SD "Mortal Coil" 3-Voice Active Humbuckers....Say What?!

Artie said:
Interesting. Maybe borrowing some tech from Fishman Fluence?

P.S. I love everything about that guitar, but I'm wary of the Autotune bridge. Would it know when I'm doing a deep bend on a string? Just seems like unnecessary cost and complication. Has anyone tried one?
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I see not many have replied to your question. You can absolutely bend on an Evertune. The bridge has 2 zones, one where it just holds the pitch and the other where it holds it kinda but allows you to bend. I HATE the Evertune because it sounds like shit. That's the benefit of Arium of Aristides: allows me to compare things very objectively. And, I HATE the Evertune.
 
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MortalCoil® | Seymour Duncan

The Seymour Duncan MortalCoil® active pickups offer three distinct voicings to take on any genre you can think of, from glassy cleans to crushing metal.
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here we are. The SW listing was right about V2 being the JB/Jazz. Voice 1 seems to be a new voicing that I wouldn't be shocked be closer to like an EMG 81 or Fishman Fluence Modern.
 
orpheo said:
I see not many have replied to your question. You can absolutely bend on an Evertune. The bridge has 2 zones, one where it just holds the pitch and the other where it holds it kinda but allows you to bend. I HATE the Evertune because it sounds like shit. That's the benefit of Arium of Aristides: allows me to compare things very objectively. And, I HATE the Evertune.
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Thanks. I searched and found the Evertune website. That zone thang is a little weird. Probably not for me.
 
I'm definitely interested in these!

"At the core of MortalCoil are precision-wound high-density copper coils with optimized resistance, providing faster transient response and stronger pick attack than competing designs across all tunings. Our all-new preamp utilizes advanced audio op-amps that contribute gain, rich harmonic detail, and dynamic feel with extremely low distortion, while the efficient circuit design supports superior battery life for reliable performance on stage and in the studio."

That's a lot of fluff, but I know SD puts in the legwork to ensure their products live up to the hype. Modern voice + single coil + JB/Jazz on tap sounds like they are trying to take the crown back from Fishman. I'm excited!
 
Masta' C said:
"At the core of MortalCoil are precision-wound high-density copper coils with optimized resistance, providing faster transient response and stronger pick attack than competing designs across all tunings. Our all-new preamp utilizes advanced audio op-amps that contribute gain, rich harmonic detail, and dynamic feel with extremely low distortion, while the efficient circuit design supports superior battery life for reliable performance on stage and in the studio."
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They've done it. They have crafted the perfect advertisement. Never have I read a paragraph that said so little, yet managed to get me excited.
 
Masta' C said:
I'm definitely interested in these!

"At the core of MortalCoil are precision-wound high-density copper coils with optimized resistance, providing faster transient response and stronger pick attack than competing designs across all tunings. Our all-new preamp utilizes advanced audio op-amps that contribute gain, rich harmonic detail, and dynamic feel with extremely low distortion, while the efficient circuit design supports superior battery life for reliable performance on stage and in the studio."

That's a lot of fluff, but I know SD puts in the legwork to ensure their products live up to the hype. Modern voice + single coil + JB/Jazz on tap sounds like they are trying to take the crown back from Fishman. I'm excited!
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What I'm getting from this is the MortalCoil is wound using copper and the preamp is made using convential widely available electrical components? They also confirm that their new preamp design infact does what a preamp is supposed to do. The only thing I'm getting from that report is that the pickups will be attacky.

Did Gemini write this?
 
Whoa, that was a quick reply from them!

Thank you for reaching out, The neck pickup is a true split coil, so while technically susceptible to hum, that's never been a negative from anyone who's tested it.
The bridge pickup is a filter to get that tone and it's hum-cancelling.
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Driver Blues said:
What I'm getting from this is the MortalCoil is wound using copper and the preamp is made using convential widely available electrical components? They also confirm that their new preamp design infact does what a preamp is supposed to do. The only from that report is that the pickups will be attacky.

Did Gemini write this?
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Masta' C said:
100% AI marketing slop. But it's effective!
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Look... I resent Gen AI as much as anybody, but I don't see any compelling reason to believe this ad copy wasn't written by a person. First off, there are no em dashes lol.

But also, none of the buzzwords are really red flags. If you think for a sec, this is a dunk specifically on Fluence.

Fluence "coils": layered PCBs
MC: actual copper wound coils

Better battery life, a common complaint about Fluence

The rest about the op amps and pick attack are just marketing buzzwords and such but nothing that wouldn't have been used 5 years ago.
 
Masta' C said:
I agree with you, but I don't know how much is worth arguing. There's only so many ways to tap/split/stack coils in a humbucker format and we all know the Fluence construction is very different from the traditional, wire-wrapped coil approach in most regards.

That said, just because the Mortal Coils are replacing the Fluence in ESP's lineup, that doesn't mean they're built similarly at all. It'll be interesting to learn what Duncan has done with the Mortal Coil set and if they've retained any preamp tech from their previous active technologies, like the Blackouts or Dualities.

It seems to me SD has left a lot on the table when it came to the potential for their active technologies. Also, who knows if these will remain exclusive to ESP or if we'll see other iterations at retail in the near future.
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ESP has both EMG and Fluence pickups. Now also SD.

I don't know which pickup the SD is "replacing" and we can't infer anything about how it works. I think we agree.

I am just interested if it is plug compatible with EMG pickups? 9v? I don't care how they are made, just how they sound and if they can be easily retrofitted.
 
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