AutomationBias
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I just put a set of Lollar Imperial Low-Winds in my DGT and I like them a lot more than the stock DGT pickups.
The Pickups Thread
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SillyOctpuss
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Seriously debating putting the original Dragon IIs back in my PRS. I've currently got some Mojo PAFs in there but I'm just not using it and my Les Paul is getting all the play time. I'm thinking if it actually sounds properly different I might pick it up more. It currently sounds a lot like my Les Paul but with less bass.
Mikael Dez
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The SD Custom is just what the doctor ordered for my PRS 
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Makes sense to me! I am much more a fan of tonal diversity than tonal overlap. I want options---and by options
not 10 different versions of the same thing.
Mikael Dez
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A good excuse to tune it to something fancy
SillyOctpuss
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A good excuse to tune it to something fancy
Any suggestions?
Mikael Dez
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I love DADFAE - which I picked up from Opeth. It's "spooky" sounding, ethereal, it makes it easier to play some things that would otherwise be impossible in standard tuning.
SillyOctpuss
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Ah I see what you mean now. I took 'tune' to mean tune the sound via some fancy parts but you mean a totally different tuning. Ignore me I'm an idiot.
Jarick
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Finally swapped the Thornbucker Plus out for the Thornbucker 2 in my PRS. Not sure how I feel about it.
The TB2 seems lower output than the TB+ even though it measures hotter at 9.05k vs 8.75k. I expected to have a fuller sound compared to the Plus but there's less low end. It's also brighter up top, not in a harsh way but it almost sounds like the coils are split a little bit. I have to raise it up higher than the Plus pretty close to the strings to get it to balance with the neck pickup which is flush with the ring. It sounds good by itself but seems to have more of a mismatch with the neck pickup which sounds pretty bassy in comparison (and the TB neck is one of the leanest humbuckers I've used).
I think the TB2 may be better with single coils in an HSS guitar, and then the TB/TB+ set for PAF-ish stuff.
I'm a bit torn if I should try a Woodbucker neck to go with the Woodbucker bridge or maybe try an SSH+ to go with the SSV neck.
The TB2 seems lower output than the TB+ even though it measures hotter at 9.05k vs 8.75k. I expected to have a fuller sound compared to the Plus but there's less low end. It's also brighter up top, not in a harsh way but it almost sounds like the coils are split a little bit. I have to raise it up higher than the Plus pretty close to the strings to get it to balance with the neck pickup which is flush with the ring. It sounds good by itself but seems to have more of a mismatch with the neck pickup which sounds pretty bassy in comparison (and the TB neck is one of the leanest humbuckers I've used).
I think the TB2 may be better with single coils in an HSS guitar, and then the TB/TB+ set for PAF-ish stuff.
I'm a bit torn if I should try a Woodbucker neck to go with the Woodbucker bridge or maybe try an SSH+ to go with the SSV neck.
SillyOctpuss
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Different winds, mismatch between the coils, magnet charge and strength could all cause those differences.
Mikael Dez
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My custom came with a black pickup ring that fit the trembucker. My jazz did not come with a pickup ring lol. Pickups sound perfect, I need to shop now.
Chocol8
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For strings?
Mikael Dez
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Ha, no I got those on. Matching pickup rings, and now I’m looking into wooden ones
Chocol8
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Ha, no I got those on. Matching pickup rings, and now I’m looking into wooden ones
Don't feel bad! There was one night many years back where I was googling home metal plating options so I could get all the hardware on a guitar to match perfectly. Luckily I came to my senses before I hit the buy button!
