so much for being a copy...

[NoOnesFang13]

I have a random Duncan Design HB-103 which is supposed to be based on a DD. From my understanding the DD has a double thick magnet. However this pickup upon further inspection has a normal sized mag. I only noticed because i have a pickup out of an Aria pro II showmaster copy that has a magnet that is...twice as thick.... so i took a screwdriver to it and slipped and stabbed my hand lol... blood... anyway tried again and got it off... ends up it was glued on, might i add this pickup was never potted...makes sence from my past experiences with squeel, the reason i took it out. so i guess i will take the old magnet off and put the "new" double thick one in. Problem is i have no guitar to put it in....

 

[NoOnesFang13]

Re: so much for being a copy...

looks like i will have to replace the slugs... good thing the other pickup is double slug

 

[NoOnesFang13]

Re: so much for being a copy...

if a pole is not long enough to go to the whole thickness of a magnet does that matter?

 

[KeeperOS]

Re: so much for being a copy...

I think that as long as it touches the base plate all's well and if not, you've got an air-bucker :9:

 

[NoOnesFang13]

Re: so much for being a copy...

lol well there go some patent infringments... ok so i should be good then... i was also searching through my parts box and stumbled across a TRIPPPPPPPPPLLLLLLLEEEEE thick mag but it was really weak, it even looks cheap, kinda porus (spelling)

 

[blueman335]

Re: so much for being a copy...

Why waste your time fooling around with a Duncan Designed? As you've seen yourself, it's nowhere near the quality of an American-made Setmour Duncan. You'll never get a quality tone out of it.

 

[NoOnesFang13]

Re: so much for being a copy...

lol im not doing this for tone, i hate high output pickups, i just was bored, i am sure it will sound like crap at best

 

[uOpt]

Re: so much for being a copy...

The Distortion doesn't only have a double thick magnet. It also has two additional smaller magnets.

Just replacing a small ceramic with the double thick ceramic doesn't change much about the sound, I tried that in a Custom and a JB. You need the additional ones to shape the field correctly. The shape of the magnetic field is what makes it sound different, not the strength.

 

[KeeperOS]

Re: so much for being a copy...

That I did not know...

 

[jeremy]

Re: so much for being a copy...

also the duncan designed stuff isnt copys of seymour duncans they are based on, a subtle but as you found, important difference

 

[NoOnesFang13]

Re: so much for being a copy...

well as i said in another post, i also put two smaller magnets on the outside fo the poles to, i guess now it is close as it is going to be to a dd

 

[uOpt]

Re: so much for being a copy...

well as i said in another post, i also put two smaller magnets on the outside fo the poles to, i guess now it is close as it is going to be to a dd

Where did you get the smaller magnets?

 

[NoOnesFang13]

Re: so much for being a copy...

well the guitar had 2 single coils, i use one as a pickup in my Cigar Box Guitar, and the other was just sitting around, they have 2 smaller double thick magnets on either side of the pole pieces, i originally was looking for some sort of spacer to make the baseplate work and stumbled across the single coil with the same thickness magnets

 

[Diocletian]

Re: so much for being a copy...

You shoulda just sold it on eBay and put the money towards a HotRails or one of the other cheaper, but great, Duncans.

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: so much for being a copy...

Why waste your time fooling around with a Duncan Designed? As you've seen yourself, it's nowhere near the quality of an American-made Setmour Duncan. You'll never get a quality tone out of it.

Some would say the same for import guitars that ape the American classics. :clap::smack:


I say hoorah for innovation and experimentation.