Want a pickup like a Duncan Distortion with less grind. PATB-2?

[BartOfDarkness]

Re: Want a pickup like a Duncan Distortion with less grind. PATB-2?

I ended up getting the PATB-2 and hot stack. It seems there's a lot of love for the PATB series, so I'll see what all the fuss is haha. I was gonna get the PA-STK as well, but that thing is super tall and while it would probably fit as far as I can tell, it wouldn't have a lot of room for adjustment.

The pickups came in yesterday, but I'm sending this one into my tech, so no review yet.

 

[eclecticsynergy]

Re: Want a pickup like a Duncan Distortion with less grind. PATB-2?

Great choice. I have a PATB-1n and a PATB-3 in one of my Floydcasters and it's never sounded better.

 

[Cidew1984]

Re: Want a pickup like a Duncan Distortion with less grind. PATB-2?

Thanks. I will give it a try soon.

 

[BartOfDarkness]

Re: Want a pickup like a Duncan Distortion with less grind. PATB-2?

Finally popped it in after letting it sit for awhile, and while I haven't spent enough time with it to do a full on review I'm pretty impressed. Its got an absolute TON of beefyness but somehow still clear enough to do classic Paul Gilbert licks on the low E string without turning into a mess.

And Jesus, this thing is beyond hot, it's molten! Probably the highest output pickup I've tried and I've done EMGs and D Activators before. I've been favoring medium output pickups like the DiMarzio Norton lately, but this still has the articulation I look for so it still gets a pass.

I was doing bed room volumes for now, but tomorrow I'll see what it's like once I get my amps tubes working a little harder