Tried a Duncan '78 today...

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Nothing posted in here discourages me from wanting to try one as a neck pickup.

Has anyone ever metered the coils on one of these? The descriptions all could describe the PAF/Custom hybrids... hmmm.
 
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The more you talk about this pickup the more it reminds me the things I didn't like about my gfs veh, how it sounded trebly and harsh in my ash strat, maybe they are more similar than I thought. That's disturbing :P
 
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Isn't is supposed to sound close to a Pearly Gates? Has anyone compared them?
 
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I'm really confused, it sounds like you guys are talking about a different pup from the ones I have. I've got a 78 in my R8, and my CU24. It's a PAF it sounds nothing like a CC....but I've never thought of it as overly bright. It's got just the right touch of compression to work well in the bridge. I've got it paired with a Seth in the neck and it sounds great. Very classic...until I crank the gain and really tighten up my pick attack.

I know the EVH tone is in there, but it's not something I get when I just plug in. That's why I've always felt that the 78 amplifies the way you play and colors it just a tad before sending it out to the amp.

Luke
 
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its a little hot for a typical paf but you arent wrong. i dont think its overly bright either. its a really good pup for some people as you know.
 
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marcello252 said:
The more you talk about this pickup the more it reminds me the things I didn't like about my gfs veh, how it sounded trebly and harsh in my ash strat, maybe they are more similar than I thought. That's disturbing :P
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I'd like to get one and put an A2 in it. All the things people complain about it, could be fixed with the correct mag.
 
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IanBallard said:
I'd like to get one and put an A2 in it. All the things people complain about it, could be fixed with the correct mag.
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I'm going to do something more: since I have an unused veh (supposed to be 43 awg with 11.2K) and a gfs classic II a2, measuring 8.1K, I'm thinking about making an hybrid using the A2 and see what happens.
 
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WGTP said:
Isn't is supposed to sound close to a Pearly Gates? Has anyone compared them?
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No, the PG has much more low minds. In a tremolo block guitar in particular the '78 can get pretty thin. Not as thin as a APH.

The '78 being aggressive is not about it having lots of treble. It doesn't.
 
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After hearing this, I may pickup a '78. While I would be putting it in a strat with 500K pots, it's a bit darker than most MIA strats I have played. Not sure why:dunno: But I think it would go great with my Jet City JCA100H. This amp is a bit dark and has a good amount of compression to it. I currently have a Pearly Gates in the bridge of my strat, but I've found it's a bit over powering in the low mids and not quite clear enough on the low strings. Also, a bit more juice in the output would be right up my ally.
 
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FuelGTRX said:
After hearing this, I may pickup a '78. While I would be putting it in a strat with 500K pots, it's a bit darker than most MIA strats I have played. Not sure why:dunno: But I think it would go great with my Jet City JCA100H. This amp is a bit dark and has a good amount of compression to it. I currently have a Pearly Gates in the bridge of my strat, but I've found it's a bit over powering in the low mids and not quite clear enough on the low strings. Also, a bit more juice in the output would be right up my ally.
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That's what I think based on my experience with the 78'. Maybe the harsh overtones I heard will turn out to be nice crunchy highs in your rig.
 
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I'm using a 78 neck pickup and it sounds great. It's never leaving my guitar.
 
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I am using the '78 in the bridge with a UOA5 magnet and a '59b in the neck to balance it out
 
pittbull said:
Question how would the Duncan 78 sound in a Gibson Les Paul with a Floyd rose in your opinions
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What kinda music? What kinda amp? I can't believe it would sound bad...but it might not be right for really heavy stuff.
 
It would sound just like a '78. The Floyd would thin out the LP and the '78 would be thin and bright like it is. I put a '78 in my SG with a regular TOM and it was still like a superstrat sound.
 
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