[D20]

Hey everyone,
I've used some Duncans in the past and Dimarzios. I've tried D Activator, Crunchlab, Liquifire, and X2n from Dimarzio. Mostly with Duncans I stick to JBs or Thrash Factors. I want to try a Super Distortion because I never have, but I was reading that they Super 3 is a Super D but with more mids and maybe less high.

Coming from a JB I wanted to see what everyone thought here. Would I be better off with the Super 3 or just go with my initial Super Distortion I was going to get?

For reference I play mainly in drop C and write music like a heavier 311/old SCIENCE era Incubus. Mostly reggae mixed with rock/hard rock.
I daBble in metal, heavy metal as well.

[darkbluemurder]

I have never played a Super 3 but I played both the JB and the Super Distortion and can confidently say that those two pickups are very very different.

[darkbluemurder]

To be more specific on the differences between a JB and a Super D:

- Super D has more output and punch
- JB is a mid-hyped pickup, Super D has mids but more in the lower range. In some guitars it can take on a rather dark midrange color
- JB has smoother highs, Super D can sound fizzy or brittle in the high end if the guitar accentuates that. If this occurs, this can sometimes be countered by bringing down the load on the pickup from 500k to approx. 380k (i.e. adding a resistance of 1.5 meg to 1.6 meg to ground).

Cheers Stephan