Duncan Invader?

[anomaly]

I'm interested in trying one in a ESP Viper I have. Some say it's great, others say it's all low end and muddy. What's the real deal? How would it compare to say a Duncan Distortion? cause i'm really familiar with that one.

 

[guitarplayer]

I have one in my LP and I love it. High output but not crazy high. Very smooth tone, it rolls off the ice pick highs. Very musical also played clean through a Fender HRDLX .

 

[leib10]

I really like them for high gain stuff, but they're pretty sterile and lifeless for cleans unless you can coil tap them.

 

[jammin1]

I really like them for high gain stuff, but they're pretty sterile and lifeless for cleans unless you can coil tap them.

^^^I agree with this^^^ I have a set in a RG 1570.
I have a Dimarzio Super Distortion in a Charvel and it kills for "80's Rock" Tones!

 

[Shask]

I always liked them. Then do have a lot of low end, but the real star is the mids. People always forget to mention that. They have a spike in the mid-mids. It kind of sounds like you have a tubescreamer on all time.

 

[jsp]

Compared to the Distortion, it's way darker. Personally, I hate it, I found it to be dull and toneless.

 

[Brandon Breeze]

I was not a fan of the invader at all. I've tried a ton of pickups over the years and I thought it was wimpy and relatively low output for what it's supposed to be.

 

[anomaly]

I was not a fan of the invader at all. I've tried a ton of pickups over the years and I thought it was wimpy and relatively low output for what it's supposed to be.

Low output? I've always been told it is a very high output pickup??

I think I might pass on trying this one out?? Might just get a Tom Anderson H3 instead, cause i have used them before and I know they sound good.

 

[Brandon Breeze]

I was not a fan of the invader at all. I've tried a ton of pickups over the years and I thought it was wimpy and relatively low output for what it's supposed to be.

Low output? I've always been told it is a very high output pickup??

I think I might pass on trying this one out?? Might just get a Tom Anderson H3 instead, cause i have used them before and I know they sound good.

Keep in mind I own some of the hottest pickups known to man lol I have a Seymour Duncan Live Wire Metal pickup that is so high output it has no clean tones at all at any volume, and only needs to be turned up to about 2 on any high gain amp, otherwise it makes the amp sound like it has tons of sag. I also use/like Carvins m22's, Seymour Duncan AHB3 Mick Thimpson Signature Blackout pickup.

 

[andross182]

I enjoyed the pickup in my HSS Mexistrat during my Blink 182 days in high school.

 

[jsp]

Get the H3. No contest.

 

[rcm78]

I have an invader sitting around... PM me if you want to buy it...

 

[SFW]

Of all the pickups I have ever tried... The Invader was by far my least favorite. To me it was pure mudsville.

 

[charvelstrat81]

Like every other pu out there in the right guitar it sounds awesome and in the wrong guitar it sounds like a mud bomb

 

[leib10]

Invaders are voiced for guitars with mahogany bodies. They sound like crap in any other guitar.

 

[RockyStar]

I have had great luck with them. I think they should get more credit than they do get. I also feel the same way about the Screaming Demon as well. Very good pickup.....again, it all comes down to guitar woods, style, amps, expectations.