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Can I get a PATB-3 spaced for a gibson? How do these pickups sound? Anybody ever try one with an A2 magnet?
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PATB-3...NON trem spacing???
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Re: PATB-3...NON trem spacing???
Dodger, the Distortion is a great pickup...I have one in a single bucker superstrat type thing. I really dolike that pickup...normaly I go for vintage pups...This was in a guitar when I bought it and I must say...it kicks as*!
rspst14,
What can yo tell me bout the pup...I looked at the tone chart and it seems to have a tad more output that a 59 and seems like it would be a little bit darker that a 59...what do you think?
Dodger, the Distortion is a great pickup...I have one in a single bucker superstrat type thing. I really dolike that pickup...normaly I go for vintage pups...This was in a guitar when I bought it and I must say...it kicks as*!
rspst14,
What can yo tell me bout the pup...I looked at the tone chart and it seems to have a tad more output that a 59 and seems like it would be a little bit darker that a 59...what do you think?
rspst14
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Re: PATB-3...NON trem spacing???
That sums it up pretty well. It does have a tiny bit more output than a PAF style pickup, I would say it's on the low end of the medium output spectrum. It has more midrange than a '59, Demon, or C5, so the tone is a little warmer. It also has a little less bass and treble than the '59. I had one in my Wolfgang for a while, I only took it out because I'm eventually planning on trying it in a different guitar. It's basically the perfect bridge pickup for me, I even contacted the custom shop about getting a standard spaced, standard polepiece version with a nickel cover so that I could use it in my Hamer. I decided to stick with the Rio Grande BBQ for now, but I do have an extra pickup lying around, and MJ said she could rewind it to Blues Trembucker specs for $75, so I may try that.
Ryan
That sums it up pretty well. It does have a tiny bit more output than a PAF style pickup, I would say it's on the low end of the medium output spectrum. It has more midrange than a '59, Demon, or C5, so the tone is a little warmer. It also has a little less bass and treble than the '59. I had one in my Wolfgang for a while, I only took it out because I'm eventually planning on trying it in a different guitar. It's basically the perfect bridge pickup for me, I even contacted the custom shop about getting a standard spaced, standard polepiece version with a nickel cover so that I could use it in my Hamer. I decided to stick with the Rio Grande BBQ for now, but I do have an extra pickup lying around, and MJ said she could rewind it to Blues Trembucker specs for $75, so I may try that.
Ryan
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Re: PATB-3...NON trem spacing???
I just had a JB with trem spacing installed on my LP and there was no problem (sounds great too)the guy who invented said:
Shnook
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I'd like to add that the PATB-3 has very nice PAFish tone to it. I think it'd be a nice match with a Gibson. Sounds good clean or distorted. Warm and even sounding. I have 3 of these pickups and I couldn't be happier with the tone. My favorite Duncan humbucker by far.
I'd like to add that the PATB-3 has very nice PAFish tone to it. I think it'd be a nice match with a Gibson. Sounds good clean or distorted. Warm and even sounding. I have 3 of these pickups and I couldn't be happier with the tone. My favorite Duncan humbucker by far.
Re: PATB-3...NON trem spacing???
Sorry for not being more specific the pickup im talking about is the Parallel Axis PATB-2b, Its looks and description and the fact that not many people seem to use it has gained my interest and i was wondering if anyone could tell me anything bout this pickup?
Zerberus said:
Sorry for not being more specific the pickup im talking about is the Parallel Axis PATB-2b, Its looks and description and the fact that not many people seem to use it has gained my interest and i was wondering if anyone could tell me anything bout this pickup?
Shnook
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That's scary! Although I guess you could use it for metal as long as you had a high gain amp to run through. My experience with it has been more along the lines of a well balanced medium output pup. I've got one in the bridge of a custom made Strat and I use it for cleanish sounding blues tones. It's been the best way I've found to get an Allman Bros type lead tone out of Strat. In a nutshell, it's not something I'd personally pick to play metal. I think the tone wizard has been snorting too much glue.
SABOTAGE said:I used the tone wizard on the duncan site and was recomended this one for a kramer guitar to play metal?
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That's scary! Although I guess you could use it for metal as long as you had a high gain amp to run through. My experience with it has been more along the lines of a well balanced medium output pup. I've got one in the bridge of a custom made Strat and I use it for cleanish sounding blues tones. It's been the best way I've found to get an Allman Bros type lead tone out of Strat. In a nutshell, it's not something I'd personally pick to play metal. I think the tone wizard has been snorting too much glue.
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