The world's most expensive pickups happened on the nights when I first met my ex wives.
@kingbrutusxxvi4 жыл бұрын
Well played, sir. And... I agree.
@coolwaterdvr4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@jasong5464 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Best comment ever.👍
@StratMatt7774 жыл бұрын
@Angel You are denying two divorce lawyers a down payment on a new Mercedes... you selfish bastard! ;)
@Atmusic1484 жыл бұрын
Wtf! So funny man!
@jonathanmartin33754 жыл бұрын
You know what makes every guitar sound better? A tuner.
@basiledaudet57744 жыл бұрын
Genius
@ifhami41224 жыл бұрын
Big brain
@valhallajunkyard8443 жыл бұрын
He is slight bit outta tune there all right.
@joelgarrard3 жыл бұрын
Lolll
@mauricerogerson58253 жыл бұрын
All of my guitars sound best when someone talented plays them. That would NOT be me.
@jwguitar4 жыл бұрын
Those pickups must be pretty greasy with all the snake oil all over them.
@daviddet4 жыл бұрын
One thing I don't see anyone mentioning at all is how quickly those silver windings are gonna tarnish. Like, unless they kept the pickup sealed in an oxygen-free environment, they're going to quickly oxidize and lose any benefits that you MAY have in using silver over copper. Even still, totally not worth the money.
@tinman53224 жыл бұрын
@@daviddet Good thought but I'm sure the silver wire is enameled just as the copper version has to be, otherwise you'd end up with a completely shorted coil. Important side benefit is the enamel protects against corrosion, just as with copper. So think of them as a great set of $250 pickups that come in a $750 jewelry box...and there goes your last excuse if your tone is still crap!
@tommyvictorbuch69604 жыл бұрын
Woo woo for the gullible.
@charliewebb22164 жыл бұрын
daviddet silver actually resists oxidation better than cooper and is used for higher end electronics over copper in most cases because unlike copper silver oxide which is basically tarnished silver is just as conductive as bare silver metal.
@sisajtegabre4 жыл бұрын
@@tinman5322 yes it has to be protected but what Mister Duncan didn't told that reason why We don't use silver is because it have issues with length - silver isn't good for long wires it is't effective as cooper. That is why silver is only good for short contacts but if you would wind a coil for let say el motor VS cupper you would notice why silver sucks . Moreover when they compare Silver and Cupper they talk about regular cupper a cheapest wire, but in last x years We use Oxygen free cupper and difference between such Cu VS Silver is so minimal in short wires and again it is much better to use cupper when you need long wires. Silver isn't expensive as they say and for that price of pickups Mister SD sell those that is honestly insane.
@nikita-gm3ph4 жыл бұрын
Me: Mom can we have AC/DC? Mom: No, we have AC/DC at home. AC/DC at home: 9:07
@thecreepydudeinthepantry4 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite bands is AC/DC
@joshuaharris66384 жыл бұрын
Thunderstriked
@jimbofisher76994 жыл бұрын
Greg HallJr Bro who cares
@RandyWillcox4 жыл бұрын
I knew exactly what you were talking about the moment I read it.
@haraldpettersen36494 жыл бұрын
@@joshuaharris6638 - Almost :)
@mrredritehand4 жыл бұрын
I could definitely hear the silver coming thru. Rumor is they sound even better with gold tuners and a diamond pick tho...
@sohamsengupta64704 жыл бұрын
You need a platinum bridge and platinum frets too
@avinci31164 жыл бұрын
Also a crystal Guitar Body for the right resonance
@patricksommer39714 жыл бұрын
Gold strings are what you need! Optima 24K
@FenderBassMan4 жыл бұрын
Emerald-tipped trem w/ruby fretboard inlays
@shaunw92704 жыл бұрын
Yeah but only if the pick is made out of Tone Diamonds .
@CrowaX4 жыл бұрын
So that's what John Travolta had in the suitcase in Pulp Fiction
@UmVtCg4 жыл бұрын
Nah, those had gold wire
@papacoulsy4 жыл бұрын
Did have the same thought
@jonkomatsu81924 жыл бұрын
Funny, I thought the same thing!
@MrTw20094 жыл бұрын
We happy?
@CrowaX4 жыл бұрын
@@MrTw2009 Yeah, we happy.
@osvaldoherrera62594 жыл бұрын
It`s really honest of you saying those pickups aren`t worth such an amount of money. Way to go dude!
@FerretChloride4 жыл бұрын
Dude, you genuinely have one of the nicest guitar collections out of anybody that I’ve seen on KZfaq. I love literally everything on your wall. You sir, have impeccable taste.
@theharlequin72804 жыл бұрын
Silver? Pff... get back to me when they got Mithril pickups.
@metalmig4 жыл бұрын
Im waiting until they realese the orichalcum wire ones
@albery14724 жыл бұрын
Unobtainium pickups are what's needed, but people just don't get it.
@DBCisco4 жыл бұрын
lol
@williamwinn9484 жыл бұрын
Mithril is so middle earth i want Adamantium or ill stick with copper and some pedals.
@allenrussell19474 жыл бұрын
They would be worth the whole Shire
@pjjmsn4 жыл бұрын
Put them up against those 15$ (for 3) Chinese pickups and do a blind test. Then we will see how good they are.
@xClunky4 жыл бұрын
This.
@bleromafia4 жыл бұрын
You can’t be serious
@anteyes69764 жыл бұрын
Morpho Polis yeah if you’re going for that lo fi slave labor tone
@DBCisco4 жыл бұрын
I agree. Want that "vintage sound" ? buy Amazon pups.
@daniels12934 жыл бұрын
@@bleromafia those cheap chinese pickups are alot better than you think, I had a strat pickup that I threw in the neck position of my tele an I don't even have a bridge pickup for it an I don't plan on putting one in, seriously worth the 15 bucks I spent because I'm definitely not spending 600 bucks on something that's really not that much better
@markfuller64644 жыл бұрын
Pickups for the guitarist who loves to tell you how much his gear costs, whilst he sneers at your Squire!! Met a few of those!
@CrankCase084 жыл бұрын
Yet Justin Hayward (Moody Blues) regularly plays a Squier Strat.
@kirarittberg50884 жыл бұрын
CrankCase08 Yes, that is what the headstock decal says. Read "Ghost guitars" by Ed Roman and you will realize that the stars do not use "off the shelf" guitars. Lots of marketing voodoo is at work. "The industry is filled with charlatans and snake oil salesmen, and then there is a dark side!"
@alexoftheway81694 жыл бұрын
So long as you can play that Squire 10 times more proficiently than the sneering dude, you'll always sound 10 times better!
@razmazerz4 жыл бұрын
But some Squiers just sounds better to me. Aside from the build Quality, some of those cheap Squiers pickups is often sounds thinner or fatter than the original Fender Model, but that's what I love. It gives you like a kind of Sound Options for a particular fender model. Just tellin' but I recently pick up Squier Jag CV70s model instead of the original sunburst Fender Jaguar. It's way thinner and bity sounding than the Fender(which I like) and it comes with Mustang bridge already..! (The original Jag bridge has an issue about the strings jumped out). So IMO, Squier is great and physically not that bad, and it could be 9/10 with some upgrades here and there on the hardware.
@DJBuglip4 жыл бұрын
And then you play circles around his ass and make him look silly.
@mustardtiger14824 жыл бұрын
SILVER GOES FOR ABOUT 20$ AN OZ , NICE BUT WAYYYYY OVER PRICED
@hardrockrelics21574 жыл бұрын
What does copper go for?
@TheChzoronzon4 жыл бұрын
@@hardrockrelics2157 much less, like a 1/100... but the point is, the added value in silver is around 50-60$ for the whole set, not 500$ which would justify the argument about "these are so expensive cause wire price"... of course, in top lines you are selling exclusivity, not real performance differences.
@DJBuglip4 жыл бұрын
That's what I was gonna say, man, silver is a precious metal, but it ain't THAT expensive.
@robertturtle3 жыл бұрын
how many OZ in a mile of silver? nobody knows.
@konstantinzarkovic75673 жыл бұрын
It's probably about economies of scale. There's plenty of copper wire being made. Silver wire probably not nearly as much
@davidwernsing87954 жыл бұрын
Should have got clear pickup covers to show off the silver.
@fasthorse12954 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@howarddavid313 жыл бұрын
I agree
@TedSchoenling4 жыл бұрын
They sound like at least 600 bucks being flushed.....
@chopsddy34 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@DBCisco4 жыл бұрын
Gimmicks for people with more money than brains. Silver makes no difference unless you have a few miles of wire.
@TheZooropaBaby4 жыл бұрын
probably buying SSL1 would sound as good if not better
@no_modsiwantguitarstock51624 жыл бұрын
all i here is a strat with clean and overdrive ,so?
@theoriginalhowardho4 жыл бұрын
More than $600
@cablecutter124 жыл бұрын
Would have been nice to hear back to back riffs with these vs the original pickups. Without that, I agree those pickups are not worth that much.
@musicspeaks10744 жыл бұрын
My ex girlfriend was very “touch sensitive “ but she never cost me $1k
@timhallas42754 жыл бұрын
Yeah, she did it for $10 in highschool.
@JInfinity74 жыл бұрын
She was far far more expensive than that, my friend. Also, could she hit the "high notes." Hey-ohhhhhhhhhh
@trillrifaxegrindor44114 жыл бұрын
far more im sure...........
@ursafan404 жыл бұрын
How'd you manage that? I didn't realize how much money I was really making until I was single.
@damndoor35704 жыл бұрын
@@ursafan40 fr my parents thought i got a new job lol
@swissarmyknight43064 жыл бұрын
Diminishing returns are in full effect for this type of gear. They sound great, but not an extra $800 great.
@hoompaloompaa4 жыл бұрын
Facts
@duffman184 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Get an amp for that much, some kind of nice tube amp, and that'll make ALL your pickups sound good, even the cheap ass ones. There's no reason to buy these other than as some kinda dumb status symbol. There's surely a market for them though knowing how easily conned "gear heads" are, spending hundreds of dollars on clone pedals that sound identical to the Behringer version or whatever
@xClunky4 жыл бұрын
A good 100$ EQ pedal and a decent boost pedal and you can have whichever pickups you like without doing a thing.
@Dr-Curious4 жыл бұрын
And it's pretty much a given, that you can wire a copper pickup to sound indistinguishable if you spent a little time. At these currents, there's just not any significant physical advantage. And then, you can do a billion times more with your fingers than by just changing the metal type in a coil.
@danpeabody56874 жыл бұрын
Imagine a middle-aged white guy trying to sound like Urkel "WORD"
@TheAxe4Ever4 жыл бұрын
My pickups are even more expensive and EXTREMELY rare. They are wound with Sasquatch hair and they really GROWL!
@DBCisco4 жыл бұрын
lol
@TheAxe4Ever4 жыл бұрын
DB Cisco 😎
@iniquity74 жыл бұрын
made by BARE FOOT?
@stricknine86234 жыл бұрын
Well I could play one note, with a well applied vibrato, through these silver wound pickups and kill a sasquatch so you can make more of your crappy pickups. Wait,...I it's werewolfs...nevermind.
@TheAxe4Ever4 жыл бұрын
Strick nine HOLY CRAP!!! Coffee literally just streamed out of my nose as I read this! Nice! 😂
@TheFrederic8884 жыл бұрын
Not sounding good to me through my headphones. Thank you Darrel for being so candid and honest in your reviews
@fasthorse12954 жыл бұрын
In ur opinion what sounds better?
@justmarc20154 жыл бұрын
They sound like high-output, modern Strat pickups. Nothing special at all.
@rickjason2154 жыл бұрын
I disagree. I think they sounded horrible. They gave me a headache.
@ManCrew4 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@swinneydillan4 жыл бұрын
That's what I said,Tex spec sound better to me !
@beatlejuice59514 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@chrisw14604 жыл бұрын
I absolutely LOVE that you didn't give the standard "they sound great and they may be a good investment for people that are particular about their tone." LOVE the honesty. LONG LIVE VALUE!!!
@DarrellBraunGuitar4 жыл бұрын
VIDEO SECTIONS: Part 1 - So what's the big deal? 2:08 Part 2 - Hendrix with a twist! 5:44 Part 3 - What do they actually sound like? 6:50 Part 4 - So are they worth it?? 11:21 ZEYPHR PICKUPS: imp.i114863.net/bXDmg
@DayRider764 жыл бұрын
Yep, put em in a Squire, then you'll have something special!
@alexg92224 жыл бұрын
They sound great! Thanks for the exposure, to something like that! You make mention of modding a Squire mini, have you or would you do something like that? I'd love to see it! Thanks again!
@MyButtsBeenWiped4 жыл бұрын
I'll bet that Seymore Duncan is pissed off about the Final Thought on are they really worth the expense ! Oh Well ! They'll get over it ! They sound Great to me, but, I agree with your Conclusion. Texas Specials would be just as good to me ! And, they cost a Great deal less ! Love That Fender ! Thanks, Darrell, For All That You Do !
@jeronimomartinezfabregas4 жыл бұрын
They sounded beautiful but surely as you said it's not worth breaking the bank for them. But atleast if you're doing a gig and a werewolf starts freaking out in the audience you can just take them out and ward him off with them. Super useful...
@Kabayoth4 жыл бұрын
Two things: 1: Gold is the least resistant metal known to man. Gold wired pickups would be DEVASTATING expensive. 2: What would it take to put Joe Barden pickups in one of your Telecasters?
@ruatonim4 жыл бұрын
Would love to see a comparison with these against a few of the top builders, and then against a few of the mass produced upgrades, then against stock fender pickups. I would love to hear these against Bareknuckle, Fralin, Thro-bak, etc. On a closing note, if they were the best pickups money could buy, Eric Johnson would have tried them.
@harounel-poussah6936 Жыл бұрын
At the same time, Eric Johnson still plays a Srtratocaster instead of switching to the Excalibur, but I doubt that a family held company producing 500 guitars and basses a year will pay him the same way a hedge fund that holds a company weighting 40% of world's guitar market can... Just put the PUs of your preferred Strat on an Excalibur Supra/Indus/Expert and it's no more your preferred Strat, even if it's a L-series or the latest $20k CSMH... It's structural, and patented... If you fear that the no trussrod neck with 10% of it being a carbon bar won't last, my 2 Excaliburs are celebrating their 30 years now... Moreover, they're all HSH riouted under the pickguard... You may consider having custom PU mades with your preferred Strat PUs and the neck+bridge ones mounted has humbuckers with anything you want. I love the FS-1 and DP-185 that came with my Excalibur SSS and there are things like the Free-Way 10 posn selector...
@InspiretoVictory4 жыл бұрын
I really don't think price matters. I can't afford them but if you can, and it inspires you to play more, then it's worth it. It's more of a subjective point. One person can go buy a $50 pawn shop guitar and create a masterpiece and another person might buy a $10,000 high end guitar and do nothing with it. So if it inspires you to play more and create something wonderful, then I think that's what matters most. Great video, btw. You always make great content that puts me in a good mood.
@conartist2674 жыл бұрын
Wow, That’s really honest. I’m impressed. I’d love to hear a comparison them and the copper counterpart. That’s where the truth lies. Thanks!
@tonyferdinandslater4 жыл бұрын
Love the honesty! I’d like to hear more clean tones but that’s just my personal preference. Big fan of the channel , keep it up!
@Ndlanding4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, me too. The "clean" tone used here was as clear as mud.
@wonderwomanguy4 жыл бұрын
Silver Wire? Call me when it's GOLD! But seriously, this reminds me of the hand wired Tube Screamers that really don't sound that much different that any other 808 or TS9. Darrell, I appreciate you doing this video. For this price, you can upgrade with better pickups and still have money left over to upgrade your amp too.
@MrTheBigape4 жыл бұрын
Well at least we can confirm that Darrel's not sponsored....
@biffelliotforpresident4 жыл бұрын
Not any more at least
@mobbinator4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your honesty. You could've easily said that they're worth their high price tag, but you were just honest about your opinion. Great stuff man! Also wish I could play like you
@zigzagrz4 жыл бұрын
I really like them! You really need to hear these using some good headphones. Now use these with the world's most expensive strings.
You need the worlds most expensive head phones ... one for everyone in your audience. ')
@patricksommer39714 жыл бұрын
Optima sells 24K Gold Strings
@zigzagrz4 жыл бұрын
@@patricksommer3971 heck yeah! Now to finish off the expensive theme, use the most expensive pick along with most expensive cable
@soyborne.bornmadeandundone13424 жыл бұрын
Hey patrick. I been working on making a 100% gold looking strat. Even got warmoth right now making me a birdseye maple neck with gold frets. Gold gold gold. It will be my glorious golden guitar. The body is a orig 50s aztec gold strat with a gold pick guard and hard ware. Even gold trem and gold input jack. Gold back plate. Gold screws. You get it... Even gold tuners. But anyways... I saw that optima sells gold strings. They are kind of pricey though for strings and I was curious... Do you know if they are any good? I'm used to daddarios personally. I bought some of those neon colored strings from DP... and even though they look kool they sounded pretty weak on the thicker strings sadly...
@davidbeyers76744 жыл бұрын
Hi friends, I come from an audiophile background where tweeky connectors, wire and such are common and make outrageous claims to improve such and such, but are mostly BS. I just wanted to say this, using solid silver wire to wind pickups is a waste of money. Most of the audio signal travels in the outer 5 to 10 percent surface of the wire, which is known as Skin Effect. You could plate a multi stranded copper wire with silver and it would sound the same as solid silver wire for a hell of a lot less. Just saying....
@dylerthurden76694 жыл бұрын
I don't know how expensive is it to make the wire, but silver is dirt cheap. Probably the three pickups have less than 40 bucks worth of silver inside. More likely $10 each.
@pdp9774 жыл бұрын
Oh, you and your "facts" and "science." Embrace the snake oil! Let it rain down on you!
@trillrifaxegrindor44114 жыл бұрын
audiophilia is hilarious.oxygen free speaker wire at $4100 a foot is ludicrous as is a $10,000 turntable that plays the same pops and crackles as a radio shack cartridge in a $20 turn table.
@devbrit21043 жыл бұрын
@@dylerthurden7669 silver is not dirt cheap? Okay moneybags lmao. With a mile of wire and whatever gauge the wire is, it’s surface area and volume is probably pretty high. Not to mention the manufacturing cost of pulling the metal into wire and the manual labor of hand wrapping a mile of silver.
@richb62914 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video , I've always thought there's a difference in sound with quality pick ups .....and you've proved it though its understandable with the inherent qualities of silver. Thank you Darrel....guess what I think ill stick with my Arcane pups.
@davidkastin42404 жыл бұрын
Honestly I don't care for the sound of them. I like bright chimey
@kevinking24684 жыл бұрын
I AGREE
@DBCisco4 жыл бұрын
I get the same sound from a $25 loaded pick guard from Amazon.
@StratMatt7774 жыл бұрын
Fender Original '57/'62. Search over! :)
@Ndlanding4 жыл бұрын
Doesn't sound like a Strat. More like a very cheap Les Paul.
@stevegioe73094 жыл бұрын
I agree too they sound strange!!!
@AgressiveElevatorMusic4 жыл бұрын
They sound just like the $20 pickups from GFS.
@peterzelaya99484 жыл бұрын
😂
@Corpsegrinder1384 жыл бұрын
Silver is only 18$ an ounce. It’s not the silver that makes them expensive. It’s the pamphlet with all the snake oil bs in it.
@nmnmnm95093 жыл бұрын
It's completely true Silver is not very expensive. My mother has 2 silver vases and a big silver mirror, they are handmade and very old , but I do not think that all of them are worth more than 3 k euros.
@casaroli3 жыл бұрын
I know it’s likely not just the silver that makes these pickups that expensive, but an ounce of copper is 0.28$. 64 times cheaper.
@Chris-yq7xv4 жыл бұрын
Darrell, this is why your channel keeps growing - you don’t sellout for the dollar. I can’t stress enough how much I appreciate your honesty. There have been more than one you tuber who review products favorably simply because they’re getting to keep the product’s free of charge. One in particular who I enjoyed immensely (I’ll just say from Boston) did a disservice to himself and his viewers and lost my subscription over a sellout raving about a piece of crap. As a guitarist for over 30 years, I think your channel provides the best content consistently and, is fun to watch and learn about new products feeding our passion. Chris
@tyrssen14 жыл бұрын
Ooookay, I can't even afford to drool on those pickups. And I have to agree with your conclusions.
@nazmoking31714 жыл бұрын
Can you get these silver pickups relic'd? You know - maybe where somebody spits on them and rubs them in the dirt a little bit to make the silver look old and dirty! Then I might not mind paying the higher freight for these :-)
@akeeperofoddknowledge49564 жыл бұрын
They're so valuable you should get them bronzed!
@DBCisco4 жыл бұрын
Relicing is an extra $100 each.
@LTJR.4 жыл бұрын
And who's spit and the dirt from where are all important factors monetarily if not tone wise.
@freecitizen27604 жыл бұрын
DB Cisco I'd have given you a thumbs up too, but I didn't like how you spelled "relic'ing". ;)
@DBCisco4 жыл бұрын
@@freecitizen2760 lol
@Kowinaida Жыл бұрын
It depends on the gauge & quality of the silver SD use for these. Silver with fewer impurities or single crystal structure will provide a purer signal...the same is true for copper.
@quantenmoi7 ай бұрын
The purest thing about this statement is the nonsense. It would be extraordinarily difficult, if not impossible, to manufacture a true single crystal in the form of a long thin wire. Anyone claiming to sell such a thing is FOS. Even if you could make this wire, it would cease to be a single crystal the moment you bent it. And why would you even try? The conductivities of copper and silver single-crystals are the same as their poly-crystalline forms. Just the opinion of a physicist who researched molecular interactions on single-crystal metallic substrates.
@mariushebnes59514 жыл бұрын
I am really enjoying your videos! They are honest and real. Also you inspire me to play guitar. Started a few months ago, and just looking at you play is like «wow»
@Shiny-Beast4 жыл бұрын
ok, I'm drinking the koolaid, they sound great
@75vettemaon4 жыл бұрын
Actually it’s platinum, gold, silver, copper then aluminum for conductivity. I’m a retired electronics instructor. I’m guessing I’d have to get a second mortgage for gold wire. Lol
@blankenator624 жыл бұрын
Was looking to see if anyone already said this.
@bjl10004 жыл бұрын
Oww, glad you weren't my instructor. silver is the best.
@joshuabenton37854 жыл бұрын
i am ready for those platinum pickups
@blankenator624 жыл бұрын
@@joshuabenton3785 so responsive they predict what you'll play before you play it 😳
@stranger50884 жыл бұрын
If everyone on the channel gets together and sells our souls then we might be able to get them with platinum wire.
@Claytone-Records4 жыл бұрын
A few years back I put some Seymour Duncan Five-Two pickups into my old Strat @ $75 each. $225 for 3. I think they are better sounding than the stock pickups, but it is all subjective matter of taste etc. I am happy with them. I even think they sound better than the silver. I must be silly. I use a 25 year old Blues Deluxe amp. Tube city. And a line 6 modeling amp. And an Acoustic bass amp. I like my tone.
@LesPaul20064 жыл бұрын
Nothing better than some Knopfler style fingerpicking to test dynamic range.
@silverpairaducks4 жыл бұрын
Wait,.. that's the same box my ex keeps my soul in...must get pickups...
@sansocie4 жыл бұрын
Strange looks like same box my ex keeps one of my balls in.......got to keep one for OLD TIMES SAKE! Must get pickups.....
@aldopolo74 жыл бұрын
Looks like the box where my ex stores my heart, nothing I need anymore, gotta get pickups
@titmusspaultpaul54 жыл бұрын
Looks like the box where my ex wife kept my wallet... Must get pickups.
@simonbland2694 жыл бұрын
Looks like the box my wife will keep my ashes............
@jasong5464 жыл бұрын
Awesome. This is also the best comment ever. Boy, I must not have realized how strongly I feel about her this morning.
@jupitermoongauge40554 жыл бұрын
Was thinking of buying these, then I remembered that I have a tone control on my guitar, and a few more on my amp etc.
@FenderBassMan4 жыл бұрын
I was thinking of buying them, too...then I remembered I'm pert near solely a bass player...[waiting for the bass version now...c'mon SD, get widdit]
@DesigneLearningTutorials4 жыл бұрын
I was thinking of buying them, then I realised practicing will make me better but hardware won’t
@DMSProduktions4 жыл бұрын
It's all wank! Duncan has jumped the shark!
@DesigneLearningTutorials4 жыл бұрын
@@DMSProduktions Duncan just see a way to make extra money. There are a lot of rich people who will pay, so you might as well take their money!
@DMSProduktions4 жыл бұрын
@@DesigneLearningTutorials Why I will never buy any SD pick ups ever again! I would rather pay less than 1/2 the price for BETTER made/sounding locally made pick ups! I know a winder who can make anything Duncan or DM can make and better! (For a lot less money!)
@davidohlman72364 жыл бұрын
Darrell can make any p/u on any guitar sound great!
@JohnnyBgood5484 жыл бұрын
I have to be honest_they sounded incredible and i would love to put them in my Strat. I would find it hard to spend one thousand when theres so many great pick up builders out there today.
@akeeperofoddknowledge49564 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Darryl for "running interference" for the rest of us! At that price point I was in no danger of going into debt buying these pickups- but it sure was nice of you to give us a taste of what they sounded like! Also, I trust your opinion that they are not worth the expense! Thanks, again!
@rasmuspedersen17284 жыл бұрын
"Inside this box, we're gonna test out the worlds most expensive pickups" How do you even do that? You can't get a guitar into that box, let alone yourself.
@soyborne.bornmadeandundone13424 жыл бұрын
Oh he has his ways!
@LTJR.4 жыл бұрын
Literally!
@jabbahursty2 жыл бұрын
it sounds terrific and i'd love to do that squier test. "Oh? well, this is an affinity. that's higher end than the base model. i guess that difference is what you are hearing"
@garnetbezanson14044 жыл бұрын
I would love to see these as humbuckers wound like a paf or jb
@nathonalexavier15054 жыл бұрын
Respect just went up for your honesty. Easily could of shilled for the company but gave an honest review instead. Well played man!
@scottfischer79154 жыл бұрын
I wind my pickups with strands of cotton candy and they sound really sweet.(LOL !!!)
@stevegioe73094 жыл бұрын
You also need a pick of destiny to get that AaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaashH and the heavens might open !!!
@NotThatKraken4 жыл бұрын
I’ve spent a lot more money than $1000 on strat pickups. It was just five or six sets, not one, and some of them were shipped in a complete guitar, not just a fancy box. I’d love to hear the Zephyrs compared to the new Fender Ultra Strat singles. If the SD’s sound better, it might be cheaper to upgrade pickups than entire guitars.
@rebelba424 жыл бұрын
...can't tell how many time I came back, listen to your wonderful rhythm & lead part at 09:54. I'd really love if you would think about making an extended version because every time I have to close my eyes following the excellent voicing! A really good tune after one of those days, you know... Thank you very much!
@teyink4 жыл бұрын
I'm going to stick with my superconducting windings on my strat. Liquid nitrogen container in the pick guard and I'm ready to rock.
@DBCisco4 жыл бұрын
lol
@kirkbolas49854 жыл бұрын
Word on the street is that your hi-tech pickups lack warmth. 😐😬😐
@PDXguitarfreak4 жыл бұрын
Most I ever spent on a pair of pickups was $350 for a set of Lollar Firebird pickups. Dramatically improved the tone over the crappy stock ceramic pups that came in it... no regrets at all! Then again, they weren't $800... I just can't see spending that much for pickups, unless I was upgrading a $10,000 guitar (which I don't have) :)
@Ndlanding4 жыл бұрын
You can buy my guitar for $10,000, if you really need to. In fact, I'd throw in the silver pickups.
@ryanforresterrenaissancesa42044 жыл бұрын
The audience will never hear the difference, live or recorded.
@danbrown46064 жыл бұрын
People say that to me,its not for the audience it's for me
@timhallas42754 жыл бұрын
That's because there is no difference.
@noelhoekstra68524 жыл бұрын
Think about the guitar tone some guitar players have: John Mayer, Prince, Brian May, Eric Johnson. They customized, personalized and optimized everything. Amp, guitar, pedals, strings, mics etc. So yes even those pickups will make difference in tone. Tone has an important role and audience will hear.
@iliasfaqir4 жыл бұрын
And the difference is not better or worse. It's just that. Different.
@noelhoekstra68524 жыл бұрын
@HUUUUUURRRR Why :(.
@mattlillis61524 жыл бұрын
I remember reading about these pickups last year. I think they started out as a conceptual experiment but then actually went into production. Sounds great! I’ve never seen a better demo of these particular pickups. They have a unique sound. Are they worth $300/each? I guess it depends on how much disposable income you have haha! Out of curiosity, what resistance are the pots?
@bootstraspbill4 жыл бұрын
this was my idea. my final year's university project was to create 2 humbuckers, 1 from gold, 1 with silver and compare them to copper ones. would costed me alot of money, so i called Bare Knuckles to get sponsorship for my project. the guy said my idea is really good however his manager would not like new ideas, so i never got to make them. very interesting video Darrell :)
@lancecass89974 жыл бұрын
That's too bad. Tim is a great guy, and being that Seymour Duncan is doing it, seems strange they wouldn't give it a try. I think you spoke with the wrong person unfortunately.
@mutantbaby16724 жыл бұрын
Cool story, bro.
@tomyabo854 жыл бұрын
don't like new ideas = thanks for the free idea!
@bootstraspbill4 жыл бұрын
@@tomyabo85 lol yeh
@brandongavilanes76594 жыл бұрын
The socks 😭
@kikiq13774 жыл бұрын
You can put any cheap guitars in SRV's hands & fingers and I'm sure 100% they will sound way more expensive than those fancy silver pickups...
@zootsanchez4 жыл бұрын
"Ooh wow I wonder how much the world's most expensive pickups can possibly cost" *less than my graphics card* ". . . . am I a bad person"
@jimmyparris98924 жыл бұрын
Today is 11/04/2019. I just looked up the price of silver and it's only $17.75/oz. (in U.S. dollars). There's probably not an ounce of silver on each of those pickups.Even if there is, we're talking $60. Double that price to turn it into wire = $120. Pay the person that wound them $120/set, just because your feeling generous. Now you've got $240. The bobbins and magnets didn't cost $60. How long does it take Pro to wind a set of pups? I suspect these pickup winders are only making about $120 per day, not per set of completed pickups. These pickups are absolutely NOT worth the price. It sounds like Seymour Duncan is trying to become the PRS of guitar pickups. And if the rest of the guitar is wired with copper ?
@shrayesraman51924 жыл бұрын
Low key idk y ur hating on PRS (or seymour duncan). PRS makes some of the best guitars under 1000 dollars and u can even get american made stuff under 1000. They do have very expensive stuff but those are for professional musicians who want the utmost quality (not unlike these seymour duncans). Neither company is solely boutique at all! Edit: The top end stuff of most companies is pretty low volume so that jacks up the price!
@gmscurto4 жыл бұрын
WOW, $1K for a set of silver wound pickups is mind blowing! Thank you for your honesty and integrity in putting up your own dollars. It's nice to visit how the other half lives however I am very content to stay on my side of the tracks (Reverb, eBay, Guitar Fetish) for less pricey options. 😂
@75vettemaon4 жыл бұрын
My cheapest pickups on my cheapest used guitar still sounds like they deserve a better player. Lol.
@valuedhumanoid65744 жыл бұрын
That was amazing. KZfaq audio is very sterile and compressed, but I could hear much more clarity. I have seen these used for the same price as new. They don't lose any value. And that clear pick guard is so dope. I wouldn't change a thing. And yes, they're worth the price just for the rarity and coolness factor. But a luxury item for sure.
@gmichaelhall4 жыл бұрын
Makes sense to me. I use Finnish made esoteric-ish microphone cables that are dense silver wound. While the difference is nominal to most ears, the silver does obviously impart a fairly profound sense of clarity above 2.5khz, and really smoothing out the 4-5k where it could get harsh. To me, these pickups will be intriguing to record makers and the clean gain crowd. I can imagine them being fairly unruly with a driven plexi sound..just an opinion be well
@ignatiusjreilly12874 жыл бұрын
Silver has about 5.6% less resistivity than copper (at 20º), not a noticeable difference and probably not worth the price.
@Galfrid2 жыл бұрын
Correct (6.06061% difference).
@silverXnoise2 жыл бұрын
If resistance is the concern (which sort of is, sort of isn't--inductance would be the actual measurement, and isn't exactly a linear relationship to resistance) then it stands to reason that simply using slightly LESS copper would provided the same result as whatever amount of silver they wasted on these.
@elnyoutube1234 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately they still sound like Seymour Duncans
@shayneswenson4 жыл бұрын
abc123 ziiing
@diego2112gaming4 жыл бұрын
Took the words right out of my keyboard. A grand for... Not really much? The cleans sound OK. But eh.
@Wingman524 жыл бұрын
I bought a Fender FSR Tele 2017 Mexican model on-line last year for about $550 including pickups, neck, body, tuners, bridge, in other words a whole guitar... no case. It looks great, it plays perfectly (after a little bit of work on the nut and a setup to specification), and it sounds fantastic. I've been playing for a long long time, have had maybe 20 guitars in that time, 60 's Les Pauls, 335s, 330s, Strats, and this new Tele, etc. and I have found that the most important thing about how a guitar sounds is... the players hands. One more comment... it always makes me laugh when in these demos people take super expensive guitars like $5000 custom shop or vintage guitars, or in this case pickups, and then the first thing they do is run it through a hi-gain effects pedal that costs $150 or less. If you compared the most basic Squire Strat to the guitar in this demo run through the dirt box you would be very hard pressed to hear any difference that can't be completely eliminated with the tone pots or by tweeking the amp... Silly.
@MarcosJ-mq4lk4 жыл бұрын
You genuinely have a beautiful way of playing!
@CsykKrit4 жыл бұрын
Wiping your hand oil on the silver?!?! Darrell! 🥺
@mikew22564 жыл бұрын
The silver will be varnish coated just like copper is, otherwise it's just one metal lump instead of a coil.
@gullywoots4 жыл бұрын
Geez, just throw'em out and get some new ones already
@JunkfoodZombieGuns4 жыл бұрын
That Indiana Jones intro... Hahahaha! You're too much, man. 😂
@coconuttequila22924 жыл бұрын
I plan to purchase a set one day and use pickup covers to hide my dirty secret. Not rich, not using it as bling, nor am I attracted to the gimmick, just love their sound. Price is stupid, but glad Seymour Duncan decided to make these.
@dunxy Жыл бұрын
Windings are fragile, covers exist for s reason!
@juniperflesco84774 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure another common wiring setup for a Hendrix strat was a blender mod on the 3rd pot. This allowed you to add in either the neck or bridge, depending on what you already had selected: allowing for just neck and bridge, as well as all 3 pickups on, using a 5 way switch to select where the majority of the tonal focus is, adding in the pickup that isn't selected. Way more outputs than a standard strat, using all the original electronics, and only adding/removing a few wires. Can be done with any standard strat with a 5 way switch. I wire all of my strats like that, and you get some CRAZY tones that you wouldn't normally get, as well as all the factoy tones, plus a master tone control! You should check it out!!
@RickP6544 жыл бұрын
Hey Darrell, I really do appreciate your honesty. If I had money running out my butt I would probably buy a set. I thought they sounded exceptionally well. I don't think I will ever afford such a luxury as these unless the price dropped completely out the bottom. They do sound good though. Do you reckon Ol' Dave of Pink Floyd could squeeze some long cryin' bended notes on a set these? I agree with you that they do sound excellent... But, I don't think they are really worth such a high cost. I hope the folks at Seymour Duncan don't get too mad at you for giving an honest opinion. Thanks for being an honest person.
@jasonhall27534 жыл бұрын
Wait, the heavens didn't open up and shine down upon him? Sounded like a strat.... Go figure. A really nice strat I'll give you that.
@mdaniels33834 жыл бұрын
Here you go, an excellent recording and great live show, played and performed with a $800 guitar! Yeah, but, like, what if I spent more than that on my pickups? You'd get .01% better results. SOLD!
@abrahamyanes24054 жыл бұрын
I'm seeing a logic flaw with this. Wouldn't the soldering ruin the whole point??
@williamsaling96483 жыл бұрын
And having the same nickel pickup ends.... If you want HI Def you need Hi Def at every point in the chain. Good catch.
@FEV3693 жыл бұрын
You know I thought the same thing. All the wiring, if not silver will simply be a reduction in quality.
@whiskerandojoe2 жыл бұрын
You don't use molten silver solder bruh? 😆
@Darbyjack2 жыл бұрын
No, because the total resistance is still lower.
@James-yi1vk2 жыл бұрын
You have to calculate the equivalent resistance of the entire path of the signal. Soldering will increase resistance, but increasing the circumference of the solder point will help counteract the inherent increased resistance of that conductor type. The difference could be so small that you would have to measure it with a multimeter or oscilloscope in a lab. But is higher resistivity ALWAYS worse? It's all about the tone you're looking for. And thus, it's all completely subjective.
@nguquaxanguyen52244 жыл бұрын
hand wound is a snake oil gimmick. It's not like you're hand carve an archtop guitar where the luthier constantly listens for overtone as he carves it down.
@jimmyparris98924 жыл бұрын
And then says "OOOPS. I carved too far".
@Ndlanding4 жыл бұрын
As if!
@charlesmerfeld29884 жыл бұрын
Like a hand carved Turkey lol
@Meddled4 жыл бұрын
The cheapest Chinese pickups are probably hand wound. Some dude feeds the wire onto a spinning pickup frame. Far cheaper than making a machine to automate the whole process.
@Ndlanding4 жыл бұрын
@@Meddled While simultaneously winding another with the wire running through his sandals. These are the highly-sought "Footwound" pickups and sell for up to $3.50.
@jameslewis26354 жыл бұрын
You think those are expensive pickups? Just wait for DiMarzio to launch their limited line of Platinum wired pickups!
@megacahh8704 жыл бұрын
Lol the pickup would be the worst. Platinum has a very high resistance lol
@DBCisco4 жыл бұрын
With amber potting !
@alexbowman75824 жыл бұрын
One of the 19th century US billionaires made millions in gold then bought from another millionaire a gold mine mined out but the previous owner hadn't considered checking it for silver and the new owner made billions in silver mining. Silver mining is where dollar comes from as there was a silver mine in a valley in Austria which produced so much money it became known as thaller (thal means dale in German) which became dollar.
@mexicanosdelmundo4 жыл бұрын
6:32 *Darrell* : I got THREE PUs, $300 a piece - yet move 99% of time from neck to bridge PU, and back to neck PU. *Center pickup* : Am I a joke to you?
@KellyDeanAllenGuitar4 жыл бұрын
Marketing gimmick. As I've said on my own channel, pickups are only one aspect/variable when it comes to tone. In the right hands with all the variables dialed in (pickups, amp, effects, fingers, etc), cheap pickups can sound amazing, while expensive pickups in the wrong hands (not Darrell's!) with a few variables off, can sound horrible.
@artvandelay21114 жыл бұрын
A fool and their money are soon parted.
@AndyDion4 жыл бұрын
I agree, I think they will sell them though. The build you did on that Donner sounds just as good.
@venjmercs46004 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@IsaacHashman4 жыл бұрын
Lmao I love your intros 😂
@ianb48014 жыл бұрын
A sobering thought. Another time where silver was used for exotic wiring was Project Manhattan - when there was a shortage of precision copper wire. I think the plutonium weapons actually contained silver-wound coils!
@louf71784 жыл бұрын
I'm not a guitar player, but while watching the TV show Gunsmoke, there was a line that said "humbuck him" - humbuck: to smooth talk.
@anteklisovic74874 жыл бұрын
Yeah good conclusion, i just wanted to write that I don’t hear any difference in comparison to regular alnico pickups, and for that money I should...
@mattgarcia4404 жыл бұрын
Today silver is worth $17.25 per ounce. At $1000 I could purchase over 3.5lbs of silver. 3:55
@gringogreen47194 жыл бұрын
Cool video! I thought the same thing. Great pickups but not $1k+ when putting them into a guitar. That said I think they have their place and that is on a high end custom or a top of the line Warmouth Partscaster. I think these are overkill on any Fender except a Custom Shop. You want a high end Fender, get a US made G&L.
@fourthlayer4 жыл бұрын
Love the fact that they are sooooo smooth. Use the pure silver as an audio interconnect and its like lifting a blanket off your speakers.
@HellcatCustoms4 жыл бұрын
They sound good, but you could buy a new guitar for that much.
@HellcatCustoms4 жыл бұрын
Uh oh! Looks like someone wasted a grand on these and is sensitive 😂
@joesycamore28994 жыл бұрын
@Seamus O'Dork what's with the hostility? He was merely making a point. I agree they sound good but not worth a thousand bucks
@soyborne.bornmadeandundone13424 жыл бұрын
Give Dorkus malorcus a break here guys. He's a dork. It's in the name lol.
@pdp9774 жыл бұрын
@@noelhoekstra6852 Well for dumb comments "Its difference between amateurs and pro musician" takes some beating unless you think all pro musicians are logical thinkers. Which I strongly doubt.
@gustavvader22074 жыл бұрын
Silver Price: $18 per ounce. So, they are charging $200/ounce. Hmmm
@Markle2k4 жыл бұрын
Enamelled silver wire is pretty niche, so you can give them the benefit of not having the scaling of volume for price. But there is only a 7% difference in resistance between copper and silver. Just use a slightly larger gauge wire if you want the pickups with a lower resistance.
@alannkevin4 жыл бұрын
🤔
@voxelraster4 жыл бұрын
@@Markle2k That's true - 41 gauge would probably get you in the ballpark and 40 gauge definitely would!
@coldrolledbearcrushing92644 жыл бұрын
Well I'd say drawing the silver into wire is an additional expense but your right this is ridiculously over priced.
@Drpiwi4 жыл бұрын
keep in mind that in order to be able to draw this and to make the windings without the wire breaking, this would not be pure silver and that it would be alloyed with a lot of copper so the value of that wire would be less than for pure silver
@lucs30694 жыл бұрын
+1 for direct comparison to budget pickups.
@patafanmarti29134 жыл бұрын
Honestly this whole channel is basically video after video of "gear hardly matters, a good guitarist will sound good anywhere"
@tohstygohstygal3 жыл бұрын
I figured they weren't going to be worth it. It's definitely an interesting set of pickups. I notice not a single famous strat player that anyone has heard of has ever said anything about owning these, and they could actually afford them. Personally, I thought it was getting a little ridiculous when I saw the price on the Hendrix set.
@jamesgross64664 жыл бұрын
I like my SD Antiquities just fine, thank you
@TonyMcClelland24 жыл бұрын
James Gross The best pickup going today! Wooooooooo!
@mywaveinwoodswoodperfumes4 жыл бұрын
darrel , i like you thumbnail once i saw it , i spilled out my coffee hahah
@korygriffin84934 жыл бұрын
Hi Darrell! First and foremost I say enough how much I've learned and love your videos. I'm relatively new to play, 2 months to be exact. I have 5 guitars that I run through a vypyr vip 1. It's a good setup for a beginner but I will be upgrading soon lol. I'm wondering if you could do an all amp video, specifically on getting to the sounds you want, obviously the better the amp the better the sound. I cant get that classic AC/DC sound with my SG. Thanks have a great day🤘
@ktl45394 жыл бұрын
Google "Angus Young guitar rig setup", then learn where on the neck he chords and solos.