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Just got myself this sexy thing:



Love it, but not overly impressed with the pickups. Can anyone please suggest which Seymour Duncans are closest in output/tone to the stock Super-Sonic pickups?

If you're not happy with the pickups, why do you want something with similar output and tone? Why not try something more interesting?

Gah, I now realise the illogical-ness of my original post.

What I mean is I like the sound of the pickups, they just sound a bit cheap and are prone to feedback. I want the same overall sound/feel, just better quality. I still want the Super-Sonic to sound as was intended.

so, basically, you want to change the pickups to change the pickups.

just get some GFS pups and throw them in.

I was in the same boat a couple months back, and honeyiscool recommended a set of Dragonfire Screamers, which I bought and love. They still have some of the character of the stock pickups, but the bridge pup is a little hotter and the neck pup gives you much better clarity. And with the coil taps, it's like having a whole extra guitar in there. Plus they're $25 or $30, so if you don't like them, it's not a very costly mistake.

Beautiful Super-Sonic, by the way. Love the blue pearl. And welcome!

Mine has a JB on the Bridge and an SD Jazz on the neck... great combination.

mixtape wrote:I was in the same boat a couple months back, and honeyiscool recommended a set of Dragonfire Screamers, which I bought and love. They still have some of the character of the stock pickups, but the bridge pup is a little hotter and the neck pup gives you much better clarity. And with the coil taps, it's like having a whole extra guitar in there. Plus they're $25 or $30, so if you don't like them, it's not a very costly mistake.

Beautiful Super-Sonic, by the way. Love the blue pearl. And welcome!

Thank you! I'll look into your suggestion.

mkt3000 wrote:Mine has a JB on the Bridge and an SD Jazz on the neck... great combination.

Cheers! Yeah, I was actually considering this combination. It's quite a common one though. I want my guitar to still sound like a Super-Sonic - not like a Les Paul or anything else - if that makes any sense?

It doesn't sound like a Les Paul... bolt on neck and strat trem will see to that. Maybe the jazz wasn't wound perfectly, but the neck Jazz on the neck came out a little twangier than normal. I like it.

mixtape wrote:I was in the same boat a couple months back, and honeyiscool recommended a set of Dragonfire Screamers, which I bought and love. They still have some of the character of the stock pickups, but the bridge pup is a little hotter and the neck pup gives you much better clarity. And with the coil taps, it's like having a whole extra guitar in there. Plus they're $25 or $30, so if you don't like them, it's not a very costly mistake.

Beautiful Super-Sonic, by the way. Love the blue pearl. And welcome!

I'm seriously tempted by these! What kind of music do you play?

Anyone else use these pickups?

Mostly 90s-style alternative, but I wanted something versatile enough to take in other directions too. I think the Screamers fit the bill.

I have five of these:


The only one I still have humbuckers in is the white one, which has a Dimarzio Tone Zone in the bridge and a Dimarzio PAF in the neck. These are perfect for me. The bridge is super-hot. The neck is classic smooth PAF I have coil splits on both, and the bridge split combined with the neck on full is just lovely.

My black one has a single Dimarzio YJM stacked humbucker that looks like a strat pickup. I like this one very much. The silver one has Seymour Duncan P-Rails pickups , which are fun. 12 sounds from two pickups. The blue one has Custom Shop Fat 50s strat pickups. The coral one has a single Seymour Duncan stacked tele pickup, the BG1400. Super hot, and splitable. That guitar has 8 tones from one pickup.

I've always wanted to get another white one and set it up with a black pickguard, a strat pickup for the bridge and a mini-humbucker for the neck, and two missmatched knobs. Does anyone get the hero reference?

I'm pretty sure the duncan designed pickups that come stock are based on the SD Distortion. Which is by nature a pretty muddy sounding pickup.
It's also great fun.

"Duncan Designed" as a brand was a few years later. The originals are not branded as such.

SKC Willie wrote:just get some GFS pups and throw them in.

considering the prices they charge and the reputation they enjoy, this is always worth a look.

These look backwards to me, like I'm looking at a mirror image of a guitar. Where do I get one?!?

Dokterrock wrote:These look backwards to me, like I'm looking at a mirror image of a guitar. Where do I get one?!?

Ebay or Craigslist if you're lucky. And for a not at all insignificant amount of cash.

I've wanted one of these since I saw a review in a guitar magazine in 1997, but have I ever even been lucky enough to even see one in person? NO.

Mine has the original neck pickup and a SD invader in bridgeposition. This is a good combination. The neck is very bassy and good for bluesy or clean (nearlyclean) things. The invader is very hot and sounds very good for distorted sounds.

wadeaminute wrote:Does anyone get the hero reference?