Thumbs up for the Screamin Demon

[ranalli]

I have an alder body neck through super strat with a maple neck and rosewood fretboard that I just put the Demon in tonight to compare it to the PAF Pro.

The PAF Pro was really good I thought....had a good amount of output while still retaining that vintage vibe but was really chunky and nice. A little sluggish but that added to the vintage vibe...very well balanced though .

The Demon is a bit different. It was more cutting and a bit tighter. It definitely has that "growl" that people talk about...I can't explain it. It is a little scooped sounding cause you can hear some of the boom in the bass with a little lacking in the middle but it's not bad by any means....just makes it a little tighter with a little more upper end cut. It definitely fit my guitar very very well....I'm definitely going to keep it in for a while. It doesn't have the vintage vibe like the PAF Pro but it's definitely a good bit lower output.....which I would NOT like if I didn't have such a high gain amp (Peavey XXX). Other than that it's kind of like a Duncan Distortion but with less output...more growl.....a bit warmer.....with less of a thrash metal sound and more of a hard-rock type sound.


A buddy of mine actually hated the demon in his ebony fretboarded guitar....too thin and harsh he said. I told him to try the PAF Pro....he loved it....said it completely fit the bill for him and put the beef in his guitar with a nice hot-rodded vintage vibe.

Different pickups for different guitars

 

[ranalli]

Re: Thumbs up for the Screamin Demon

The more I play....the more I like it. I kind of like that it's lower in output. My POD has tons of gain and so does my amp....this allows me to get some really cool mid-gain type sounds out of them both. And I've been playing it with crappy rusty strings too...I'm going to change them today..I'm sure it will sound even better.

 

[Nightburst]

Re: Thumbs up for the Screamin Demon

Would you describe this pickup as boomy in the bass? Or does it have a lot of treble?
Have you tried in in the neck position?

 

[RG 2570]

Re: Thumbs up for the Screamin Demon

I prefer the PRO,it has a "unique" quality that i dont hear in a demon

 

[ranalli]

Re: Thumbs up for the Screamin Demon

Would you describe this pickup as boomy in the bass? Or does it have a lot of treble?
Have you tried in in the neck position?

The best I can compare it too and put it into words would be a Duncan Distortion....

The Demon has a good bit less output first off. It has less treble but a touch more bass...but is fairly well balanced. It's warmer sounding as well even though there is a slight dip in the EQ in the mids somewhere I can hear. It's less "thrashy" sounding than the distortion and more "hard-rock" if you can understand what I'm saying.

 

[ranalli]

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I prefer the PRO,it has a "unique" quality that i dont hear in a demon

The Pro was an awesome pickup....I definitely want to try that one again in another guitar...it had this open wah pedal type sound that is really cool.

 

[Nightburst]

Re: Thumbs up for the Screamin Demon

The best I can compare it too and put it into words would be a Duncan Distortion....

The Demon has a good bit less output first off. It has less treble but a touch more bass...but is fairly well balanced. It's warmer sounding as well even though there is a slight dip in the EQ in the mids somewhere I can hear. It's less "thrashy" sounding than the distortion and more "hard-rock" if you can understand what I'm saying.

I think I can, I have tried a DDn and have a '59n now. It has to be somewhere inbetween there but with lesser bass?

 

[RG 2570]

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The Pro was an awesome pickup....I definitely want to try that one again in another guitar...it had this open wah pedal type sound that is really cool.

ranalli i think that is the unique thing i liked? it just sang like micheal schenkers tone or something? the demon was dry sounding to me? nothing special? could be the ibanez RG though?

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Mine both screams and sings....but I think that I am going to return it to my strat again, that was a nice combination with my SSL-1's, it is a very defined pickup, you can hear all the nuances and make it squeal when ever you want.

 

[ranalli]

Re: Thumbs up for the Screamin Demon

ranalli i think that is the unique thing i liked? it just sang like micheal schenkers tone or something? the demon was dry sounding to me? nothing special? could be the ibanez RG though?

Yeah the Pro had a unique sound...no doubt.

That's what I find with Dimarzio...for the most part you get an entirely different sound with each of their different pickups whereas Duncan pickups are more like fine-tuned tweaked versions of each other. With the exception of a few the changes aren't as drastic. I could easily dial very similar tones with a Duncan Distortion or Custom even.

 

[bloodswords]

Re: Thumbs up for the Screamin Demon

I have the Demon in my RG1550 & it’s a menace…

What I like about the Demon in this guitar is that, it produces a tight lower mid chug which is very useful for my high gain/ metal stuff. In the upper freq, the Demon’s high end is trimmed enough to maintain clarity, nothing too piercing. It’s a more polished His I should say.

FYI- I have the Duncan Distortion in the neck…