High Order Pickups

flemingmras · Post by **flemingmras** » Mon May 02, 2005 11:42 am

FALSE HARMONICS RULE!!!

OK guys...just a little FYI. I see this all the time, guys referring to the DC resistance spec when they're referring to the pickup's output. The DC resistance holds absolutely no revelence to the pickup output. DiMarzio even states this in their catalog. While high output pickups typically have a higher DC resistance than low output pickups, the rule is not "the higher the DC resistance the higher the output". There are several high output pickups out there with a lower DC resistance than you'd find on say a "JB" humbucker. So don't get too caught up in the DC resistance spec.

Jon

Zoso · Post by **Zoso** » Mon May 02, 2005 7:28 pm

Dax wrote:So the solder is just to hold it in? I thought maybe it was a ground.

Dax

I've never had any problems just putting the cover on without soldering. But I could be wrong. Anyone?

gnugear · Post by **gnugear** » Fri May 06, 2005 1:11 pm

5150loveeddie wrote:Just got a S/D "JB" colors are sweet but a bit TOO HOT for me!!! Any other suggestions?

I got a JB so I could do my lame Warren DiMartini impersonations. I'm not a huge fan of the tone but it splits REALLY well and does a great single coil sound. Since it's a 14k pickup, the split coil at 7k is right in the ballpark. I tried splitting a Distortion and it was pretty yucky.

Zoso · Post by **Zoso** » Fri May 06, 2005 6:05 pm

I just got an email from Jeff at High Order, my pickups go out Monday. WOOHOO!

So hopefully I'll have them by end of next week. I'm thinking of doing some before and after clips of my Duncans and the High Orders.

Flames1950 · Post by **Flames1950** » Sat May 07, 2005 12:21 am

Zoso wrote:I just got an email from Jeff at High Order, my pickups go out Monday. WOOHOO!
So hopefully I'll have them by end of next week. I'm thinking of doing some before and after clips of my Duncans and the High Orders.

Please do!! All my recording gear is in storage so I sure can't make clips of anything.
I thin you'll enjoy these pickups a lot. I'd been having so much fun with them cranked up that I hadn't noticed how crisp they stay when you roll down the guitar volume. There's a lot of shades of clean and distorted with these pickups and a Marshall.

Necrovore · Post by **Necrovore** » Sat May 07, 2005 1:00 am

Yeah Im game on these as well. I will be ordering my first High Order next Friday. 12 to 14k ceramic magnet using 43ga. wire. Cannot wait. custom to my specs pickup wound for me for a really really nice price. Jeff could make a mint off of people for performing this service but his prices are insanely cool.

Zoso · Post by **Zoso** » Sat May 07, 2005 7:21 am

Flames1950 wrote:
Zoso wrote:I just got an email from Jeff at High Order, my pickups go out Monday. WOOHOO!
So hopefully I'll have them by end of next week. I'm thinking of doing some before and after clips of my Duncans and the High Orders.
Please do!! All my recording gear is in storage so I sure can't make clips of anything.
I thin you'll enjoy these pickups a lot. I'd been having so much fun with them cranked up that I hadn't noticed how crisp they stay when you roll down the guitar volume. There's a lot of shades of clean and distorted with these pickups and a Marshall.

That's what I'm looking forward to is investigating all the lower volume tones. The Duncan's are better than the stock Gibsons, but they still lose clarity and punch with just a slight rolloff in volume. And I don't like the way they sound with bright caps on the volume pots either. Hopefully, I'll have better results with the HO's.
Now if this weekend will just end. (Stuck at in-laws all weekend, but I snuck away to use the computer

)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri May 20, 2005 8:54 pm

What's the verdict on the High Orders?

gnugear · Post by **gnugear** » Sat May 21, 2005 2:04 pm

I ordered mine about two weeks ago but I'm not sure about the wait. I got a zebra 8.3k alnico III.

Dax-The-Ax · Post by **Dax-The-Ax** » Sat May 21, 2005 6:34 pm

I just spoke with Jeff at High Order. Really nice and helpful guy. It's nice to see customer support like his and George's. He now has Pickups with nickel covers for us Les Paul and SG Lovers. Check em out.

Zoso · Post by **Zoso** » Sun May 22, 2005 2:40 am

Anonymous wrote:What's the verdict on the High Orders?

Quite frankly, they friggin rule. Most balanced tone I've ever had. Finally got to hear some clear highs. I actually had to adjust the treble on my amp for once. I did some clips of them and the Duncans, but I did a full volume and rolled off volume clip of the bridge and the neck of each pickup type, and one of the middle position of both types. So I ended up with like 12 megs of MP3's, which is over the limit for Digital Sound Planet. I'll try to condense them down to smaller clips and see about posting them, or maybe I'll post the full clips at Soundclick. I haven't registered at either site yet, so I'm not sure how it works. I still think the Duncans are great sounding pickups, but for my setup and tastes, the High Orders are perfect, which is due not only to the emmaculate construction and detial, but also the fact that you can choose the winding and magnet type to suit your needs. Plus, the zebras look cool as hell in my natural top Paul.

I highly recommend these pickups!!

gnugear · Post by **gnugear** » Sun May 22, 2005 9:58 pm

I can't wait to hear the clips. Which Duncans did you compare them to?

Zoso · Post by **Zoso** » Mon May 23, 2005 5:49 pm

Billy Batz · Post by **Billy Batz** » Mon May 23, 2005 6:46 pm

Zoso wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What's the verdict on the High Orders?
Quite frankly, they friggin rule. Most balanced tone I've ever had. Finally got to hear some clear highs. I actually had to adjust the treble on my amp for once. I did some clips of them and the Duncans, but I did a full volume and rolled off volume clip of the bridge and the neck of each pickup type, and one of the middle position of both types. So I ended up with like 12 megs of MP3's, which is over the limit for Digital Sound Planet. I'll try to condense them down to smaller clips and see about posting them, or maybe I'll post the full clips at Soundclick. I haven't registered at either site yet, so I'm not sure how it works. I still think the Duncans are great sounding pickups, but for my setup and tastes, the High Orders are perfect, which is due not only to the emmaculate construction and detial, but also the fact that you can choose the winding and magnet type to suit your needs. Plus, the zebras look cool as hell in my natural top Paul.

I highly recommend these pickups!!

Which ones did you get? Im a c-hair away from ordering a set. I want exactly what youve described.

Zoso · Post by **Zoso** » Tue May 24, 2005 5:23 pm

I got a 8.3k Alnico 5 for the bridge and a 7.6k Alnico 3 for the neck. If I had it do again, I would probably have went with a 7.8k for the neck just to balance it a little better with the bridge, but it's not that big of a deal. And the middle position with these two is the best I've ever had.