Seymour Duncan Pickups - Metal (Blackout, Invader, Full Shred, Duncan Distortion etc.)
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So as you probably noticed in a earlier post I received a package from Seymour Duncan containing a lot of pickups to test. So of course that gave me an idea of comparing them all in a metal test! I'm using the Ola 5 second squirt Axe Fx 2 preset for all the clips just changing the pickup (and the guitar). You can download the Axe Fx 2 preset :
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SIgnal chain:
Guitar - SD pickup - Axe Fx2
With backing track:
Blackout 8 - 0:07
Dimebucker - 0:32
Duncan Distortion Trembucker - 0:56
Alternative 8 Trembucker - 1:19
Invader - 1:43
Full Shred - 2:07
Duncan Distortion - 2:31
Only Guitars:
Blackout 8 - 2:59
Dimebucker - 3:22
Duncan Distortion Trembucker - 3:46
Alternative 8 Trembucker - 4:11
Invader - 4:35
Full Shred - 4:58
Duncan Distortion - 5:23
*MIX*
0:07 Blackouts 8 AHB1
0:31 Dimebucker SH-13
0:56 Distortion Trmbkr TB-6
1:19 Alternative 8 Trmbkr TB-15
1:44 Invader 7 SH-8
2:08 Full Shred SH-10
2:32 Distortion SH-6
*SOLO*
2:59 Blackouts 8 AHB1
3:23 Dimebucker SH-13
3:47 Distortion Trmbkr TB-6
4:11 Alternative 8 Trmbkr TB-15
4:35 Invader 7 SH-8
4:59 Full Shred SH-10
5:23 Distortion SH-6
Is it just me or is the Alternate 8 the only one that even sounds slightly different?
When he's palm muting those chords he gets such a "choomchoomchoom" sound and it's so fucking beautiful
8 years after, I believe we have a chug situation going on in here
Chug chug chug lmao
After all these years, Invaders still sound amazing!
I watched this video several times ,but i keep coming back beacouse of the riff :D
4:12 Alternative 8 Trembucker
4:36 Invader
5:00 Full Shred
5:24 Duncan Distortion
2:58 Blackout 8
3:23 Dimebucker
Why is it, that UA-camrs make heavier riffs only for product demos, than modern metal bands make😂😂😂
I make heavy riffs because I can, and because it’s what I like to play.
Lol I meant to imply that UA-camrs are better when they aren't even trying as apposed to people who make a living off of it. Check out olas bands. They're pretty good. Different guitar vibe for each one
There are many great modern underground metal bands you probably haven't heard about.
Yeah man I think you’re missing out on some awesome bands then
Blah, blah, blah....blah blah blah blah
The Alt 8 has more of a single coil sound to it. It was the most different sound of all the pickups.
Thanks for making this!
I have the Alt 8 and I am pretty certain that he wired the coils in parallel instead of series. The real Alt 8 sound is thicker than the distortion with a slight bit less treble extension and thicker mids below the resonance peak. The best description is a JB on steroids. I love it for thrash.
@@zaodriver intersting to know I actually thought it might have to do with the wiring but in the context of the video and the sound of riff I absolutley loved the tone of alt 8 in this video. Sounds really nasty.
This is the most helpful comparison I've ever seen. Ola, I love your tones and style and hearing a hero comparing stuff makes it that much easier to make a decision. Thanks for all your videos.
Sh6 it has a really nice tone too it even with all the punch it packs
Best pickup on the planet!
Fact : I use this riff when soundchecking at shows
Seymour Duncan Invader SH-8!!!!!! Yeahhhh!!!!!!!
The Full Shred is a badass and with so much clarity and better tonal balance
I like the Blackouts and the Invaders the most probably.
Full Shred for the win....got those in both guitars, one with an Alnico 8 magnet swap and the other with an Alnico 4. Killer pickups!
I like the blackout, invader, and duncan distortions the best. They seem to really lock onto the low/treb tones for that raw metal sound.
The Alternative 8 sounded really single coily. Still sounded really killer!
Very throaty, which is nice,but the top end has too much rattle, which is bad.
That's funny you said they sounded single coil. I really wanna try one in the neck for soloing/jazz/clean tones
I'm honestly feeling the Full Shred Sh-10. As a lead guitarist with an often progressive approach, what best suits me is a versatile pickup with enough punch for various metal genres but not too much aggression to where more melodically played parts and higher notes lose their clarity or become too noisy with distortion. Thus, the Full Shred.
It's difficult to decide on a pickup when you make every pickup sound so damn great... If I spent half as much time watching you play as I do listening to pickups on UA-cam, using my iPad, I might learn something. Thanks man, it's back to the lab again.
Very impressed with the Invaders. Sweet sounds coming out of that!
The distortion and Alt-8 are SICK! the alt-8 is so unique and different. Love them both.
SH series, in general, wins. Personally dig the Invader and Full Shred a little more than the Distortion, but the three of them were my favorites. TB-15 sounds like total ass.
I totally agree. The JB is a classic high output pickups. Very versatile too
Now this riff will be stuck in my head until I die.
definately the blackouts or the invader. although the alternative trem and the duncan distortion are pretty close. i have one guitar that still has the sd livewire "hmet" humbucker on 18 volts. got it paired up with the livewire singlecoil at the neck position, and it is a killer.
That alternative TB-15 sounds amazing! It’s so crisp and bright sounding, almost like an active single coil but still has a fair amount of chug. I wonder how it would sound in a tele bridge?
Full Shred being the most versatile and balanced tone here. WIN!!
Now I have the Dimebucker set in my B. C. Rich Warbeast (with Floyd Rose) and i Love it!!!
I am about to get some Dimebuckers for my Warlock😎. I can't wait
This weekend I had a friend over that scored a '87 platinum series warlock for 70 bucks. the one with the large reversed headstock. we had the bridge pickup replaced by an IronGear metal machine. then we put the DR neon multicolor (rainbow) strings on it. it was a GAY operation, BUTT: 1/4 of the price, and the metal machine can easily live up to any hi gain pickup. the dimebuckers just sound awfully fuzzy, believe me, don't trust the internet, where everything is played through very expensive amps.
I have the invaders in my Ibanez and I just installed the sh6 distortions in my charvel over Christmas. It’s like picking which testicle I’m more attached to. I love them equally...
awsmesauce that is some funny shit!!! Made my day man.
Alternative 8 Trembucker is definitely sounding tight! It's got some attack and the sound is unique! But my favourite goes to Invader, awesome rhythm sound!
This is where the full shred really comes to life, the super low tuned stuff.
That and the invader kick ass
A lot of you including myself liked the invader so I got one.. that thing is so hot and baddy I just fired my bass player, no need for one with this pick up.. the other guitar player? It’s ok he can stay but my tone is so full and angry and he is not able to cut through the mix .. great pickup to play at home.. alone .. forever
This demo riffs are going to stay in my head for a long time...
it's actually a MTM2. And even if it was a JPM I would've still done it :)
take the neck version of the full shred if you want a full shred at the neck. i have a set of full shreds and i absolutely love em! a lot of chug and a wonderful lead tone.
i have the dimebucker.. best decision ever.
that dimebucker sounds amazing, dimebag really knew how to pick his gear!
I loooove the Invader!! \m/
dude... that John Patrucci guitar!! And the Full Shred for the win.
All sound amazing* and are super adept at high gain metal which we all love and ALL play :D
*Except for the Alternative 8 though - waaay too trebly/bright and subsequently thin sounding :/
+RolanTHUNDER this demo does not make the TB-15 justice. It actually have an awesome bass response. I might swap the alnico 5 magnet of a bridge pickup for the alnico 8 just to have something close to that.
Pedro Iago I see. Well I haven't had the chance to try a TB-15 yet. Also the rigs in these videos are almost always different from our own so the sound will always be different. I'd like to hear what that swop will sound like :)
Im glad I'm not the only the person that holds their pick like a cup of tea
Full Shred
That alternative 8 definitely has the most noticeable tonal change from all the others, I would love to see how it would sound with my equipment, thanks for the vid Ola \m/
that song is perfect for killing zombies
Doing fast comparisons with the time stamps, I really like the dimebucker is really tight. Love it
BLACKOUT!
Never get tired of seeking the most dynamic, versatile and warmest sound possible. Dynamics and versatility are all: when I understood it, a whole world opened to me. In fact I looked back and noticed that vintage and bluesy sounds always win in all fields. E.g. Megadeth are a Thrash Metal band, but recorded their best old albums using Seymour Duncan '59 and "Jeff Beck Model", which are Jazz-Blues pick-ups and it's amazing how clear in the chords they are, yet they can be so aggressive as well!
There's something so weird about the alternative 8 that I love.
In my taste,as I already knew,Duncan distortion Sh6 is the metal PU!Ther's no way!Really great great job dude!You're the man!nice play!Gratz!
Blackout!
Arch Enemy only tunes to C standard, Slayer tunes to Eb, Death tuned to D standard, Suffocation tunes to C#, Pantera tuned to E(usually a quater step flat) and D(also usually a quater step flat), Exodus tunes currently to D standard, and the list goes on. Not all Extreme Metal bands take advantage of low tunings.
anyone agree that the alternate 8 pickups sounded really thrashy.
depends on what you're playing with these
Noir Yes it does. I play thrash, so the alternate 8's sound awesome.
Slayer and Megadeth are both thrash. yet they have completely different sounds
Dude they sounded amazing, very much like a telecaster metal sound.
Think wintersun's first album.
Also very good for thrash because you can hear every note really bright and with a fast attack. Thrash riffs would be great with those!
Sorry bud Alternate8 failed here. But I think it has other uses. Not palm mutes. Prolly prof metal
Wow that Alternative 8 has a very unique percussive quality to it. Great playing, like always. I bought new Duncans this week, and I listened to this many times (though I did go with the JB), own an SH-6 and I love it.
I have owned the Distortion set and currently own the Alternative 8. The Alternative 8 that I own doesn't sound like that at all. It is similar to the Distortion and JB but with a little bit less treble extension and thicker mids below the resonance peak. It isn't clangy at all. It sounds like he wired the coils in parallel instead of series. I have the seymour duncan triple shot rings to allow for series and parallel switching.
Best = Invader
Worst = Alternative 8 trembucker
Ruten VI haha it sounds thin kimda
Invaders and blackouts i own em
the invader sounds a bit more clear then any others in my opinion and yes a bit thin, but not by much mates... i guess tone is subjective?
sorry i meant to say the alternative 8 ^^ not the invader, the invader sounds great... all of them sound great but idistinctvely noted a bit of a sound apart from all the others with the alternative 8
@Marvin Henkel - music channel
Hahaha i completely agree!
I like the alternative 8 because it almost mimics a telecaster tone.
In high gain washed out metal, chord definition can be extremely hard to get and those pickups would be perfect for solid chord definition. They were excellent.
I want that alternative so bad. I know a lot of you dislike it but there are many excellent things that pickup could be used for!
I like because it IS completely different than the others and has an excellent telecaster/strat type tone but with a humbucker's output.
For someone who play lot of chords in their metal this would be the ideal pickup so you chord definition would stay solid and not be washed out.
Also has that awesome, thin twangy tone that you get when you put a five way switch in the second position!
It sounds SO much like the first Winterson record and basically all Animals as Leaders stuff.
The only one I might not get would be the alternative..
Agreed. Too twangy for metal.
Also you can hear the hiss in the background on the guitar only track
Love SH 15 probably best passive bridge PUP with high gain amps! Pegasus Set is good too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It just depends on what you are going for man.
Think of wintersun, he's got an excellent guitar tone on his first album, it was unique because it was a twangy telecaster.
For those who play lots of chords in their metal that pickup is looks amazing.
Also, that is an Animals as Leaders tone if I've ever heard it. Exactly what tosin goes for in his rig because it allows you to get each and every note fully separate from the others, if you paly a chord you can hear everything under the high gain.
With the other if you were to play a chord it would be totally washed out and that's good too for certain things.
So its all subjective, depends on the style your going for.
I love the different sounds of all the pickups.... but the best part is that hefty GNARGNAR riff.
thanks man :D
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Sh6
Every fucking question I have about metal guitars I put in and type ola englund after it and I’m educated. This video saved me so much time. ❤️
INVADER SH-8 !! ImI
The Distortion SH-6 sounds awesome - very tight, very brilliant, a power-gain-monster.
Unfortunately there is no AHB-2 Blackouts audio sample. This Pickup is a real output-monster! 🤘💯
dimebucker
Vashpe Vashpevich Yap, I think getting the dimebucker or the blackouts STD though decision :(
Obviously
Ckw
Trembucker is for guitars that have a Tremolo bridge. Hence the name "TREMbucker". A trembucker's pole pieces are a little further apart because the strings are further apart on these types of bridges (Floyd Rose, Edge III, Edge ZR). normal fixed bridge, tune-o-matic bridge don't need a trembucker.
I think I’m deaf but I have a hard time comparing pick ups
as a metalhead, the structure of the palm mutes tells me best if i like the pickup. you can quite guess the lead sound from analizing the palm mute if your ear's used to that. excellent demo for all metal riffers, if that's not you why complain?
is there anyway we can have the tabs or the name of the song you were playing cause it sounded killer
I can't decide! They all sound so good!
Dimebucker slayed every other pickup
Full Shred, Alt 8, and DImebucker sound the best to my ears.
alt 8 sounds like shit.
aysat it's just a different tone. I love it.
Yes less distortion on it
It was one of the best pickups i had on my RG3120 (mahogany), and i dont know why that one sucks that much here.
Thanks for all the input! I actually ended up purchasing active EMG 81/85's and I'm loving them!
the alternative 8 sounds awful
i think its good for gojira type sound or something thigh, i dig it :), they were all good though.
Jesus christ, you're right. Pile of shit lol
The alternative 8 sounded real.. different! I'm not sure whether it was a bad or a good sound but I didn't know to expect a sound like that.
Agree
that thing sounded like a single coil almost it was terrible lol
DUNCAN DISTORTION FTW! Best high output pickup ever since it came out in 1980!
Alternative 8 Trembucker
I have the dimebucker set in my jackson. Sounds great! Its cool that when u read through the comments evry1s tastes are a lil different. Thats what makes music awesome. Finding YOUR sound and then putting it out there.
wth? all sound exactly similar to my ears :(
I'm seeing a lot of comments about the Alternative 8, I can confirm it actually sounds that thin and treble-y. I got one stock in a custom ESP and I took it out after a couple minutes because I just couldn't stand it. Great video Ola, I was thinking of getting a full shred set so it's great to hear a comparison!
Yeah I agree with you. I'm usually the guy on the other end saying the same thing, lol. I just don't have any experience with alder bodies or floyd rose equipped guitars. I don't have a lot of cash to work with and will most likely be selling this guitar as soon as I get it fixed up. Trying to see what pickup would be more appealing for when I try to sell it.
I'm so glad you understand my point, which, by the way, can't be so difficult to be understood.
You said you were addicted to low tuning and that is just what happens to so many, too many people. The same goes on with exaggerated distortions and all that fashion of active pick-ups, while forgetting about real, dynamic, warm, versatile and actually aggressive sounds.
People need to wake up and to stay away from all those decoys and expedients, which are nothing more than little mirrors for larks.
I've watched this video at least 15 times. I think i'm going to take the plunge and get a set of Full Shreds. If those don't work out, then I'll try Duncan Distortions.
ola, you are the ONLY other person that i have ever seen that picks like i do.
they all sounded good, the last three were my favorites but all could be used in a studio situation.
Great video! I have an opening gig for Diamond Head tomorrow and my bridge pickup crapped out on me! I need to buy something new first thing in the morning and this video helped me decide!
duncan distortion trembucker tb-6 are very pleasing to listen to
This video was so helpful for me! Cleared up a lot of confusion and actually changed my opinion
Every once in a while there's a riff that makes you pick the guitar up and figure it out ..and gives you more possibilities and more inspiration :) Thank You Ola for that.
Also, the whole point is to showcase the pickups in a metal scenario, and some of these pickups were exclusively made to enhance distortion. There's no fashion or stupid stereotype for downtuning going on,that's just how the instrument is evolving as time progresses and as bands start to influence each other.The sounds of actives is also subjective,they may be dead to you,but to others it may be rich and full. There's also no rule on how heavy you're allowed to be based on how "extreme" you are.
I know, mate; I have been listening to Heavy, Thrash and Black Metal since I was twelve. Anyway, thank you, because it is always a noble thing to give someone such good advise as listening to good music and exploring new genres.
If you're using a Ax FX 2 it doesn't really matter what pickup you're using because you can just dial in what you want it to be. It like ZZ Top, BFG has it set so no matter what guitar he's using it sounds like his Les Paul.
no, just a different sound than the others pickups. I love it
that riff gets SO annoying but i appreciate your taking the time to go through all the pick ups and their tones, it really helped. I think my favorite is the invader, tasteful bite with punchy low-mid range that almost borderlines "muddy." too bad i don't have an axe fx to try it out on haha
That's pretty amazing when the sh8 sounds very close to the blackouts, sh8 all the way!!
Hell yeah I've got the sh-8 in my Jackson Js22-7F Dinky it's a F for Fitzgerald's custom I put it all together adding split coil switch tonight
Great test, My ears liked them in this order. But i am sure they would sound different in different guitars and woods.1.Blackouts 2.Full shred 3. Invader 4.Distortion 5. Dimebucker 6. Distortion trembucker7. Alternative( sounded like a songle coil) terrible sounding but i am sure it has an application
@DreadnoughtMetal2006 yes, have fun wiring an active and a passive in the same guitar...
I like the invader bridge it really has a sweet tone when I split the pickup. Otherwise I find myself trimming the volume just slightly . Sort of fits better with the bass in the mix that way oh yeah I don't have tone knob and there's a massive tone change between 8 and 10
I agree that maybe some band think that because they play "metal" they have be down tuned, Personally I think if done right and for the right reasons it is for the best. For example , I play in C# standard because i feel like it sounds "darker" since I'm playing with notes that would be flats and sharps in standard tuning, and in D Standard if i want a tighter sound while keeping a lower pitch. To be continued...
these are all high output pups, better suited for the bridge/lead position, the model 59' is a great neck pickup, gives s nice thick warm blues sound
I like the sound from Invader, blackout 8 and full shred sound good too.
I have Black Winter set on mine and love it!!
the invader end the duncan distortion are really fantastic PU's. raw sounding but not too fuzzy.
Thanks to Ola i got my Full Shred for the neck and A Duncan Distortion for my Viper and damn i fucking love it sweet smooth solos on the neck almost like a jazz on clean with the FS and the DD is amazing for rhytm playing and kick ass lead as well and amazing soloing for the FS if your the kinda Overdrive type guy