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DiMarzio's Billy Sheehan 'Relentless' pickups
- Thread starter Killed_by_Death
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Nope. It's a whole new pickup. Their description says as much
Has anyone tried these with an active preamp? I just happened to order an Audere preamp on Monday. Now while looking at replacement pups, I find this. But everyone talks about how hot they are. Has me wondering if I should just put the preamp aside for now or go ahead and run the preamp with the relentless. I've got an older active PJ and wasn't a fan of the factory preamp.
- Apr 18, 2008
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Audere preamps are unity gain. That means they won’t boost the volume when set flat. But they will give you impressive tone shaping abilities.
hmmm... i already had the relentless pups in the shopping cart. so you are saying i won't piss off my sound guy coming in way to hot... basically the audere will tone shape but no boost?
Do you think it would be a good combo? Or should I do one or the other?
- Apr 18, 2008
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Yes.
Yes.
Your choice. With a transparent preamp like the Audere, the character of the tone comes from the pickup(s). The Audere just lets you shape that tone.
Thank you for the input... i also read that audere works with active pickups. not that these are active, but it looks like a very versatile pre. once again, thanks for the help!
I'm really excited to try these. I haven't read through this entire thread but I'm wondering how these compare to the G&L SB-1 pickup that I recently installed in my parts P bass. Has anyone compared those two?
Just installed mine today, I’m diggin it
Alumitone J Bridge, diggin it so far, dead quiet humbucker
How does it balance with the Relentless middle ? I have a PJ that currently has the GZR PJ set installed. I’m planning on installing the Relentless middle but I’m pretty sure the GZR J is going to be too quiet.
the relentless tends to over power everything, this serves as a HPF by just taking a little off the bottom when both are engaged, there is no mid dip with both full up. I like the Alumitone with about 30% of the relentless engaged as well. The relentless by itself is great. can't wait to hear it in a mix next week
One thing I’m learning with the relentless paired with the other pickup is I have to roll off the bridge slightly to get a deeper sound from it. Then I can roll the relentless back into it.
Relentless by itself is bad@$$
Relentless mixed with the alumitone full and rich sound. Alumitone by itself is pretty cool but I like my Nordstrand warm and wooly Jazz bridge better
Relentless by itself is bad@$$
Relentless mixed with the alumitone full and rich sound. Alumitone by itself is pretty cool but I like my Nordstrand warm and wooly Jazz bridge better
Lowendlobster will have a clip on his YouTube soon, if you’re interested.
I am reeeeeally looking forward to seeing this on his channel. I live that P pickup, and am very interested in hearing paired up with others.
Agreed. I always look forward to Lobster's new videos; just as I always used to look forward to Ed Friedland's Bass Whisperer videos that are now infrequent, but much appreciated if they're made.
If interested, I talk about the challenges Carl Pedigo at Lakland tackled, and the further work that I performed to get a phase issue and volume imbalance corrected here: NBD: Heavily Mod’d Lakland 44-51 (Lipsticks, Relentless, EMG)
3 Pickup Bass Phase Issue Questions
In short, volume discrepancies when using the Relentless (because it’s super loud) will be a problem. I remedied it with 2 outputs and an active mixer pedal. I sent the mixer pedal with the bass to Lobster.
