Product: Peavey Hot Ceramic
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
03/28/2007
at
03:13am
by
Matt Haarsma
Features
:
This is a humbucking passive pickup that came stock in the neck of my friends Peavey Rotor EX.
I have no idea what the impedance or other specs are, but I do know it's a hot pickup with a ceramic magnet.
Instrument
:
I installed this in my Squier Stratocaster. It's in the bridge position and it replaces a crappy Squier single coil. Because it's originally a neck pickup, it tends to have a lot of bass for heavy riffs. The other pickups installed on my Squier are stock singles in the mid and neck positions. I doubt any artists are using this because there are better pickups (DiMarzio, Seymour Duncan, EMG, etc...)
The reason I installed this pickup is because I wanted a bridge pickup that didn't buzz like single coils do.
Sound
:
8
The output is quite high on this pickup. I am using this with a Peavey Rage 158, Digitech Whammy IV, Dunlop 535Q Wah, and a Boss DS-1. Like I said before, the tone is quite bassy, but it has a nice treble and mid response. I play metal and instrumental music (Vai, Satriani, Pantera, Paul Gilbert, etc...)
This pickup is suitable for any position, but once again, there are better pickups.
Overall Rating
:
8
If it were destroyed or stolen, I would probably just buy a DiMarzio or something like that. I've been playing for 2 and a half years now and I own a Peavey Rage 158, Digitech Whammy IV, Dunlop 535Q Wah, and a Boss DS-1. I love the mostly bassy response with a good balance of mids and treble. This pickup can get muddy at times though. I didn't really compare it with other products because my friend just offered it to me.
I'm quite satisfied with the pickups sound. I'll use this pickup until I get a new guitar.
