What Pickups does M.Schenker use??
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Magnus Pauli
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Re: What Pickups does M.Schenker use??
As far as I know Michael Schenker uses a Duncan Custom.
As far as I know Michael Schenker uses a Duncan Custom.
Simon_F
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Here's a link to some info on Schenker's gear:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~vr9m-ark/michael/misc.htm
It mentions that he was using a Duncan Custom / '59 combo in his Gibson Vs.
Did I hear someone say he has sold those guitars on Ebay?
Back in the 70s I would guess he was using stock Gibson buckers, probably very much like '59s.
Here's a link to some info on Schenker's gear:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~vr9m-ark/michael/misc.htm
It mentions that he was using a Duncan Custom / '59 combo in his Gibson Vs.
Did I hear someone say he has sold those guitars on Ebay?
Back in the 70s I would guess he was using stock Gibson buckers, probably very much like '59s.
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really, he used the duncan custom? but that has a ceramic magnet in it.
not that that is all bad but i thought that ceramic magnets are the most 'harsh' sounding. i had an Invader pickup and that is the complaint i had, too compressed and too harsh.
weird i would think that he used a more vintage sounding pickup.He has such a good tone. actually on some recordings it is some of the best notes i have heard.
Ever hear the 'Lights Out' track from the 'Walk on Water' Album?!1 that has amazing tone on it!
really, he used the duncan custom? but that has a ceramic magnet in it.
not that that is all bad but i thought that ceramic magnets are the most 'harsh' sounding. i had an Invader pickup and that is the complaint i had, too compressed and too harsh.
weird i would think that he used a more vintage sounding pickup.He has such a good tone. actually on some recordings it is some of the best notes i have heard.
Ever hear the 'Lights Out' track from the 'Walk on Water' Album?!1 that has amazing tone on it!
Simon_F
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Re: What Pickups does M.Schenker use??
As ceramics go the Duncan Custom isn't a harsh pickup. Harsher than an alnico 2 pickup certainly, but in my experience less harsh than the alnico 5 Gibson 498T for example. I have Walk On Water and I can easily imagine those tones coming from a Custom. The 70s stuff is most likely PAF-style pickups, but like most great players a lot of Schenker's tone is in his fingers - give him a humbucker and a good tube amp and he'll sound like Schenker!
As ceramics go the Duncan Custom isn't a harsh pickup. Harsher than an alnico 2 pickup certainly, but in my experience less harsh than the alnico 5 Gibson 498T for example. I have Walk On Water and I can easily imagine those tones coming from a Custom. The 70s stuff is most likely PAF-style pickups, but like most great players a lot of Schenker's tone is in his fingers - give him a humbucker and a good tube amp and he'll sound like Schenker!
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