Reviews of the 59 Model
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Robert S.
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The 59s are some of the most versatile and articulate pickups that I have tried. I have yet to find a guitar that didn't work with a 59n. It's simular to the JB in that it sounds good in just about anything.
The 59b is great for clean work and does classic rock especially well where you want more of a clipped and less of a compressed tone. It does old Cream and Led Zep especially well.
The 59s are some of the most versatile and articulate pickups that I have tried. I have yet to find a guitar that didn't work with a 59n. It's simular to the JB in that it sounds good in just about anything.
The 59b is great for clean work and does classic rock especially well where you want more of a clipped and less of a compressed tone. It does old Cream and Led Zep especially well.
Big Mike Blues
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Probably the most versitile HB in the SD line IMO. Warm, round, sounds equally nice clean or distorted. Killer through all my amps.Fatty said:
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I have a set in a '335 style guitar and it just amazes me, very articulate... The bridge is crispy and punchy, while the neck is warm but not whoofy... I also have one in the neck of my ltd ec-1000 (mahogany lp style) and it tends to have a lot more bass there, closer to whoofy... Great versatile pick-ups, sound great clean and distorted....
I have a set in a '335 style guitar and it just amazes me, very articulate... The bridge is crispy and punchy, while the neck is warm but not whoofy... I also have one in the neck of my ltd ec-1000 (mahogany lp style) and it tends to have a lot more bass there, closer to whoofy... Great versatile pick-ups, sound great clean and distorted....
kaknight
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A great PAF pup. I have one in my PRS Cu22, and when I had a 335 clone (epi sheraton) I had one in that too. It's a great pup for getting a warm rich PAF tone from your guitar. It has a nice rich bottom, scooped mids, and a nice articulate top end. My experience has been that this pup produces warm tones that will give you a vintage tone. It has a brighter top end than I have heard in my friends Seth Lover pickups, and thus seems to cut through and articulate a bit better when playing under a lot of gain. It sounds great clean as well.
A great PAF pup. I have one in my PRS Cu22, and when I had a 335 clone (epi sheraton) I had one in that too. It's a great pup for getting a warm rich PAF tone from your guitar. It has a nice rich bottom, scooped mids, and a nice articulate top end. My experience has been that this pup produces warm tones that will give you a vintage tone. It has a brighter top end than I have heard in my friends Seth Lover pickups, and thus seems to cut through and articulate a bit better when playing under a lot of gain. It sounds great clean as well.
Stevo
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59b
This pickup has transparency, where the supporting factors, guitar and amp, your fingers, have more freedom of expression. It does not seem to narrowly focus on one definitive frequency. It sounds natural to the guitar that it is in. It is typically bright and somewhat twangy when clean. It is very "open" (not compressed sounding), when used with distortion. In one word I would call it "pure".
59n
This pickup is "fat and glassy". It is pretty sensetive to pick attack, therefore lending lots of expression and style, depending on the player.
This neck version is not as transparent as the 59b. It has a certain lower midrange edge that gives it a specific personality.
When it's tone is distorted, it seems to demand quality of amplification. It does not sound that great with cheap distortion, especially at low volumes.
59b
This pickup has transparency, where the supporting factors, guitar and amp, your fingers, have more freedom of expression. It does not seem to narrowly focus on one definitive frequency. It sounds natural to the guitar that it is in. It is typically bright and somewhat twangy when clean. It is very "open" (not compressed sounding), when used with distortion. In one word I would call it "pure".
59n
This pickup is "fat and glassy". It is pretty sensetive to pick attack, therefore lending lots of expression and style, depending on the player.
This neck version is not as transparent as the 59b. It has a certain lower midrange edge that gives it a specific personality.
When it's tone is distorted, it seems to demand quality of amplification. It does not sound that great with cheap distortion, especially at low volumes.
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Great pickups for those who likes classic rocksounds.
Very good versatile pickup with lots of breath and openness.
Sounds good in most guitars that has a good sound on their own.
As Stevo pointed out, if your amp is of less quality the sound will suffer, otherwise a very complimenting pickup.
The neck can also be applied as a bridge pu, if you want a clear sound and wants balance with your singlecoils, works well with SSL-1's.
Great pickups for those who likes classic rocksounds.
Very good versatile pickup with lots of breath and openness.
Sounds good in most guitars that has a good sound on their own.
As Stevo pointed out, if your amp is of less quality the sound will suffer, otherwise a very complimenting pickup.
The neck can also be applied as a bridge pu, if you want a clear sound and wants balance with your singlecoils, works well with SSL-1's.
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i have it in the neck position of the ltd ec-1000, and i use it for soling a lot. it sounds killer for soloing....and with the volume rolled back or the amp on a lower gain setting, it sounds killer for allman bro's type sound. also, it sounds great distorted, very bassy which i like for a few songs i do.
i have it in the neck position of the ltd ec-1000, and i use it for soling a lot. it sounds killer for soloing....and with the volume rolled back or the amp on a lower gain setting, it sounds killer for allman bro's type sound. also, it sounds great distorted, very bassy which i like for a few songs i do.
BluesNRock87
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59n is one of the best PAF type pups out there IMO, great for that classicrock sound, can do blues, and others. not as versatile, but excellent at what it does. i have mine in the neck of an all maple H-S-H guitar (godin sdxt) and use it for rythm work primarily, but for some lead. it can do all sorts of classic rock tones, and through just about any tube amp it really sounds amazing.
59n is one of the best PAF type pups out there IMO, great for that classicrock sound, can do blues, and others. not as versatile, but excellent at what it does. i have mine in the neck of an all maple H-S-H guitar (godin sdxt) and use it for rythm work primarily, but for some lead. it can do all sorts of classic rock tones, and through just about any tube amp it really sounds amazing.
mrfjones
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i've got a set in my bluesbird and they are great. nice and clean but can get really dirty if needed. They can do great led zep, and other classic rock sounds and they are also hot enough for some newer styles and even some jazz. The set is nice warm and full sounding. great all around and versitile PAF pickup.
i've got a set in my bluesbird and they are great. nice and clean but can get really dirty if needed. They can do great led zep, and other classic rock sounds and they are also hot enough for some newer styles and even some jazz. The set is nice warm and full sounding. great all around and versitile PAF pickup.
Reckless Abandon
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Very Articulate and smooth with the right amount of grit. Bright with enough bass and mids. Great vintage sound.
Very Articulate and smooth with the right amount of grit. Bright with enough bass and mids. Great vintage sound.
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Lewguitar
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I love the 59B and 59TB...esecially as the bridge pickup in a super-Strat with two vintage style single coils for the neck and middle. But I also use the 59TB as the only pickup in my single pickup "EVH" style Strat.
Personally, if I could only have one Duncan bridge humbucker it'd be the '59. Fat bass, fat mids and snappy, not to glassy, highs.
Great EVH style tones through a cranked Marshall or vintage Fender amp.
Also dynamite in a SG or 335 style guitar.
Kids might think they have to have a 14K or 16K to get a great modern lead tone but nothing could be further from the truth. The 59B or 59TB will start to push any Marshall or Fender into overdrive at about volume 4 or 5 and your tone will not be that stuffy, overly hot tone of an overwound humbucker: you'll have some breath and sense of space.
I think the 59B nails the Clapton with Cream tone...my favorite humbucking tone of all time.
I have always found the neck version, the 59N, to be agreat pickup but one with more bass than I want from a neck bucker.
For that reason for a neck bucker, I prefer the alnico 2 Seth Lover, over the '59 N when it comes to a neck humbucker.
But for a bridge humbucker: the 59B or 59TB is probably my favorite Duncan bridge humbucker all in all.
Lew
I love the 59B and 59TB...esecially as the bridge pickup in a super-Strat with two vintage style single coils for the neck and middle. But I also use the 59TB as the only pickup in my single pickup "EVH" style Strat.
Personally, if I could only have one Duncan bridge humbucker it'd be the '59. Fat bass, fat mids and snappy, not to glassy, highs.
Great EVH style tones through a cranked Marshall or vintage Fender amp.
Also dynamite in a SG or 335 style guitar.
Kids might think they have to have a 14K or 16K to get a great modern lead tone but nothing could be further from the truth. The 59B or 59TB will start to push any Marshall or Fender into overdrive at about volume 4 or 5 and your tone will not be that stuffy, overly hot tone of an overwound humbucker: you'll have some breath and sense of space.
I think the 59B nails the Clapton with Cream tone...my favorite humbucking tone of all time.
I have always found the neck version, the 59N, to be agreat pickup but one with more bass than I want from a neck bucker.
For that reason for a neck bucker, I prefer the alnico 2 Seth Lover, over the '59 N when it comes to a neck humbucker.
But for a bridge humbucker: the 59B or 59TB is probably my favorite Duncan bridge humbucker all in all.
Lew
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Lewguitar
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That's great! When I hear my favorite rock players who use humbuckers (Vai, Satch, Van Halen, Eric Johnson, etc.) they all leave a little room for some space in thier tone...it's not all filled up, squeezed, compressed and artificial sounding. There's an organic human quality to thier tone. Humbuckers under 10K, like the 59B, Seth Lover and Antiquity, have more of that quality. I like the C5 and the JB and the CC too...but for a change of pace, not for my everyday tone. For my everyday tone, I prefer pickups like 59B or 59TB. Lew
aroman said:
That's great! When I hear my favorite rock players who use humbuckers (Vai, Satch, Van Halen, Eric Johnson, etc.) they all leave a little room for some space in thier tone...it's not all filled up, squeezed, compressed and artificial sounding. There's an organic human quality to thier tone. Humbuckers under 10K, like the 59B, Seth Lover and Antiquity, have more of that quality. I like the C5 and the JB and the CC too...but for a change of pace, not for my everyday tone. For my everyday tone, I prefer pickups like 59B or 59TB. Lew
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