guitarheadhunt
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I have had my Sabre Bougie since the year it came out. I have a love hate relationship with the pickups. The resistance measures in 17k range. Same as a dimarzio tone zone or even my axis pickups. The output is no where near the output of either of those pickups. They seem to be very low output pickups. I know resistance doesn't always equate to the output. I even put a foam block under the pickup to bring it closer to the string. it's better but still a very low output pickup. My prs DGT Se pickups have more output than these and there resistance is like 8 or 9k. My Luke3 clocks in at 10 or 11k and those have a lot more output than the sabre.
I am just wondering if it's just me. If I plug straight into my Apollo interface in reads about -9db on the input meter at a hard strum on the bridge pickup. On the neck it's more like -14.
In comparison my American tele is about -13 on the bridge. My DGT will hit about -6 on the bridge and it's only about 8k. My Axis will hit about -6 on the bridge. My RG prestige will hit -4db on the bridge. The bridge pickup is about the same distance from the strings as the saber as on the Ibanez. The Axis the bridge is actually about a mm further away from the strings
My Luke 3 will hit -3. This is all peak numbers.
I'm curious about what others are experiencing. Technically you would thing the saber pickups would be just as hot but they aren't. I'm not sure if there is something wrong or is this normal. The pickups have never been removed other than adding the foam to bring them closer to the strings.
The pickups have kind of a boring sound. You hear every note and note separation is bar none. Sometimes I like them and other times I feel like I am lacking something with them. I like the character I get with my DGT pickups. I kind of what a vintage sound with a bit more output. I was looking at the Pete Thorn Thornbucker 2 pickups. I like that paf sound but for this guitar don't need to scream like a tone zone. I like the transition pickups but I have them in several guitars.
Any recommendations?
I am just wondering if it's just me. If I plug straight into my Apollo interface in reads about -9db on the input meter at a hard strum on the bridge pickup. On the neck it's more like -14.
In comparison my American tele is about -13 on the bridge. My DGT will hit about -6 on the bridge and it's only about 8k. My Axis will hit about -6 on the bridge. My RG prestige will hit -4db on the bridge. The bridge pickup is about the same distance from the strings as the saber as on the Ibanez. The Axis the bridge is actually about a mm further away from the strings
My Luke 3 will hit -3. This is all peak numbers.
I'm curious about what others are experiencing. Technically you would thing the saber pickups would be just as hot but they aren't. I'm not sure if there is something wrong or is this normal. The pickups have never been removed other than adding the foam to bring them closer to the strings.
The pickups have kind of a boring sound. You hear every note and note separation is bar none. Sometimes I like them and other times I feel like I am lacking something with them. I like the character I get with my DGT pickups. I kind of what a vintage sound with a bit more output. I was looking at the Pete Thorn Thornbucker 2 pickups. I like that paf sound but for this guitar don't need to scream like a tone zone. I like the transition pickups but I have them in several guitars.
Any recommendations?
