It's a rare bird
Very rare neck. Great choice of pickup btw!!
The alnico 5 is a great choice for pick articulation. You are spot on IMHO in your comments on the JB. The JB is a legend of course and great at what it does, however, it favors brute force over articulation IMHO making it ideal for Drop D (ala Lamb of God) but not quite precise as I like for fast picking. That's what I love about alnico mags, you can push them hard without them turning to mush, and when voiced properly they are a thing of beauty
Todd
QUOTE (DeGroot @ Apr 1 2014, 11:06 PM)
The Perpetual Burn pickup came in the mail today.
It is a major tone upgrade from what I had in my guitar (Korean Hamer). Basically swapping out a Super Distortion Duncan clone. Not a bad pickup but not totally my thing.
Yeah, the neck is nice and fast. The neck is a bit chunky for a shredder guitar but it plays solid and feels comfortable for me. The angle cut 27 frets is what i like best about it.
It's pattened after one of the test pickups duncan had sent Jason Becker during their development process. He came down with ALS and couldn't finish the testing until Michael Lee Firkins came over and helped on playing. They selected one of the prototypes and the BURN is based on that. An alnico 5 Bar magnet with 12k DC resistance. So the specs are like a "vintage" pickup, but it's voice more aggressively via the wind. Nice pup!
*NOTE: EACH BURN IS HAND BUILT!!!!
These are basically "Boutique" / "Custom Shop" hand made pickups that are being produced in a limited run in honor of Jason.
If you want a boutique pickup without paying 200 bux each, this is a FINE choice.QUOTE (SixStringSamurai @ Mar 28 2014, 07:15 PM)
I love Jason Becker a LOT, but personally I question the need for this pickup. What would they have been using back in the day - a JB in the bridge? In fact, Jason would have been using Carvin stock pickups for a large part of his career.
So... if you buy a "Seymour Duncan Jason Becker" humbucker, where does that leave you?
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This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Apr 2 2014, 05:49 AM