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I recently purchased a set of humbuckers for my SL2H based on the recommendation of fellow-JCF'r Holycross1. Well, HOLYSH!T - these things are INCREDIBLE! The company, which most of you have never heard of, is Adder Plus Corp. The company founder, Mel Lace, is responsible for the original design of Fender's Lace Sensor pickups. Thing is - according to Mel - the design was half-stolen from him by his brother, which resulted in the Lace Sensors being a half-assed pickup. Ask Mel for the full story. Anyway...
Check out the pic below. The APC's fit perfectly in place of my SL2H's stock SD JB and 59. Look pretty much like EMGs. But that's where the EMGs stop and the APCs start. No comparo - the APCs have LOUDER, CLEANER output, moreso than the EMGs (p.s. I used to own a DK1 with the EMGs). They sound gorgeous through my Marshall 30th Anny/1960AV setup. They just drive the amp SO #%&$% hard. The cleans are not single-coil quality, but definitely cleaner than your standard bucker. Crunch is just that - MAX crunch. I don't have access to something like a Mesa Triple Rec or Diezel, but I can only assume that you hard-core metal guys would LOVE the APC's thru those kinds of amps. Finally, soloing thru the 30th's lead channel is abso-#%&@&@-lutely unbelievable! Sustain forever, feedback on demand. Tone heaven dudes!
These pickups are really cool - you can actually hear the individual strings while strumming at max gain settings. It's almost like the pickups are load-balancing the individual string output. I mentioned this to Mel, and he laughed - "Yeah, that's how we engineered them" he said. He says the magnetic pull is minimal - basically nothing compared to other high output pickups. Oh, dead quiet too!
Guys, I wish I could provide some sound samples. I fired up my Korg D1600 after 6 months of non-use, and the #(&%^# was dead. No clue - will have to call Korg tomorrow. As soon as I figure out what's wrong, I'll post some sound bytes. The thing starts to boot, then just stalls.
If you have any questions guys, just ask. I know most of you out here swear by one brand and/or one model of pickup. I'm telling ya, these are worth a shot. If you don't like 'em, send them back and Mel will give you a refund.
Just open your mind...and your ears...there IS something better out there...
Hopefully, sound bytes in a few days...
I recently purchased a set of humbuckers for my SL2H based on the recommendation of fellow-JCF'r Holycross1. Well, HOLYSH!T - these things are INCREDIBLE! The company, which most of you have never heard of, is Adder Plus Corp. The company founder, Mel Lace, is responsible for the original design of Fender's Lace Sensor pickups. Thing is - according to Mel - the design was half-stolen from him by his brother, which resulted in the Lace Sensors being a half-assed pickup. Ask Mel for the full story. Anyway...
Check out the pic below. The APC's fit perfectly in place of my SL2H's stock SD JB and 59. Look pretty much like EMGs. But that's where the EMGs stop and the APCs start. No comparo - the APCs have LOUDER, CLEANER output, moreso than the EMGs (p.s. I used to own a DK1 with the EMGs). They sound gorgeous through my Marshall 30th Anny/1960AV setup. They just drive the amp SO #%&$% hard. The cleans are not single-coil quality, but definitely cleaner than your standard bucker. Crunch is just that - MAX crunch. I don't have access to something like a Mesa Triple Rec or Diezel, but I can only assume that you hard-core metal guys would LOVE the APC's thru those kinds of amps. Finally, soloing thru the 30th's lead channel is abso-#%&@&@-lutely unbelievable! Sustain forever, feedback on demand. Tone heaven dudes!
These pickups are really cool - you can actually hear the individual strings while strumming at max gain settings. It's almost like the pickups are load-balancing the individual string output. I mentioned this to Mel, and he laughed - "Yeah, that's how we engineered them" he said. He says the magnetic pull is minimal - basically nothing compared to other high output pickups. Oh, dead quiet too!
Guys, I wish I could provide some sound samples. I fired up my Korg D1600 after 6 months of non-use, and the #(&%^# was dead. No clue - will have to call Korg tomorrow. As soon as I figure out what's wrong, I'll post some sound bytes. The thing starts to boot, then just stalls.
If you have any questions guys, just ask. I know most of you out here swear by one brand and/or one model of pickup. I'm telling ya, these are worth a shot. If you don't like 'em, send them back and Mel will give you a refund.
Just open your mind...and your ears...there IS something better out there...
Hopefully, sound bytes in a few days...
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