Members veil Posted April 20, 2008 Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 Guitar tones are getting heavier and heavier. It's just the state of modern rock music today. That's a fact. Seymour Duncan has responded with the SH-15 Alternative 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted April 20, 2008 Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 Guitar tones are getting heavier and heavier. It's just the state of modern rock music today. That's a fact. Perhaps, but my tendency is to rebel against it. IMHO, the heaviness of a guitar tone is only minimally attributed to the volume, gain, or distortion level of the guitar. It has more to do with the guitar's context to the song and the mix. Even the "heaviest" high-gain tone can sound really wimpy and cheesy if mixed poorly in a crap song. Sorry to get off topic, Veil. I sometimes feel compelled to respond to any post that states "fact." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeartfeltDawn Posted April 20, 2008 Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 Does this pickup mean mastering engineers will stop the huge compression on albums and recording engineers will allow the music to breath? Never played a Seymour Duncan pickup I liked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T3 Posted April 20, 2008 Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 *curious* i'd like to try one of those... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members veil Posted April 20, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 Perhaps, but my tendency is to rebel against it. IMHO, the heaviness of a guitar tone is only minimally attributed to the volume, gain, or distortion level of the guitar. It has more to do with the guitar's context to the song and the mix. Even the "heaviest" high-gain tone can sound really wimpy and cheesy if mixed poorly in a crap song. Sorry to get off topic, Veil. I sometimes feel compelled to respond to any post that states "fact." Hey, it's SD's claim, not mine. Also I disagree with them, I think "heavy" (re: lots of distortion) guitar has greatly been falling out of favor. Or, I just don't pay attention to it because I don't really care for it anymore. I can't see what this product offers that another of their high-output humbucker permutations doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pankot Posted April 20, 2008 Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 "Perfect for high gain amps"? If you have a super-high gain amp, you don't need an ultra-hot pickup. Modern preamps have so much gain on tap, you can dial in any amount of dirt with regular pickups. And I agree that beyond a certain point, increasing the amount of distortion does not make the sound heavier. If it did, the BOSS Mega Distortion would be the world's most br00talz pedal: instead, maxing that out just sounds like a flatulent bear who's been force fed senna pods for a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members booher Posted April 20, 2008 Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 Never played a Seymour Duncan pickup I liked. I'd like to give the P-Rails a shot, personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FuzzShifter Posted April 20, 2008 Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 I'd like to give the P-Rails a shot, personally. +1 My main guit only has a single HB in it, and that would fill the hole quite well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGareth Posted April 20, 2008 Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 And I agree that beyond a certain point, increasing the amount of distortion does not make the sound heavier. If it did, the BOSS Mega Distortion would be the world's most br00talz pedal: instead, maxing that out just sounds like a flatulent bear who's been force fed senna pods for a week. :lol:Seems like Seymour Duncan is using marketing speel to get people buying high gain pickups to sound like Dragonforce, A7X, Deathklock or whatever heavy bands are popular at the moment. That's OK if those bands are your thing, but I bet that they use way less gain than amateur players think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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