BlueSkiesAndPaign
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Hey guys, first post here, though i've been lurking unregistered for quite a few months now :cool2:
I'm looking for a versatile neck humbucker to match up with the Seymour Duncan Perpetual Burn i've purchased.
1. My guitar is a Carvin DC400. The stock pickups were Carvin C22. Alder body, flame maple top, maple neck, ebony fretboard. 24 frets. What is cool about this guitar is that it has an onboard active EQ, really allow you to tailor your sound, as well as individual coil-split switches and a phase switch.
My amp is an Orange Micro Terror with my pedalboard. For recording i also use a Line 6 Pod HD500. I'm perfectly happy with the pickups on my other guitars, so it's not just an 'upgrade-your-amp' issue.
2. I play shred, post-rock, indie, shoegaze and blues. The pickup set for this guitar needs to handle the gain range of, let's say for reference..the Siamese Dream album by The Smashing Pumpkins (not a Lace Sensor fan), from the cleans to the heavy wall-of-fuzz, some articulation for shred and tight riffs (for the bridge - Perpetual Burn -yay!). This'll be my highest output guitar, the others are better for more vintage sounds, but i don't want this guitar to go fully beyond the other ones' ballpark either.
3. So what i need for the neck needs to be good for liquid-y shred leads in the vein of the Dimarzio Evolution (not super high output though, just capable of reaching there- like the Perpetual Burn), but still retain the PAF character and a good amount of dynamics, clean up well with the volume knob, be neutral enough to really tailor with the onboard EQ, and split well for cleans.
4. Searching the forums and the Duncan blog made me figure i wanted the clean articulation of the Jazz neck even under heavy gain, as well as the warmth of of the '59for low/mid-gain purposes. That made me zero in on the Sentient. Would the output match well? I've searched the forums and have found people pairing the Perpetual Burn with the Jazz, and with the '59 (slight output issues), and with the Demon. So, do you think the Sentient is right for me based on what i have described? There isn't much on the Sentient for non-metal purposes. Secondly, has anyone paired the two pickups in their guitar yet?
Thanks for the patience and the help in advance :yourock:
I'm looking for a versatile neck humbucker to match up with the Seymour Duncan Perpetual Burn i've purchased.
1. My guitar is a Carvin DC400. The stock pickups were Carvin C22. Alder body, flame maple top, maple neck, ebony fretboard. 24 frets. What is cool about this guitar is that it has an onboard active EQ, really allow you to tailor your sound, as well as individual coil-split switches and a phase switch.
My amp is an Orange Micro Terror with my pedalboard. For recording i also use a Line 6 Pod HD500. I'm perfectly happy with the pickups on my other guitars, so it's not just an 'upgrade-your-amp' issue.
2. I play shred, post-rock, indie, shoegaze and blues. The pickup set for this guitar needs to handle the gain range of, let's say for reference..the Siamese Dream album by The Smashing Pumpkins (not a Lace Sensor fan), from the cleans to the heavy wall-of-fuzz, some articulation for shred and tight riffs (for the bridge - Perpetual Burn -yay!). This'll be my highest output guitar, the others are better for more vintage sounds, but i don't want this guitar to go fully beyond the other ones' ballpark either.
3. So what i need for the neck needs to be good for liquid-y shred leads in the vein of the Dimarzio Evolution (not super high output though, just capable of reaching there- like the Perpetual Burn), but still retain the PAF character and a good amount of dynamics, clean up well with the volume knob, be neutral enough to really tailor with the onboard EQ, and split well for cleans.
4. Searching the forums and the Duncan blog made me figure i wanted the clean articulation of the Jazz neck even under heavy gain, as well as the warmth of of the '59for low/mid-gain purposes. That made me zero in on the Sentient. Would the output match well? I've searched the forums and have found people pairing the Perpetual Burn with the Jazz, and with the '59 (slight output issues), and with the Demon. So, do you think the Sentient is right for me based on what i have described? There isn't much on the Sentient for non-metal purposes. Secondly, has anyone paired the two pickups in their guitar yet?
Thanks for the patience and the help in advance :yourock:
