Seymour duncan 11102-92-B Black Winter, HB Set Blk

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.

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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 play a lot of Extreme Metal subgenres and these things are perfect for all things Extreme Metal. The coil split tone is very unique and different from a lot of the traditional medium & high output pickups. I can get a very strange clean guitar similar to something like the clean tone like Pantera's Floods, or even Death's Lack of Comprehension. If you're into the Animals as Leaders overdriven "thumping" tone, you can achieve a great unique version of those type of tones. Seymour Duncan initially made these pickups for more Black Metal sounds than anything else and it shows, there's a lot of clarity despite high gain tones. I actually played a friend's 8 string guitar with the Black Winter installed and I could hear each of the individual 8 string's note, you can play wide open chords and hear it vividly even with a scooped mid tone. The neck is surprisingly very versatile, I'm not entirely sure where it lies on the output range but it seems to be more of medium output from what I can audibly tell. My only complaint is the bridge pickup is not versatile but then again, what do you expect from an Extreme Metal pickup geared towards Black Metal tones. You're not gonna get any Jazz or Blues tones from the bridge although the neck will be able to. If you play Extreme Metal, get this pickup, you will not regret it. If you play anything outside of Extreme Metal, I would recommend doing a lot of research or even playing a guitar with it installed. If you're looking for something versatile for an all-around guitar, you'll be happy with the neck, you will not be happy with the bridge.

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.