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dsguitar1

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Humbucker equivalent to piledriver?
« on: February 15, 2016, 03:48:46 PM »
Any ideas what humbucker set to gor for in order to get that same full sound as piledriver with good round bass in the bottom end?

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Re: Humbucker equivalent to piledriver?
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2016, 11:53:15 PM »
I think Cold Sweat might be closest.  That or a VHII
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Re: Humbucker equivalent to piledriver?
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2016, 09:23:30 AM »
I think Cold Sweat might be closest.  That or a VHII

This are very good calls. But no humbucker will sound quite the same as a single coil.
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