Metal Guys: DDn in bridge is bliss!

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How's it handle pinch and natural harmonics in your opinion? Compared to something like a JB. Thinking about getting one with slightly mismatched coils from the custom shop, mybe a little hotter too.
 
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it handles pinches very well, def screams when its done.
id like to have the output a lil more, like 13.7k and maybe one more notch on the bass.
the rest is golden.
and what edgescrusher said "Why not hybrid a DDN with a DDB"
sounds right imo.
 
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Awesome clip as usual Surface54!! If I may hijack and add another note that I discovered recently... I got a BC Rich gunslinger with a DD bridge and a JB neck. The JB in the neck is killer! I always thought it would be bridge only but its bad a with a DD in the bridge..
 
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around 12k... 2k isn't that much of a big deal to me. besides! IMHO, DC reading is totally irrelevant and it only makes sense if you're a pickup noob and neither of us is that. so: why do you care so much about dc reading of 12k? because of the idea?
 
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orpheo said:
around 12k... 2k isn't that much of a big deal to me. besides! IMHO, DC reading is totally irrelevant and it only makes sense if you're a pickup noob and neither of us is that. so: why do you care so much about dc reading of 12k? because of the idea?
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Blame SD for making it seem like output is measured by resistance. (Yes, all of the cheaper import pickup makers/sellers use the same argument.)

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/choosing-installing/how_to_pick_a_pickup.pdf

But yes, they could use some more medium-hot pickups.

BTW, I wouldn't say that the Screamin Demon is medium hot. *If* the 2k actually makes a difference, it's *huge* compared to any 12k pickup I've tried/made.
 
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Did you mount it with the logo down, so the slugs were on the bridge side? (even if that even makes a difference) Ive always wondered what a low-ish output pickup would do with that fat ceramic. Looking for a pickup for a 30" scale guitar. Debating on high or low output pickups, this sounds interesting.
I supposed it would be clearer, but I would think it would be almost too bright, considering the ceramic mag and that it has fewer turns than the bridge version. Unless I've been misunderstanding what I liked about the DD bridge, I thought it was the over-wound fatness that was crisped up with that huge mag that made it sound so good to my ears. I can't tell by the YouTube vid, but how does it sound in a live or rehearsal setting? I.e. amps cranked pretty good, etc.? It sounds phenomenal from that recording you did.
 
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SGFanatic said:
Did you mount it with the logo down, so the slugs were on the bridge side? (even if that even makes a difference) Ive always wondered what a low-ish output pickup would do with that fat ceramic. Looking for a pickup for a 30" scale guitar. Debating on high or low output pickups, this sounds interesting.
I supposed it would be clearer, but I would think it would be almost too bright, considering the ceramic mag and that it has fewer turns than the bridge version. Unless I've been misunderstanding what I liked about the DD bridge, I thought it was the over-wound fatness that was crisped up with that huge mag that made it sound so good to my ears. I can't tell by the YouTube vid, but how does it sound in a live or rehearsal setting? I.e. amps cranked pretty good, etc.? It sounds phenomenal from that recording you did.
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i would def say there a good chance it would be too bright.
i knew it sounded good through my practice amp, so cutting and clear. thats were i knew i loved it at first.
i dont play in a band or rehease im all recording studio these days.
the logo was down with the slugs towards the back.

thanks btw
 
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