6 string pickup shootout. No bull, no frills.

[MuttBunch]

The afwayu has a lot of grind and gets very nasty when pushed. It's a good choice.

Nice, I'll try one but I ended up getting a Black Heaven f spaced alnico set and just got them in. I like them quite a bit, though they have an upper mid resonance that pokes through in the current setup. Needs some dialing. Cleans are fantastic though

 

[KnightBrolaire]

Distortion is installed. Initial thoughts: Higher output level than the nazgul. Mids are kind of honky/quacky in a modern *dare I say* djenty way at times. Low end is nice and tight/responsive. High end is pretty cutting. Overall clarity seems pretty good compared to the nazgul (which has that low mid bump that can muddy riffs a bit). Cleans are decent. Split and parallel options are basically useless in terms of adding variety to the sound. Parallel does broaden the low end and mellow the highs slightly

 

[KnightBrolaire]

quick clip of the SD Distortion into ToneX JP2C capture


DI files:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/w9oegojky67d8kg/SDdistortionDI.zip/file

 

[Neon_Knight_]

Distortion is installed. Initial thoughts: Higher output level than the nazgul. Mids are kind of honky/quacky in a modern *dare I say* djenty way at times. Low end is nice and tight/responsive. High end is pretty cutting. Overall clarity seems pretty good compared to the nazgul (which has that low mid bump that can muddy riffs a bit). Cleans are decent. Split and parallel options are basically useless in terms of adding variety to the sound. Parallel does broaden the low end and mellow the highs slightly

Is the Nazgul not more "honky/quacky" than the Distortion? I haven't tried the Nazgul, but that seems to be the main criticism of it.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

Is the Nazgul not more "honky/quacky" than the Distortion? I haven't tried the Nazgul, but that seems to be the main criticism of it.

Not in this guitar. nazgul can definitely have that quality but it's not an omnipresent thing. I've used the nazgul in a variety of other guitars as well, and sometimes the mids end up feeling honky, sometimes they don't.

I can give a more in depth impression of the distortion in a few days after I run it through some different amps.

 

[gunch]

Do you hear and feel as though you have pronounced and chirpy pick attack on single notes? Max Cavalera had a distortion in his esp viper sig around the time of the Soulfly debut and that’s one album where you can hear every pick

 

[KnightBrolaire]

Do you hear and feel as though you have pronounced and chirpy pick attack on single notes? Max Cavalera had a distortion in his esp viper sig around the time of the Soulfly debut and that’s one album where you can hear every pick

Yeah, it definitely has a lot of upper mids and emphasizes pick attack.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

some quick clips of the distortion into my Mesa Mk3 and Peters FSM



updated list of upcoming pickups:
Duncan Distortion b *currently installed*
Duncan full shred b
BKP Silo set
BKP Cold Sweat set
BKP VHII b
BKP Alnico warpig
BKP Pig90
BKP Miracle Man b
BKP Rebel Yell b
BKP True grit b
BKP Brute Force b
BKP Ceramic nailbomb b
BKP emerald b
Entwistle Dark Star ND b
Balaguer Feral/Evergreen set
Dunable Grizzly set
BLK/TRI Wildman b
BLK/TRI Frost Giant b
Avedissian Railsplitter bridge
Lace Dissonant Aggressors set
Guitar Madness Dirty Digits set
Guitar Madness Dualpro Hexrail set
Fokin Spectrum b
Fokin Equilibrium B
Instrumental SFTY4 set
Lundgren The One set
Bootstrap Skookum HP90 set
Sunset Pickups A8
Manlius Asphalt

 

[hensh!n]

Distortion is installed. Initial thoughts: Higher output level than the nazgul. Mids are kind of honky/quacky in a modern *dare I say* djenty way at times. Low end is nice and tight/responsive. High end is pretty cutting. Overall clarity seems pretty good compared to the nazgul (which has that low mid bump that can muddy riffs a bit). Cleans are decent. Split and parallel options are basically useless in terms of adding variety to the sound. Parallel does broaden the low end and mellow the highs slightly

How would you say it compares to an M6?

I recently played an M7 set, and found it pretty much what I was looking for. However, the clips you provided for the SD Distortion sound quite similar. I typically prefer bright sounding pickups with a lot of high-mids and a pronounced pick attack.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

How would you say it compares to an M6?

I recently played an M7 set, and found it pretty much what I was looking for. However, the clips you provided for the SD Distortion sound quite similar. I typically prefer bright sounding pickups with a lot of high-mids and a pronounced pick attack.

The M6 has more of a sledgehammer low end with a lot more low mids. The low mid bump gives it the characteristic lundgren growl. Overall the mids don't feel as vocal as the distortion. It's less hairy in the highs. Drier feeling overall. M series has better cleans. Actually splits decently unlike the distortion. Different vibes to achieve similar goals tbh.

 

[gunch]

I think I want an invader or invader copy

 

[littlebadboy]

some quick clips of the distortion into my Mesa Mk3 and Peters FSM



updated list of upcoming pickups:
Duncan Distortion b *currently installed*
Duncan full shred b
BKP Silo set
BKP Cold Sweat set
BKP VHII b
BKP Alnico warpig
BKP Pig90
BKP Miracle Man b
BKP Rebel Yell b
BKP True grit b
BKP Brute Force b
BKP Ceramic nailbomb b
BKP emerald b
Entwistle Dark Star ND b
Balaguer Feral/Evergreen set
Dunable Grizzly set
BLK/TRI Wildman b
BLK/TRI Frost Giant b
Avedissian Railsplitter bridge
Lace Dissonant Aggressors set
Guitar Madness Dirty Digits set
Guitar Madness Dualpro Hexrail set
Fokin Spectrum b
Fokin Equilibrium B
Instrumental SFTY4 set
Lundgren The One set
Bootstrap Skookum HP90 set
Sunset Pickups A8
Manlius Asphalt

I look forward to see what you say about the Guitar Madness sets. I really liked the Dirty Digits.