Pickup comparisons

All pickups recorded directly to DAW (Cubase 9.5) using Line6 UX2 with "REC: Dry input" option. No EQ, effects, or mixing used. Only bridge position of each model, and in full humbucking mode.

Same guitar with same setup, tuning, and pickup height (ca. 4-5mm from strings) used. No volume / tone potentiometer, or onboard electronics used.

Differences are most noticeable at from dry output; I used Line6 Helix (Native VST) for amp / modelled sounds.

If you wish to easily compare two pickups that are far from each other, you can open this page to another window and have them side by side.

Bare Knuckle Pickups - Aftermath

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Dry (DI) output

JCM800 (Helix Native – Brit 2204)

Rectifier (Helix Native – Cali Rectifire)

Bare Knuckle Pickups - Painkiller

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Dry (DI) output

JCM800 (Helix Native – Brit 2204)

Rectifier (Helix Native – Cali Rectifire)

Bare Knuckle Pickups - WarPig

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Dry (DI) output

JCM800 (Helix Native – Brit 2204)

Rectifier (Helix Native – Cali Rectifire)

DiMarzio - Evo (f-spaced)

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Dry (DI) output

JCM800 (Helix Native – Brit 2204)

Rectifier (Helix Native – Cali Rectifire)

DiMarzio - Imperium (f-spaced)

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Dry (DI) output

JCM800 (Helix Native – Brit 2204)

Rectifier (Helix Native – Cali Rectifire)

EMG - 81

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Dry (DI) output

JCM800 (Helix Native – Brit 2204)

Rectifier (Helix Native – Cali Rectifire)

Fishman - Fluence Modern - Voice 1 "Active"

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Dry (DI) output

JCM800 (Helix Native – Brit 2204)

Rectifier (Helix Native – Cali Rectifire)

Fishman - Fluence Modern - Voice 2 "Passive"

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Dry (DI) output

JCM800 (Helix Native – Brit 2204)

Rectifier (Helix Native – Cali Rectifire)

Seymour Duncan - JB / TB-4

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Dry (DI) output

JCM800 (Helix Native – Brit 2204)

Rectifier (Helix Native – Cali Rectifire)

Seymour Duncan - Black Winter

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Dry (DI) output

JCM800 (Helix Native – Brit 2204)

Rectifier (Helix Native – Cali Rectifire)

Seymour Duncan - Nazgûl

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Dry (DI) output

JCM800 (Helix Native – Brit 2204)

Rectifier (Helix Native – Cali Rectifire)

Zead Scorpio

My personal favourite, installed on all my own guitars.
https://i0.wp.com/kiirasinstruments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Zead-Scorpio.png?fit=453%2C333&ssl=1

Dry (DI) output

JCM800 (Helix Native – Brit 2204)

Rectifier (Helix Native – Cali Rectifire)