Seymour Duncan PATB-1

[SFW]

The Washburn N4 that I picked up last month is an absolutely phenomenal guitar. It plays like butter, and feels great in the hands. I am, however; not a fan of the L500 series of pickups. When I hear other people playing them, they sound great. To me, there is just way too much twang going on.

After several pickup swaps, I finally decided to install a PATB-1b. Now the guitar sounds as good as it plays. I have been a big fan of the Parallel Axis series for a long time. This just confirms to me what great pickups they are.

 

[bubucci]

It is Seymour's 'Tone Zone' for fat tones of 25,5'' trem guitars without muddy middy sound of TZ. But also works on LP scale, it reminds me Suhr Aldrich/SSH+ pickups. Most 'DiMarzio sounding' Duncan, it there is such a thing

 

[SFW]

While I loved the Tone Zone in the 90s, once I got my first Duncan there was no looking back. DiMarzio has a signature thing going on in the mids on all of their pickups. These days I’m just not a fan of their flavor.