Re: Pickup's-So many good ones out there. Whats in your Axe's?
 

I don't like duncan designs- Horrrible pickup imo-

I'll take EMGs HZ or even stock epi Les Paul pups over the D-designs.

Re: Pickup's-So many good ones out there. Whats in your Axe's?
 

The Duncan Designed can be Hit or Miss. But now and then you run across a DD that is above the norm. My Jackson DK2 had the DD 102 which is their JB equivalent. That pickup sounded dead on to the JB's IVe had and currently have. It had a little less Ice pickyness also.
The thing sounded good in every guitar I tried it in. It currently is the bridge hum of my Crappy Magnum LP and it has Never sounded better.
Also changing mags in pickups isnt hard and can do wonders for tone and clarity as well as output. Im currently putting Alnico V bars in a old Pyramid pickup and expect much better results than stock when done.
Lots of Awesome info on p'ups and modding them on the Seymour Duncan forum.

Re: Pickup's-So many good ones out there. Whats in your Axe's?
 

I use EMGs. 81/85/60/707
Wanna try the new coil tappers.
A lot of my Gibsons retain their factory stuff.

Re: Pickup's-So many good ones out there. Whats in your Axe's?
 

I have to take my Gibson 57's out and "Pot" them, a little to much feedback out of them..

Re: Pickup's-So many good ones out there. Whats in your Axe's?
 

the DD in my Dk2 sound awesome and sound nice... but as v-type said they are hit or miss..

Re: Pickup's-So many good ones out there. Whats in your Axe's?
 

i have a duncan design in my les paul a 105 i believe (i didn't out it there) it don't sound bad as far a pickups go, its clear, my only problems with it are it has a lil too much output for me, and it's a bit on the trebley side for a neck pup, it's the on duncan designed pup i have experience with

Re: Pickup's-So many good ones out there. Whats in your Axe's?
 

All my guitars are stock.

Gibson Les Paul Studio Double Cutaway (US 1997) : Gibson 490/498

Hamer P-90 Special (US 1996) : Seymour Duncan P-90's

Gibson Les Paul Classic (US 1999): Gibson 496/500

Fender American Vintage '52 Telecaster Reissue (US 1987): Fender American Vintage single coils

Fender Tex-Mex Tele Special (MX 1997): Tex-Mex Humbucker (neck) and single (bridge)

Ovation Breadwinner (solidbody elec., US ~1973): Ovation torroidal single coils

Rickenbacker 620 (US 1991): Rickenbacker High-Gain singles

De Armond Jet Star (KOR 2000): US DeArmond Gold Tone humbuckers

Fender Duo-Sonic (US 1960): Fender singles

Fender Squier Precision Bass (JPN c.1987): stock split humbucker

Fender Standard Jazz Bass (MX c.1993): Fender singles

Saga/Unknown "Parts" Telecaster (1990's): stock single coil in bridge (unknown brand), Seymour Duncan mini-humbucker in neck

Fernandes Ravelle Deluxe (CHI 2003) : Seymour Duncan Jazz/JB

Agile P-90 Valkyrie SG (KOR 2003): stock no-name P-90's

Peavey T-60 (US 1980): stock Peavey toastertop humbuckers

Gretsch Electromatic Special Jet (CHI 2005): DeArmond 2K singles

Peavey Predator (Strat) (USA 1992): stock Peavey ceramic singles

Schecter Tempest Special (KOR c. 2005): Duncan Design P-90's

Brownsville Choirboy (KOR c. 200x?): stock toastertop alnico singles

Daisy Rock Retro-H (IND c. 2007): stock mini-humbuckers

Re: Pickup's-So many good ones out there. Whats in your Axe's?
 

Paul with Burstbucker 2's
G&L Legacy- Proprietary with an old-school Duncan Rails in the bridge - very similar in spec to the Vintage Rails
Matsumoko Vantage VS-600 - Proprietary with coil tap

Soon to own an Ibanez with EMG 81/85 set for teh brootalz!! er, not really. I just want an active set and it's a cheap guitar. :smilez:

Re: Pickup's-So many good ones out there. Whats in your Axe's?
 

I like the Seymour Duncan sound. Right now I'm actually using stock Duncan Designed pickups, but I like the tone I'm getting with them.

One of my friends has EMGs, and frankly I'm not a fan. Of course, I'm not all that partial to the Br00talz or whathaveyou, but they just really lack rich tone.

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EMG's...

eww.

Not for Krashpad.