What type of pickups/producrs do you think the SD line is missing?
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KeeperOS
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Hmm, I think the humbucker/true single coil combo is a cool idea.
SD has at least a couple humbuckers that were designed to give a good split, SC sound but AFAIK they're still far from the real thing.
I really cannot decide between a bucker or a SC for the neck (of ANY guitar) since I really and truly love the character of both, that's why I ended up looking the mini-humbucker (like Cool Rails) way.
But if they could make a (neck) humbucker that when split (or whatever) could give that real SC tone then I'd buy 10s of those!
I think the closest as an idea was what Ibanez did with a humbucker where one coil is in fact a stack SC, but I've played it and is was less of a humbucker and a mediocre SC...
Concerning the 22 vs 24 neck, I have played and liked both but I think the ability of choosing the tone without having to sacrifice the 2 octaves would be great also.
I don't think I need to talk about the voicing of pickups, I feel SD nailed it from the beginning and never stopped nailing it ever since
Hmm, I think the humbucker/true single coil combo is a cool idea.
SD has at least a couple humbuckers that were designed to give a good split, SC sound but AFAIK they're still far from the real thing.
I really cannot decide between a bucker or a SC for the neck (of ANY guitar) since I really and truly love the character of both, that's why I ended up looking the mini-humbucker (like Cool Rails) way.
But if they could make a (neck) humbucker that when split (or whatever) could give that real SC tone then I'd buy 10s of those!
I think the closest as an idea was what Ibanez did with a humbucker where one coil is in fact a stack SC, but I've played it and is was less of a humbucker and a mediocre SC...
Concerning the 22 vs 24 neck, I have played and liked both but I think the ability of choosing the tone without having to sacrifice the 2 octaves would be great also.
I don't think I need to talk about the voicing of pickups, I feel SD nailed it from the beginning and never stopped nailing it ever since
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heymcz
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1. Brobucker or Hotter Brobucker (12 K?)
2. A2 JB / DiMartini Custom Shop / Other UberHot A2
3. Another Hot A5 Bridge bucker, but one E.Q.'d like a Custom
1. Brobucker or Hotter Brobucker (12 K?)
2. A2 JB / DiMartini Custom Shop / Other UberHot A2
3. Another Hot A5 Bridge bucker, but one E.Q.'d like a Custom
jimijames
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Re: What type of pickups/producrs do you think the SD line is missing?
+1, A big thick lead sound w/ single coil bite would be wonderful for the neck. I also like the idea of a pickup specialized for the neck position on a 24-fret guitar, I've always avoided those specifically because of this issue. I'd also dig a Custom Cat, a phat cat wound like the custom p-90 that seymour already makes. Maybe a vintage cat too, with more single coil definition for the neck.
+1, A big thick lead sound w/ single coil bite would be wonderful for the neck. I also like the idea of a pickup specialized for the neck position on a 24-fret guitar, I've always avoided those specifically because of this issue. I'd also dig a Custom Cat, a phat cat wound like the custom p-90 that seymour already makes. Maybe a vintage cat too, with more single coil definition for the neck.
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theodie
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Ummm......the PATB-1 and the PATB-2 will do it and they were designed to do EXACTLY this! There is a PATB-1N for the neck.
Ummm......the PATB-1 and the PATB-2 will do it and they were designed to do EXACTLY this! There is a PATB-1N for the neck.
JohnnyGuitar
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Re: What type of pickups/producrs do you think the SD line is missing?
I think that the single coil line is missing a 10k pickup worst then the humbuckers.
- Alnico 2, 10k, tapped to 6.6k. Made with and without a baseplate, could be used as a set, a bridge to lower output pups and in a set with the Quarter Pounders or other hot pups.
I think that the single coil line is missing a 10k pickup worst then the humbuckers.
- Alnico 2, 10k, tapped to 6.6k. Made with and without a baseplate, could be used as a set, a bridge to lower output pups and in a set with the Quarter Pounders or other hot pups.
Mr 9finger
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I'd like to see some full size buckers w/ rails other than the chainsaw er I mean dimebucker. Preferably a matched bridge/neck set. High output of course.
I'd like to see some full size buckers w/ rails other than the chainsaw er I mean dimebucker. Preferably a matched bridge/neck set. High output of course.
dr.barlo
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Not yet, bro. But am getting one very soon.
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Not yet, bro. But am getting one very soon.
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Rowan
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The PATB2 is ceramic, but I didn't realize that the PATB1 had rolled off highs.
The PATB2 is ceramic, but I didn't realize that the PATB1 had rolled off highs.
Artie
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I think the Stag Mag covers that base.
I'd like to see a "rail" version of the Phat Cat. Also, I'd like to see them offer the black cover that they make on the Benedetto A6 available as an option on all the covered pups. Especially since they already make it. Nothing new to do in production except grab some covers out of the bin.
I think the Stag Mag covers that base.
I'd like to see a "rail" version of the Phat Cat. Also, I'd like to see them offer the black cover that they make on the Benedetto A6 available as an option on all the covered pups. Especially since they already make it. Nothing new to do in production except grab some covers out of the bin.
Loserchief
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not to spoil the fun, but Dimarzio has this covered with the Air Norton. it sounds amazing in both 22s and 24s(even in the middle on a steven carpenter sig).
not to spoil the fun, but Dimarzio has this covered with the Air Norton. it sounds amazing in both 22s and 24s(even in the middle on a steven carpenter sig).
Re: What type of pickups/producrs do you think the SD line is missing?
I was on my way to posting something similar when I saw this. As someone with a science and engineering background, I had wondered while driving my winding country road on the way to work, what would happen if you wound one coil more that the other in a humbucker. I come to find that Frailin has already been there, and that their "Unbucker" has been extemely well received. When spit the hotter coil is active, and more like a full strength hot single. I bet Seymour and friends could come up with equal or better concepts. I'm putting a Frailin Unbucker in a Gibby they are suppossed to be so b*tchin.
I was on my way to posting something similar when I saw this. As someone with a science and engineering background, I had wondered while driving my winding country road on the way to work, what would happen if you wound one coil more that the other in a humbucker. I come to find that Frailin has already been there, and that their "Unbucker" has been extemely well received. When spit the hotter coil is active, and more like a full strength hot single. I bet Seymour and friends could come up with equal or better concepts. I'm putting a Frailin Unbucker in a Gibby they are suppossed to be so b*tchin.
Robert Delahunt
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Re: What type of pickups/producrs do you think the SD line is missing?
I was thinking more along the lines that it would act like a humbucker when not split, i.e. have two coils of equal size. It would end up "tapping" the one coil that it converts to when split. That's why it would be hard. That coil would be like 7k on its own, but 4k when not split, and the other coil would be 4k. Something like that is what I had in mind.
I was thinking more along the lines that it would act like a humbucker when not split, i.e. have two coils of equal size. It would end up "tapping" the one coil that it converts to when split. That's why it would be hard. That coil would be like 7k on its own, but 4k when not split, and the other coil would be 4k. Something like that is what I had in mind.
dr.barlo
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Re: What type of pickups/producrs do you think the SD line is missing?
Guys you cannot fit more than 5-5.50K with #42 wire into a humbucker bobin. BTW #42 is the one used in PAF clones and vintage strat single coils. With #43 this level increases to 7.50-8.00 I believe. Thus, a 5.00K #42 bobin has the same mass of copper as a 8.00K #43 has. Thus, don't compare apples and oranges.
Thus, a 10K PAF is the hottest HB that can be wound with #42 and standard HB bobins. BTW that Brobucker is the best HB I have ever used split. The split bobin becomes one of those new Gibson Melody Maker pickups.
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Guys you cannot fit more than 5-5.50K with #42 wire into a humbucker bobin. BTW #42 is the one used in PAF clones and vintage strat single coils. With #43 this level increases to 7.50-8.00 I believe. Thus, a 5.00K #42 bobin has the same mass of copper as a 8.00K #43 has. Thus, don't compare apples and oranges.
Thus, a 10K PAF is the hottest HB that can be wound with #42 and standard HB bobins. BTW that Brobucker is the best HB I have ever used split. The split bobin becomes one of those new Gibson Melody Maker pickups.
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KeeperOS
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Re: What type of pickups/producrs do you think the SD line is missing?
I know but I hear its' still not quite the same, I REALLY like the notch positions of a Strat but find that I am more partial to the feel humbuckers have, especially in the bridge position. Currently I lean towards the H-S-S (or rather H-S-"mini h") combo so that I can have the HB tone but with the notch positions and still keep some of the SC beauty.
Granted, I haven't actually heard it, I usually use the neck (that's where I want it) for Blues, Jazz, Rock and the Rhythm parts of 80s' Metal (meaning not the extreme stuff). For all but the last I want true SC sound; for Metal I want HB. Will the Stag Mag fill that position and still have the Stratty character (twang and everything) when I want it?
I know but I hear its' still not quite the same, I REALLY like the notch positions of a Strat but find that I am more partial to the feel humbuckers have, especially in the bridge position. Currently I lean towards the H-S-S (or rather H-S-"mini h") combo so that I can have the HB tone but with the notch positions and still keep some of the SC beauty.
Granted, I haven't actually heard it, I usually use the neck (that's where I want it) for Blues, Jazz, Rock and the Rhythm parts of 80s' Metal (meaning not the extreme stuff). For all but the last I want true SC sound; for Metal I want HB. Will the Stag Mag fill that position and still have the Stratty character (twang and everything) when I want it?
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Sludgenutz
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Re: What type of pickups/producrs do you think the SD line is missing?
Yup a rail version would be great! And erhhh, make it hotter (sorry, Artie!).
Yup a rail version would be great! And erhhh, make it hotter (sorry, Artie!).
DepecheMoses
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What about a humbucking P90, but not a stack or a humbucker design, I was thinking more this design:
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I've seen pickups like that, but never in a P90. It would also allow one of the coils to be wound hotter, so one could have a P90 with a huge low end. This same design could be used for a 5-2 humbucker, a concept in which I have seen interest expressed.
What about a humbucking P90, but not a stack or a humbucker design, I was thinking more this design:
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I've seen pickups like that, but never in a P90. It would also allow one of the coils to be wound hotter, so one could have a P90 with a huge low end. This same design could be used for a 5-2 humbucker, a concept in which I have seen interest expressed.
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