All of those work perfectly well in other scenarios. The neck position is giving all sorts of fits. A hum-single-single guitar is going with some pretty high octane pickups choices. But in application, the Little 59 just might be the closest you’ll get in this class of pickup offering.Īs a nod to the multifaceted voicing of the Little 59, check out this application.
I know that it’s virtually impossible to get a split humbucker to sound like a single coil on paper. But going with split or parallel is really where it’s at for immaculately pristine results.
Duncan ssl6 review series#
That helps to make things not too compressed.įull series mode is alright when in a clean amp setting. The resonant peak is shifted just a little more toward the upper mids than the Hot Rails or JB Jr, by comparison. The vibe is open with slightly controlled lows and crisp highs. It can also do that while not overpowering something with less power. On a regular dirty amp channel, every position can hold up to a high output conterpart. In my opinion, it goes back to possessing more of the flexible traits of a PAF than the contemporaries. Having put all of the regular production floor Duncan “rail” style single-space humbuckers to use, outside of the Duckbucker, I consider the Little 59 to be the most versatile.
Duncan ssl6 review install#
During the install process, I take advantage of the opportunity to hit the frets with the Lizard Spit Fret Polishing System and to apply Lizard Spit Slick Nutz to relevant friction points. The 4-con lead wire in in use for series/parallel and series/split options. Another is a mahogany body with a maple top, maple neck and board, and also a tremolo. One is a mid-level basswood body with maple neck, rosewood board, and tremolo. The Little 59 has been in a few different guitars.
Duncan ssl6 review full size#
I’m here to declare that the Little 59 does indeed have more of that going on that the full size 59 Model. You’re really looking for a woody, clear, articulate character that can even also be considered chimey. But not as PAF-accurate as the Seth Lover or the Antiquity models. If you remember, the 59 Model is more of a late-1970s hotter and beefier take on a PAF. HaHa! Alnico magnets are in use with some of this style, but mostly in some Custom Shop models and also in the Red Devils.īelieve it or not, the Little 59 has more PAF traits going for it than the regular 59 Model. A ceramic magnet to replicate PAF characteristics?!? That’d get someone tarred and feathered in some parts of the world. Moreover, each of the smaller (i.e., Little, Jr.) versions also use ceramic magnets instead of the alnico magnets of their big brothers. Any more than the JB Jr or the Little Screamin’ Demon sound like their full-size namesakes. Still, what I am suggesting is that there are some of these single-space humbucker models that sound an awful lot like other models that may or may not even have the same appearance.Īnd why do I say that? For starters, the Little 59 does not sound like the Duncan 59 Model. Part of the introduction of the PCB in 2005 allows the ability to fine tune (ha! a pun!) with the addition of resistors and/or capacitors. You can hear it a little more in the “old” style models of similar DCR. The lion’s share of distinction between the different models has to do with the amount of the wind. Looking at the size of those coils, it’s important to understand there’s only so much that can be done by wrapping wire on a coil that size. There’s just not enough mass in those poles. LOL! The poles are more or less for aesthetics, shaping the tone much less than the screw poles on regular humbuckers. So yeah, essentially it’s as much of a rail as… well, the rail models. Each side is also fundamentally a rail that just happens to become one piece just below the plane of what is visible in the photo. Either way, those are not 12 individual pieces going down to the magnet. The big difference in the “old” style is a more traditional flatwork vs the PCB. That’s the “new” style that took over in 2005.
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