Seymour Duncan TB-8 is it real?

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I am interested in Luca Turilli's tone and in his wiki page they mention:

"Pickups are Seymour Duncan TB-8 (bridge position) and Dimarzio Humbucker from Hell (neck)."

I can't find any info on TB-8. Is this a typo or is it something that's been renamed?
 
Re: Seymour Duncan TB-8 is it real?

No such. SH-8 is the Invader, there is no TB spaced Invader.
 
Re: Seymour Duncan TB-8 is it real?

Pretty sure if someone was anal enough like I am, a Seymour Duncan dealer would be able to order a Shop Floor Custom for a TB spaced Invader, but I have never tried so YMMV.

I see Frank is reading this thread so maybe he will offer some insight.
 
Re: Seymour Duncan TB-8 is it real?

I haven't taken apart an Invader, but I know that a Detonator is already trem spaced, so I would assume the same is true with an Invader.
 
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Gingrel said:
The Invader doesn't come in trem-spaced because it doesn't need to be.
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Eh, it wouldn't hurt. I just installed one into a Telecaster and the E strings could use a little more of the magnetic field.
 
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King IzzO))) said:
I haven't taken apart an Invader, but I know that a Detonator is already trem spaced, so I would assume the same is true with an Invader.
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Although the Detonator is trem-spaced, the Invader isn't. (I've got both here. The Detonator is physically wider and the pole pieces are farther apart.)
 
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dominus said:
Although the Detonator is trem-spaced, the Invader isn't. (I've got both here. The Detonator is physically wider and the pole pieces are farther apart.)
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interesting... thanks for posting this
 
Re: Seymour Duncan TB-8 is it real?

Email the guy to see if he ordered a Custom Shop trem-spaced Invader and be done with it.

Maybe he put Invader screws in a TB-6?
 
Re: Seymour Duncan TB-8 is it real?

God that Invader is so ugly haha. I hate those poles but they are huge and even if they dont totally cover the E strings it probably wouldn't make much of a difference in tone. I think it's more of a cosmetic thing. I've run regular and trem spaced pickups in my guitars with Floyds. It really just cosmetic IMO. If you are worried about performance then I wouldn't if I were you but if its a purely cosmetic thing then I feel you because if I'm buying a pickup to use in a guitar that has a Floyd I get the trem spacing. It's like a "why wouldn't you?" type of thing. You could call the cutom shop and ask for an Invader with trem spacing. I doubt it would be much more expensive than the production model.
 
Re: Seymour Duncan TB-8 is it real?

I wish I had an F spaced invader.

On my fender strat, the pieces dont line up with the strings: but its nowhere near as bad as it looks on dominus' tele.

its probably a typo.
 
Re: Seymour Duncan TB-8 is it real?

I'm pretty sure the gang at Duncan have already stated more than once that the Invader's 3 ceramic magnets and those huge-headed screws generate a field so large that there's no measurable difference between trem-spaced and regular.

I can't help it if Luca Turilli doesn't know what pickup he has, but if it's an Invader (not a Detonator), and it's not a custom-shop model with trem-spaced screws (which would be wasted money), and it's not another model that's been modded with Invader screws, it's not a TB-8.
 
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ACH91332 said:
God that Invader is so ugly haha. I hate those poles but they are huge and even if they dont totally cover the E strings it probably wouldn't make much of a difference in tone. I think it's more of a cosmetic thing. I've run regular and trem spaced pickups in my guitars with Floyds. It really just cosmetic IMO. If you are worried about performance then I wouldn't if I were you but if its a purely cosmetic thing then I feel you because if I'm buying a pickup to use in a guitar that has a Floyd I get the trem spacing. It's like a "why wouldn't you?" type of thing. You could call the cutom shop and ask for an Invader with trem spacing. I doubt it would be much more expensive than the production model.
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The low E string sounds weak to me. :28:

Might swap it to the Detonator. :D
 
Re: Seymour Duncan TB-8 is it real?

If you could find a picture of his guitar it would probably help a lot in narrowing it down. The Invader is pretty distinctive looking...
 
Re: Seymour Duncan TB-8 is it real?

I'm pretty sure the Invader doesn't need to be trembucker spaced.

Especially for playing pop-punk.
 
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