As some of you may, or may not know, I've been having some troubles dialing in the right sound in a guitar I have. It was always just a touch too soggy, too nasal, never that agressive, punchy, bright, crunchy tone I wanted.
SO... I sold 4 pickups, installed some others for other people, cashed in some $$$, and bought a duncan mayhem set, and a fullshred bridge model.
the duncan distortion and the FS were hybridised, and the result? it ROCKS! Holy holy god in heaven. First, though, some specs.
the DDist. coil is the one with the screw, and is around 7.5-8k. the duncan fullshred coils only have screws(allen heads) and this one is a hot one: also, round 7k (so not quite the mismatch I was hoping for, but okay). I used in this one the supersuperthick ceramic magnet from the distortion.
It was really easy to make the hybrid, I was very surprised, I have to say.
I made a second hybrid with the leftover parts of the fullshred and the distortion, by the way. This one went in the middle position, and the other one went in the bridge. the duncan distortion neck went to the neck.
Ok, the tones.
The neckpickup was paired up with a 250k pot, to give it a smoother tone, yet maintaining that articulation and precision. I think I like the jazz+250k+alnico8 more, but this is very nice too!
The middle pickup is very cool! not just cool as in 'it rocks, its awesome' but it sounds 'cool'. The colorassociation I get with it, it icy blue
I think it makes a neat bridge pickup; bit more mids than the full shred, but not as honky as some might say about the JB. its also more articulated than a JB. I think that this pickup is more like 'mainstream' JB: its got the tone of the JB for the most part, like the 'fluidic' mids for leads, but its got a tighter low end, like the FS.
The bridge pickup is like the middle, but everything is more extreme. the lows are tighter, the mids are more souple for leads, but crunchy and punchy and crisp for the rhythm. the highs scream, like a pig brought to slaughter!
Pinch harmonics are so bloody easy, its just not funny anymore Its really a JB+++. the distortion bares little resemblance to the JB, imho, the fullshred is ofcourse nothing like the JB, but the combination of the FS and the distortion really gives me the ultimate combination.
Some mods I have in mind: well, none
perhaps a coiltap, just for the fun of it, but I don't really need it. the middle pickup is great on its own with neck or bridge, to give me some quacky tones. I do wish to try out an alnico8 one time or another, though I think that might be too 'rude' in the lows and mids, and cut out too much of the highs. The neck will definitly get an A8, though. I've got a 'thing' for A8's in the neck
Here are some pics of the guitar its in:
SO... I sold 4 pickups, installed some others for other people, cashed in some $$$, and bought a duncan mayhem set, and a fullshred bridge model.
the duncan distortion and the FS were hybridised, and the result? it ROCKS! Holy holy god in heaven. First, though, some specs.
the DDist. coil is the one with the screw, and is around 7.5-8k. the duncan fullshred coils only have screws(allen heads) and this one is a hot one: also, round 7k (so not quite the mismatch I was hoping for, but okay). I used in this one the supersuperthick ceramic magnet from the distortion.
It was really easy to make the hybrid, I was very surprised, I have to say.
I made a second hybrid with the leftover parts of the fullshred and the distortion, by the way. This one went in the middle position, and the other one went in the bridge. the duncan distortion neck went to the neck.
Ok, the tones.
The neckpickup was paired up with a 250k pot, to give it a smoother tone, yet maintaining that articulation and precision. I think I like the jazz+250k+alnico8 more, but this is very nice too!
The middle pickup is very cool! not just cool as in 'it rocks, its awesome' but it sounds 'cool'. The colorassociation I get with it, it icy blue
I think it makes a neat bridge pickup; bit more mids than the full shred, but not as honky as some might say about the JB. its also more articulated than a JB. I think that this pickup is more like 'mainstream' JB: its got the tone of the JB for the most part, like the 'fluidic' mids for leads, but its got a tighter low end, like the FS. The bridge pickup is like the middle, but everything is more extreme. the lows are tighter, the mids are more souple for leads, but crunchy and punchy and crisp for the rhythm. the highs scream, like a pig brought to slaughter!
Pinch harmonics are so bloody easy, its just not funny anymore
Its really a JB+++. the distortion bares little resemblance to the JB, imho, the fullshred is ofcourse nothing like the JB, but the combination of the FS and the distortion really gives me the ultimate combination. Some mods I have in mind: well, none
perhaps a coiltap, just for the fun of it, but I don't really need it. the middle pickup is great on its own with neck or bridge, to give me some quacky tones. I do wish to try out an alnico8 one time or another, though I think that might be too 'rude' in the lows and mids, and cut out too much of the highs. The neck will definitly get an A8, though. I've got a 'thing' for A8's in the neckHere are some pics of the guitar its in:
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