Peace Sells...But Who's Buying - pickup

[CarlosG]

Hi!
Do you know what pickups Dave used on this album?
From what I've read JB started using it later.
Some people talk about super D, but it doesn't sound like super D. Low end is big and super tight.
Some peopla talk about Bill Lawrence and this seems more likely.
Do you know what model?
(see 1:00)
https://youtu.be/qtDC2mtbnEY?si=r3J36jQmsZoMPHRS&t=61

 

[Juanhanglo]

I thought the early stuff was a super d, and at least from RIP, a jb/jazz set.

 

[freefrog]

Ain't got the time to watch the vid below but it appears to involve Bill Lawrence L500's AND active electronics, with which passive pickups necessarily sound different, especially if a Varitone completes the boost as it appears to be the case here (a high inductance pickup can actually sound glassy / edgy with active electronics, while it would sound fatter and darker in any "passive" circuit).

https://youtu.be/h78shmf_hT4?si=OAkESJWrl6pyJUOU

Now, the schematic shared in the page below shows a single transistor boost a la Stratoblaster, and a 1nF cap apparently there to emulate the missing cable, like in a Jackson JE1000 preamp.

https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?t=30479

Such a circuit would be easy to "breadboard", FWIW (I've built once a Stratoblaster preamp and it didn't take me a long time). The varitone seems possible to mimic with a Bill Lawrence Q filter + a rotary switch + 5 caps. It's less complex than a Gibson VariTone.

FWIW.

 

[AdrianSD]

I hear a lot of upper mid push on that album, doesn't sound like SuperD to me. The Conjuring must be in my top 10 thrash tunes of all times.