charlemetallica
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Guys Just to share with who are looking to the ultimate metal bridge pickup,
It took from me a lot of search to find it,
It is the Duncan Distortion With A8 Magnets, Simply DD has an oversized magnet and A8 is standard sized magnet, simply to fill the space , demagnetize any magnet you have ( it is easy, I did demagnetize an A5 by rubbing it with A8, the A8 Took all the magnet charge and the A5 is just a piece of steel)stick them together for sure the A8 is in the upper position and the demagnetized one is in the lower position just to fill the oversized space.
what are the results?
The tightest 3D full sound bottom end I have ever heard from a pickup without being compressed or undefined in any way,
Mids, and here is the magic part in the DD, All pickups i have heard that have A8 in it has a defect of being tamed in the mid range and the high frequencies , but with the DD it is not like all others I have heard like Custom8 , Alternative8 , JB8 , or any other pickup.
the mids are so clear as a JB, without being harsh sounding, but also not tamed like ALT8 , Custom8 , JB8.
the highs are also very clear and smooth, but very present.
Well, I have tried this pickup in 2 guitars and it sounded the best in Alder Body with Ebony fretboard , the other guitar was mahogany with ebony fretboard , but it was boomy and not clear with the mids tamed a bit, but in alder , every frequency is clear like a bell.
Guys, I tried this in a duncan designed DD replica , and it was clearer and sustained more than the real ALT8 or JB I had in the same guitar, So when A8 will be placed in a real DD , I think that will be the most earth shaking clear metal pickup, as it is tighter than ALT8 , Duncan Custom, i have tried myself a day ago.
I used an ENGL fireball 100 head, even I could not dial the bass more than 12 o clock, not because it will be unclear , but it will be earth shaking to a point that could move the cabinet out of its place.
My next order is a DD TB-6, and will see how a ducan designed pickup will sound compared to a real duncan. Probably Much Better sustain without uncontrolled feedbacks.
Cheer Metal Guys, please Do me a favor , All DD users , give the DD A8 a try, it is not a jb8 in any way as many others said before. And I think who said that JB and DD are similar pickups with different magnets are probably wrong, I am sure that DD has more coil winding than JB, so how could they be the same pickup. they may share the same wire used , but they sound totally different.
Keep It Metal \m/
It took from me a lot of search to find it,
It is the Duncan Distortion With A8 Magnets, Simply DD has an oversized magnet and A8 is standard sized magnet, simply to fill the space , demagnetize any magnet you have ( it is easy, I did demagnetize an A5 by rubbing it with A8, the A8 Took all the magnet charge and the A5 is just a piece of steel)stick them together for sure the A8 is in the upper position and the demagnetized one is in the lower position just to fill the oversized space.
what are the results?
The tightest 3D full sound bottom end I have ever heard from a pickup without being compressed or undefined in any way,
Mids, and here is the magic part in the DD, All pickups i have heard that have A8 in it has a defect of being tamed in the mid range and the high frequencies , but with the DD it is not like all others I have heard like Custom8 , Alternative8 , JB8 , or any other pickup.
the mids are so clear as a JB, without being harsh sounding, but also not tamed like ALT8 , Custom8 , JB8.
the highs are also very clear and smooth, but very present.
Well, I have tried this pickup in 2 guitars and it sounded the best in Alder Body with Ebony fretboard , the other guitar was mahogany with ebony fretboard , but it was boomy and not clear with the mids tamed a bit, but in alder , every frequency is clear like a bell.
Guys, I tried this in a duncan designed DD replica , and it was clearer and sustained more than the real ALT8 or JB I had in the same guitar, So when A8 will be placed in a real DD , I think that will be the most earth shaking clear metal pickup, as it is tighter than ALT8 , Duncan Custom, i have tried myself a day ago.
I used an ENGL fireball 100 head, even I could not dial the bass more than 12 o clock, not because it will be unclear , but it will be earth shaking to a point that could move the cabinet out of its place.
My next order is a DD TB-6, and will see how a ducan designed pickup will sound compared to a real duncan. Probably Much Better sustain without uncontrolled feedbacks.
Cheer Metal Guys, please Do me a favor , All DD users , give the DD A8 a try, it is not a jb8 in any way as many others said before. And I think who said that JB and DD are similar pickups with different magnets are probably wrong, I am sure that DD has more coil winding than JB, so how could they be the same pickup. they may share the same wire used , but they sound totally different.
Keep It Metal \m/
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