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R-Supersonic XS1/XS2

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Sound 9.6 (5 responses)
Overall Rating 9.8 (5 responses)
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Product: R-Supersonic XS1/XS2
Price Paid: USD 60
Submitted 09/14/2007 at 03:30am by Pratt
Email: info at wslguitars<dot>com

Features :
those pickups are two humbucker from Thailand, handmade by a company which is more than 35 years old. They made Handmade guitars which called ATLAS (they also building for other companies in OEM) and their Pickups line is R-supersonic pickups.
Those are two Passive pickups.

Instrument :
the XS1 is for the neck position and the XS2 for the bridge.
I am searching for new pickups. Everyone knows Seymour Dunca, Di Marzio or EMG. And i think many pickups are as good as those pickups but they have not the "famous brand".
I have tried many pickups, some were very very bad, some were very very good, but i still didn't not found the Good Pickups with an interesting price.

Sound : 8
you can read on the website "This pick-up is special designed for Rock, Heavy metal sound"

This is truth!!!
I was very surprised by the sound for the price.
This is really good, with many mediums frequency which provide also a very long sustain to the sound.
You can rock with those pickups and the combination of the two one is very good.
The sound is very hot, and i think it's definitively very good for the price.

Overall Rating : 10
When i come to Harmony central review i want to know the truth, and not only to read "10/10, this is the most beautiful sound i have ever eard in my life etc etc..."

So i want to give two different ratings.

1) For the price (about 60 us dollars) : 15/10 !!!!!!
This pickups is really good , as good as any other famous brand with a really lower price.

2) the quality: 8/10
you have now some pickups which cost more than 200 us dollars, so i can not say that the R-supersonic is the better pickups i have eard in my life, but the quality is realy good and the products is very serious. now if you ask me if i want to spend my money in a Duncan, or EMG or Di Marzio i will think about it , becasue R-supersonics pickups are better (in my opinion) for a very very better price.



Product: R-Supersonic XS1/XS2
Price Paid: USD 60.00
Submitted 09/08/2007 at 11:11am by DAVID CASTATOR
Email: DCASTATOR<at>CINCI dot RR dot COM

Features :
Humbucking passive pick-ups

Output: 350 xs-1 500 xs-2

Instrument :
Put these on my custom Fender Strat

Neck and Bridge positions...wanted to see the whole deal

Sound : 10
This paticular pickup is designed for rock and/or heavy metal
The sound was awesome (Eric Clapton awesome) with a great deal of harmonics and crunch. I am very picky about the sound I get fron my strat and these babies gave it all.

Overall Rating : 10
I am very very satisfied....again I am very picky about the sound, I have been playing guitar for over 45 years, so I have seen them come and go and these are some of the best I found. And VERY REASONABLY PRICED. I purchased mine from EBAY.


Product: R-Supersonic XS1/XS2
Price Paid: USD 60.00
Submitted 09/08/2007 at 08:49am by DAVID CASTATOR
Email: DCASTATOR<at>CINCI dot RR dot COM

Features :
I have been a player for 45 plus years and have played a lot of guitars and seen many come and go. I have a certain sound that I want out of my axe and the "stock" pickups just didn't seem to have what I really wanted. I could find acceptable sounds but just couldn't seem to find the sound that was "Mine". I picked up a set of R-Supersonics off of EBAY and put them into an old favorite guitar of mine. The sound blew me away!! I could get that Les-Paul sound and then with a quick flip of the switch I found that Eric Clapton burning warm tone. The installation was fairly simple if you can read a schematic, and hey they are hand wound. The color is same old, same old, but hey why mess with what works. I understand that you can get different colors if you like. I plan to pick up some other styles and see how they sound. I will post a review for those also when I get that done.....KEEP ROCKIN

Instrument :

Sound : 10

Overall Rating : 10


Product: R-Supersonic XS1/XS2
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted 08/27/2007 at 02:29pm by Jimmy Russel

Features :
passive Humbucker pickups, high output

Instrument :
I have install this pickups in my Suhr Classic and they sound awesome. I use them in neck and bridge position. These pickups are really rich, full and have lots of harmonics. The original Suhr pickups sound good but the haven't enought sustain also they aren't clear and don't cut thru the mix like the R-Supersonic.

Sound : 10
The output is high like a Seymour Duncan Jb in the bridge and like a Custom in the_Neck.

The tone is very articulate and plenty of definition. I play rock, blues and metal. They suit perfectly my style!

Overall Rating : 9
The look of this pickups is great, they have a beatiful chrome finish on the bottom, great attention to the wiring, Many Usa company must copy the level of quality of these pickups.


Product: R-Supersonic XS1/XS2
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted 03/20/2007 at 12:13am by Gezza

Features :
Humbucker, Passive.

Not sure of the Ohms, but they give you output rating which is more important.

XS1 - Output 350.
XS2 - Output 500.

Instrument :
PRS type Guitar.

Neck and Bridge

Came Standard.

None to mention.

I purchased this beautiful Guitar and i was given a choice of what pickup i wanted. I choose the XS1 and XS2, i wanted rock/metal plus lots of sustain. Then i also wanted sweet and articulate, Thats exactly what the do.

Sound : 10
OK, very high output.

I put them up against, Duncan - 59er and Custom Custom, DiMarizo Evolutions, Cheap ones, expensive ones.

They handle a hugh amount of sound before squealing, all the others do, yes!! all the others squeal and high volumes.

The sustain is to die for. Sweet singing tones.

The Neck is woody, clear and perfect for lead work, rhythm is fantastic, the bridge has teeth and works so well for high gain.

In clean mode, they sound unbelievable, mellow. Middle position work great i have had many problems finding a great match, many other pickups become really trebley, the ice pick treble, Not these pickups.

There are very even, no ice pick treble, no muddy bass, very clear and very articulate.

I had added 2 push pull pots, they are now the most versatile pickups i own.

Look up Atlas Guitars, see what people are saying, because these are the pickups they're talking about.

Overall Rating : 10
I would buy them again, in a heartbeat.

I have been playing for 30 years.

They have a unique and yet familiar tone, sometimes i hear the Les Paul tone, then i split the coil and it sounds like a strat, then i get my own sound. Just Awesome.

These are the best pickups by far, hand wound, yeah!! hand wound.

If your sick of that same old sales hype, then try these.

It wont turn you into Steve Vai, it will make you sound great!!!

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