sandmannn69
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Does anyone know the difference between these two bridge pickups? Their specs are identical ...
Suhr Thornbucker 2 and Duncan 78
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ragamuffin
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I don't know how these two pickups sound, but there's more to a pickup than just the DCR and magnet type if that's what you're looking at.
Other factors include the wire type and gauge, how the pickups are wound, if the coils are symmetrical/asymmetrical , polepiece screw length, and more.
Other factors include the wire type and gauge, how the pickups are wound, if the coils are symmetrical/asymmetrical , polepiece screw length, and more.
beaubrummels
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Little Ceasar's and Vito & Nick's have the same ingredients, but they don't taste anything alike.
From the description, I believe the Thornbucker 2 is to give Pete Thorn a quintessential PAF sound but tweaked to work in his HSS sig guitar (so I would think the shift from A4 to A2 warms it up so that in an alder Strat type it sounds nearly the same as the A4 Thornbucker in a mahogany/maple cap type guitar).
The Duncan '78 model, IME, is thin, bright and tight. It sounds like a Pearly Gates with the bass rolled off. What I noticed is you can simulate that 'starved plate / brown' sound without a Variac on your Plexi. It would also do Eric Clapton Beano/Fool SG tones really well; it's like a bright snappy PAF to a degree, but it has some heat to drive an amp.
From the description, I believe the Thornbucker 2 is to give Pete Thorn a quintessential PAF sound but tweaked to work in his HSS sig guitar (so I would think the shift from A4 to A2 warms it up so that in an alder Strat type it sounds nearly the same as the A4 Thornbucker in a mahogany/maple cap type guitar).
The Duncan '78 model, IME, is thin, bright and tight. It sounds like a Pearly Gates with the bass rolled off. What I noticed is you can simulate that 'starved plate / brown' sound without a Variac on your Plexi. It would also do Eric Clapton Beano/Fool SG tones really well; it's like a bright snappy PAF to a degree, but it has some heat to drive an amp.
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beaubrummels
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Consider the amp setup he's using, however.
Archer250
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Having had both.
The '78 is more aggressive, tighter, it's that kind of sound.
The Thorn 2 is honestly kinda like a brighter, less compressed Custom Custom.
AniML
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I just replaced the factory JB in my new Charvel San Dimas FR with a '78 yesterday. I am loving it, but would love it more with a little more low end. That got me thinking..
Has anyone tried/heard a 78/Custom(Custom) hybrid, or have any idea what the result might be? I can't seem to find much if anything on it.
Has anyone tried/heard a 78/Custom(Custom) hybrid, or have any idea what the result might be? I can't seem to find much if anything on it.
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