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09-13-2009, 01:56 PM
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guys what are your experience with duncan designed pups?
i would like to upgrade my 90s MIM p bass, but is it worth the time to upgrade to duncan desiged(the one that came with my VM squier) |
09-13-2009, 01:57 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Gravity Picks | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ohio/West Virginia | | | I love the pickup that came in my Squier VM. I dont plan on changing it any time soon.
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09-13-2009, 04:11 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Upstate, South Carolina | | | Geez it would take a really really bad pickup to be considered worse than Duncan Designed. |
09-13-2009, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by mmbongo  Geez it would take a really really bad pickup to be considered worse than Duncan Designed. | +1.
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Originally Posted by Tommygunn Eh... I don't know much bout him anyways. I'd think the flecktones mainstream.... | |
09-13-2009, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by mmbongo Geez it would take a really really bad pickup to be considered worse than Duncan Designed. | yeah, that would be a "sideways-grade" at best.
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09-13-2009, 06:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lima | | | are duncan designed so disliked around here? |
09-13-2009, 06:55 PM
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Artist:TC Electronic RH450 bass system | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fort Madison, IA | | | I like them..
Sound very similar to a SD Basslines "vintage" PU to me..
A lot better than MIM to my ears..IMO
Pretty hot ...and accentuates the highs and kind of "scooped" |
09-13-2009, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by John Wentzien Pretty hot ...and accentuates the highs and kind of "scooped" | IMHO, a great example why not to upgrade.
"Duncan Designed" means they're based on duncan's design and built by someone else... often in korea, taiwan, etc etc etc. In other words, they're not 'real' duncans. Some like them, some don't.
Which can be said for about every pickup out there. Whether you should upgrade or not depends entirely on your personal taste which no one can predict. Especially on a web forum. |
09-13-2009, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by therex are duncan designed so disliked around here? | They shouldn't be, IMO. According to SD, the line was developed for OEM use in instruments that cost less than $800, while the regular Duncans are designed for instruments over $800. The Duncan Designed are made in Korea instead of the US, but are have the same design as their more expensive brothers.
I've had guitars with DD pups in them. The humbuckers are outstanding. I've also found the bass pups to be excellent quality as well.
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09-13-2009, 07:03 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Central Alabama | | | I'd save for better pickups. You'll always be wondering "what if....?" |
09-13-2009, 07:05 PM
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Artist:TC Electronic RH450 bass system | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fort Madison, IA | | | Still like 'em better than MIM's...
If you want more low-end and mids go with something like the SD "hot" . |
09-13-2009, 07:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tifton,Georgia | | | i didnt care for them to much. They lacked alot of low end to me. When I switched over the SPB-2 basslines it was a huge difference.
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09-13-2009, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Stinsok I'd save for better pickups. You'll always be wondering "what if....?" | i dont want to buy new ones. i already have a SD quarter pounder in my VM squier, but i have this MIM p bass that sounds muddy and brightless, so i maybe if i put the duncan designed pup that came with the squier it would improve the sound
i`ll try if i learn how to solder |
09-14-2009, 04:20 PM
| | | | Since you have the pickup... WHY NOT ?
Just try the out and see if you like it. |
09-14-2009, 06:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London, England | | | Go for it - I bought an MIA Fender P to replace my VM - and I think the VM sounds better, which is probably down to the pickup. The only reason they get bashed is because you can't buy em separately and only come with Squier basses. I bet most people dissing them have never even tried them! |
09-15-2009, 11:50 AM
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09-15-2009, 12:08 PM
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09-15-2009, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by J. Crawford I love the pickup that came in my Squier VM. I dont plan on changing it any time soon. | I agree. I have both the fretted and fretless VM's and i love them both. I am sure there are better pickups out there (isn't there always something better?), but I really like the sound I am getting with these ones.
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09-15-2009, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by dannybuoy Go for it - I bought an MIA Fender P to replace my VM - and I think the VM sounds better, which is probably down to the pickup. The only reason they get bashed is because you can't buy em separately and only come with Squier basses. I bet most people dissing them have never even tried them! | FWIW, I have a set in my Squier jazz, and dislike them. It's possible to own or have tried something and dislike it 
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Originally Posted by Tommygunn Eh... I don't know much bout him anyways. I'd think the flecktones mainstream.... | |
09-15-2009, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by BigOldHarry why upgrade? Are you unhappy with the sound? | bingo!, i think i said that before, its a quite muddy sound, not bad, but it needs more attack + when i play with a pick it sounds clanky and not punchy, the squier sounded great with the duncan desiged and sounds even better with the quarter pounder
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