SL3/DK2 why two pups the same?

[delt]

As mentioned above, the same pickup will give you a completely different sound depending on its placement. I have two identical Kent Armstrongs in a Rhoads, the bridge one sounds twangy with lots of mids, and the neck one sounds more mellow and "round". Also, pickups far away from the bridge will have a higher output because of the wider string vibration at that point, so they're usually lower ie. further away from the strings.

[straycat]

My 2003 DK2 has stacked singles DD and they do sound really good IMO.
The vol drop is why they don't use a true single coil pickup in that config.
A single coil pickup when used with a 500k vol pot gets very brittle and twangy and tends to feedback and squeal.
Now if you have a very dense wood like mahogony a 500k pot and a single coill pickup like a P90 you get great tone and lots of bite.
I have done extensive R&D with different value pots and capacitors and how pickups react to them so I'm not an asshat.