rockstah":23u23c5h said:
wonder what his BrownBucker is like?
http://mhd-pickups.com/
didn't find this info on his website but if you click the
about link here -
http://www.vintageandrare.com/product/A ... er-TM-5037
Mark
I don't know anything about your first link and that has nothing to do with Arcane.
I use Arcane pickups and I absolutely love them. I had pretty much been around the block and back with about every boutique pickup on the market and had kind of decided that it was a bunch of smoke and mirrors and always came back to a Duncan. The sales rep for Arcane came into my shop one day and I told him as much. He left a Brownbucker for me to try out and I pretty much ignored it on my desk for a few weeks. After he called to check up on it, I threw it in my Charvel and messed with it.
I called and told him that there was no way that pickup was coming out of that guitar. I became a dealer that day and have Arcanes in the 4 of my guitars that I actually use. I LOVE the Brownbucker and also really dig the '69 Experience single coils in my strats.
The '78 sounded pretty good in that guitar but because of the Alnico 2 magnet was a little dull and inarticulate sounding. When I would palm mute, the Duncan '78 was undefined and too squishy and not percussive. When I played the Brownbucker, it was exactly what I was missing in any of the other EVH sounding pickups I had tried.
Plus, on the bright side, his prices are better than almost all the other boutique pickup guys. Basically in between what a Duncan and a typical boutique wind would cost. When you look at the pedigree that Rob at Arcane has in the pickup world, having worked with Tom Holmes, having designed the entire line of pickups for James Tyler guitars, building all the pickups for the James Trussart guitars and all the very high end, well known players he has worked with in the studios in the Los Angeles area, it makes me wonder where these guys winding pickups in obscure corners of the world, with little to know previous experience or interaction with top pros and their vintage guitars come up with their prices. I am not speaking of anyone in particular, just the whole sort of boutique winder mentality.
Anyway, here is a clip I did the day I pulled the Duncan 78 out and put the Arcane in. In a mix, the Arcane really stands out and shines whereas the 78 just disappeared.
Here's a clip I did of my guitar before and after the Arcane Brownbucker was installed. It goes Duncan 78 - Arcane Brownbucker - Duncan 78 - Arcane Brownbucker
It's the top clip:
https://www.soundclick.com/bands/default ... dID=147400
to behave on Rig Talk, he has a great ear for tone and is a good player and he has also gone through the whole gamut of boutique pickups and arrived back with Duncan like I did. He finally decided to try the Arcane and it's sill in his guitar 6 months later. I think that's a record for him.
