Seymour Duncan Tone Wizard page

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zontar

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So I check out the Seymour Duncan Tone Wizard page
And everything I pick keeps coming back with 59's as a suggestion, but no JB's or P-Rails--or Duncan Distortions--which is what I do have.


Which is fine--I love the pickups I have, and my LP & LP copy both sound great.

Anybody here ever try this Tone Wizard?

Kind of fun.
 
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Instrument: Guitar
Guitar Type: Les Paul or similar
Music Style:Hard Rock Metal
Guitar body wood: Mahogany
Fretboard wood: Rosewood
Bridge Type: Standard

SD Suggests
Bridge 1 SH-4 JB Model Audio Samples Description Tonechart
Bridge 2 SH-5 Duncan Custom Audio Samples Description Tonechart
Neck 1 SH-1N '59 Model Audio Samples Description Tonechart
Neck 2 SH-2N Jazz Model Audio Samples Description Tonechart

So yeah, if you put in those options, you should get more than just the 59 as a suggestion.

Unless your point was merely that it never recommends the DD or P-Rails?
 
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By comparison, let's change the style of music to Fusion:

Instrument: Guitar
Guitar Type: Les Paul or similar
Music Style:Fusion
Guitar body wood: Mahogany
Fretboard wood: Rosewood
Bridge Type: Standard

SD Suggests

Bridge 1 SH-4 JB Model Audio Samples Description Tonechart
Bridge 2 SH-5 Duncan Custom Audio Samples Description Tonechart
Neck 1 SH-1N '59 Model Audio Samples Description Tonechart
Neck 2 SH-2N Jazz Model Audio Samples Description Tonechart


Blues/Country?

Instrument: Guitar
Guitar Type: Les Paul or similar
Music Style:Blues Country
Guitar body wood: Mahogany
Fretboard wood: Rosewood
Bridge Type: Standard

SD Suggests

Bridge 1 SH-1B '59 Model Audio Samples Description Tonechart
Bridge 2 SH-4 JB Model Audio Samples Description Tonechart
Neck 1 SH-1N '59 Model Audio Samples Description Tonechart
Neck 2 SH-2N Jazz Model Audio Samples Description Tonechart


Blues/Jazz?

Instrument: Guitar
Guitar Type: Les Paul or similar
Music Style:Blues Jazz
Guitar body wood: Mahogany
Fretboard wood: Rosewood
Bridge Type: Standard

SD Suggests

Bridge 1 SH-1B '59 Model Audio Samples Description Tonechart
Bridge 2 SH-4 JB Model Audio Samples Description Tonechart
Neck 1 SH-1N '59 Model Audio Samples Description Tonechart
Neck 2 SH-2N Jazz Model Audio Samples Description Tonechart


Now we're starting to see a problem IMO - pickup choice is being determined by the guitar.
This renders the Tone Wizard ineffectual. You may as well throw up a page that says "If you play a Les Paul-type guitar with mahogany body and neck, use 2 of these 4 pickups regardless of what you play.
 
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I always suspected that this thing's suggestions depended more on your OS and browser ID than what you fill in.

"Uh... Apple nerd, OK then..." :)
 
Re: Seymour Duncan Tone Wizard page

The dimarzio one has an extra field, the 'problem to be solved' field. It ask if you're looking for more output, clarity, warmth, etc, which is a cool feature. That being said it always recommends super d for me lol

Oh yeah and you have to choose neck or bridge position too
 
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from what I just heard yesterday, there are a few updates/upgrades coming to the Tone Wizard function.
 
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I think there are a good many pickups that have been issued that are not suggested by the Tone Wizard. So I wouldn't rely too heavily.

Also kind of a bummer that not all the pups have a tone sample available.
 
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It's just a suggestion really, but...

Might also be handy to be able to specify if:

the guitar is neck-through, glued or bolt-on (big difference in influence of body wood)
24 or 22 fret and what scale (mostly for chosing the neck pickup)

Also being to able to chose between tunings might be handy. Something that works great in standard E tuning might not cut it when tuned to standard B for example.
It could use an extra option though, so 3 instead of 2 recommendations.
 
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The Tone Wizard has not been updated with the P-rails, Phat Cat, Alternative 8, 59/Custom Hybrid, Alnico II Slash, Custom 5...

I think pretty much any combination of metal style plus rosewood fingerboard suggest 59 and Jazz for neck pickup.

It is pretty much a tool for use as a starting point. I would really love it if the sound clips section were updated with videos of ALL current production humbuckers. The Tone Wizard could also add a passive/active option...
 
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brunogio said:
I think there are a good many pickups that have been issued that are not suggested by the Tone Wizard. So I wouldn't rely too heavily.
Click to expand...

Don't rely on it at all. Ask questions of forum members; they'll tell you what they use, why they use it, and where it shines and where it doesn't. That's the info you want.
 
Re: Seymour Duncan Tone Wizard page

I've never used it because I don't think it can get enough parameters to be specific for my needs.
 
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