because of mismatched coils..The PG also has more growl and snarl in the mids..
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: magnet swap on a Screamin Demon
Cool...thanks buddy!
STRATDELUXER97 said:
Cool...thanks buddy!
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Re: magnet swap on a Screamin Demon
It sounds sick with an AlNiCo IV and twelve flathead screws, rather than six flats and six allens.
It sounds sick with an AlNiCo IV and twelve flathead screws, rather than six flats and six allens.
STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Re: magnet swap on a Screamin Demon
Is "sick" good or bad? LOL
3 cent hero said:
Is "sick" good or bad? LOL
big_black
Opaqueologist
Re: magnet swap on a Screamin Demon
I think he means "good". I changed out the hex poles on my a5 Demon (thanks 3 Cent) and I love this pickup now. The shrillness of the top end is rounded off, it still retains ii's low end response, the snarl in the mids are more pronounced. I've got it in an alder body maple fret board Strat.
I think he means "good". I changed out the hex poles on my a5 Demon (thanks 3 Cent) and I love this pickup now. The shrillness of the top end is rounded off, it still retains ii's low end response, the snarl in the mids are more pronounced. I've got it in an alder body maple fret board Strat.
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Re: magnet swap on a Screamin Demon
I talk weird
Sick means good, awesome, sweet...STRATDELUXER97 said:
I talk weird
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STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Re: magnet swap on a Screamin Demon
I've got some extra nickle humbucker screws...Maybe I'll replace the allen head screws and see how that works out? Sometimes I feel the SD is a bit toppy and could use a bit of "warmth"...I do like how articulate the SD is though...
John
big_black said:
I've got some extra nickle humbucker screws...Maybe I'll replace the allen head screws and see how that works out? Sometimes I feel the SD is a bit toppy and could use a bit of "warmth"...I do like how articulate the SD is though...
John
dr.barlo
New member
Re: magnet swap on a Screamin Demon
John,
Sometime we gotta try that SD slug, 59b screw bobin hybrid. I think that hybrid with an a2 is definitely a cool move for the EVH brown tone. I dunno if BtR has tried it but I remember somebody like 2 or 3 years ago swearing that it nails the I and II tones. One of your DS1's + a good delay into plexi sounding tube amp definitely is what I'd try it with that pickup in the bridge of a superstrat. :smoker:
It probably solve that extra roundness issue of an SD with an a2.
Best,
B
John,
Sometime we gotta try that SD slug, 59b screw bobin hybrid. I think that hybrid with an a2 is definitely a cool move for the EVH brown tone. I dunno if BtR has tried it but I remember somebody like 2 or 3 years ago swearing that it nails the I and II tones. One of your DS1's + a good delay into plexi sounding tube amp definitely is what I'd try it with that pickup in the bridge of a superstrat. :smoker:
It probably solve that extra roundness issue of an SD with an a2.
Best,
B
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: magnet swap on a Screamin Demon
Help me out...there are 2 screw coils on a Demon...which bobbin from the demon would you use?
dr.barlo said:
Help me out...there are 2 screw coils on a Demon...which bobbin from the demon would you use?
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: magnet swap on a Screamin Demon
Ahh...makes sense!
dr.barlo said:
Ahh...makes sense!
