School me on USA-designed but made overseas pickups

[Aceman]

Re: School me on USA-designed but made overseas pickups

I have a few Duncan Designed. From my point of view:

Detonator - Like a Distortion with Invader caps. Sounds really cool. Distortion with the 'edge' taken off. I like it a lot
HB103 Bridge - It's a Distortion as far as I'm concerned.
HB103 Neck - to my ears, there is not a Ducncan like this. Maybe a Ceramic 59?

 

[Discharged]

Re: School me on USA-designed but made overseas pickups

HB103 Neck - to my ears, there is not a Duncan like this. Maybe a Ceramic 59?

The HB103N and the HB102N as well take mag swaps very gracefully, and I think they're pretty good PAF-ish winds, but they don't sound similar to a '59n or even the JazzN it supposedly should be based on, at least to my ears, that is. OTOH, both sound magnificent with A3s, A4s and UOA5s.

I don't like either the HB102B or the HB103B winds, as I find'em a bit too dark, loud and not particularly dynamic, although they're pretty usable with UOA5s for Classic Rock and/or the heavier music styles with A8s.

YMMV.

/Peter

 

[Artie]

Re: School me on USA-designed but made overseas pickups

I need to get some UOA5's to play with. I have both the HB102 and 103 set around here somewhere.

I've got a Squier Strat, from forum bro Rand-O, with the DD HR101 set, (Hot Rails), and a Vintage Modified Squier Strat with the LS101 set. (Lipstick Tubes.) The HR101 set is killer. The LS101 set is sweet. Very "vintage" sounding. Nice for old-school amp-tremolo surf tones.