What do you think of this pickup?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2024
- Is the Seymour Duncan Invader humbucker any good? Ulike other Seymour Duncan pickups, the Seymour Duncan Invader has extra large hex nut pole pieces and instead of one bar magnet, it has three ceramic magnets so this is a hot pickup.
In this video we compare the Seymour Duncan Invader humbucker to a stock Gibson 498r and Montys Guitars Full Monty. We also play the Seymour Duncan Invader in a band mix so you can hear how it sits.
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Nice to see a demo where the guitarist actually plays chords and not just leads. Good job.
I love the Invader. I've had a 90s Invader kicking about for the last 20 years or so, it's been in loads of my guitars.
I predominantly play hard rock/metal and it works for me.
They are my favorite "solo guitar" pickups.
The "muddy sound" makes picking higher strings less "icepicky"
This is the ultimate Shredder Pickup have had one on my Strat since 1993
I'm glad you are covering this, I was thinking of getting an Invader for my Charvel
Do it, they were actualy Made for the Charvels and Jacksons
people say it’s muddy yeah in the tom delonge guitar it is because it’s mounted on a pickgaurd with the whole bridge and neck setup making the strings really close not allowing much room to have the poles different but I put it in a direct mount guitar that has more room for the pickups to be farther and the poles vary it sounds way more trebly that way I do something similar in my other guitar though i can’t pin those pickups all the way down since those have shorter poles and only one set per coil in fact on that one I stored some of them out of the pickup to accommodate string volume imbalance basically i only have the strings of the weakest volume under a maxed out pole the rest are at least somewhat lower if not purposely removed put away somewhere else in case I switch strings
The first guitar I bought with my own money had one. It was some random Squier Strat that I found at a local music store for like 200 bucks, so I bought and Invader for a little more than it's worth lol. That guitar was pretty sweet though, and ignited my Squier obsession.
This is the pickup Mats (Mappe) from Candlemass has always used. The dudes from Corrosion of Conformity and I believe Karl from Nile as well.
John Dwyer of thee oh sees had a harmony stratotone and a Kay vanguard with invaders wired straight to the output jack 😊
My favourite bridge pickup for a while now.
More importantly, Saki from Nemophila uses SD Invader in her signature Killer Guitars Empress model and always sounds amazing.
Nice complex sound with added drive that roars thru distortion and overdrive pedals. Sounds great clean.
The Invader is a very fun pickup. I've never owned one but plan on getting a set for my Schecter very soon. It's more versatile than it's given credit for, but for cleans you have to coil split because the thing is just too hot to clean up with a volume roll. Even on a clean channel they are too hairy in series. I dig the low end as it keeps the Invader from getting buzzy and annoying.
How do you know this if you’ve never owned one?
One thing I find that takes out the bite of Invaders is to split them. In one of my guitars, I have individual coil splits and Invaders. My favorite position is the middle with the neck split. It also helps to roll the tone knob down a tiny bit.
The Invader has been my main two guitars bridge pup for the last 10 years.
Love it. but it's not subtle :D
I have had the invader. Cool for 80's hard rock sound, or single note riffing or double stop, or death metal. The invader split very well too. I loved their split sound, I could have played them split only and it would have worked most of the time.
You have to set it like 4/64" under smallest treble strings and 3/32" under bass the strings to balance, as a starting point, and then adjust down to taste from there if you wish. I did the mistake to install them like I do with most humbuckers at start, starting at 4/64" on both side ( with strings depressed at last frets) and they sounded mushy and unclear on the bass side installed like that. I didn't liked it at first because of this. They are very strong magneticly. But I learned later how people set them and this improved the sound quite a lot. They sound fat and compressed. They can push an amp.
Love the Invader and actually like the fact that it has presence and mighty low end that connects with the bass. Really dominates and roars in Metal mixes and probably a reason why it remains Karl Sander’s pick up of choice in Nile.
I likey
Sounds similar to DiMarzio BC 2….a full sound with a strong low end
Great bridge pickup in a Strat!
Love these pickups, even ordered a 7 version as they handle lower tunings quite well. Word to the wise- the magnetic pull from these beasts will cause intonation issues if set too close to the strings.
These absolutely do not handle low tunings well.
@@GuitarGuy4647these are the best option for nasty low tunings paired with appropriate heavy gauge strings
Did you guys use a 250k pot or a 500k pot for the volume for that invader humbucker?
500k. Great question
Pretty certain that bridge pup is installed backwards....
How could you tell? Maybe its a British thing...
I have a set of those in a Schecter Snyster Gates custom and they fill the bill for that style. Great video!
The invader really works well with the presence and clarity of sound that a strat or charvel can produce although to my ears i have gotten bored with it through a mesa rig kind of sounds under instead of over in the presence but still has clarity it is just huge and thick. Even in a basswood guitar (mushy bass and treble yet nice flatline of mids) the invader still has nice presence and highs. i would probably also try any of the other metal humbuckers that seymour duncan makes as well as bareknuckle aftermath and ceramic warpig as well as the holy diver and more. Juggarnauts, ragnarocks etc. D marzio titan and the D activators and all those great ones, the super1,2,&3. and EVO-2! try those they are insane! i bet turn a strat into a real firebreather. And the seymour duncan black winters and nazgul all great bridge pickups especially in a strat or charvel.
I love invader so much😊😊😊
Am I tripping or the invader is installed wrong ? Its flipped. The Duncan logo is supposed to go towards the bridge not the neck … if that makes sense ?
You’re correct. I didn’t realise 😂
Jesus fkn Christ
I would take an Invader over a Distortion any day of the week...unless its the Distortion Neck position! Aka the SH-7 Seymourizer. Those are incredible in the bridge position.
I was just gonna get one untill u said it's base y..I always have to lower the bass on my boss core....can u guy recommend a Seymour that kicks ass but not bottomy
Invader just screams Blink 182 and Tom DeLonge's single hum strat.
Crazy to think Karl sanders from nile uses the same pickup hahah they're like night and day
Metallica used invaders long before Tom Delonge
Also the guys from Exhorder back in the day! James from Metallica and Mappe from Candlemass also!
@@diddyfaplordnot for long like Tom delonge lol he got known for it more than karl sanders too
@@michaelgrahamwongacutemadnessbut nobody cares about Tom delonge
Put some in my explorer. Love them on high gain.
Misleading thumbnail AND video title... double whammy! 😆
Sorry about that. I’ve changed the title to the wrong video. I’ll try and sort a new thumbnail too.
I modded that pickup after shooting this
Invader pickup is more like RC Booster, and Duncan Distorsion SH-6 is like Tube Screamer (more mid forward).
For me it’s the Duncan JB that has a more “TS” vibe. The Distortion doesn’t mush the bass at all and manages to leave the attack more clear and defined. One of my favorites
Blimey, they sound a bit full-on. Tricky to tame I imagine.
They're definitely for hard rock, punk rock and metal of all the sorts. Great pickups. They split well for cleans better than one would imagine.
I beg to differ! I got this pickup in 1988 and replaced a Duncan Custom. The sales pitch of "bolts of volts" sucked me in. Its loud n clear...lows n highs...but the midrange was so lacking. Maybe they improved it , but the first version was half ass. I've played since I was 11....I'm 59 now. Come at me!
It's a metal pickup with more low end. Not a great vintage 80s tone. Duncan Custom and Duncan Distortion has better tone....if we are talking tone. Ya want loud aggressiveness without quality tone....this is your pickup
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Wow! Are they available for 7 strings?
I think so now
And for 8 strings too!
Are those 490/498 in sg?
Brian Haner Jr. Is who really popularized these pickups
So final verdict: Get a 'Full Monty" hahaha
😂 accidental outcome
I had one installed in my mex strat with a 500k volume pot and it is super noisy on my high gain channel of my amps, even my boss ns2 has a hard time taming it.
in a mix youll always throw in a low pass filter.. sooo
The Invaders sound dead
One of the worst sounding pickups I've ever heard. Nothing but compression
They’re just too hot all round
Put them in front of a good mid gain amp and play heavy stuff. You'll change your mind. Also the neck pickup is incredible for clean.
@@LukeCannotSkate nah they're squishy and unresponsive