Seymour Duncans -- What are your favorites?

[nsubulysses]

I don't really know much about Duncans but back in the day I used to play Full Shreds and those were pretty killer. For about the last 5 years or so I have played EMG 81s so I don't even remember what the Duncan was like.

I'm interested in Duncans again because it's been so long. The Dimebag seems cool, and so do Screamin' Demons (doesn't Stephen Carpenter from Deftones use those?).

What are your favorites?

[atomic charvel guy]

custom custom
JB
pearly gates

[drockilles]

Big fan of the Duncan Distortions. The Screamin' Demon sounds pretty good in my old Dinky Reverse. I know SD has recently released a new active pickup, called the Blackout. Haven't played a guitar with them or heard much about them, but http://www.seymourduncan.com/product...html#blackouts
has the info on it. If you've been an EMG player for a while, maybe this will be a change to look at.

[Super_shredder]

JB, hot rails, cool rails

[shadowcat]

Absolute favourite is the Duncan Distortion (both in the bridge and the neck), but I also like the Custom (bridge), and the Jazz (neck) too.

[Newc]

Hums:
Distortion (though I am finding them to be a bit "too much" these days - I'm getting old )
Custom Custom (a bit less rumble than the Custom, with singing highs. I like it in the bridge or neck.)
Jazz - Ultimate Clean Neck Pickup
JB (but only in the neck)
'59 - Sound great in the Morton and a Jazz'R

Singles:
Hot Rails
Classic Stack

Single-sized hums:
JBJr - Works great in the bridge1 slot of a 1990 Warrior Pro, especially with a neck-model Hot Rails in bridge2.

[Endrik]

my favourite set-up is:

Custom (hum) bridge

Vintage (sc) middle

Cool Rails (sc-h) neck

[dg]

My two favorite bridge pickups are the Custom and the Distortion. After messing around with them a bit in different guitars, I think I like the Custom best in bolt-on alder or ash guitars, and the Distortion a little more in set-neck or neckthrough guitars, especially with mahogany. For neck hums, I like the '59 and the Pearly Gates. The Hot Rails is pretty sweet for shreddy lead tones in the neck position, too.

[zeegler]

Custom & Custom Custom

[Drake S.]

Hums Dimebucker
Trembucker
Screaming Demon

Singles-sized hums: Hot rails
Cool rails

[Inazone]

The Full Shred remains my favorite, although most of my Jacksons have JBs in the bridge. I'm not really a huge JB fan, but I've been in a couple of situations where I needed a pickup replacement ASAP, and JBs were readily available locally while Full Shreds were not. I'm also in the midst of recording with an Invader for the first time and really digging it.

[toejam]

What I like:

'59 neck and bridge models
Jazz neck and bridge models (a Jazz bridge is also great in the neck)
Pearly Gates neck and bridge, Pearly Gates Plus
Custom, Custom Custom, Custom 5
Invader neck and bridge
JBs are overrated and better used as a neck pickup

[Alvin_Wilson]

Hums:
Distorton
Custom Custom
Custom
PATB-2

Singles:
Hot Rails
SSL-5

[DonP]

Don't really use singles, mostly split hums.

Duncan Distortion (fairly recently, like 1 year) Loving this in my 750XL
JB fairly recently. It's an HB102B in a DK2. I loaded a real JB, couldn't tell the difference, and sold the JB.
Screamin Demon. TB model. I like this a lot too.

I have OBL pickups in axes, and can't tell the difference between these and the Dimebucker.

Most of my axes have the original OEM pickups, and I'm happy enough with those.

[vertigo08]

Whats the best single coil neck pickup that has the same voicing as say... a '59 humbucker in the neck?

I know SD makes a little '59 but a lot of people say it sounds nothing like a humbucker

Im planning to get a JB Trembucker for the bridge so something that compliments that but not sure whether to go with cool rails or hot rails or something that sounds like a humbucker from dimarzio.