alt.metal?

[Iron1]

Got this from Seymour Duncan:

Introducing alt.metal Blackouts®​

Fueled by the unyielding intensity of alternative metal guitar sounds, our active alt.metal Blackouts® excel at delivering power in lower tunings. They provide a precise and robust low-end response while maintaining the perfect high-end punch. Ideal for those craving the raw power of alternative metal, these pickups preserve the original Blackout® energy while emphasizing essential pulverizing chug! Available now in 6 and 7-string sets and singles.

No idea what "alt.metal" is. Bad enough kids these days want every band to have their on unique sub-sub-sub-genre, now we have alternatives to those?

They have Fluff vid that might explain it, but I try not to click on those anymore...

 

[spawnofthesith]

Alt metal makes me think of thelate 90s/ early 2000s and was somewhere between nu metal and post-grunge and some times both of those thigns

 

[JiveTurkey]

 

[the-trooper]

Alt metal makes me think of thelate 90s/ early 2000s and was somewhere between nu metal and post-grunge and some times both of those thigns

alt.metal makes me think of the late 90s, dialup internet and newsgroups.

 

[JiveTurkey]

 

[PLX]

alt.metal makes me think of the late 90s, dialup internet and newsgroups.

 

[James Freeman]

Meanwhile the bands are actually recording with your run-of-the-mill EMG 81, Duncan Distoriton, JB, 59, Jazz, DiMarzio SD and stock Gibson Burstbuckers.

 

[Achilles]

Alt Metal imo.

 

[la szum]

Let's make a pickup to get those sounds from that era when this pickup did not actually exist.

Am I reading this right??

 

[Iron1]

So, not actually metal. Like tin foil?

 

[the-trooper]

You magnificent bastard

 

[ChangelingIX]

alt.metal makes me think of the late 90s, dialup internet and newsgroups.

From what I was told, that was actually the inspiration behind the naming of these pickups, referencing that time period and those old newsgroups. An odd choice perhaps but I guess it makes sense....

 

[mbenigni]

Let's make a pickup to get those sounds from that era when this pickup did not actually exist.

Am I reading this right??

The entire music tech industry in a nutshell, really.

 

[deathbyguitar]

I forgot about this thing as soon as I listened to clips of it. Pretty much every band in the alt-metal scene (ex: Helmet, Incubus, Tool, Sevendust, Faith No More, ect) used passive pickups so I

I think the PRS HFS is probably much closer to the alt-metal sound than this pickup, or perhaps the Duncan JB/Distortion