Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

[gripweed]

Re: Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

I don't think there's anything wrong with asking for this or that. The worst that could happen is Evan & Co. will say no, which they're not afraid to do.

I agree. But I also agree with a previous post that says that Duncan offers a s**tload of pickups already. We all have great ideas on what would be the best new product. I kinda wonder if the current Duncan pickup line is saturated already. I think a lot of Duncan customers who aren't as into it as we are may get confused with all of the choices.

It's pretty clear that they listen to us here. What we shouldn't expect is that our ideas are always practical. They may not be good from the business standpoint either

 

[gripweed]

Re: Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

What do you think of taking a few hundred turns off a trem-spaced 59 with an Alnico 2 (or 3)?

Fine -- if you can pull it off without ruining the pickup. I would be terribly afraid of doing that.

 

[Zhangliqun]

Re: Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

It's pretty clear that they listen to us here. What we shouldn't expect is that our ideas are always practical. They may not be good from the business standpoint either.

True, which is why they get to say no, and we do have to be mature enough to take no for an answer.

Although I'm still fuming over the rejection of my request for a regular production triple-coil Custom Custom Custom stack for 8-string guitar with neodymium boride mags, pink-and-green pin-striped bobbins, and autumn gold shag carpet cover.

 

[Zhangliqun]

Re: Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

Fine -- if you can pull it off without ruining the pickup. I would be terribly afraid of doing that.

Not something for beginners to try but if you're familiar with the innards of pickups and you have a fairly steady hand, it's really not very hard.

I wasn't suggesting this for everyone to try, but I figure this is something Lew could handle with no problem.

 

[gripweed]

Re: Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

Although I'm still fuming over the rejection of my request for a regular production triple-coil Custom Custom Custom stack for 8-string guitar with neodymium boride mags, pink-and-green pin-striped bobbins, and autumn gold shag carpet cover.

lmfao :lmao:

This is sig material!

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

Not something for beginners to try but if you're familiar with the innards of pickups and you have a fairly steady hand, it's really not very hard.

I wasn't suggesting this for everyone to try, but I figure this is something Lew could handle with no problem.

Yeah I could! :laugh2: Thanks for the vote of confidence!

Still, since Seymour himself recommended the Jazz neck used as a bridge pickup with two vintage style Strat single coils, it seems like a Jazz Trembucker wound to Jazz neck specs (or maybe tweaked a little) would be a nice addition to the Duncan line for Super Strat lovers...

Seems to me that a humbucker designed specifically to "balance" output wise and tone wise with stock output Strat single coils would be a good item...because, IMO, none of the current Trembuckers do quite balance with stock output Strat single coils. They're all just a little to loud. Although the 59 TB is a good choice and I use it myself. Still: it's a little loud compared to stock Strat neck and middle singles.

Lew

 

[PRG]

Re: Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

I hate to mention the D word, but a Dimarzio Humbucker From Hell, F-spaced in the bridge would likely fit the bill.

 

[Kelsey]

Re: Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

I think that a tremspaced HB with 59 neck or Jazz neck output and dunaged alnico 5 magnet would be a great HSS pickup choice.

I also think that a slightly hotter than vintage dunaged alnico 5 Tele lead pickup with baseplate is missing from the current SD lineup-- something that falls between the Broadcaster and STL-2 Hot Tele lead, so it will have increased mids like the JD Tele lead but with a stronger low-end like the STL-2. I'm not sure whether a new neck pickup would be needed to match it.

I think that a production version of either alnico version of the Antiquity Custom bridge would be a nice option, too, but that would run a distant third for me.

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

I think that a tremspaced HB with 59 neck or Jazz neck output and dunaged alnico 5 magnet would be a great HSS pickup choice.

I also think that a slightly hotter than vintage dunaged alnico 5 Tele lead pickup with baseplate is missing from the current SD lineup-- something that falls between the Broadcaster and STL-2 Hot Tele lead, so it will have increased mids like the JD Tele lead but with a stronger low-end like the STL-2. I'm not sure whether a new neck pickup would be needed to match it.

I think that a production version of either alnico version of the Antiquity Custom bridge would be a nice option, too, but that would run a distant third for me.

Good call! I think a production version of the alnico 2 Antiquity Texas Hot Custom bridge pickup would be a great add to the Duncan line up. And I'd suggest making it so it would be in phase and humcancelling when combined with Duncan's other Strat pickups. The way it's wound now, if you want to use it with a Ant Surf neck and middle you have to reverse the black and white wires on the Ant Texas Hot and reverse the positions of Surf neck and middle in order for it to be in phase and humcanclling when combined with the "middle" pickup. Lew

 

[gripweed]

Re: Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

Yeah I could! :laugh2: Thanks for the vote of confidence!

Still, since Seymour himself recommended the Jazz neck used as a bridge pickup with two vintage style Strat single coils, it seems like a Jazz Trembucker wound to Jazz neck specs (or maybe tweaked a little) would be a nice addition to the Duncan line for Super Strat lovers...

Seems to me that a humbucker designed specifically to "balance" output wise and tone wise with stock output Strat single coils would be a good item...because, IMO, none of the current Trembuckers do quite balance with stock output Strat single coils. They're all just a little to loud. Although the 59 TB is a good choice and I use it myself. Still: it's a little loud compared to stock Strat neck and middle singles.

Lew

It's an excellent point Lew. I'm wondering though if it would be possible to balance a humbucker with a single coil. Perhaps one of the hotter single coils would balance well with a lower output humbucker. Maybe a single coil sized humbucker like the Cool Rails might be able to be engineered to match better. BTW I tried a Cool Rails in the bridge of a Strat along with some Fender Tex Mex pickups. The Cool Rails was too loud there too. A great pickup IMHO, but I could never get it to work with single coils.

Does anyone have experience with a Jazz neck in the bridge of a Strat?

 

[Zhangliqun]

Re: Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

Here's another crazy Zhang idea: See if you can get a hold of some Invader pole pieces and put them on a Jazz neck. That would cover the strings trem-spaced or not...

 

[Dave]

Re: Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

Hot A2 neck for tele and hot A2 tapped lead.
+1 on the Cool rails for tele.

 

[ratherdashing]

Re: Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

Here's another crazy Zhang idea: See if you can get a hold of some Invader pole pieces and put them on a Jazz neck. That would cover the strings trem-spaced or not...

It works on paper, but I have a feeling the type of person who wants a low output humbucker to match their vintage-style singles isn't going to be a big fan of those huge pole pieces.

 

[Young Angus]

Re: Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

I hate to mention the D word, but a Dimarzio Humbucker From Hell, F-spaced in the bridge would likely fit the bill.

Haha "the D word"

I like that :laugh2:

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

It's an excellent point Lew. I'm wondering though if it would be possible to balance a humbucker with a single coil. Perhaps one of the hotter single coils would balance well with a lower output humbucker. Maybe a single coil sized humbucker like the Cool Rails might be able to be engineered to match better. BTW I tried a Cool Rails in the bridge of a Strat along with some Fender Tex Mex pickups. The Cool Rails was too loud there too. A great pickup IMHO, but I could never get it to work with single coils.

Does anyone have experience with a Jazz neck in the bridge of a Strat?

Thanks! I'm thinking of vintage output/vintage tone Strat single coils though...that's the tone I like. And since Seymour now has the Stack Plus single coils, I think a Jazz Trembucker would go nicely with those. They sound alot more like a vintage Strat pickup than a Cool Rails or Little 59 or any of Duncan's other Strat sized mini-humbuckers.

I have a '88 MIJ Fender Strat that I've owned forever and it's one of my favorite guitars. The previous owner hacked it out for a bridge humbucker and I've had many differant sets of pickups in it.

So far, my faves have been:

Duncan SSL-1's & JB JR.
Lindy Fralin overwound Blues Specials & Duncan JB Trembucker
Antiquity Surfers & Custom Shop Tele Hot Tapped...the set in it now.

But I'd love to try a set of the Stack Plus neck and middle and Jazz Trembucker.

Maybe I ought to just call MJ and ask her to wind me one and see how it sounds.

I'd also be very curious to hear the Stack Plus Strat pickups and an EVH/78 Trembucker...

Lew

 

[Evan Skopp]

Re: Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

Lew, you (or anyone else) can order the Jazz Bridge as a Trembucker. It's a shop floor custom. Lead time is four weeks, but there's no upcharge.

 

[Zhangliqun]

Re: Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

It works on paper, but I have a feeling the type of person who wants a low output humbucker to match their vintage-style singles isn't going to be a big fan of those huge pole pieces.

I'm not thinking in terms of coming up with a pickup that will sell to a lot of people -- hell, a traditional looking trem-spaced Jazz probably wouldn't. I'm thinking in terms of solving Lew's problem for him. Whether anybody else would like it is another story.

 

[Zhangliqun]

Re: Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

Lew, you (or anyone else) can order the Jazz Bridge as a Trembucker. It's a shop floor custom. Lead time is four weeks, but there's no upcharge.

There's your answer, Lew. Sounds like a winner to me.

 

[John Wymore]

Re: Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

Lew, you (or anyone else) can order the Jazz Bridge as a Trembucker. It's a shop floor custom. Lead time is four weeks, but there's no upcharge.

OK, you convinced me ..... I'm gonna order one ...... but a neck if they will do it). Then I'm gonna make a kick ass Strat to put them in!! :laugh2:

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Suggestion for the Duncan Company:

Lew, do you think a Phat Cat bridge model would balance well with a pair of SSL-1's in the neck and mid? Also, would it be hum cancelling in pos. 4?

I know it's not a 'bucker, but they do sound plenty fat enough for me. :burnout: