What to pair the Jason Becker Perpetual Burn for Heavy/Neoclassical Metal?

[gregory]

Re: What to pair the Jason Becker Perpetual Burn for Heavy/Neoclassical Metal?

You'd be correct in not using DCR to determine output level, especially in this case (and in the case of stacked singles in your other thread).

The Crunch Lab uses a ceramic magnet, has a bar in one coil and loads the other coil with additional metal to boost its inductance. It is a much hotter pickup than the PB. My last go around with a LiquiFire was to pair it with a Gibson 500T, another flame thrower.

I can't say I didn't warn you.

 

[SDK2]

Re: What to pair the Jason Becker Perpetual Burn for Heavy/Neoclassical Metal?

OK that makes sense then. I will look into the Sentient. Thx

 

[BlueSkiesAndPaign]

Re: What to pair the Jason Becker Perpetual Burn for Heavy/Neoclassical Metal?

I paired a Perpetual Burn with a Sentient in a Carvin DC400. Individually they're nice really pickups. Together...they're too far apart tonally. I have to keep reaching to my amp whenever i switch from bridge to neck and vice-versa.

On any given setting, the Perpetual Burn sounds relatively hotter, and way thinner, while the Sentient stays clean and relatively bassy - clear in a sterile sense. When i set a good tone on the neck, the Perpetual Burn gets too ice picky, and when i get a good tone on the PB, the Sentient starts losing articulation and its snappyness. Perhaps this is partly because the Carvin guitar is a 25 inch scale.

If i match outputs by adjusting pickup heights, the Sentient gets bassier higher up and the PB gets even thinner lowered. If i match tones better by adjusting the height - the Perpetual Burn becomes disproportionally hotter, and the Sentient begins to match the treble but there's a volume drop.

I understand that the Sentient was made to match the Pegasus and not the Perpetual Burn. But i don't see why my set doesn't match well. The PB is supposed to match well with the '59 and the Jazz.
Also, according to the Duncan site, the Pegasus and Perpetual Burn are nearly identical in terms of magnet type (Alnico 5), output and eq.

I'm more inclined to keep the PB, Full Shred or a Jazz in the neck.

^my review of how the Perpetual Burn - Sentient set didn't match well for me. Individually they're both good pups.