Seymour Duncan Black Winter Set Humbucker Guitar Pickup Black

Fantastico set di pickup che mi ha sorpreso in positivo superando molte aspettative. .Output veramente molto alto, nettamente superiore a molti altri pickup moderni heavy che possiedo .Il pickup al manico è lo stesso pickup presente al ponte però reversed .I due single coil che compongono l humbucker hanno voci ed impasti molto diversi l'una dall altra, prima volta che mi trovo in possibilità di usare veramente lo split con una delle due bobine e cambiare tanto il suono rimanendo comunque sempre con una timbro ed feeling equilibrato ed utilizzabile, ne ho provati tanti di pickup e di tutte le marche boutique, sono i primi che hanno un suono fantastico sia un HB che SC .Suono dei pickup, ignorate le indicazioni ufficiali, ha la grana sporca e grassa di un vintage con una pronuncia sulle medio basse medie leggermente a V morbide ed acuti presenti ma non acidi, lontano da un A shape di un pickup metal moderno tipo BK Nailbomb, ma ha un leggero V shape che ricorda quello che si ottiene con l EQ del Mesa Marl V applicato su un pickup JB o simili, in single coil ha un suono caldo di un sovravvolto con un timbro oltre che convincente, suona meglio di moltissimi SC hot texas provati. Molto versatile ed uno dei pochi fruibili sia in coil slip sulle singole bobine e nell out of phase anche sugli humbucker manico+ponte, perfettamente utilizzabile anche in situazioni Jazz e Rock senza avere quell impressione di suono forzato nel genere. Sono diventati uno dei set che preferisco versatilità esagerata, montati sia su chitarre downtuning heavy che su chitarre similstrato con ponte, ci suono di tutto e con tutto, sia con ampli high gain che vintage, ci faccio sia high gain, rock, blues che jazz.

As you'd expect, when the packaging looks menacing and these are called "Black Winters" you know you're in for a treat. I had these put in an Ibanez RG that has a HSH pick-up config, for the nerds out there I put a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder in the middle, although I may change it for a hot rail, I digress. With these being very high output, you can get some pretty gnarly tones at mid gain, and some brutal sounds with even higher gain. Very cold sounding bridge pickup but a thick and sludgey neck pickup, can very easily cut well through a mix. Pick-ups specifically for black metal, what would you expect? Very good, just hard to control the tone.

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Ich suchte nach einem Passiv-Ersatz für mein EMG 81/85 Set... und bin hier fündig geworden. Das Black Winter Set ist perfekt für härtere Genres. Der Bridge Pickup hat brutalen Output und schneidet durch jeden Mix, der Neck ist sehr klar ohne Matsch. Alles bleibt definiert. Verarbeitung wie immer bei Seymour Duncan makellos. Wer’s heavy will, findet hier sein Zuhause.

I have always used the Seymour Duncan Invader pickups. So my reference is perhaps against those. These black winters thus do not sound as 'full body' or 'warm' as the Invaders, and have a bit more brightness. These can perhaps come across as a little bit "ice pick" harsh sounding. But at the same time, this is one of the features of a pickup designed for use in Metal genres of music where you want to have the high gain and "chug" sounds. Now, tone is one of those subjective things, and everyone will have an opinion of what sounds good to them. To me, these perform a little bit better for the very high gain sounds for metal, than the invaders do. But your experience will have a lot to do with the amplifier that you are also using, where the EQ and colorization of the sound from your speakers play a more significant role than the pickups do, right. For me, these were just as easy to install as any other humbucker pickup. I would say, if you have a guitar with stock pickups, like Ibanez and their notoriously terrible INF series pickups, definitely get these!. But if you already have good pickups, like some other Seymour Duncan, BareKnuckle, or PRS, that if you are going for a stronger metal sound, that you should perhaps look into what you can upgrade in your amp instead, as these black winters are only incrementally better here.