NPD: These will rape your Bare Knuckles.

[Curt]

I really wanna try the single coil Alumitones. My Strat is in desperate need of new pups...

Do it, man. a friend of mine tossed a set in his MIM Buddy Guy strat and they sound killer, very clear and bell like and they sound killer just over the line of breakup as well.

 

[Rook]

Raping bare knuckles.... Isn't that jerking off?


Coolest pickups I've ever seen, happy NPD!

 

[Hollowway]

Cool. I wish they made an 8 string pup. I wonder if they do custom work, or if they'd have to retool for that?

 

[littlephil]

Cool. I wish they made an 8 string pup. I wonder if they do custom work, or if they'd have to retool for that?

They sell 'bar' models that will fit an 8. IIRC they're meant for bass but work in guitars just as well too.
I think Darren (dB Guitars) was making a prototype with them in it.

 

[Thep]

They some weird looking pickups ya' got thar.

Will they djent?

These pickups will never djent so long as they are in my guitar. NEVER.

 

[NovaReaper]

CLIPS! I've wanted to hear how these sound for a while. Play some Defeated Sanity with them

 

[Dark Aegis]

I've been really curious about these pick ups.

 

[Quitty]

Do they make any 7-string versions?
Sounds like what i'm looking for.

 

[AcousticMinja]

Too bad these don't come in 7 string form...
No seriously, I would buy these this fucking second if they did.

However, I think I should just route my pickguard on my baritone 6 and throw a pair of these beasts in there...and a lace holy grail as my middle pickup! YES.

 

[b7string]

These just look so cool! I almost want to try them purely for that reason alone! They would look pretty sleek on a headless with no pup rings hmm... uh oh... GAS building again.

 

[theo]

clipz plox

 

[littlephil]

Guys, you can use the Alumitone bars for a 7.
Prototype 2: White limba (korina) Aviator | Decibel Guitars

 

[ryantheyetti]

i know you said you would never djent with them but how do you think they would handle lower tunings in general (Drop A and B) also are these active or passive?

 

[ryantheyetti]

scratch that active/passive question just read the next sentence in the description on amazon

 

[Thep]

i know you said you would never djent with them but how do you think they would handle lower tunings in general (Drop A and B) also are these active or passive?

To be perfectly honest, no. I can't even explain why exactly, but I think going that low would have too much bassy harmonics, especially considering the thick strings and how wide they move. I'm usually tuned to D standard, but a few weeks ago I've dropped to C#. I once again tried D standard with these and I like what I hear a bit more. But thats just my hypothesis....I'm not going to try it either because that would involve getting thicker strings and rebalancing the floyd for something I'd never use.


Anyhow, I know I said I would get clips yesterday, but it sounded kinda funky playing through my Randall RM100 w/ a custom soldano module at work. Whatever characteristics the pups had, it brought out more of that Marshall-esque scratchiness from the amp. Which is quite strange because through my Powerball and Vader it sounded a bit too bassy at first.

So my theory is that with such a hot and wide frequency response, it really brings out aspects of the amp/cab that you may not have anticipated.

I'll do more tweaking and I'll try my best to bring my ENGL and record that. I'll also try a tubescreamer in front of a Bogner Ecstasy module.


But don't get me wrong, I'm still in love with these pickups and they do sound great either way, but I need some time to get used to them and tweak my rig a little. I love the responsiveness and clarity of the pickups so much that I'm willing to work around them lol.

 

[Konfyouzd]

Should have gone with EMG's.

In all seriousness though, sweeeet.

Blackouts > EMGs > Passives IIRC IMO FTW

 

[Konfyouzd]

I've heard of these a ton and never seen them. Thanks for the picstory btw.

 

[espman]

Just in case anybody's interested, here's the dimensions on a Phase II Blackout vs a 3.5" Lace Alumitone Bass Bar.
Blackout - Seymour Duncan [www.seymourduncan.com] - Products - Humbuckers - AHB-1 7-strg. Phase II
Lace Alumitone Bass Bar - http://www.lacemusic.com/wiring/pdf/BB_specs.pdf

Looks like it'd be a drop in replacement for EMG routed guitars