Psyclone Humbucker
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stevie_bees
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Re: Psyclone Humbucker
I love the vintage Psyclone I have in the neck of my Tele. I'm wondering which of my other guitars needs one of these now!
I love the vintage Psyclone I have in the neck of my Tele. I'm wondering which of my other guitars needs one of these now!
stevie_bees
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I hadn't until fairly recently. I tried a Fender Telebration Cabronita Telecaster about 18 months ago on a trip back to the UK. I just love the sound of the TV Jones pickups in that. I love the traditional Tele bridge pickup, but when the Psyclones came out I just couldn't resist the chance to put one in the neck of my Tele. I run it with the tone pot only on the bridge pickup, and so I get everything I can out of the Psyclone. Fuller and sweeter than a standard Tele neck pickup, but with an openness to it. It's had me gassing for Gretsch guitars!
I hadn't until fairly recently. I tried a Fender Telebration Cabronita Telecaster about 18 months ago on a trip back to the UK. I just love the sound of the TV Jones pickups in that. I love the traditional Tele bridge pickup, but when the Psyclones came out I just couldn't resist the chance to put one in the neck of my Tele. I run it with the tone pot only on the bridge pickup, and so I get everything I can out of the Psyclone. Fuller and sweeter than a standard Tele neck pickup, but with an openness to it. It's had me gassing for Gretsch guitars!
stevie_bees
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It adds a Gretschy flavour, but it's still a Tele.
It adds a Gretschy flavour, but it's still a Tele.
RevDoom73
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I've been wanting to put a different neck pickup in one of my Telecasters ever since I saw the Cabronita too! I'm a sucker for the Gretsch sound but haven't had a lot of success really jiving with Gretsch guitars over the years (though I acknowledge they're awesome guitars and I own a couple, I have a hard time clicking with them the way I do with my Fenders etc.) I have an FMT HH that sounds really good as it is, but I've been thinking about wanting to do something a little different with it so getting the Psyclone Humbucker might be the route I go with....
I've been wanting to put a different neck pickup in one of my Telecasters ever since I saw the Cabronita too! I'm a sucker for the Gretsch sound but haven't had a lot of success really jiving with Gretsch guitars over the years (though I acknowledge they're awesome guitars and I own a couple, I have a hard time clicking with them the way I do with my Fenders etc.) I have an FMT HH that sounds really good as it is, but I've been thinking about wanting to do something a little different with it so getting the Psyclone Humbucker might be the route I go with....
Ascension
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Doing what I do in playing mostly modern Worship stuff a nice filtertron tone is VERY appealing to me! I can't use true single coils because of the noise issues with wiring and lights in many Churches I play in so having a bright chimy tone with no noise like these appear to offer seems a God send for me. Many of the big Worship guys are going to Lambertone humbuckers that spec and sound a lot like Filtertrons so--? Question is are the the same size or smaller than a normal Duncan humbucker? Thinking the AE 185 I have would be a perfect place to drop a pair of these into if they will fit. I have a Hybrid in the bridge and a Sentient in the neck of that guitar now but have another Carvin with that same set up so could use a different tone in that guitar in particular with the acoustic bridge it has.
Here is an example of the type stuff I have to cover regularly I'm thinking these may kill with through my rigs. Playing this song this coming Sunday morning in fact.
Doing what I do in playing mostly modern Worship stuff a nice filtertron tone is VERY appealing to me! I can't use true single coils because of the noise issues with wiring and lights in many Churches I play in so having a bright chimy tone with no noise like these appear to offer seems a God send for me. Many of the big Worship guys are going to Lambertone humbuckers that spec and sound a lot like Filtertrons so--? Question is are the the same size or smaller than a normal Duncan humbucker? Thinking the AE 185 I have would be a perfect place to drop a pair of these into if they will fit. I have a Hybrid in the bridge and a Sentient in the neck of that guitar now but have another Carvin with that same set up so could use a different tone in that guitar in particular with the acoustic bridge it has.
Here is an example of the type stuff I have to cover regularly I'm thinking these may kill with through my rigs. Playing this song this coming Sunday morning in fact.
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BaritoneVitoND
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Man, that's a very cool sounding pickup! I might need to get a pair to try out in a baritone guitar.
Man, that's a very cool sounding pickup! I might need to get a pair to try out in a baritone guitar.
Seraphial
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Real interested in these! Especially as I have a pretty dark LP that I've been trying to brighten for a while.
Because it's not the usual combo, think it would sound similar to this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTOTvNhQr6M
Real interested in these! Especially as I have a pretty dark LP that I've been trying to brighten for a while.
Because it's not the usual combo, think it would sound similar to this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTOTvNhQr6M
ToneFiddler
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i had the TV-jones classics with englisch mount in a LP and i didn't like it all that much.
lots of highend and bass. little mids. i tend to like that but in this case not so much. too HiFi.
i prefer this style of pickup in (semi)hollow bodies or heavily chambered guitars.
makes them sound more sweet and round and not so stiff and cold but with a nice open top end.
think brian setzer, malcolm young to name a few of the most famous gretsch sounds.
i bet the Duncan version (or powertron or classic plus) with their higher winds will be great in solid bodies,
but the result will be way different than the 4k vintage winds in a non solid guitar.
i had the TV-jones classics with englisch mount in a LP and i didn't like it all that much.
lots of highend and bass. little mids. i tend to like that but in this case not so much. too HiFi.
i prefer this style of pickup in (semi)hollow bodies or heavily chambered guitars.
makes them sound more sweet and round and not so stiff and cold but with a nice open top end.
think brian setzer, malcolm young to name a few of the most famous gretsch sounds.
i bet the Duncan version (or powertron or classic plus) with their higher winds will be great in solid bodies,
but the result will be way different than the 4k vintage winds in a non solid guitar.
Artie
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I'm confused. Haven't these been out for years? I remember asking about them last May. Has-anyone-tried-Duncan-Psyclone
I'm confused. Haven't these been out for years? I remember asking about them last May. Has-anyone-tried-Duncan-Psyclone
stevie_bees
Cat In The Hatministrator
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These are the full-sized humbucker versions Artie, rather than the TV Jones Filtertron-sized release last year.
These are the full-sized humbucker versions Artie, rather than the TV Jones Filtertron-sized release last year.
Ascension
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Both are a little hotter Artie look at the DC resistance they are both up into PAF territory so will be pretty different than the regular Psyclones.
Wish they would nail the Price down though when this was first posted it was $239 then went to 249 and now is up to 279 last I looked so??
Both are a little hotter Artie look at the DC resistance they are both up into PAF territory so will be pretty different than the regular Psyclones.
Wish they would nail the Price down though when this was first posted it was $239 then went to 249 and now is up to 279 last I looked so??
Artie
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That concerns me a bit. I don't need another PAF. I want the classic Filter'Tron sound. To complicate matters further, the Gretsch uses 3-screw pickup mounting. I wonder if I would be better off adapting the original Psyclones to this axe? Or, just leaving it alone.
That concerns me a bit. I don't need another PAF. I want the classic Filter'Tron sound. To complicate matters further, the Gretsch uses 3-screw pickup mounting. I wonder if I would be better off adapting the original Psyclones to this axe? Or, just leaving it alone.
Ascension
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If you listen those tones are pretty unique. Kind of fills the space between a traditional PAF and a single coil. Now if you have a Gretch with regular Filtertrons might want to look hard at the regular Psyclones as these are slightly larger than a normal Duncan Humbucker. I would have to rout my AE 185 Carvin for example to fit these per the dimensions as I checked it.
If you listen those tones are pretty unique. Kind of fills the space between a traditional PAF and a single coil. Now if you have a Gretch with regular Filtertrons might want to look hard at the regular Psyclones as these are slightly larger than a normal Duncan Humbucker. I would have to rout my AE 185 Carvin for example to fit these per the dimensions as I checked it.
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I don't think the new ones sound much like a PAF to me. They sound Gretschy to me, at least as close as you can get in a humbucker size.
I don't think the new ones sound much like a PAF to me. They sound Gretschy to me, at least as close as you can get in a humbucker size.
