Tremonti Signature Pickups VS Seymour Duncan JB & Jazz - Side by Side Comparison
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- Опубликовано: 17 фев 2021
- Today I'm pitting Mark Tremonti's signature PRS pickup set against an absolute classic, the Seymour Duncan Hot Rodded Humbucker set! Which ones did you prefer? Let me know in the comments!
Signal chain:
PRS SC245 - Kemper - Audient ID14 mkII - Logic Pro.
Kemper profiles used:
- STL Tones Lee Malia JCM800 (all distorted/crunch tones)
- The Amp Factory CM Eight Hundered (cleans and chordal noodling)
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Thank you, Charlie! Lovely comparison!
Think I'll take the Seymours. I have to say, these simple licks are better to listen to pickup differences with than people who fly all around the guitar like their lives are in danger. Nice comparison.
Well said😂
Dude, fantastic shootout! having the plate on the tremonti bridge looks amazing
Tremonti set sound a lot more compressed which work really well for high gain & modern stuff. Also I think they actually sound even a bit tighter in a 25” or bartione. Tremonti all the way for me
This was the exact comparison I was looking for.
Hi everyone, just to clarify these are definitely a genuine set of USA Tremonti pickups despite the bridge pickup being covered. I’ve inspected the base plates which are stamped and labeled correctly as per PRS factory standards, and they’ve also been verified by the PRS guy at Andertons Music. These were a custom order direct from PRS. Cheers!
I got my answer back from PRS on April 23, 2021 at 9:04 a.m. ... Here is what they said: Paul Reed Smith Customer Service: "The Tremonti treble pickup is only available 'uncovered', so it seems someone has the incorrect information." You might want to question your seller on this... I told you I was 100% sure of these facts. I have followed the engineering process of the Pups since the beginning... They are installed in all my guitars, and I know the history. If you would like, I will share the email with you from PRS.
@@MichaelDaviesMusic Dude I've checked back through the owner chain and they were a custom order from PRS. The baseplates are stamped properly and stickered just like other core PRS pickups I've owned/seen - an opinion shared by my co-workers at Andertons who are hardcore PRS experts as well and talking to their team all the time. I know you can't buy the Tremonti's as standard with a nickel bridge, yes (which I suspect the customer service team were talking about), but these were custom ordered to go in a Wood Library guitar. My rep at PRS hasn't told me it's weird or flagged it up. I've owned a core Tremonti and recognise the way they sound, feel and play. So whilst I appreciate your opinion as a fan of these pickups I have every reason to believe firmly these are legit, USA Tremonti's. They're very rare, but real non the less.
You could be right, but you will never get the Tremonti sound with a covered pickup... Thats Physics 101... also, I would love to see you take a photo of the back side of the pickup and post it on IG or twitter. Also, while you are at it... Take a digital multimeter and run impedance readings on it; see what K-ohms its reading.
@@MichaelDaviesMusic I don't own a multi-meter but here's a photo for you. There are so many factors in a guitar signal from string gauge, to amp, to cables, to pedal, to pick, to most importantly the player. This demo is through a Marshall profile on a kemper, I'm not trying to sound like Mark, it's a direct comparison of the pickups to a seymour duncan set so that someone can hear the differences. If you want to hear the 'Tremonti sound' in Mark's prefered context go listen to his records.
They're a set of pickups that people can get and interpret in their own way, not just because they want to sound like Mark, maybe they just like the style of the pickup. A nickel cover is not the most important thing here, and whilst I appreciate and enjoy discussions surround gear I've made my case as to the authenticity of these pickups so will not be commenting any further.
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@@charliecoe136 I get it.... and I can plainly see these are stamped with the Tremonti treble... Just please understand that when there is a modification as big as a covered pickup vs. a non covered pickup... There will be a variance in sound... Your right, this must have been a one off of this PUP... and coming from a dude that has the Tremonti treble in all my guitars but 1, you understand the difference in brightness between covered and uncovered... I have followed the whole journey with Mark and Paul coming up with a signature pickup and there were many revisions until they found the correct one for Mark... You may have received one of those revisions.... Not to say that it may be very close to the final product.. because it may very well just be... and I get it with all the variables... I understand that... I have been through various people to figure this all out and noone wants to take the responsibility for this journey we are on. Not PRS, not Sweetwater... however Sweetwater changed there ad for the covered Tremonti and PRS denied ever producing a covered retail version...
Great video and playing. The Tremonti is more the sound I like. I had the JB/Jazz combo in my Tele-Gib I built about 15 years ago. My tastes and ears have changed since. I like the Tremonti articulation and cut both clean and dirty. Well done...subscribed!
I love the JB/Jazz combo, I’m excited to see this comparison.
you are a good one mate. I love your idea this comparison was needed ! The top of your guitar is very nice wood patterned ! Keep on rocking baby
Cool video thank you! Nice playing. My instinct throughout was at the tremonti was out there way too much and was really too unforgiving for my crappy skills. The JB has that softer feel and sound which is more manageable with an EQ in my opinion. The tremonte sounded pretty badass when you played the metal part. Great video
Nice man, I love pickup shootouts.
I enjoyed the video. They both sound great.
Damn the Tremonti's sound amazing but the Seymour Duncan also sound great. Also, great to check a video with single chords and not shreds where you can't never tell hell of a difference haha, Great video man!
Excellent review! I've been looking for something like this since getting my Tremonti a few days ago, I love these pickups. I've used JB/Jazz in many different guitars and while I can't prove it the JBs from the 80s sounded different to me. I plan to pull my JB/Jazz set in an LP and replace it with the Tremonti, they just seem to clean up better to my ears. While we may not agree on the outcome, I appreciate your video, great work I found it very informative!
Thanks man! It's all subjective isn't it? For certain things, the Tremonti's knocked it out of the park, and I guess it always depends on how/what you play and what amp you're using too. I reckon they'd be monstrous in a LP. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Great comparison vid, I might get a set of tremontis later on.
Interesting.
The Tremonti is my favorite pickup. I just love the percussion of it. Better definition. Love the PRS #7 neck and Tremonti neck too.
Great comparison! I really like both, all depends on the application. SD’s are definitely more versatile. I will say, I bought some US Tremonti pickups from PRS and threw them in a guitar, and ended up buying a core line Tremonti later on. the pickups were definitely voiced different. I spoke with someone that said, though not advertised that way, there are like 3 different versions of the Tremonti pickups.
Nice playing and demo!
I have 15 guitars all with aftermarket pickups...Duncans, Dimarzios, EMGs, Fishmans. The Duncan JB is the ultimate pickup for any kind of playing. There's nothing it can't do. I would have to say it is my favourite pickup along with the Dimarzio X2N ( for metal).
Back when I played regularly with friends I had a (cheap ass) 'dimebucker,' one of the other guys had a JB. The dime sounded like ass, thin, tinny, and fizzy, no body or warmth to it at all. The JB though was full and round and alive, everything he was playing cut through like a laser. Kept having to turn up just to hear myself which resulted in him turning up too. The JB is god man, JB all the way, lol.
@@lordpickle8424 IKR. It's crazy to think that the JB was designed almost 50 years ago and it's still relevant today. I never really liked the voicing of the dimebucker. You are right it's too thin and nasally. Dimes original Bill Lawrence pickups sound better than his own Seymour Duncans.
Yup, the JB and Dimarzio's Super Distortion are 2 of the all-time greats, when it comes to bridge humbuckers.
Nice work dude 👍
Nice job on the comparisons 👍 all great pickups but I tended to lean toward the Tremonti set
I mentioned on down the comments.
I have 2 core tremonti guitars, one with the covered treble pickup. They were available many years ago in very limited numbers.
Now I havnt swapped the pickup between the same guitar,
All I can say is the uncovered tremonti pickup feels a bit brighter and more articulate.
I actually prefer the covered set.
Slightly rolled off on the top end and big power chords just feel a bit more squishy if that makes sense.
I love them both.
I have uncovered tremonti trebles in both my mccarty too. Tried many pick ups and keep going back to the tremonti sets. Just great pick ups.
Listening again today and I really like the Tremonti pickups, LOL!
I have same set Duncan’s on a few guitars and love them. But if you have tremontis on yours, leave them alone. If too hot move them away from strings a little and viceversa, move duncans closer. Use your ears and adjust volume or amp settings to match. There’s no such thing as bad pups. There are tons of things to do long before switching pups!!
Great demo and nice guitar
If nothing else, the Duncan’s don’t sound like they’re as high output as the Tremonti’s. Both sound good in their own right.
Bro opening pvris lick.. good choice!! 🤘🏻
Great video Charlie! The Tremonti pickups in your video sound WAY better than the JB/Jazz to me so that goes to show you how individual pickup preference is. Even clean, the Tremonti pickups (especially neck) seem to have great midrange punch and the JB/Jazz sound hollow and flat by comparison. Perhaps being in the room brings out that "sparkle" that you mentioned but the lack of midrange punch really kills the overall tone as far as I'm concerned. Gave me a better sense for the pickups, man. Thanks a lot.
I love the JB. Great video.
Ive had Seymour Duncan jbs which I love, I also have tremonti usa currently which I love, I was comparing them with a peavey Wolfgang usa today and surprisingly the evh pickups are more vintage sounding, so Eddie uses the amp to get the gain where as tremonti uses the guitar, any thoughts? 🤔
Very nice comparison! that maple top on your PRS looks sick! Is that an artist package top?
Great comparison! I like both, but I prefer the Tremonti due to the extra bite.
Are coil taps not as loud anymore with duncans?
Also you'd be awesome at blues especially with that guitar jt looks like a 594
Good demo dude .
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a Tremonti fan boy lol. These pickups sound amazing and the finish on your guitar is incredible. You should really check out the Dimarzio D Sonic I think you'll love it if you haven't already tried it. I like it better than crunch labs
Cool man, have you tried The HFS pups from prs
I’ve found that if you back the Tremonti bridge volume to around 7-8 it does the JB thing as well
Both pickups are great, but I don't think I'd change them as much as I dig JBs. The Tremonti pups are some of the best stock pups ever. They're totally slammin'.
I personally love the compressed thing the jb does u pick soft cleans up abit but u smack it u get a raw breakup sound and u hit through a Marshall like this video or whatever u have and it’s a great useable rock sound but then drop tune the guitar without changing the sound and all of a sudden the pickup just has a nice compressed low end rumble that I personally enjoy
@@Alphaaussiegaming The JB is a terrific pickup. The JB and the Custom SH-5 ceramic are my two favorite pickups of all time. For the neck the Jazz or 59 work great. If I tried the Tremonti in person I might lean more in favor of the JB for that ax. But in this demo it is a great sounding, ultra hot pickup. Generally, I prefer lower output, more controllable pickups. The JB are Custom are medium to high output, definetly not vintage by amy means. They both handle high gain every well. My experience with mahogany set necks is that if you load them with a low mid ceramic they are going to get woofy and muddy. The JB and Custom, because they lean into the high mid spectrum, balance out very well with a midwood ax like a PRS or LP. I was playing a PRS not too long ago with a JB/Jazz combo and it sounded absolutely out of this world. It was an Allender model which came with EMGs which I didn't like. With the JB/Jazz set it was perfect. I tried out a lot of DiMarzios in that ax as well, but once again the JB proved itself the king of high output humbuckers.
100% the tremonti. More low end, more articulate and clear and more omphh
I'm hearing a much brighter clean on the Tremonti pickups, but more depth on the Duncan's.
I think I prefer the JB, but the Tremonti neck pickup. It has a nice bell-like quality, where as the jazz has always been a bit bright for my taste
I am a pick up snob...but the Tremoti S pick ups are great IMO
Hey, I thought the SC245 was discontinued?
It's an old model my man
I just lookin at the prs website just yesterday and I believe there was a 245 model but I dunno if that means it’s the same as his guitar but there definitely is still a 245 u could be talking about a different 245 for all Ik I don’t know much about prs guitars simply bc they are abit expensive for me atm 😂😂😂
Great job! I liked the SD better
Me too!
I preferred the Tremonti pickups for the high gain tones. I preferred the Duncan Jazz on the clean tones.
Funny, I liked the tremonti clean sound better but the JB on high gain sounded smoother and had an airy goodness to it
Can’t decide between the tremonti pickups or the bare knuckle juggernauts
I spoke to tremonti years ago he told me he used the 500t vs the 498t in his guitars
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IHMO the Hot Rod set is better! Especially with 250 om volume and tone potestiometers + coil split.
The lack of mids and bass in the Tremonti is very weird to me. The Duncans sound much much more controlled and better rounded overall.
I might be wrong but the ohms on my jb is higher so technically hotter. But I agree the tremontis do sound hotter , I have tried jbs myself.
Ceramic magnets in the tremonti .
The tremonti bridge sounds a little to “fizzy” in the high end for my taste, even though it sounds great with high gain.
Something about the way the audio is coming through on RUclips is covering a lot of difference on this one, or maybe it's just your Kemper setting, could be the fact that you covered the Tremonti bridge for whatever reason. These two sets happened to be pickups I have used a lot. Tremonti is straight up so much better for modern high gain sounds. I don't think anyone who actually heard and played them in real life will disagree.
Not really much difference , both sound good. I have an SE Tremonti with uncovered pickups made in Indonesia and they don’t sound as good as these two. Maybe worth changing them
I came for the Tremonti, but stayed for the JB
I like the Tremonti's more than the Duncan's. But I do not dislike either of them. I'll take both for the raising of hell to the ground!
Tremonti all the way
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I think the Tremonti is way more aggresive and percussive, reveals your mistakes in high gain. I think i like it though theyre both good brands.
Trembucker or Humbucker ?
The guitar lives in the
Midrange so the Duncan’s sound more balanced I would use the
Duncan’s and if need more tremble use your amp or overdrive
1:44 and 1:09
The Tremont pickups sound like a Seymore distortion to me and the jb is .....well its a jb classic , but , not as high gain as the distortion sh6 .
I think it all comes down to how the pickups are wound with the jb I think of a Gibson les Paul custom through a Marshall jcm800 just that pure classic rock sound abit like zz top or slash or something like that that’s a sound I think of when I think of the jb where as prs is a modern looking guitar you can kind of associate that with more modern music and that’s where the termontis sit wound abit hotter and less compressed and u know more open personally I’d that the jb/jazz simply bc I like that kind of compressed thing it does so picking soft cleans up but u hard it and sets into easy breakup combine that pickup with a fairly cranked Marshall or whatever amp u have and to me that’s just a nice sick sound that can be used not only for standard but like this u drop tune it and u all of a sudden have a heavy bottom end rumble that some people love including me anyways that’s enough of me talking sorry if u fall asleep reading this 😂😂😂😂😂
@@Alphaaussiegaming , the jb is my preferred pickup on almost all of my guitars . I do have a stock prs singlecut that has not been pickup swapped though . I mostly play hard Rock/ metal . You are dead on on the characteristics of the jb .
The JB is so nasal. I wonder if your PRS would do well with the Bare Knuckle VHII
Kinda confused why you have the same pickups in your guitar the whole vid.... the Tremonti treble is an open core pickup but yours never change from the same covered set. Did I miss something?
Hi mate, the pickups were changing, the Tremonti set I have were a custom order, both being nickel covered and with coil splitting capabilities
@@charliecoe136 oh okay, nice.
After watching the whole video, I have to agree that for the most part, the Duncans sounded better… except in the middle position where the Tremonti absolutely won IMO. Probably not enough to pick them over the Duncans, tho…
Tremonti bridge, jazz neck
The PRS sound cleaner to me. JB muddy.
SD's all the way
I tell people on regular basis, they say gibson sounds better, I tell them its the pickups you are hearing, thron a JB or Tremonti pickup in and bam they will scream.
I have a Charvel with JB'S, a PRS Tremonti core and a Riggs Fernandes Vertigo with SH10 and I find the Tremonti pickups very similar sounding to the Seymour Duncan pickups, which have a very distinctive tone., I agree the Tremonti's are much hotter than the JB'S giving the JB'S much more flexibility with jazz and lighter tones which the tremonti is not aimed at, I use the Tremonti as my main guitar with the Jb's for lighter Blues work and the SH10 for shred. While you have a great tone in your video I have to ask are you just using a profile to sim the pickups as the pickups on that guitar are not Tremonti's unless they are from an SE which is only a cheap pickup.
They're the actual pickups, they are a brushed nickel set that was custom ordered from PRS by the guitar's previous owner, they're the USA ones :)
@@charliecoe136 All core guitars have USA pickups but I have never seen a brushed nickel Tremonti Bridge pickup on a core signature Guitar or even from their website, it looks like it is an SE pickup, the Guitar if it is a tremonti has to be an SE otherwise the USA pickups would have come as standard. either way you got a great tone from you Guitar.
@@tonyodonnell7189 I’ve pinned a comment explaining a little further! Thank you regardless, I hope you enjoyed the video!
@@tonyodonnell7189 hi can you tell me a bit about the se pick ups ? I've been offered a set to buy but I don't know about them at all . Cheers
@@hemordroidnz7908 simply put: the SE pickup is an entry level pick up (cheap), at the moment you can get PRS pickups from €139 from THOMAN, €159 TERMONTI pickup, Seymour Duncan similarly priced, if you get them for €30 or €40 then yeah its an ok pickup, but they don't stack up against the real pickups, don't put them into a very good guitar they are just not worth it and although the newer version is a better pickup it doesn't compare to a PRS off the shelf pickup.
Seymours sound cleaner.
JB
That is not a Tremonti bridge pickup, Tremonti pickups are uncovered.
Hi Mike, this set would have been special ordered from PRS, I’ve had a look on the base plates and they are indeed genuine USA tremonti pickups. They’ve also been verified by the PRS guy at Andertons Music, so they are the genuine thing!
HAHAHA, you've obviously not heard of something called a custom order. But that's alright I'm sure you've got the internet to vouch all of your facts rather than contacting the company directly for info. Enjoy your day boomer.
@@benelmer422 I have talked to Mark as well as his producer Michael Baskette and we have been over this as to why he worked with Paul on an open ceramic pickup versus covered... Maybe it is a custom covered pickup but it is not Mark and Pauls original design... I This pickups are in all my single cuts. This so called boomer knows the answers... I will ask Mark and find out what he thinks... and report back... ~Signed "The Boomer" btw (Im not really a boomer) much younger than that... that was my parents generation.
@@MichaelDaviesMusic crikey, it's not that deep. #dontcrysi 👍
@@MichaelDaviesMusic FYI I'm about to order a set from a large PRS dealer (possibly the largest) and currently they can only get the bridge Tremonti in a covered version from PRS. I've seen the uncovered like in my Tremonti on Reverb though so I may get the neck from them and the bridge from Reverb.