Schecter Pickups

[UberMetalDood]

Do any of you know about the SuperRock II pickups that Schecter makes? I heard that they were made by Tom Anderson and that the ones he uses in his guitars are the same. The ones in my guitar sound good and respond like no other pickup. They have fat pole pieces and seem to be pretty high output. I read somewhere that they're alnico 5 but don't have any official specs from Schecter.

All I was able to find was this (translated from Japanese). Maybe someone can explain what these design details mean:

"This SCHECTER SUPER ROCK III has a very peculiar structure.
Humbuckers usually have been set by the magnet under the bobbin, I have been placed under the magnet pole piece out of the bobbin,
SCHECTER SUPER ROCK III.

SCHECTER SUPER ROCK III is an interesting structure is not located in the pole piece magnet set has been a magnet around a coil bobbin intermediate sprinkle.

What's made that has a distinctive sound. Structural features are not in direct contact with the magnet pole pieces, in that the magnet sandwiched between the coil and the coil. Small magnetic field induces a magnetic force from the side and now I have been prone to react to string vibration. So, want to create the fast-rising sound character. In addition, 4-core shielded scheme, is also available in a variety of wiring variations. Such as tap or phase to produce a unique sound."

 

[Mr 9finger]

Re: Schecter Pickups

Do any of you know about the SuperRock II & III pickups that Schecter makes? I heard that they were made by Tom Anderson and that the ones he uses in his guitars are the same. The ones in my guitar sound good and respond like no other pickup. They have fat pole pieces and seem to be pretty high output. I read somewhere that they're alnico 5 but don't have any official specs from Schecter.

All I was able to find was this (translated from Japanese). Maybe someone can explain what these design details mean:

"This SCHECTER SUPER ROCK III has a very peculiar structure.
Humbuckers usually have been set by the magnet under the bobbin, I have been placed under the magnet pole piece out of the bobbin,
SCHECTER SUPER ROCK III.

SCHECTER SUPER ROCK III is an interesting structure is not located in the pole piece magnet set has been a magnet around a coil bobbin intermediate sprinkle.

What's made that has a distinctive sound. Structural features are not in direct contact with the magnet pole pieces, in that the magnet sandwiched between the coil and the coil. Small magnetic field induces a magnetic force from the side and now I have been prone to react to string vibration. So, want to create the fast-rising sound character. In addition, 4-core shielded scheme, is also available in a variety of wiring variations. Such as tap or phase to produce a unique sound."

If I'm not mistaken, Anderson actually got his claim to fame from working in the Schecter Custom shop. If they are the same pickup design that was being used back then, then yes, they're killer pickups. I wasn't aware that anyone was still making them though.

I'm not 100% on that right now. I can't remember if it was Suhr, Anderson, or some other top name, but I know one of them started out in the Schecter Custom Shop before going solo, and the pickups that were used in the old hand made Shecters were known to be killer. Tired, drunk, and having insomnia is a real good way to spread misinformation, so I apologize now if I'm way off here.

 

[UberMetalDood]

Re: Schecter Pickups

If I'm not mistaken, Anderson actually got his claim to fame from working in the Schecter Custom shop. If they are the same pickup design that was being used back then, then yes, they're killer pickups. I wasn't aware that anyone was still making them though.

I'm not 100% on that right now. I can't remember if it was Suhr, Anderson, or some other top name, but I know one of them started out in the Schecter Custom Shop before going solo, and the pickups that were used in the old hand made Shecters were known to be killer. Tired, drunk, and having insomnia is a real good way to spread misinformation, so I apologize now if I'm way off here.

No you're not way off because that's what I've been reading. It was Tom Anderson and at the Japanese shop I was at, there was something about Tom Anderson pickups on a poster next to the guitars I was playing.

 

[Mr 9finger]

Re: Schecter Pickups

For some reason, I want to say the Anderson H2 pickup was based off the original Schecter pickups. Like I said, I'm still really fuzzy on this, but there was a time when I searched high low for some of the old Schecter pickups and was told or read somewhere that's where Anderson got the basis for the H2. Which now, he's got the H1, H2, H2+, H3, H3+, and several others. Maybe looking into those will give you some more insight. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

 

[UberMetalDood]

Re: Schecter Pickups

For some reason, I want to say the Anderson H2 pickup was based off the original Schecter pickups. Like I said, I'm still really fuzzy on this, but there was a time when I searched high low for some of the old Schecter pickups and was told or read somewhere that's where Anderson got the basis for the H2. Which now, he's got the H1, H2, H2+, H3, H3+, and several others. Maybe looking into those will give you some more insight. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

Some of those Tom Anderson humbuckers look identical to the Schecters. All I know is that those pickups sounded freaking good through the Hughes and Kettner Triamp MKII and through a Marshall JMD. I can't wait to get these guitars back home.

I think they sell Schecter pickups here so I'm going to look around and see if I can get my hands on some.

 

[Gooch]

Re: Schecter Pickups

Anyone play the Superrock II's? The bridge version I have in my PT is not good, but the neck pup sounds pretty damn good, especially when split!