Most popular 80's vintage heavy metal / hard rock pickup?

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JB although popular, I was thinking something a bit more open and defined.. I'm rocking my PAF's right now, and i actually like the output/clearity. My best contenders are BKP: The Mule, Riff Raff or Black Dogs... Anyone use them for this sort of application?
 
Compared it to the other lower output BKPs? :) Does it have a good body? It seems to be a quite trebly PU.
 
headlessdeadguy":24sr64wv said:
sah5150":24sr64wv said:
jsp":24sr64wv said:
Badronald":24sr64wv said:
Dimarzio Super Distortion
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This is the first thing that came to my mind.
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...and mine. My favorite bridge pickup...

Steve
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And mine :thumbsup:
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Same here. For some reason the SD is just right and fits into a lot of guitars. Lately I've been opting for something else, but I'd take a super distortion in a second.
 
sah5150":1se02o10 said:
jsp":1se02o10 said:
Badronald":1se02o10 said:
Dimarzio Super Distortion
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This is the first thing that came to my mind.
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...and mine. My favorite bridge pickup...

Steve
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I just picked one up. I'm getting a single hum single volume knob pick guard from Warmoth and putting it on my black Stratocaster maple neck!
I'm still not sure if the pick guard should be parchment or black. I'm leaning parchment.
Opinions?
 
The three pickups that pretty much defined 80s metal would be the DiMarzio Super Distortion, Duncan Distortion (Lynch) and the Duncan JB.
 
Duncan JB... without question. It is, was, and shall always be the quintessential '80s metal/hair-metal/shred/thrash pickup.

Followed by Duncan Distortion.
 
SFW":vgfknpkm said:
The three pickups that pretty much defined 80s metal would be the DiMarzio Super Distortion, Duncan Distortion (Lynch) and the Duncan JB.
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Exactly this, but they aren't expensive enough. :D
 
I was a Duncan Distortion guy through and through. The 80's JBs sounded good, but the new ones are very different...I've hated them them in just about everything I've tried them in.
 
I have an 81 SD and X2N

Great 80's rock and metal

My old LP has BKP Nastee's in it. Love those pups.

Best? YMMV

I like to play old music with my current day rig so it sounds more modern a bit. Modern to vintage depending on how you tweak it.

Loop EQ is probably a huge tone shaper that may help get you there.
 
That's easy... Duncan Distortion.

I don't know what happened, but Duncan's don't sound the way they use to. MIC?
 
Dimarzio Super Distortion, Gibson Dirty Fingers, and JB get my vote...............I really like the first 2 mentioned :rock:
 
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