This guy is a legend not only for his playing but for his producer skills and knowledge on pickups. He didn't just slap his name on a product provided to him. This is how EVH did things!
Props to Seymour Duncan for reaching out to someone like Brandon Ellis, not many companies are smart enough to take advantage of their consumer's genius. It seems to me like this would make an amazing 7 or even 8 string pickup!
Brandon Ellis has become one of my guitar heroes and is truly right up there with the greats. His phrasing, note choice, accuracy and vibrato are unreal. Congrats on the new signature pickup, you deserve it.
I got the Blues Saraceno parallel axis back in the 90's i wanted a pickup that sounded good like an emg but didnt need a battery. and omg it was way beyond my expectations. The pickup was so articulate and sounded clear even in high gain and harmonics just pop off with ease with it. so im really glad that Brandon has rekindled interest in the parallel axis pickups. 🤘
Been waitin for this Brandon is one of the best in my generation comin from a guitarist as well that loves all the greats he’s deff solidified his spot.
I put a parallel Axis distortion PATB-2 in an old Ibanez I had laying around and it's now the best sounding guitar in my collection. Absoltely perfect pickup. Similar to a Duncan Distortion with just a little top end harshness dialed back. Still a very tight pickup without the harshness of a modern metal pickup...perfection.
I am loving this. I've always loved Brandon's style, tone, and how nerdy he gets with his gear. He has great taste overall. I see this as an absolute win, I'm sticking one in my C standard ESP for that real Black Dahlia vibe.
the hotter south coil is similar to having the pole pieces higher on the south coil than those on the north coil, more articulation more bite, great stuff Brandon and SD
I find it interesting how their sound changed with him bringing this neoclassical aspect. Not exactly my cup of tea, but a fitting evolution for the band. Can't wait to see what he and Ryan Knight will come up with in the new album.
Having a custom/59 hybrid that I put an Alnico 2 in and loving it but it still not being quite perfect definitely has me thinking about this pickup as the next thing I try.
Man I didn't think I could respect your work any more than I already do, but you just proved me wrong. You seriously are a master of your craft🤘So glad I held out on getting the pickups for my guitar now. These are going in it for sure!
I have the Jeff Loomis signature SD pick ups, very hot and high out out for brightness in every single note. SD killing the game in metal 🤘🏼…. When is that gold crackle Kelly coming out for sale tho..??
I need to hear these RTM’s. Everyones talkin about em and I think Warrens tone has always stood tall. Brandon- congrats on your own version of it ! You’re carryin that 80’s torch well. (Might be cool to hear ya put together an 80’s inspired Band!) 😃
Whats the top single coil pickup hes using for the neck position? He eluded to having something active in his lineup but im unsure if this is the one he was talking about.
Definitely need to try your signature pickup Brandon. My go to combination on 75 % of my guitars is a dimebucker in the bridge and a blues saraceno trembucker in the neck. My other guitars have a dimebucker in the bridge and a chrome JB in the neck
How does this compare to the Dimebucker and Black Winter pickups? Am a fan of both, and am interested in putting Brandon's in my ESP Telecaster instead of one of those.
@@kasper7983 yes, the only difference is you can create whatever configuration you want with pole piece color, logo and logo color. Here's the link if you want to check it out: customshop.seymourduncan.com/brandon-ellis-signature-dyad-parallel-axis-humbucker/
Quick update,so far I have 2 guitars equipped with this pickup and man this pickup is straight fire,one guitar has the Crazy Viii coil as the outer coil flipped (2014 Charvel Desolation Star DST3-FR 1H modified) and the other has the PATB distortion outer coil ( 2020 Jackson SLX Lava Orange Crackle Finish modified) with the neck pickup having the “Crazy Viii” coil of the Dyad on the outer neck position with having a in and out of phase switch,going to try neck splitting the coils for sound experimentation,very dope set of pickups! #BUFFALO #NEWYORK
Has anyone used this pick up with a coil tap? Either way I’m super stoked I gifted myself! Asking for a project guitar. Push pull Vol. Single control. Wiring it the easy part. I’m just curious if anyone’s done it.
@@seymourduncan Thank you for your reply, I intended to buy a set,but curious on how it can be used.So if I wanted to use the “cooler” Parallel Axis Poles for the NECK position I would have to get the “standard spacing” for the NECK position humbucker because of how wide the Parallel Poles are positioned?just want to make sure I’m understanding correctly,Thank you for the Reply and time! #BUFFALO #NEWYORK
@@fraterlemuele.s.l.d.6435 Yes, that is correct. The trembucker (PATB) is a bridge pickup that's spaced for Fender/Floyd bridges. A standard humbucker will be what you want for the neck. Parallel Axis™ Original, specifically. Here's the link: www.seymourduncan.com/single-product/parallel-axis-original
@@seymourduncan Sweet!!Thank you this is going to be interesting with wiring for split coil variety,I’m excited just ordered mine thank you! #BUFFALO #NEWYORK #HOMEOFTHECORPSEGRINDER
Question: do the mismatched coils contribute to any sort of hum increase. Please not, this isn't a dealbreaker, but I am curious since mismatched coils, while getting great sounds do have the potential downside....
The Dyad started as a Parallel Axis Distortion, but it has the The North coil of a Crazy 8 and the hotter South coil of a Parallel Axis. As a result, the Dyad has a higher output and more mid-range focus. Learn more here: customshop.seymourduncan.com/brandon-ellis-signature-dyad-parallel-axis-humbucker/
Wanted to know also ... the first riff only. And have went through the whole TBDM opus to find it haha. I guess maybe in the future he'll make something out of it
Please note I did not play for the cure... The idea makes me sick. It was meant to be a play on "race for the cure" and turned out to be a sad coincidence.
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This guy is a legend not only for his playing but for his producer skills and knowledge on pickups. He didn't just slap his name on a product provided to him. This is how EVH did things!
He has more in common with eddie than any other guitarist
Besides nuno no one sounds like eddie more than nuno
Never heard of him
Nuno bettencourt from the band Extreme @@Itsklops
This guy's talent is breathtaking. Also same birthday 😊 Aug 10 just sayin
Props to Seymour Duncan for reaching out to someone like Brandon Ellis, not many companies are smart enough to take advantage of their consumer's genius. It seems to me like this would make an amazing 7 or even 8 string pickup!
Cool. I actually really like how Brandon has some knowledge about pickups as it made his story about the creation of the pickup very interesting!
@@benburnett8109it’s badass for sure. I think I’m gonna actually pick one of these up
Brandon deserves every single bit of success he’s had. What a killer dude 🤘
Probably the most interesting pickup origin story I've heard.
Brandon Ellis has become one of my guitar heroes and is truly right up there with the greats. His phrasing, note choice, accuracy and vibrato are unreal. Congrats on the new signature pickup, you deserve it.
That gold crackle custom shop Kelly is THE SHIT man!!!!! What an awesome guitar!
Brandon is the real deal, insane player/musician and very knowledgeable on the tech side of guitars as well.
His playing is insane. Rad pickup, cant wait to hear it in person
Brandon is the best in the game right now! Can’t wait for that new TBDM album! 🔥
It’s gonna be the best album of 2024 hands down
And hopefully with a black and gold color scheme!
i saw them recently with 200 stab wounds and chelsea grin it was off the wall
most exciting guitarist around right now. all hail tbdm i cannot wait for the new album!
I think we may have just been treated to a sneak peek at the new album....some of the songs were unfamiliar 😊
I got the Blues Saraceno parallel axis back in the 90's i wanted a pickup that sounded good like an emg but didnt need a battery. and omg it was way beyond my expectations. The pickup was so articulate and sounded clear even in high gain and harmonics just pop off with ease with it. so im really glad that Brandon has rekindled interest in the parallel axis pickups. 🤘
Blues Saraceno had a trembucker in the 90s. Jammed with him at Brian Guitars in New Haven Ct.
this is how you sell your signature pickups. damn ,Brandon really knows what he's talking about.
Return of the Parallel Axis, yes!! I had the Blues Saraceno one back in the late 90s and it ruled. This will be a must-buy from me.
That black and gold pickup looks killer! Brandon = guitar mad scientist 🤘
Been waitin for this Brandon is one of the best in my generation comin from a guitarist as well that loves all the greats he’s deff solidified his spot.
Awesome video!! Brandon rips!! Such a talented guitarist!! Still waiting for his gold crackle to become a production model!! Do you here that Jackson?
I put a parallel Axis distortion PATB-2 in an old Ibanez I had laying around and it's now the best sounding guitar in my collection. Absoltely perfect pickup. Similar to a Duncan Distortion with just a little top end harshness dialed back. Still a very tight pickup without the harshness of a modern metal pickup...perfection.
Building your own bucker is a pretty stronk power move.
One of the best doing it for a min. Been a fan of his work since arsis!
I am loving this. I've always loved Brandon's style, tone, and how nerdy he gets with his gear. He has great taste overall. I see this as an absolute win, I'm sticking one in my C standard ESP for that real Black Dahlia vibe.
Great vid, props all around to Brandon and Seymour Duncan
Thank you!!!
the hotter south coil is similar to having the pole pieces higher on the south coil than those on the north coil, more articulation more bite, great stuff Brandon and SD
Thanks!
Can't wait to hear some new music from these babies made by this legend!!
I'm not a huge BDM fan but I've become a fan of Brandon's playing and his approach to modding guitars. He's a very smart guy and great musician
It was really important to start your sentence by saying how you are not a fan though.
That’s your opinion and I respect that but you’re wrong and I hate you!
Jkjk
That’s too bad
I find it interesting how their sound changed with him bringing this neoclassical aspect. Not exactly my cup of tea, but a fitting evolution for the band. Can't wait to see what he and Ryan Knight will come up with in the new album.
Can’t wait to try these out , always have certain guitars for recording so this will be a fun tone journey too
I wish SD would put a tone chart for these up on their site. Definitely interested. 🤘🏻
We're getting alot of requests for that, I'll see what I can do.
Duncan is kicking ass with metal-oriented pickups. I've always loved the PATB series and can't wait to try this one.
For real! Between this, the Dimebucker, Black Winter, etc ... SD is giving us a nice variety
Having a custom/59 hybrid that I put an Alnico 2 in and loving it but it still not being quite perfect definitely has me thinking about this pickup as the next thing I try.
What an epic player and a cool dude! Way to go Brandon.😎
Let's go looks sick! Glad Brandon is getting more and more reputation around the scene! Monstrous player!
also cosmetically these looks cool AF
A true master in every facet. He's the goat in modern metal, in my opinion.
This guy is just literally kicking every guitarist's ass right now.
Man I didn't think I could respect your work any more than I already do, but you just proved me wrong. You seriously are a master of your craft🤘So glad I held out on getting the pickups for my guitar now. These are going in it for sure!
He is such an artist … he’s always chasing the sound… and now I’m buying this pick up😂
Definitely want two of these pickups.
Can't wait to give this a try, huge fan of the standard parallel axis! Love the story and the upside down logo
I have the Jeff Loomis signature SD pick ups, very hot and high out out for brightness in every single note. SD killing the game in metal 🤘🏼…. When is that gold crackle Kelly coming out for sale tho..??
Brandon is my favorite player so ill for sure be picking up a bridge pup. Super sick.
Cant wait to slap one of these on the new PRS Custom SE I bought...i wonder how it'll sound 😅😊
That Kelly is gorgeous. Really makes me jealous as a guitar designer. Vicious shape.
I love AlNiCo 2! Great job guys
Dude that is crazy. Props. 👽🤘🏼
This is very cool . And, seriously , Brandon Ellis is one of the great musician around. Go watch his social media, very amazing playing :) Cheers !
Sick pickup, I’m wondering if we’re hearing new bdm riffs near the end of the video
I need to hear these RTM’s. Everyones talkin about em and I think Warrens tone has always stood tall. Brandon- congrats on your own version of it ! You’re carryin that 80’s torch well. (Might be cool to hear ya put together an 80’s inspired Band!) 😃
Check out Skullfist! 🤘😎
I'm hyped about this \m/
Love this guy. Brandon is a godsend to us metal heads 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Pleeeeaaaaasssseeee offer these in 7 string variants as well!
I hope you guys make a matching single coil sized humbucker neck pickup :)
Whats the top single coil pickup hes using for the neck position? He eluded to having something active in his lineup but im unsure if this is the one he was talking about.
Dude is a legend and deserves this soo much. Thank you SD! 🫡
I love how he's straight up a guitar nerd just like some of us!
Definitely need to try your signature pickup Brandon.
My go to combination on 75 % of my guitars is a dimebucker in the bridge and a blues saraceno trembucker in the neck.
My other guitars have a dimebucker in the bridge and a chrome JB in the neck
Alnico II were the magnets for the legendary Bursts. Now a high output pickup with Alnico II, Brandon is so cool.
Amazing
You know your sound i like what you did with the pick ups
Excellent as always!! Though, it looks like he's just about to cry in the thumbnail 😆
Waiting the arrival of this beauty in Europe. Definitely gonna buy it
I need it in my guitar! Right now :D
How does this compare to the Dimebucker and Black Winter pickups?
Am a fan of both, and am interested in putting Brandon's in my ESP Telecaster instead of one of those.
hotter pickups you can also move further away from the strings to keep them out tf way - good move
thanks for something actually new to try
Seriously, considering one. We need a tone video!!
I’m thinking of getting these for my SL27
Gotta get this pickup!
Bought a PATB-1 cause of this guy and it finally made me like my Dinky; pickup looks cool
I'm hoping for that Kelly to become available soon.
Brandon is fucking awesome. BDM is amazing live.
I like how the pickup has two logos on it.
This dude is a mad scientist, epic af
Would it be safe to say the Diad is hotter or more percussive than the Hyperion? Congrats on your signature pickups! I love Seymour Duncan!
If you don't mind, anyone know what rail he is using with that Axis?
I want to hear an A/B of this and the parallel axis regular pickup
Never heard of this dude until youtube ha ha ha ha
You da man Brandon
BADASS guitarist!
Just installed love it. Cool for EVH stuff as well! I didn’t flip it either.
I wish Jackson would give us this guitar it's fucking gorgeous
Man, im putting together a lefty one pickup rhoads from parts and I think I'm gonna pick one of these up.
Please tag us when you complete the build - would love to see it!
@seymourduncan now I pretty much have to! How does the custom shop work you just order like normal?
@@kasper7983 yes, the only difference is you can create whatever configuration you want with pole piece color, logo and logo color. Here's the link if you want to check it out: customshop.seymourduncan.com/brandon-ellis-signature-dyad-parallel-axis-humbucker/
can’t wait
Legend 🎸🔥
what's the single rail coil paired with this??
I gotta know what song he's playing at 0:16
Brandon is playing riffs from the Black Dahlia Murder song Jars and a few pieces of music he wrote to show off Dyad.
Awesome guitar
I def wanna get me one of those but living in the EU it seems impossible...
Quick update,so far I have 2 guitars equipped with this pickup and man this pickup is straight fire,one guitar has the Crazy Viii coil as the outer coil flipped (2014 Charvel Desolation Star DST3-FR 1H modified) and the other has the PATB distortion outer coil ( 2020 Jackson SLX Lava Orange Crackle Finish modified) with the neck pickup having the “Crazy Viii” coil of the Dyad on the outer neck position with having a in and out of phase switch,going to try neck splitting the coils for sound experimentation,very dope set of pickups!
#BUFFALO
#NEWYORK
awesome!
I know it’s not the point of the video, but I love the Kelly with a maple fretboard…wish Jackson didn’t stray away from maple fretboards recently
Has anyone used this pick up with a coil tap? Either way I’m super stoked I gifted myself! Asking for a project guitar. Push pull Vol. Single control. Wiring it the easy part. I’m just curious if anyone’s done it.
Does anyone know what's the song he plays in the beginning of the video ? Ty
Can it be used flipped on the neck position as well??
#BUFFALO
#NEWYORK
Indeed it can! Just don't get the Trembucker, it's too wide.
@@seymourduncan Thank you for your reply, I intended to buy a set,but curious on how it can be used.So if I wanted to use the “cooler” Parallel Axis Poles for the NECK position I would have to get the “standard spacing” for the NECK position humbucker because of how wide the Parallel Poles are positioned?just want to make sure I’m understanding correctly,Thank you for the Reply and time!
#BUFFALO
#NEWYORK
@@fraterlemuele.s.l.d.6435 Yes, that is correct. The trembucker (PATB) is a bridge pickup that's spaced for Fender/Floyd bridges. A standard humbucker will be what you want for the neck. Parallel Axis™ Original, specifically. Here's the link: www.seymourduncan.com/single-product/parallel-axis-original
@@seymourduncan Sweet!!Thank you this is going to be interesting with wiring for split coil variety,I’m excited just ordered mine thank you!
#BUFFALO
#NEWYORK
#HOMEOFTHECORPSEGRINDER
Question: do the mismatched coils contribute to any sort of hum increase. Please not, this isn't a dealbreaker, but I am curious since mismatched coils, while getting great sounds do have the potential downside....
If it is happening, I am not noticing it! I've been using them live for maybe over a year?
@@BrandonEllisGtr this pickup seems awesome. Which rail is it paired to on neck position?
I have been using the Parallel Axis Distortion for years. How does the Dyad differ from it.
The Dyad started as a Parallel Axis Distortion, but it has the The North coil of a Crazy 8 and the hotter South coil of a Parallel Axis. As a result, the Dyad has a higher output and more mid-range focus. Learn more here: customshop.seymourduncan.com/brandon-ellis-signature-dyad-parallel-axis-humbucker/
Does anyone recognize the first riff? New TBDM?
Brandon is playing riffs from the Black Dahlia Murder song Jars and a few pieces of music he wrote to show off Dyad.
Wanted to know also ... the first riff only. And have went through the whole TBDM opus to find it haha. I guess maybe in the future he'll make something out of it
dont listen to BDM but after seeing this dudes chops Im about to
god those inlays are crackle too. are the top frets scalloped?
Almost had me sold until you said "Scoop in the mids."
Please note I did not play for the cure... The idea makes me sick. It was meant to be a play on "race for the cure" and turned out to be a sad coincidence.
How does this compare to the Wes hauch jupiter?
Congratsu