Because you already have them????
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Because you already have them????
DirtySteve
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Because...Schenker!
DirtySteve
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I hear Gibson really got their poop together on the new Tributes. I'm a little curious about those myself.
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Far Rider
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I couldn't believe how nice a guitar it turned out to be. I love it.I hear Gibson really got theirtogether on the new Tributes. I'm a little curious about those myself.
dmatthews
Ambassador of Birds
That's interesting. I need to drive mine extremely hard to get feedback.
eclecticsynergy
Ambassador of Electric Synergy
I think he was talking about Antiquity P90s, not the mini hums.
I love my TributeOrdered the Dean Lights Out bridge pickup and will put it in the Explorer. Seems like it belongs in a pointy guitar. Merry Christmas to me.
You're very lucky. I'm yet to see a decent 50's Tribute that didn't need a ton of work. I owned 3 of them from brand new.
It was a Duncan Antiquities II Mini Hum and it was unusable. It squealed uncontrollably, so I put the P-90 back for the client...
Amp Mad Scientist
Ambassador of Heresy
I always had problems with mini humbkrs squealing.
They just don't work for cranked amplifiers.
But they will work for clean / low gain like Fender bandmaster no problem.
DirtySteve
Ambassador of Hold My Beer
Dean DMT Lights Out Humbucker Set - Darth Phineas
The Dean Lights Out humbucker pickups capture Michael Schenker's legendary crushing tone from bands like UFO, Scorpions, MSG, and his own solo projects.
darthphineas.com
"The Lights Out humbucker set is Dean’s offering for legendary guitarist Michael Schenker. Schenker signed on to Dean guitars in 2004. And as Dean is prone to do, they produced a pickup set that meets that artist’s needs."
Nope. Never. Not with my passive or actives. Only trouble I've ever had were the unpotted Gibsons.
Here I am, with Master on 7, sitting three feet in front of the amp and letting go of the guitar with volume full up.
Getting a live rig to be controllable under high volume is my specialty.
I knock pics off the wall in this video from the volume and resonance.
eclecticsynergy
Ambassador of Electric Synergy
I understand the Ant mini hum had feedback problems. Not actually very fond of mini hums myself; never found any that really made me happy.
What I meant was, I think the Ants that dmathhews was talking about in the post you quoted were Antiquity P90s, not the mini hums.
Ahhhh...I didn't know they made a Antiquity P90.
I have mini-humbuckers in my 1974 SG and I do like them quite a bit, but they are their own animal.
But, you’re right; they can be susceptible to squealing at high volumes. In addition to the fact that they often aren’t potted, the bobbins aren’t even affixed with screws to the baseplate, as they are with full-size humbuckers. The bobbins are held in place by the cover.
This does let the pickup behave more microphonically. At lower volumes it lends to a lively sound, which is one of the things those who like mini-hums most like about them. At higher volumes, you can get squealing. However, I’ve found them to behave okay with moderate gain. I did have one of the pickups get too microphonic on my ‘74 SG. I potted it and fixed the issue. I never had any squealing issues with it after that, but I admit that it took away some of the liveliness of the pickup; sometimes I wish I wouldn’t have done that. But, if you use in-ear monitors instead of a wedge and run your speaker in an iso-cab, or use a processor, you avoid the problem altogether.
Amp Mad Scientist
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