Most underrated 'Duncan?

[TimmyPage]

Re: Most underrated 'Duncan?

As a jazz player, the Cool Rails is about as close as you can get to perfection in a single coil. Half the jazz guys I know in Toronto are running around with your typical jazz boxes with a humbucker, and the other half use solid body guitars with cool rails or emgs (thanks to local jazz legend Lorne Lofsky).

 

[Boogie Bill]

Re: Most underrated 'Duncan?

A fair number of the positive comments and recommendations here for Ant's have come from guys who've admittedly never owned one. They assume it's the ultimate PAF. As an Ant owner, I much prefer Seth's.

I also have both. To be honest, my preference usually depends on my mood, and I dig whichever set I'm playing at the moment. Both will put a smile on my face. The Ants may not be "...the ultimate PAF...", but they are still top-tier in my book, as I wrote in my original post.

I also have a set of the A2 Anniversary Seths from the Custom Shop. They're wound slightly hotter than my other Seths. They're very, very special.

 

[LtKojak]

Re: Most underrated 'Duncan?

As an Ant owner, I much prefer Seth's.

If you ask me, I'd use the Ants on solidbodies and Seths on semi- and full- hollows.

As most underrated, the PATB series get my vote, specially the PATB-3.

HTH,

 

[emaccarthy]

Re: Most underrated 'Duncan?

I vote for the Screamin Demon in the bridge. The name itself is misleading and I have yet to find a style and tone that it can't achieve and excel at. Sounds great with crystal cleans, mild crunch, full drive, and insane gain. It can handle everything and has a killer coil split sound too. And for even more versatility it works well in the neck position when paired with a higher output bridge pickup. Not many pickups can do all of this.



Also George Lynch is a boss

 

[oneblackened]

Re: Most underrated 'Duncan?

I never see anyone use the Full Shred, ESPECIALLY the neck.

 

[LazNovak]

Re: Most underrated 'Duncan?

I never see anyone use the Full Shred, ESPECIALLY the neck.

That's the first replacement neck pickup I ever bought back in the 80s. I still have it and put it in my Les Paul and it kicks ass.

 

[Will S-T]

Re: Most underrated 'Duncan?

They may seem a bit old school these days, but the Quarter Pounds and original stacks for strat.
Everyone is going either HB's or vintage with strats it seems but these pickups can do pretty much
anything with the right dynamics and amp settings.