Seymour Duncan Fireblade 8

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DeathMetalRob

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Just a quick note to say a massive thank you to MJ and the team for this... 20171106_200434-1.jpg

It's an absolutely brutal bastard and I love it. It tracks amazingly well for such a high output pickup and cleans very well. I've been recording with it and so, over the coming weeks/months will hope to have a track to demonstrate it.

Thank you, Seymour Duncan Custom Shop!
 
Re: Seymour Duncan Fireblade 8

Wow, I can't say I've seen one of those. Cool!
 
Re: Seymour Duncan Fireblade 8

That's cool as heck! How was I unaware of it? It's damn sure not on the SD website.
 
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Why is such a high output pickup used nowadays? The impedance gets very high, the signal is more prone to noise, the sound only is useful for high gain, but often too fat/dark for clean... Don't most modern amps have more than enough gain to get extreme distortion from weaker pickups?
 
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roseblood11 said:
Why is such a high output pickup used nowadays? The impedance gets very high, the signal is more prone to noise, the sound only is useful for high gain, but often too fat/dark for clean... Don't most modern amps have more than enough gain to get extreme distortion from weaker pickups?
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I chose to have a high output from a passive pickup rather than an active. Custom Shop Actives are made but,you need to get it right first time and if not, you can't do a rewind on them so, passive is the choice. I don't use this pickup for clean playing any real amount so, it isn't a consideration. That and this is an 8 string and the current range didn't have the magic tone I wanted.

It won't be to most people's taste but, most of what I play isn't.

I'm after a silver wound version in 2018/19 which ought to have fat blades and the Zephyr font logo. As to winds and gauges, secret I'm afraid.
 
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Can you at least share the resistance and magnet type?
 
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roseblood11 said:
Why is such a high output pickup used nowadays? The impedance gets very high, the signal is more prone to noise, the sound only is useful for high gain, but often too fat/dark for clean... Don't most modern amps have more than enough gain to get extreme distortion from weaker pickups?
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There's a lot more to good metal tone than just throwing a bunch of gain after a pickup...and that's even with 6 strings.
 
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gregory said:
There's a lot more to good metal tone than just throwing a bunch of gain after a pickup...and that's even with 6 strings.
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I had it wound to be hotter than the SLUG but, with more treble response as I found the SLUG a little too... bass heavy/treble light.
 
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The bobbins span the width of 8 strings and the wire most certainly isn't 43AWG.

The thing looks like a Hot Rails it's so bloody long.
 
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gregory said:
The bobbins span the width of 8 strings and the wire most certainly isn't 43AWG.

The thing looks like a Hot Rails it's so bloody long.
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I thought it was when I made that post, even if it is full sized it's hard to believe.
 
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I don't find it hard to believe at all.

I bet it sounds great in parallel.
 
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I haven't made a Duncan order in a long time.... maybe I should give my rep a jingle.
 
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