Minibuckers & distortion

camerashake · April 8th, 2004, 01:27 AM

How to Mini-HBs stack up under distortion?

Everybody talks about using them for clean or blues sound, but how do they respond under a few added gain stages?

jjmantele · April 10th, 2004, 03:26 AM

I have them in my '63 Epiphone Crestwood. They would feedback (in the bad way) under distortion or loud volume. I wax potted them and problem solved. Kinda an AC/DC sound.

randy_mc · April 19th, 2004, 11:42 PM

on which type of minihumbucker you are using. Seymour Duncan uses wax potting, which should eliminate the microphonic squeal. The original Gibsons were bad about that (I've played a Les Paul Deluxe for decades... yeah, the squeal is bad with heavy distortion). SM1 or SM3 will all perform well under heavy distortion. The Antiquity Firebird also does quite well (I use a Bogner Metropolis and an SLO100).

As for tone, the Antiquity sounds fantastic. With heavy gain (7 on the SLO overdrive preamp), its positively ruthless, especially with a harder type speaker. These days I usually use light to moderate overdrive. The SM3 is another great one for high gain settings, using an A5 magnet with Firebird-type blades. Its really punchy with about 15 kohm output, and is actually fairly smooth overall. I'm interested in the SM2, which uses ceramic magnets, but I haven't heard one, and no one else seems to have heard it either. I suspect its rather bright and hard, whereas the 3 is bright and smooth.

Kelsey · April 21st, 2004, 03:22 PM

The SD site indicates that Robben Ford uses an SM-2 set in one of his guitars, so perhaps you can hear them on his recordings.

April 8th, 2004, 01:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
camerashake TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Spanish Harlem Posts: 58	Minibuckers & distortion How to Mini-HBs stack up under distortion? Everybody talks about using them for clean or blues sound, but how do they respond under a few added gain stages?

April 10th, 2004, 03:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
jjmantele Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 903	'63 Epi I have them in my '63 Epiphone Crestwood. They would feedback (in the bad way) under distortion or loud volume. I wax potted them and problem solved. Kinda an AC/DC sound. __________________ JJman If it says "Vintage" on it -it isn't.

April 19th, 2004, 11:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
randy_mc Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Memphis Posts: 144	it depends on which type of minihumbucker you are using. Seymour Duncan uses wax potting, which should eliminate the microphonic squeal. The original Gibsons were bad about that (I've played a Les Paul Deluxe for decades... yeah, the squeal is bad with heavy distortion). SM1 or SM3 will all perform well under heavy distortion. The Antiquity Firebird also does quite well (I use a Bogner Metropolis and an SLO100). As for tone, the Antiquity sounds fantastic. With heavy gain (7 on the SLO overdrive preamp), its positively ruthless, especially with a harder type speaker. These days I usually use light to moderate overdrive. The SM3 is another great one for high gain settings, using an A5 magnet with Firebird-type blades. Its really punchy with about 15 kohm output, and is actually fairly smooth overall. I'm interested in the SM2, which uses ceramic magnets, but I haven't heard one, and no one else seems to have heard it either. I suspect its rather bright and hard, whereas the 3 is bright and smooth. __________________ Impossible is just someone else's opinion... it's a dare, not a fact. My music: http://www.myspace.com/pegasusactualmusic http://www.soundclick.com/bands/4/ra...rlandmusic.htm

April 21st, 2004, 03:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
Kelsey Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 722	The SD site indicates that Robben Ford uses an SM-2 set in one of his guitars, so perhaps you can hear them on his recordings.

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