Duncan pickup comparison vid

AlanRatcliffe

All heavy:

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LooneyAtTheGate

I posted this earlier today.. This video is SO useful. I mean who has the means and the patience to test 12 pickups on the same guitar?? ☹
It will be great to see other brands tested like this, with this quality sound and riffing. ? ?

MikeM

Another for those interested ? Specifically on the heavy side.

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Jayhell

We should get someone to do this with Toneriders ?

MikeM

Loan me the Toneriders and I will do it ?

nicovlogg

That's some seriously great playing ???

But a lot of these sound very, very similar to me. ?

ActionArnie

nicovlogg wrote: But a lot of these sound very, very similar to me. ?

phew, thought it was my uncultured ears ?

Had a Duncan SH-6 installed in my Dot years ago, I'd ordered an SH-4 but when my order arrived the shop said there'd been a problem and they "upgraded" my order to an SH-6. I'm not sure there could be a worse combination of guitar/pickup.

Jayhell

MikeM wrote: Loan me the Toneriders and I will do it ?

Give me the money and I'll give you you the pickups. lol

Malkav

nicovlogg wrote: But a lot of these sound very, very similar to me. ?

I get the Ola vid sounding a bit samey cause that guy could make a guitar plugged into a potato sound like a $2000 Mesa...

The Keith Merrow video I found the differences quite staggering and abundant in ? It definitely helped solidify my opinion that Lower Output pickups > Higher Output especially for heavy music.

AlanRatcliffe

Chad Adam Browne wrote: I get the Ola vid sounding a bit samey cause that guy could make a guitar plugged into a potato sound like a $2000 Mesa...

There's another way of looking at it... ?

The Keith Merrow video I found the differences quite staggering and abundant in ?

Yeah, him I liked - his tone and playing are good for the style.

It definitely helped solidify my opinion that Lower Output pickups > Higher Output especially for heavy music.

I've been preaching that one for years. But do they listen? Kids today...

nicovlogg

Chad Adam Browne wrote: The Keith Merrow video I found the differences quite staggering and abundant in ? It definitely helped solidify my opinion that Lower Output pickups > Higher Output especially for heavy music.

Some of the pickups are obviously unique sounding, like the Dimebucker for example. But for the most part, I found them very samey. Just don't think it's possible to hear the differences as clearly at those sort of gain levels.

Malkav

nicovlogg wrote:
Chad Adam Browne wrote: The Keith Merrow video I found the differences quite staggering and abundant in ? It definitely helped solidify my opinion that Lower Output pickups > Higher Output especially for heavy music.
Some of the pickups are obviously unique sounding, like the Dimebucker for example. But for the most part, I found them very samey. Just don't think it's possible to hear the differences as clearly at those sort of gain levels.

I'm gonna disagree there, I find at high gain it's way easier to judge certain characteristics ? Also the Merrow video is heavy, but it's not really "high gain" or at least I'm sure his gain knob is only around 5 or so, admittedly on an amp that's made to have a crap load of gain on tap, but ultimately I'd say his sound is less saturated than say Nickleback ?