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Pickups
Topic Started: Jun 25 2006, 12:34 AM (1,139 Views)
+ invader chris	Jun 25 2006, 12:34 AM Post #1
Retired Moderator Posts: 134 Group: Retired Member #6 Joined: June 24, 2006	Hey, if you guys have any pickup questions, ask me. To date, I've owned: EMG: 81, 85 DiMarzio: Super Distortion, Steve's Special, FRED, X2N, Super 2, Evolution, Air Norton, Air Zone, Tone Zone Duncan: JB, Distortion, Invader, '59, Full Shred, Custom, Custom Custom, Custom 5, Parallel Axis Trembucker, Livewire Hot for Strat, Screamin' Demon Lace Senson: Blue, Silver, Red
	Gibson, Ibanez, Kramer, Seymour Duncan, Dunlop, SIT, and Ernie Ball


FenderGuitars	Jun 25 2006, 12:35 AM Post #2
Advanced Member Posts: 203 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: June 24, 2006	How does the invader sound? I hear mixed emotions about them.



+ invader chris	Jun 25 2006, 12:59 AM Post #3
Retired Moderator Posts: 134 Group: Retired Member #6 Joined: June 24, 2006	It's super loud, very bassy, but still clear. Lots of people call it muddy, but it depends on the guitar you put it in. Also, I'm really into stoner-rock kind of stuff, so I dig sludge Back to the Invader.... it's good for controlled feedback, and gets pinch harmonics like crazy. If you have a thin sounding guitar, like a Gibson SG, it's a great pickup.
	Gibson, Ibanez, Kramer, Seymour Duncan, Dunlop, SIT, and Ernie Ball


Admin	Jun 25 2006, 06:51 AM Post #4
Admin Posts: 1,669 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: June 24, 2006	how are therm EMGs? I'm more looking into the 81/60 combination but how do them two sound? Also, what guitar did you use them in?



+ invader chris	Jun 25 2006, 02:31 PM Post #5
Retired Moderator Posts: 134 Group: Retired Member #6 Joined: June 24, 2006	I've only tried the 81/60 combo in a store, but it was pretty rocking. They were in some Dean guitar. As far as the 81/85, I've tried them in a couple ESPs, a Les Paul, a bunch of Strats and Strat copies, tons of Ibanez guitars, a couple Kramers.... I've tried both in the neck & bridge positions, and I like the 85 better for the neck. It's super thick, and makes all the notes super round and fat. If it's a thin sounding guitar, I like the 85 in the bridge, thick sounding, the 81. Or, if I want something that's just sludgey as all get out, the 85 in both slots. Bottom line, they sound great in everything. The myth that they make all guitars all sound the same is total crap, too. If you try them, and find they're too compressed, you can wire a second battery, running them at 18v. They sound more open that way. For metal, I prefer 9v.
	Gibson, Ibanez, Kramer, Seymour Duncan, Dunlop, SIT, and Ernie Ball


+ invader chris	Jun 27 2006, 03:35 AM Post #6
Retired Moderator Posts: 134 Group: Retired Member #6 Joined: June 24, 2006	In a few days, you can add the DiMarzio Air Zone to the list of pickups I've tried. I swapped my Fred for one. FWIW, the Fred is a sweet pickup, just not quite enough output for me.
	Gibson, Ibanez, Kramer, Seymour Duncan, Dunlop, SIT, and Ernie Ball


Marmoset-rock	Jun 30 2006, 08:00 PM Post #7
Newbie Posts: 16 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: June 25, 2006	Any of you guys played Bareknuckle pickups? I have a miracle man, and it really is the so called 'shizzle.' It is fantastic for tight metal tones, or compressed metal cleans. And the customer service is great, as is the choice of finishes. That one is mine, I love the burnt chrome



Admin	Jun 30 2006, 08:36 PM Post #8
Admin Posts: 1,669 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: June 24, 2006	thanks for that!! I love bare knuckles. Thinking of getting the new steve stevens signiture model



Marmoset-rock	Jul 1 2006, 10:10 AM Post #9
Newbie Posts: 16 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: June 25, 2006	Yeah those are meant to be great, but they all are. They're damned expensive though. Has anyone tried swinesheads? They get a lot of praise, but I've never actually played any.



Admin	Jul 1 2006, 11:55 AM Post #10
Admin Posts: 1,669 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: June 24, 2006	Marmoset-rock Jul 1 2006, 10:10 AM Yeah those are meant to be great, but they all are. They're damned expensive though. Has anyone tried swinesheads? They get a lot of praise, but I've never actually played any. the SS ones are £99 a pop Nope, never tried swineshead but heard they are good



+ invader chris	Jul 3 2006, 12:52 AM Post #11
Retired Moderator Posts: 134 Group: Retired Member #6 Joined: June 24, 2006	I've heard stuff about Swineshead, too. I'm still wanting to try a BK Nailbomb, though. I've been borderline neurotic about swapping pickups the last few years, and have come to the conclusion that while the pickup plays an important role in the tone equation, amps make the biggest difference.
	Gibson, Ibanez, Kramer, Seymour Duncan, Dunlop, SIT, and Ernie Ball


dyaz \m/	Sep 6 2006, 03:56 PM Post #12
Member Posts: 21 Group: Members Member #64 Joined: September 5, 2006	emg hz arent they passive though i heard



nuclear-reign	Nov 26 2006, 08:43 PM Post #13
Member Posts: 27 Group: Members Member #112 Joined: November 24, 2006	dyaz \m/ Sep 6 2006, 03:56 PM emg hz arent they passive though i heard yup ! they are passive!
	THRASH YOUR BRAINS AWAY


nuclear-reign	Nov 26 2006, 10:32 PM Post #14
Member Posts: 27 Group: Members Member #112 Joined: November 24, 2006	invader chris Jun 25 2006, 12:34 AM Hey, if you guys have any pickup questions, ask me. To date, I've owned: EMG: 81, 85 DiMarzio: Super Distortion, Steve's Special, FRED, X2N, Super 2, Evolution, Air Norton Duncan: JB, Distortion, Invader, '59, Full Shred, Custom, Custom Custom, Custom 5, Parallel Axis Trembucker, Livewire Hot for Strat, Screamin' Demon Lace Senson: Blue, Silver, Red hey man ! you must have a fuck load of money anyways , have you played the new sd livewire metal pups? i heard good stuuf about them ! was thinkin in investin in them? i was gonna stick em in my gibson V (you can kinda see it in my avatar <<<) any advice would be most appriciated!
	THRASH YOUR BRAINS AWAY


roast	Nov 27 2006, 04:16 PM Post #15
Board Lord Posts: 1,976 Group: Co-Admin Member #59 Joined: September 2, 2006	invader_chris... can you try draw me up a schematic for wiring a strat SD trembucker in the bridge, 2 singlecoils, 5-way, 1vol, 2tone. cheers.

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