What an awesome mega demo! I love it. You can hear the distinct characteristics of each pickup loud and clear. I love it. All these pickups are great. They do their own thing. I'm a big fan of all of them and especially digging my Alternative 8 these days.
What a brilliant comparison. Probably the best I've ever heard: those are the riffs one needs to actually understand the character of the pickups. Thanks a lot!
Very underrated content. I came here pretty much certain I needed something like a Nazgul for my 'Yeah, I strum full chords and inversions over one or two overdrive pedals on my bridge humbucker and still want to hear every string clearly", but man, the Alternative 8 is super good as well. Amazing content!
I’ve watched a lot of reviews on youtube of these pickups, you have the best demo of all. I’m glad youtube recommended this to me. Definitely still feel confident with the Black Winters!
Thanks bud, you've made it much harder on wich one to pick lmao! I've got the jb set, but really want the Black winter set. They all sound great but I really hear the cut through with the black winter. Great job!!
Every time I come back watching wich pickup is it and I see always the black winter. I love that "airy" sound. Like it's really open and has a lot of clarity. Want to try it on my strat
Hi, excuse me, Alternative 8 is great also for mid or low gain stuff? Also for more melodic riff and solos? For exemple, can you play also songs like Bohemian Rhaosody or it is too much?
Hi Miike, klasse Vergleich von dir👍 ich finde es auch gut das du meistens die selben Riffs verwendest, sodass man auch mit deinen älteren Videos vergleichen kann🤘 was würdest du aktuell für PU für Richtung Red Hot Chili Peppers empfehlen ? Also butterweiche cleans aber trotzdem auch Rockbrett (Single Coil Schaltung vorhanden) Gruß
Danke Martin für deine netten Worte! Zu deiner Frage, die Chili Peppers verwenden zu 90% ja Single-Coil Gitarren (Strats vor allem). Und ich finde auch dass ein halber Humbucker nie so richtig zu 100% nach Single Coil klingen wird. Wenn es aber dennoch ein Humbucker sein soll fällt mir da tatsächlich nur der Black Winter ein, einfach weil der CoilSplit Sound auf dem einem Single Coil schon verdammt nahe kommt! Danke fürs Ansehen und LG!
I’m looking for a stong, powerful pickup, but smooth and brilliant. So, a pickup for rock and metal, but also melodic solos, emotional riffs, tight and shiny power chords, some harmonics… So, I was thinking about Seymour Duncan Jazz in the neck, and Seymour Duncan Alterative 8 in the bridge. For bridge, in addition to Alternative 8 I was thinking about Seymour Duncan Custom (SH5), it seems maybe more balanced and versatile… Or I was thinking about DiMarzio Steve’s Special, it’s a mid-scooped powerful and shiny pickup (building with Steve Vai). What do you think about Alternative 8? (And if you used them, also Custom and Steve’s Special). What do you suggest me?
In The 1st chug comparison toward the end was interesting. The jb had the least difference between muted and open, The alternate 8 was probably best overall in that particular section, But the ceramic pickups seemed to compress between open and palmed. Like the volume sort of dropped between stages. That’s weird.
Just bought a set to put in my ltd Viper. It had EMG HZ originally, which I found a bit bland, so I pout BKP Boot Camp, True Grit, which were underwhelming. I have been meaning to go back to EMG 81/60 but never got around to it. These puppies will do the trick nicely.
Thanks, you've confirmed for me the Alternative 8 as a higher output alternative for the JB. I still like the JB, but if I need more JB output, I'll use an A8. Also I'm quite surprised at how versatile the Black Winter from clean to wild. Methinks I'll be using the Black Winters more than just in heavy metal.
What an awesome mega demo! I love it. You can hear the distinct characteristics of each pickup loud and clear. I love it. All these pickups are great. They do their own thing. I'm a big fan of all of them and especially digging my Alternative 8 these days.
The Holcomb, Nazgul, and BW all sound very similar if not identical, while the Alt-8 sounds like a beefier JB.
Great demo, sir - much appreciated!
What a brilliant comparison. Probably the best I've ever heard: those are the riffs one needs to actually understand the character of the pickups. Thanks a lot!
Very underrated content. I came here pretty much certain I needed something like a Nazgul for my 'Yeah, I strum full chords and inversions over one or two overdrive pedals on my bridge humbucker and still want to hear every string clearly", but man, the Alternative 8 is super good as well. Amazing content!
I’ve watched a lot of reviews on youtube of these pickups, you have the best demo of all. I’m glad youtube recommended this to me. Definitely still feel confident with the Black Winters!
Me too
Thanks bud, you've made it much harder on wich one to pick lmao! I've got the jb set, but really want the Black winter set. They all sound great but I really hear the cut through with the black winter. Great job!!
"Stroll" 😏
Alternative 8 in a baritone is heaven
Such a fantastic review! Thank you Miike!!!!!!!
Thanks, glad you like it! 🙂
Awesome Job, Great Work 👌
Black Winter is my choice 🖤
“Stroll” What a riff!!! 😀
Awesome Comparison, Thanks Miike!
Thanks, glad you like it!
Every time I come back watching wich pickup is it and I see always the black winter. I love that "airy" sound. Like it's really open and has a lot of clarity. Want to try it on my strat
I have the alternative 8 in my baritone with a jazz in the neck and it's such an awesome pickup~
Yes, it's a unique sounding pickup.
Hi, excuse me, Alternative 8 is great also for mid or low gain stuff? Also for more melodic riff and solos?
For exemple, can you play also songs like Bohemian Rhaosody or it is too much?
Moltes gràcies!!!
Good stuff! Would be interesting to hear how the Duncan Jupiter Rails compare to these.
Hi Mike. Have you reviewed the Seymour Duncan Pegasus 6 Humbucker Bridge pickup yet? Cheers.
Hi Miike, klasse Vergleich von dir👍 ich finde es auch gut das du meistens die selben Riffs verwendest, sodass man auch mit deinen älteren Videos vergleichen kann🤘 was würdest du aktuell für PU für Richtung Red Hot Chili Peppers empfehlen ? Also butterweiche cleans aber trotzdem auch Rockbrett (Single Coil Schaltung vorhanden) Gruß
Danke Martin für deine netten Worte! Zu deiner Frage, die Chili Peppers verwenden zu 90% ja Single-Coil Gitarren (Strats vor allem). Und ich finde auch dass ein halber Humbucker nie so richtig zu 100% nach Single Coil klingen wird. Wenn es aber dennoch ein Humbucker sein soll fällt mir da tatsächlich nur der Black Winter ein, einfach weil der CoilSplit Sound auf dem einem Single Coil schon verdammt nahe kommt! Danke fürs Ansehen und LG!
I’m looking for a stong, powerful pickup, but smooth and brilliant.
So, a pickup for rock and metal, but also melodic solos, emotional riffs, tight and shiny power chords, some harmonics…
So, I was thinking about Seymour Duncan Jazz in the neck, and Seymour Duncan Alterative 8 in the bridge.
For bridge, in addition to Alternative 8 I was thinking about Seymour Duncan Custom (SH5), it seems maybe more balanced and versatile…
Or I was thinking about DiMarzio Steve’s Special, it’s a mid-scooped powerful and shiny pickup (building with Steve Vai).
What do you think about Alternative 8? (And if you used them, also Custom and Steve’s Special).
What do you suggest me?
In The 1st chug comparison toward the end was interesting.
The jb had the least difference between muted and open,
The alternate 8 was probably best overall in that particular section,
But the ceramic pickups seemed to compress between open and palmed. Like the volume sort of dropped between stages. That’s weird.
Just bought a set to put in my ltd Viper. It had EMG HZ originally, which I found a bit bland, so I pout BKP Boot Camp, True Grit, which were underwhelming. I have been meaning to go back to EMG 81/60 but never got around to it. These puppies will do the trick nicely.
If i want to install SD Invader on bridge, which one is the best neck pickup? Can anyone suggest to me, most of the time i play metal song
Duncan Distortion Neck, just like Karl Sanders.
Thanks, you've confirmed for me the Alternative 8 as a higher output alternative for the JB. I still like the JB, but if I need more JB output, I'll use an A8.
Also I'm quite surprised at how versatile the Black Winter from clean to wild. Methinks I'll be using the Black Winters more than just in heavy metal.
Their bones... Genius ahahahah
1st Holcomb, 2nd Alt 8, 3rd BW, 4th Nazgul, 5th JB
I don’t like any of them!
GREAT video though. Wish more folks would do stuff like this.