What do you guys like as a high gain JCM800?

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JohnnyGtar said:
Man, I think that's definitely the way to go. Magnet swaps can change things, too.
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I just swapped out my Friedman humbucker for a Duncan Pegasus. It's definitely a lot better in terms of tightness, which is what I want. The gain however, didn't really increase much at all. I was also surprised how dark the DSL and Dual Rectifiers sounded with the Pegasus.
 
BABMusic said:
I just swapped out my Friedman humbucker for a Duncan Pegasus. It's definitely a lot better in terms of tightness, which is what I want. The gain however, didn't really increase much at all. I was also surprised how dark the DSL and Dual Rectifiers sounded with the Pegasus.
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The Pegasus isn't a high-output pickup.
 
Smash said:
Try Wagner Ironman pickups, they will push your amp in the best way
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I've had an Ironman bridge in a guitar for about 5 years and like it but recently got a couple new guitars with Lundgren The One in the first and Lundgren Black Heaven in the other and they make the Ironman sound weak as hell. These pups made me realize there's actually not much push from the Ironman, pretty low output and mild compared to the Lundgren. They crunch up way more also.
 
BABMusic said:
Oh really? What would the minimum resistance level be for a high output humbucker?
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Is the Pegasus hotter than a PAF? Sure. Is it a "high output" pickup? I wouldn't call it that. The resistance you measure on a pickup is merely a correlation to its actual output. Having owned two Pegasus pickups, I'd say it's not even as hot as a JB. But what do I know.

Seymour Duncan even calls the Pegasus a "medium output" humbucker. And yes... it's rather dark.
 
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