Schecter pickups

[EmiAba]

Hi
I am searching info regarding schecter pasadena combo pickups. I would like to know if someone had experience with them, impressions, thoughts. A friend of mine has them in one of his guitars and he is going to replace them with the brand new apocalypse combo. He wants to get rid of pasadenas and I am thinking if they worth a chance...

 

[daenius]

Re: Schecter pickups

I have the Super Rock II found in the Japanese Schecter models. I love those pickups! They're very high output and very articulate. They have a unique design where instead of using a bar magnet at the bottom, they are built more like 2 single coils glued together with a piece of magnet around them. The result is a very high powered yet full range humbucker that can sound like P90s with the volume rolled down, and have a very unique bite and scream when turned up to full. They're brighter than most regular high powered humbuckers.

They make their own pickups in their own factory now, but up until like 2012 they are actually made by Tom Anderson and so you'll find similar tonal characteristics in the Tom Anderson H series pickups

 

[darthphineas]

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Doesn't Synyster Gates like Schecter pups?

 

[daenius]

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Doesn't Synyster Gates like Schecter pups?

I thought he uses Duncan Invaders in his signature models

 

[darthphineas]

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I thought he uses Duncan Invaders in his signature models

http://www.schecterguitars.com/pick...bridge/synyster-gates-signature-bridge-detail

 

[daenius]

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Ahhhh looks like he got his own pickups now! Wonder what they sound like

 

[Johnny the Kid]

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http://www.schecterguitars.com/pick...bridge/synyster-gates-signature-bridge-detail

Those still aren't in his sig series but I wouldn't be surprised if they were next year. That's also probably why Duncan stopped selling the Synvaders.

I've tried one of the Banshee Elites 7's a while ago and thought it sounded nice enough. I don't remember what Schecter pups were in there though.

 

[darthphineas]

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That's also probably why Duncan stopped selling the Synvaders.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

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Interesting. Didn't know that Avenged Sevenfold dude wasn't with Duncan anymore. The specs on his Schecter pups don't seem far off from the Invader.

 

[Masta' C]

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I have hands-on experience with the Pasadena/Pasadena Plus set.

I found them to be rich sounding and expressive pickups with clear sounding harmonics. They "feel" like a high quality pickup set and manage to maintain a vintage-hot feel with higher actual output. I do wish they had a little bigger/fuller top end and a tighter feeling bottom end, but that's just personal preference.

Their voicing is slightly scooped...fairly bass-heavy with a balanced midrange and a small hump in the upper mids, especially on the bridge model. To me, the heavy bottom end can start to feel a bit "flabby" or "loose", especially if you down-tune at all. Also, the neck pickup is voiced on the warmer side, so it gets a little dark sounding for my own tastes.

They are fairly "open" sounding, but manage to feel a bit restrained up top in a way I can't really describe. Some people will really like that, though, as it keeps the pickups from being piercingly bright at all.

I think the closest pickup in the Seymour Duncan lineup to the Pasadena Plus bridge would be the "Custom 5", although I'd almost suggest these were half-way between the Custom 5 an "underwound" JB. They definitely don't sound quite like anything else. The neck most closely resembles Duncan's '59 model.

BTW...I can't imagine what the regular "Pasadena" bridge model would be like, since it is an underwound version of the "Pasadena Plus". My guess is that the regular "Pasadena" bridge model further exaggerates the "scooped" qualities of the Pasadena Plus bridge pickup. Again, some might like that, but I wouldn't want these any more scooped than they are.

Some of these characteristics will change with the guitar and the amp used. However, whether or not you'll like them ultimately depends on what you're after tonally.

I don't want to scare you away from them, they are great pickups. Definitely a versatile classic/hard rock/metal set with the high quality feel of custom shop pickups.

If you can get them from your friend for close to the price of DiMarzios/Seymour Duncans, I say give them a try!

 

[Johnny the Kid]

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Btw, "Synvader" is a much better name for the pickups than Synyster Gates Signature Invaders.

 

[EmiAba]

Re: Schecter pickups

I have hands-on experience with the Pasadena/Pasadena Plus set.

I found them to be rich sounding and expressive pickups with clear sounding harmonics. They "feel" like a high quality pickup set and manage to maintain a vintage-hot feel with higher actual output. I do wish they had a little bigger/fuller top end and a tighter feeling bottom end, but that's just personal preference.

Their voicing is slightly scooped...fairly bass-heavy with a balanced midrange and a small hump in the upper mids, especially on the bridge model. To me, the heavy bottom end can start to feel a bit "flabby" or "loose", especially if you down-tune at all. Also, the neck pickup is voiced on the warmer side, so it gets a little dark sounding for my own tastes.

They are fairly "open" sounding, but manage to feel a bit restrained up top in a way I can't really describe. Some people will really like that, though, as it keeps the pickups from being piercingly bright at all.

I think the closest pickup in the Seymour Duncan lineup to the Pasadena Plus bridge would be the "Custom 5", although I'd almost suggest these were half-way between the Custom 5 an "underwound" JB. They definitely don't sound quite like anything else. The neck most closely resembles Duncan's '59 model.

BTW...I can't imagine what the regular "Pasadena" bridge model would be like, since it is an underwound version of the "Pasadena Plus". My guess is that the regular "Pasadena" bridge model further exaggerates the "scooped" qualities of the Pasadena Plus bridge pickup. Again, some might like that, but I wouldn't want these any more scooped than they are.

Some of these characteristics will change with the guitar and the amp used. However, whether or not you'll like them ultimately depends on what you're after tonally.

I don't want to scare you away from them, they are great pickups. Definitely a versatile classic/hard rock/metal set with the high quality feel of custom shop pickups.

If you can get them from your friend for close to the price of DiMarzios/Seymour Duncans, I say give them a try!

Thank you so much for your review. Really appreciate it. I will give them a chance. Hope they are not too midscooped. But this means that I need one more guitar ��

 

[Masta' C]

Re: Schecter pickups

Thank you so much for your review. Really appreciate it. I will give them a chance. Hope they are not too midscooped. But this means that I need one more guitar ��

Don't get me wrong...they are not heavily scooped, only slightly. The mids are there, but the lows generally dominate and the top end is boosted ever-so-slightly. Some of that has to do with the magnet they used.

The guitar you put them in will have a large effect on how they sound, but I bet you like them overall

 

[6stringerguy]

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Interesting. Didn't know that Avenged Sevenfold dude wasn't with Duncan anymore. The specs on his Schecter pups don't seem far off from the Invader.

My Synyster Gates Sig has the SynVaders and I like them, nice and articulate and they're aren't too scooped.


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