Seymor Duncan Pickups!

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:40 pm

Anyone else who has the original hot rail pickups here! What do you think of them? I have just ordered two of them, one neck and one bridge!

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:52 pm

Had one in the bridge of my Frankensonic. Good for gain, little sterile sounding though.

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:54 pm

endsjustifymeans wrote:Had one in the bridge of my Frankensonic. Good for gain, little sterile sounding though.

how is the sustain in those?

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 5:12 pm

If they're good enough for Billy corgan they're good enuff for me.

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 5:17 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:If they're good enough for Billy corgan they're good enuff for me.

haha. what a funny boy you are. im laughing my ass off.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 5:18 pm

! ~ @!!!!!

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 5:19 pm

robroe wrote:! ~ @!!!!!

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wanna say something?

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 6:36 pm

endsjustifymeans wrote:Had one in the bridge of my Frankensonic. Good for gain, little sterile sounding though.

agreed, I had one in my first mustang. It sounded good for gain but terrible for clean. There's more versatile single coil sized humbuckers out there that sound better for both gain and clean.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 6:43 pm

weeping_moon wrote:
endsjustifymeans wrote:Had one in the bridge of my Frankensonic. Good for gain, little sterile sounding though.
how is the sustain in those?

The guitar had issues with sustain in general but decent enough if I remember. It did get a cool nasally sound when coil split though.

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:43 am

endsjustifymeans wrote:
weeping_moon wrote:
endsjustifymeans wrote:Had one in the bridge of my Frankensonic. Good for gain, little sterile sounding though.
how is the sustain in those?
The guitar had issues with sustain in general but decent enough if I remember. It did get a cool nasally sound when coil split though.

okay. ill have to wait now and see. at least dave murray and janick gers get a awesome sound with those pickups!

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:04 pm

I swear by Duncans . 3 of my 4 six strings have them and one of my 2 basses have em ( culled the collection some ) .

I had a Vintage Rail in my 51 . Not a Hotrail but a good pickup . Good sustain ( better bridge is more effective that a pickup though ) . I plan on putting Hot Rails or a 59 stack in my Stang . Then all my guitars would have Duncans . I would like that ....

mellowlogic · Post by **mellowlogic** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:42 pm

I'm hoping to get one for the bridge position in my tele after the holidays. Seems like it should work out well.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:58 pm

weeping_moon wrote:okay. ill have to wait now and see. at least dave murray and janick gers get a awesome sound with those pickups!

Look towards amps and pedals before pickups if you're trying to get a certain sound, for serious.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 7:04 pm

Doog wrote:
weeping_moon wrote:okay. ill have to wait now and see. at least dave murray and janick gers get a awesome sound with those pickups!
Look towards amps and pedals before pickups if you're trying to get a certain sound, for serious.

this is definitely truth.

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:29 am

Billy3000 wrote:
Doog wrote:
weeping_moon wrote:okay. ill have to wait now and see. at least dave murray and janick gers get a awesome sound with those pickups!
Look towards amps and pedals before pickups if you're trying to get a certain sound, for serious.
this is definitely truth.

ive been looking into my settings in my amp and my effect pedals.
i dont like original strat pups. they sounds thin and shitty!

George · Post by **George** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:37 am

What kind of Strat is it? Squier or something?

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:38 am

mellowlogic wrote:I'm hoping to get one for the bridge position in my tele after the holidays. Seems like it should work out well.

i have 3 hot rail designed in my squier strat and they totally rocks..
i have dimarzio in three of my other guitars but i like these pickups the best.

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:39 am

GeorgeF wrote:What kind of Strat is it? Squier or something?

American special hhs strat.

George · Post by **George** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:47 am

hss?

Well, Dave Murray's sig guitar actually has a Dimarzio Super Distortion in the bridge.

I've never owned SD's but they have good enough rep. What models did you go for?

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:08 am

weeping_moon wrote:
GeorgeF wrote:What kind of Strat is it? Squier or something?
American special hhs strat.

If you have an HHS strat whay are you putting a Hot Rails in the bridge? It'll be too small. Surely a full sized humbucker would be a better idea.