Evan, why aren't there more Parallel Axis models?

[LesStrat]

Evan is correct. Guitarists are a fickle, paradoxical group.

I concur with Kojak: I LIKE the look. I also prefer black pickups.

I've not tried the Crazy8, but I'm sure it's an excellent pickup.
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Mine is sitting in a box waiting for a guitar. Since I'm not looking for another guitar, this gem is being deprived of its destiny.

It's a good pickup, I simply had it in the wrong guitar. It won't fit in my Parkers.

Need a custom shop pickup

[Mr 9finger]

Evan is correct. Guitarists are a fickle, paradoxical group.

I concur with Kojak: I LIKE the look. I also prefer black pickups.

Mine is sitting in a box waiting for a guitar. Since I'm not looking for another guitar, this gem is being deprived of its destiny.

It's a good pickup, I simply had it in the wrong guitar. It won't fit in my Parkers.

Need a custom shop pickup

I'm in the same boat as you bro. I've got more pickups than I have guitars to put them in!

[UberMetalDood]

Two times as many polepieces that are likely a bit more fiddly to install and thus higher labor costs. Plus both the polepieces and the bobbins are ordered/made in smaller bulk so cost more.

There are other models that list almost as high and have lower street prices, though. So most of it seems to simply be that they aren't as popular.

Nah. Even if those things were factors, it wouldn't drive the cost up $20. I think they're priced higher to maintain the mystique and because they have a unique look.

[dvanburen]

I posted this in another thread. thought it was appropriate here..

The video on the duncan site does not have the patb pickups demoed neither does this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZYDYiOIuC8

I'm still curious why..

Maybe it's lack of promotion that makes these pickups unnoticed as they are. If they are so great you would think duncan would want to let people hear them

[Fusion1]

Its gotta be sales. I really doubt the PATB-1, 2, and 3 bring in anywhere near the dollars of say JB, DD, and '59.

Though I too would like to see more PATB models. Namely a PATB-90.

I could have sworn I saw a PATB P-90 last year in these threads. I thought it was a tease or a prototype of one Evan posted.

[Fusion1]

How did you get a colored trembucker. I've never seen it doen before and was told as of a few months ago it was still not available as a Shop Floor Custom, which is ironic as I just got an email from SD with a video highlighting their many options and colored bobbins were a big feature, only the caveat they don't mention is it only applies to standard spaced pickups and ironically not for the very Tremspaced pickups you'd be using in Ibanezes and the like with the crazy Dimarzio type colors. Still bizarre to this day that you can have a crazy purple and orange Jazz neck pickup in a Les Paul but you can get a trembucker in any color (as long as it is black) /rant off

Understood...not sure if there's a big of a demand for green humbuckers as there used to be. Whether or not there's enough demand for tremspaced Parchment, all I want would be to for you guys to make it available as a Shop Floor Custom. So I could just order a few without having to go to Custom Shop pricing (I've ordered some blue tremspace from MJ before, I know it can be done....). Thanks....

[LtKojak]

ou can get a trembucker in any color (as long as it is black) /rant off

You can get a Trembucker in Zebra or Reverse Zebra.

What you can't get in in different colors is a PATB.

And for the looks of that cream Parallel Axis P-90 prototype shown here some time ago, I'd say you're not missing anything...

HTH,

[Jessie's ghost]

I'm another who's guilty of not liking the look, but there's more to it than that. I've only scratched the surface on the variety of great humbuckers available, but I've been able to get tones I like from those few models. If I found I could get something special from a PA model that other pickups weren't giving me, I wouldn't mind the looks so much. In fact, I think they would look pretty cool in some guitars.

[Fusion1]

I can see why the PATB series is only offered in black. Not enough demand. For the regular trembuckers though, I'd expect the full palette of colors as most of the people looking for bright or zany colored pickups are using it in a Floyded guitar.

Not sure what you meant about the creme PA P-90 prototype. I think it looks awesome, but I would never expect a p-90 in neon green, just the standard black or creme.

You can get a Trembucker in Zebra or Reverse Zebra.

What you can't get in in different colors is a PATB.

And for the looks of that cream Parallel Axis P-90 prototype shown here some time ago, I'd say you're not missing anything...

HTH,

[marvelous_seven]

Hopefully with his new solo album coming out, Kiko Loureiro could be another addition to Seymour Duncan signature pickup. He's the only one that comes to mind that are known to use PATB pickup noawadays. Ah, such wishful thinking.

[arellanon]

I like the look, personally.

But you have people who still think the little slot in a screw affects the magnetic field, so they have to turn them facing the Vernal and Autumnal Equinoxes or else their tone suffers.

Definitely wouldn't mind seeing more of them, especially in a Jr-size for non-slanted installations. Might even make middle pickups more appealing to more people.

I love the way they look; very unique and different.

I bet they sound great too; need to get me a set!

[Zhaggy]

I'd be willing to pay the Custom Shop price for white PATB's even. White PATB's with gold pole pieces would be so awesome. They'd have to get some major artists use these so they'd get more attention.

[dr.barlo]

That'd be a cool color!

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[Dark Order Lord]

Because most guitarists just don't like the look.

I've made an A4 PATB-1n/ A8 PATB-3 set that kicks so much butt is not even funny. But before they become flabbergasted by the sound, nine out of ten I got that "disgusted" look, and six out of ten I get comments about being plain fugly.

I, for one, like the look LOTS. But by the looks of it (pun intended), I'm on a VERY SMALL minority...

Guitar players... can't live with'em, can't kill'em...

I love the look too, looks like a warp drive engine in my V, and unique that most people look stupid with their EMG's, just talking about the metal communinty....

[Toejam]

I love the look and sound of the PATB-2 in my Jackson RR1T. The poles surround the strings perfectly on its TOM bridge. I kinda wish it were shiny black instead of the matte satin, but it still looks good. Sounds great paired up with the Jazz in the neck.

[ItsaBass]

There's a new one comin' up...

What I'd like would be parallel axis pickups in regular bobbins, in different colors (gloss black, parchment, zebra, etc.). That way I could put a trim ring around the pickups. I don't like the looks of open coils, except maybe on a Strat.

[speed2dirt]

What if they made a Horizontal Axis where the staples are running perpendicular to the strings but each polepiece does not connect like a typical rail pickup (one solid piece)? How would that differ from a rail tonally?

[ItsaBass]

What if they made a Horizontal Axis where the staples are running perpendicular to the strings but each polepiece does not connect like a typical rail pickup (one solid piece)? How would that differ from a rail tonally?

FWIW, there were some low-end '60's pickups (bass and guitar) that had that design.

[driver dave]

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[blakejcan]

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