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$600 for a pickup?!!
« on: March 29, 2011, 10:35:02 AM »
http://www.seymourduncan.com/newproducts/zephyr-silver-pickups.php

wonder how these duncan silver wire pickups sound..
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Re: $600 for a pickup?!!
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2011, 10:51:46 AM »
Keep up dude... this is old news  PDT_042 PDT_005

Doesn't make it any less silly though..
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Re: $600 for a pickup?!!
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2011, 10:54:11 AM »
Keep up dude... this is old news  PDT_042 PDT_005

Doesn't make it any less silly though..

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i guess i only visit the SD website once every 6months or something!!
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Re: $600 for a pickup?!!
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2011, 10:57:27 AM »
"Cryogenic Treatment of Pickup after final assembly
Permanently aligns crystal lattice of all materials and removes stresses introduced during manufacturing of raw materials and winding and final assembly of pickup

Normalizes internal structure of the magnet(s) for more consistent gauss strength across all strings and from unit to unit

Aligns internal structure of the magnet wire, further reducing losses and increasing efficiency of pickup"


 PDT_022 PDT_027 PDT_030 PDT_036

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVTj08qTwGw

This dude knows this and he loves pies...
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Re: $600 for a pickup?!!
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2011, 11:03:54 AM »
"Cryogenic Treatment of Pickup after final assembly
Permanently aligns crystal lattice of all materials and removes stresses introduced during manufacturing of raw materials and winding and final assembly of pickup

Normalizes internal structure of the magnet(s) for more consistent gauss strength across all strings and from unit to unit

Aligns internal structure of the magnet wire, further reducing losses and increasing efficiency of pickup"


 PDT_022 PDT_027 PDT_030 PDT_036

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVTj08qTwGw

This dude knows this and he loves pies...

i love the smug:
"ha! thankyou"
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Re: $600 for a pickup?!!
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2011, 01:18:56 PM »
"Cryogenic Treatment of Pickup after final assembly
Permanently aligns crystal lattice of all materials and removes stresses introduced during manufacturing of raw materials and winding and final assembly of pickup

Normalizes internal structure of the magnet(s) for more consistent gauss strength across all strings and from unit to unit

Aligns internal structure of the magnet wire, further reducing losses and increasing efficiency of pickup"


 PDT_022 PDT_027 PDT_030 PDT_036

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVTj08qTwGw

This dude knows this and he loves pies...

i love the smug:
"ha! thankyou"

Oh Lord, that video was the one that persuaded me that if someone ever said, "Here's a preposterous amount of money, I insist you spend it on a boutique amp immediately", I'd get a Trainwreck.  There are things Henry Kaiser has done that are very cool (and not guitar related) but this video ain't among them.

Regarding the pickups, I'm waiting for the platinum ones.  Silver is for cheapskates.

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Re: $600 for a pickup?!!
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2011, 02:02:01 PM »
Oh Lord, that video was the one that persuaded me that if someone ever said, "Here's a preposterous amount of money, I insist you spend it on a boutique amp immediately", I'd get a Trainwreck.  There are things Henry Kaiser has done that are very cool (and not guitar related) but this video ain't among them.

Henry Kaiser is someone I've read a great deal about in Guitar Player over the years, he always seemed a very intelligent and erudite chap.  And yes, he has some very cool day jobs (Antarctic research diving and film work with Werner Herzog), which was enough to impress me.

But I never actually heard him..... until I saw those videos.  :|  I thought it was a joke at first, like Herman Ri....
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Re: $600 for a pickup?!!
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2011, 02:12:00 PM »
Oh Lord, that video was the one that persuaded me that if someone ever said, "Here's a preposterous amount of money, I insist you spend it on a boutique amp immediately", I'd get a Trainwreck.  There are things Henry Kaiser has done that are very cool (and not guitar related) but this video ain't among them.

Henry Kaiser is someone I've read a great deal about in Guitar Player over the years, he always seemed a very intelligent and erudite chap.  And yes, he has some very cool day jobs (Antarctic research diving and film work with Werner Herzog), which was enough to impress me.
That's the cool stuff I was think of.
But I never actually heard him..... until I saw those videos.  :|  I thought it was a joke at first, like Herman Ri....
'fraid not.

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Re: $600 for a pickup?!!
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2011, 03:15:04 PM »
ouch!
never heard henry kaiser... now i did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALyZA1Codjw&feature=related

well...

avantgarde. ok. but kerry king has got a better melodic taste and sounds way less chaotic... immortal t-shirt is cool, anyway.
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Re: $600 for a pickup?!!
« Reply #9 on: March 29, 2011, 04:07:37 PM »
I prefer The James Dance Quartet...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsQYzpOHpik
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Re: $600 for a pickup?!!
« Reply #10 on: March 29, 2011, 04:54:52 PM »
Is it possible to un-hear something?

That Kaiser Plane crash clip was utter cr@pola - right up there with Derek Bailey
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Re: $600 for a pickup?!!
« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2011, 05:38:21 PM »
Is it possible to un-hear something?

That Kaiser Plane crash clip was utter cr@pola - right up there with Derek Bailey

derek bailey! i removed him, thanks for the reminder...  :lol:

maybe it's just me, i'm a retarded close minded metalhead and i just can't understand that stuff, but to my ears it's just people playing random notes - exactly as i did when i first touched a guitar, when i was 9...

kaiser can actually play something (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdR9_hziOC0), nothing i'd die for, but at least in the beginning of this vid there's some sense in it...
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Re: $600 for a pickup?!!
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2011, 05:52:46 PM »
ouch!
never heard henry kaiser... now i did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALyZA1Codjw&feature=related

well...

avantgarde. ok. but kerry king has got a better melodic taste and sounds way less chaotic... immortal t-shirt is cool, anyway.

no talent playing parading as avant-garde  :roll:

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Re: $600 for a pickup?!!
« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2011, 05:57:25 PM »
I prefer The James Dance Quartet...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsQYzpOHpik

that's cool, actually...  :lol:
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Re: $600 for a pickup?!!
« Reply #14 on: March 29, 2011, 06:00:22 PM »
ouch!
never heard henry kaiser... now i did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALyZA1Codjw&feature=related

well...

avantgarde. ok. but kerry king has got a better melodic taste and sounds way less chaotic... immortal t-shirt is cool, anyway.

no talent playing parading as avant-garde  :roll:

yeah. it's quite easy to play random stuff with no tone, no rhythm and no melody to speak of, way less easy to do it in front of people without blushing. i think that's some kind of talent...  :lol:
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