Some of the more patient amongst you will have been following the work I’ve been doing on developing a humbucker for “Extreme Metal”. I’ve had a great deal of help on the extreme metal pickup help from Raj Singarajah from Dynamic Rage Studio.
So far there have been 3 prototypes, each one has gone to the studio for testing. Raj gives me feedback (arf arf), I go away, have a think, and make a new version.
After version 2 I reduced the bass coming from the coils, introduced asymmetry to the coils to broadened the mid range response and changed the screw poles for a rail on one of the coils.
Here’s the verdict:
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Its fantastic imho. The high mid 1.6-3k range with the rail is great! the rail has definitely done its job. Its got just the boost needed to stop it from being dull.
has that really nice snarl with the gain on. Very bright. Its actually great and tight.
low end is great.
it sounds “right” at the moment for this style of music I feel.
The high end is smooth. The high mid is apparent but not “pokey”. Not too much when getting close to 3k. Really sitting at that 1-1.6k where it should be.
I almost feel like possible next iteration to see how it goes with getting a slight scoop out a tinge. by a tinge. I mean a tinge haha as I feel like its really starting to get there. the slightly more scooped part is more of a “try to see if it gets any better”. But I really think this is great as it is.Thoughts?
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I’m chuffed with that. From now on I’m only going to make one small change at a time for each version of the extreme metal pickup. I’ll keep you folks informed but this does take time.
We’ve already got a bloody good pickup – lets see how good it can get. https://mrglynspickups.com/
