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I agree with this completely. Odyssey was his highest charting US album ever.

It was 1983. Do you remember what was out and happening in 1983? Not much at all. The Ratt EP. Too Fast For Love. The Steeler album was kind of par for the course. If you got into rock in the mid to late 70's and heard things as they changed, the album didn't stand out as being that bad. If you...

Thanks so much for explaining what really happened to those of us who experienced it chronologically.

I think Yngwie's peak was the Alcatrazz album. Monstrous and was forced to conform a little bit with other, more experienced musicians. That being said, I love everything from Steeler through Marching Out. Yes, the Steeler album is cheesy in 2025 but in 1983 that album and Steeler's club shows...

Ace is the reason I picked up guitar.

And I thought the Brad era with the guys shamelessly kissing up to him with the "you're living the life" nut hanging was bad?

There is only one Duncan Custom. It's a pickup they have been making since the late 70's. It's the SH-5/TB-5. There is also a Custom Custom SH-11/TB-11 a pickup they started making in the 80's, and a Custom 5 SH-14/TB-14 that has been in production I'd guess 15-20 years. If someone says Duncan...

Thank you so much for the info. I was down to my last set!

I'd avoid those Kahlers at all cost.

I am much more interested in what he used in 1987 in his Lion era than anything he has recorded since. His live tone in the LA club scene in those days was absolutely monstrous.

I am unaware of Suhr even making pickup rings. DiMarzio's cream color has gotten a little too yellow/orange undertones for me. I would look at pickup rings from All Parts or Gibson or WD. But none of them seem to match with the exact same cream colors. When you first get them you might look and...

They are 100% not available from Duncan in cream. I have been trying to get them for 30 years from Duncan.

I'm sorry, I don't understand the question. Are you asking what other brand of pickup would match the Duncan cream color or are you asking about what brand of humbucker ring would match the pickup you bought last week?

Seymour Duncan's Trembucker pickups for guitars with tremolos require a pickup ring with a longer inside opening from top to bottom. The actual bobbins are longer on the Duncans. DiMarzio and Suhr and most others use the exact same size bobbins as their standard pickups and just spread the...

Does the noise in my head bother you?