Playing The Most EXPENSIVE Pickups in the World! - Are They Worth It??

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@acr08807 4 года назад

The world's most expensive pickups happened on the nights when I first met my ex wives.

@kingbrutusxxvi 4 года назад

Well played, sir. And... I agree.

@coolwaterdvr 4 года назад

🤣🤣🤣

@jasong546 4 года назад

Awesome. Best comment ever.👍

@StratMatt777 4 года назад

@Angel You are denying two divorce lawyers a down payment on a new Mercedes... you selfish bastard! ;)

@Atmusic148 4 года назад

Wtf! So funny man!

@jonathanmartin3375 4 года назад

You know what makes every guitar sound better? A tuner.

@basiledaudet5774 4 года назад

Genius

@ifhami4122 4 года назад

Big brain

@valhallajunkyard844 3 года назад

He is slight bit outta tune there all right.

@joelgarrard 3 года назад

Lolll

@mauricerogerson5825 3 года назад

All of my guitars sound best when someone talented plays them. That would NOT be me.

@jwguitar 4 года назад

Those pickups must be pretty greasy with all the snake oil all over them.

@daviddet 4 года назад

One thing I don't see anyone mentioning at all is how quickly those silver windings are gonna tarnish. Like, unless they kept the pickup sealed in an oxygen-free environment, they're going to quickly oxidize and lose any benefits that you MAY have in using silver over copper. Even still, totally not worth the money.

@tinman5322 4 года назад

@@daviddet Good thought but I'm sure the silver wire is enameled just as the copper version has to be, otherwise you'd end up with a completely shorted coil. Important side benefit is the enamel protects against corrosion, just as with copper. So think of them as a great set of $250 pickups that come in a $750 jewelry box...and there goes your last excuse if your tone is still crap!

@tommyvictorbuch6960 4 года назад

Woo woo for the gullible.

@charliewebb2216 4 года назад

daviddet silver actually resists oxidation better than cooper and is used for higher end electronics over copper in most cases because unlike copper silver oxide which is basically tarnished silver is just as conductive as bare silver metal.

@sisajtegabre 4 года назад

@@tinman5322 yes it has to be protected but what Mister Duncan didn't told that reason why We don't use silver is because it have issues with length - silver isn't good for long wires it is't effective as cooper. That is why silver is only good for short contacts but if you would wind a coil for let say el motor VS cupper you would notice why silver sucks . Moreover when they compare Silver and Cupper they talk about regular cupper a cheapest wire, but in last x years We use Oxygen free cupper and difference between such Cu VS Silver is so minimal in short wires and again it is much better to use cupper when you need long wires. Silver isn't expensive as they say and for that price of pickups Mister SD sell those that is honestly insane.

@nikita-gm3ph 4 года назад

Me: Mom can we have AC/DC? Mom: No, we have AC/DC at home. AC/DC at home: 9:07

@thecreepydudeinthepantry 4 года назад

One of my favorite bands is AC/DC

@joshuaharris6638 4 года назад

Thunderstriked

@jimbofisher7699 4 года назад

Greg HallJr Bro who cares

@RandyWillcox 4 года назад

I knew exactly what you were talking about the moment I read it.

@haraldpettersen3649 4 года назад

@@joshuaharris6638 - Almost :)

@mrredritehand 4 года назад

I could definitely hear the silver coming thru. Rumor is they sound even better with gold tuners and a diamond pick tho...

@sohamsengupta6470 4 года назад

You need a platinum bridge and platinum frets too

@avinci3116 4 года назад

Also a crystal Guitar Body for the right resonance

@patricksommer3971 4 года назад

Gold strings are what you need! Optima 24K

@FenderBassMan 4 года назад

Emerald-tipped trem w/ruby fretboard inlays

@shaunw9270 4 года назад

Yeah but only if the pick is made out of Tone Diamonds .

@CrowaX 4 года назад

So that's what John Travolta had in the suitcase in Pulp Fiction

@UmVtCg 4 года назад

Nah, those had gold wire

@papacoulsy 4 года назад

Did have the same thought

@jonkomatsu8192 4 года назад

Funny, I thought the same thing!

@MrTw2009 4 года назад

We happy?

@CrowaX 4 года назад

@@MrTw2009 Yeah, we happy.

@osvaldoherrera6259 4 года назад

It`s really honest of you saying those pickups aren`t worth such an amount of money. Way to go dude!

@markfuller6464 4 года назад

Pickups for the guitarist who loves to tell you how much his gear costs, whilst he sneers at your Squire!! Met a few of those!

@CrankCase08 4 года назад

Yet Justin Hayward (Moody Blues) regularly plays a Squier Strat.

@kirarittberg5088 4 года назад

CrankCase08 Yes, that is what the headstock decal says. Read "Ghost guitars" by Ed Roman and you will realize that the stars do not use "off the shelf" guitars. Lots of marketing voodoo is at work. "The industry is filled with charlatans and snake oil salesmen, and then there is a dark side!"

@alexoftheway8169 4 года назад

So long as you can play that Squire 10 times more proficiently than the sneering dude, you'll always sound 10 times better!

@razmazerz 4 года назад

But some Squiers just sounds better to me. Aside from the build Quality, some of those cheap Squiers pickups is often sounds thinner or fatter than the original Fender Model, but that's what I love. It gives you like a kind of Sound Options for a particular fender model. Just tellin' but I recently pick up Squier Jag CV70s model instead of the original sunburst Fender Jaguar. It's way thinner and bity sounding than the Fender(which I like) and it comes with Mustang bridge already..! (The original Jag bridge has an issue about the strings jumped out). So IMO, Squier is great and physically not that bad, and it could be 9/10 with some upgrades here and there on the hardware.

@DJBuglip 3 года назад

And then you play circles around his ass and make him look silly.

@theharlequin7280 4 года назад

Silver? Pff... get back to me when they got Mithril pickups.

@metalmig 4 года назад

Im waiting until they realese the orichalcum wire ones

@albery1472 4 года назад

Unobtainium pickups are what's needed, but people just don't get it.

@DBCisco 4 года назад

lol

@williamwinn948 4 года назад

Mithril is so middle earth i want Adamantium or ill stick with copper and some pedals.

@allenrussell1947 4 года назад

They would be worth the whole Shire

@pjjmsn 4 года назад

Put them up against those 15$ (for 3) Chinese pickups and do a blind test. Then we will see how good they are.

@xClunky 4 года назад

This.

@bleromafia 4 года назад

You can’t be serious

@anteyes6976 4 года назад

Morpho Polis yeah if you’re going for that lo fi slave labor tone

@DBCisco 4 года назад

I agree. Want that "vintage sound" ? buy Amazon pups.

@daniels1293 4 года назад

@@bleromafia those cheap chinese pickups are alot better than you think, I had a strat pickup that I threw in the neck position of my tele an I don't even have a bridge pickup for it an I don't plan on putting one in, seriously worth the 15 bucks I spent because I'm definitely not spending 600 bucks on something that's really not that much better

@FerretChloride 4 года назад

Dude, you genuinely have one of the nicest guitar collections out of anybody that I’ve seen on RU-vid. I love literally everything on your wall. You sir, have impeccable taste.

@cablecutter12 4 года назад

Would have been nice to hear back to back riffs with these vs the original pickups. Without that, I agree those pickups are not worth that much.

@TedSchoenling 4 года назад

They sound like at least 600 bucks being flushed.....

@chopsddy3 4 года назад

I agree.

@DBCisco 4 года назад

Gimmicks for people with more money than brains. Silver makes no difference unless you have a few miles of wire.

@TheZooropaBaby 4 года назад

probably buying SSL1 would sound as good if not better

@no_modsiwantguitarstock5162 4 года назад

all i here is a strat with clean and overdrive ,so?

@theoriginalhowardho 4 года назад

More than $600

@davidwernsing8795 4 года назад

Should have got clear pickup covers to show off the silver.

@fasthorse1295 4 года назад

Agreed

@howarddavid31 3 года назад

I agree

@musicspeaks1074 4 года назад

My ex girlfriend was very “touch sensitive “ but she never cost me $1k

@timhallas4275 4 года назад

Yeah, she did it for $10 in highschool.

@JInfinity7 4 года назад

She was far far more expensive than that, my friend. Also, could she hit the "high notes." Hey-ohhhhhhhhhh

@trillrifaxegrindor4411 4 года назад

far more im sure...........

@ursafan40 4 года назад

How'd you manage that? I didn't realize how much money I was really making until I was single.

@damndoor3570 3 года назад

@@ursafan40 fr my parents thought i got a new job lol

@mustardtiger1482 4 года назад

SILVER GOES FOR ABOUT 20$ AN OZ , NICE BUT WAYYYYY OVER PRICED

@hardrockrelics2157 4 года назад

What does copper go for?

@TheChzoronzon 4 года назад

@@hardrockrelics2157 much less, like a 1/100... but the point is, the added value in silver is around 50-60$ for the whole set, not 500$ which would justify the argument about "these are so expensive cause wire price"... of course, in top lines you are selling exclusivity, not real performance differences.

@DJBuglip 3 года назад

That's what I was gonna say, man, silver is a precious metal, but it ain't THAT expensive.

@robertturtle 3 года назад

how many OZ in a mile of silver? nobody knows.

@konstantinzarkovic7567 3 года назад

It's probably about economies of scale. There's plenty of copper wire being made. Silver wire probably not nearly as much

@TheAxe4Ever 4 года назад

My pickups are even more expensive and EXTREMELY rare. They are wound with Sasquatch hair and they really GROWL!

@DBCisco 4 года назад

lol

@TheAxe4Ever 4 года назад

DB Cisco 😎

@iniquity7 4 года назад

made by BARE FOOT?

@stricknine8623 4 года назад

Well I could play one note, with a well applied vibrato, through these silver wound pickups and kill a sasquatch so you can make more of your crappy pickups. Wait,...I it's werewolfs...nevermind.

@TheAxe4Ever 4 года назад

Strick nine HOLY CRAP!!! Coffee literally just streamed out of my nose as I read this! Nice! 😂

@swissarmyknight4306 4 года назад

Diminishing returns are in full effect for this type of gear. They sound great, but not an extra $800 great.

@hoompaloompaa 4 года назад

Facts

@duffman18 4 года назад

Yeah. Get an amp for that much, some kind of nice tube amp, and that'll make ALL your pickups sound good, even the cheap ass ones. There's no reason to buy these other than as some kinda dumb status symbol. There's surely a market for them though knowing how easily conned "gear heads" are, spending hundreds of dollars on clone pedals that sound identical to the Behringer version or whatever

@xClunky 4 года назад

A good 100$ EQ pedal and a decent boost pedal and you can have whichever pickups you like without doing a thing.

@Dr-Curious 4 года назад

And it's pretty much a given, that you can wire a copper pickup to sound indistinguishable if you spent a little time. At these currents, there's just not any significant physical advantage. And then, you can do a billion times more with your fingers than by just changing the metal type in a coil.

@danpeabody5687 4 года назад

Imagine a middle-aged white guy trying to sound like Urkel "WORD"

@TheFrederic888 4 года назад

Not sounding good to me through my headphones. Thank you Darrel for being so candid and honest in your reviews

@fasthorse1295 4 года назад

In ur opinion what sounds better?

@MrTheBigape 4 года назад

Well at least we can confirm that Darrel's not sponsored....

@biffelliotforpresident 4 года назад

Not any more at least

@chrisw1460 4 года назад

I absolutely LOVE that you didn't give the standard "they sound great and they may be a good investment for people that are particular about their tone." LOVE the honesty. LONG LIVE VALUE!!!

@DarrellBraunGuitar 4 года назад

VIDEO SECTIONS: Part 1 - So what's the big deal? 2:08 Part 2 - Hendrix with a twist! 5:44 Part 3 - What do they actually sound like? 6:50 Part 4 - So are they worth it?? 11:21 ZEYPHR PICKUPS: imp.i114863.net/bXDmg

@DayRider76 4 года назад

Yep, put em in a Squire, then you'll have something special!

@alexg9222 4 года назад

They sound great! Thanks for the exposure, to something like that! You make mention of modding a Squire mini, have you or would you do something like that? I'd love to see it! Thanks again!

@MyButtsBeenWiped 4 года назад

I'll bet that Seymore Duncan is pissed off about the Final Thought on are they really worth the expense ! Oh Well ! They'll get over it ! They sound Great to me, but, I agree with your Conclusion. Texas Specials would be just as good to me ! And, they cost a Great deal less ! Love That Fender ! Thanks, Darrell, For All That You Do !

@jeronimomartinezfabregas 4 года назад

They sounded beautiful but surely as you said it's not worth breaking the bank for them. But atleast if you're doing a gig and a werewolf starts freaking out in the audience you can just take them out and ward him off with them. Super useful...

@Kabayoth 4 года назад

Two things: 1: Gold is the least resistant metal known to man. Gold wired pickups would be DEVASTATING expensive. 2: What would it take to put Joe Barden pickups in one of your Telecasters?

@ruatonim 4 года назад

Would love to see a comparison with these against a few of the top builders, and then against a few of the mass produced upgrades, then against stock fender pickups. I would love to hear these against Bareknuckle, Fralin, Thro-bak, etc. On a closing note, if they were the best pickups money could buy, Eric Johnson would have tried them.

@harounel-poussah6936 Год назад

At the same time, Eric Johnson still plays a Srtratocaster instead of switching to the Excalibur, but I doubt that a family held company producing 500 guitars and basses a year will pay him the same way a hedge fund that holds a company weighting 40% of world's guitar market can... Just put the PUs of your preferred Strat on an Excalibur Supra/Indus/Expert and it's no more your preferred Strat, even if it's a L-series or the latest $20k CSMH... It's structural, and patented... If you fear that the no trussrod neck with 10% of it being a carbon bar won't last, my 2 Excaliburs are celebrating their 30 years now... Moreover, they're all HSH riouted under the pickguard... You may consider having custom PU mades with your preferred Strat PUs and the neck+bridge ones mounted has humbuckers with anything you want. I love the FS-1 and DP-185 that came with my Excalibur SSS and there are things like the Free-Way 10 posn selector...

@wonderwomanguy 4 года назад

Silver Wire? Call me when it's GOLD! But seriously, this reminds me of the hand wired Tube Screamers that really don't sound that much different that any other 808 or TS9. Darrell, I appreciate you doing this video. For this price, you can upgrade with better pickups and still have money left over to upgrade your amp too.

@conartist267 4 года назад

Wow, That’s really honest. I’m impressed. I’d love to hear a comparison them and the copper counterpart. That’s where the truth lies. Thanks!

@zigzagrz 4 года назад

I really like them! You really need to hear these using some good headphones. Now use these with the world's most expensive strings.

@P_Ezi 4 года назад

...silver wound headphone speaker coils obviously...

@DBCisco 4 года назад

You need the worlds most expensive head phones ... one for everyone in your audience. ')

@patricksommer3971 4 года назад

Optima sells 24K Gold Strings

@zigzagrz 4 года назад

@@patricksommer3971 heck yeah! Now to finish off the expensive theme, use the most expensive pick along with most expensive cable

@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342 4 года назад

Hey patrick. I been working on making a 100% gold looking strat. Even got warmoth right now making me a birdseye maple neck with gold frets. Gold gold gold. It will be my glorious golden guitar. The body is a orig 50s aztec gold strat with a gold pick guard and hard ware. Even gold trem and gold input jack. Gold back plate. Gold screws. You get it... Even gold tuners. But anyways... I saw that optima sells gold strings. They are kind of pricey though for strings and I was curious... Do you know if they are any good? I'm used to daddarios personally. I bought some of those neon colored strings from DP... and even though they look kool they sounded pretty weak on the thicker strings sadly...

@mariushebnes5951 4 года назад

I am really enjoying your videos! They are honest and real. Also you inspire me to play guitar. Started a few months ago, and just looking at you play is like «wow»

@AgressiveElevatorMusic 4 года назад

They sound just like the $20 pickups from GFS.

@peterzelaya9948 4 года назад

😂

@mobbinator 4 года назад

I appreciate your honesty. You could've easily said that they're worth their high price tag, but you were just honest about your opinion. Great stuff man! Also wish I could play like you

@tyrssen1 4 года назад

Ooookay, I can't even afford to drool on those pickups. And I have to agree with your conclusions.

@richb6291 4 года назад

Brilliant video , I've always thought there's a difference in sound with quality pick ups .....and you've proved it though its understandable with the inherent qualities of silver. Thank you Darrel....guess what I think ill stick with my Arcane pups.

@justmarc2015 4 года назад

They sound like high-output, modern Strat pickups. Nothing special at all.

@rickjason215 4 года назад

I disagree. I think they sounded horrible. They gave me a headache.

@ManCrew 4 года назад

Agreed

@swinneydillan 4 года назад

That's what I said,Tex spec sound better to me !

@beatlejuice5951 4 года назад

Agreed

@davidkastin4240 4 года назад

Honestly I don't care for the sound of them. I like bright chimey

@kevinking2468 4 года назад

I AGREE

@DBCisco 4 года назад

I get the same sound from a $25 loaded pick guard from Amazon.

@StratMatt777 4 года назад

Fender Original '57/'62. Search over! :)

@Ndlanding 4 года назад

Doesn't sound like a Strat. More like a very cheap Les Paul.

@stevegioe7309 4 года назад

I agree too they sound strange!!!

@silverpairaducks 4 года назад

Wait,.. that's the same box my ex keeps my soul in...must get pickups...

@sansocie 4 года назад

Strange looks like same box my ex keeps one of my balls in.......got to keep one for OLD TIMES SAKE! Must get pickups.....

@aldopolo7 4 года назад

Looks like the box where my ex stores my heart, nothing I need anymore, gotta get pickups

@titmusspaultpaul5 4 года назад

Looks like the box where my ex wife kept my wallet... Must get pickups.

@simonbland269 4 года назад

Looks like the box my wife will keep my ashes............

@jasong546 4 года назад

Awesome. This is also the best comment ever. Boy, I must not have realized how strongly I feel about her this morning.

@affliction1979 4 года назад

Very informative and well made video as always Darrell. Cheers! 🍻

@LesPaul2006 4 года назад

Nothing better than some Knopfler style fingerpicking to test dynamic range.

@tonyferdinandslater 4 года назад

Love the honesty! I’d like to hear more clean tones but that’s just my personal preference. Big fan of the channel , keep it up!

@Ndlanding 4 года назад

Yeah, me too. The "clean" tone used here was as clear as mud.

@nathonalexavier1505 4 года назад

Respect just went up for your honesty. Easily could of shilled for the company but gave an honest review instead. Well played man!

@MarcosJ-mq4lk 4 года назад

You genuinely have a beautiful way of playing!

@speccle1790 4 года назад

Awesome videos!! Just checking in every day on your channel makes my day. Keep it up!

@akeeperofoddknowledge4956 4 года назад

Thank you, Darryl for "running interference" for the rest of us! At that price point I was in no danger of going into debt buying these pickups- but it sure was nice of you to give us a taste of what they sounded like! Also, I trust your opinion that they are not worth the expense! Thanks, again!

@scottfischer7915 4 года назад

I wind my pickups with strands of cotton candy and they sound really sweet.(LOL !!!)

@stevegioe7309 4 года назад

You also need a pick of destiny to get that AaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaashH and the heavens might open !!!

@ricardoa5626 4 года назад

Thanks for the honesty Darrel, we appreciate it

@jameskamboouris9561 2 года назад

Yea,derell this is a very unique demo!I'm intrigued! Very cool. Thanks ,James Ray Las Vegas nv.

@Shiny-Beast 4 года назад

ok, I'm drinking the koolaid, they sound great

@rasmuspedersen1728 4 года назад

"Inside this box, we're gonna test out the worlds most expensive pickups" How do you even do that? You can't get a guitar into that box, let alone yourself.

@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342 4 года назад

Oh he has his ways!

@LTJR. 4 года назад

Literally!

@samuelxavier2473 4 года назад

Interesting demo and I really appreciate your honesty in the review.

@rebelba42 4 года назад

...can't tell how many time I came back, listen to your wonderful rhythm & lead part at 09:54. I'd really love if you would think about making an extended version because every time I have to close my eyes following the excellent voicing! A really good tune after one of those days, you know... Thank you very much!

@jupitermoongauge4055 4 года назад

Was thinking of buying these, then I remembered that I have a tone control on my guitar, and a few more on my amp etc.

@FenderBassMan 4 года назад

I was thinking of buying them, too...then I remembered I'm pert near solely a bass player...[waiting for the bass version now...c'mon SD, get widdit]

@DesigneLearningTutorials 4 года назад

I was thinking of buying them, then I realised practicing will make me better but hardware won’t

@DMSProduktions 4 года назад

It's all wank! Duncan has jumped the shark!

@DesigneLearningTutorials 4 года назад

@@DMSProduktions Duncan just see a way to make extra money. There are a lot of rich people who will pay, so you might as well take their money!

@DMSProduktions 4 года назад

@@DesigneLearningTutorials Why I will never buy any SD pick ups ever again! I would rather pay less than 1/2 the price for BETTER made/sounding locally made pick ups! I know a winder who can make anything Duncan or DM can make and better! (For a lot less money!)

@nazmoking3171 4 года назад

Can you get these silver pickups relic'd? You know - maybe where somebody spits on them and rubs them in the dirt a little bit to make the silver look old and dirty! Then I might not mind paying the higher freight for these :-)

@akeeperofoddknowledge4956 4 года назад

They're so valuable you should get them bronzed!

@DBCisco 4 года назад

Relicing is an extra $100 each.

@LTJR. 4 года назад

And who's spit and the dirt from where are all important factors monetarily if not tone wise.

@freecitizen2760 4 года назад

DB Cisco I'd have given you a thumbs up too, but I didn't like how you spelled "relic'ing". ;)

@DBCisco 4 года назад

@@freecitizen2760 lol

@AlexJohnson-wh3ih 4 года назад

It is always wonderful to see you. Somehow u inspire me to play and practice

@tropicthunder2395 4 года назад

Thank you for the unbiased thorough review man I subscribed because of this video

@PDXguitarfreak 4 года назад

Most I ever spent on a pair of pickups was $350 for a set of Lollar Firebird pickups. Dramatically improved the tone over the crappy stock ceramic pups that came in it... no regrets at all! Then again, they weren't $800... I just can't see spending that much for pickups, unless I was upgrading a $10,000 guitar (which I don't have) :)

@Ndlanding 4 года назад

You can buy my guitar for $10,000, if you really need to. In fact, I'd throw in the silver pickups.

@bootstraspbill 4 года назад

this was my idea. my final year's university project was to create 2 humbuckers, 1 from gold, 1 with silver and compare them to copper ones. would costed me alot of money, so i called Bare Knuckles to get sponsorship for my project. the guy said my idea is really good however his manager would not like new ideas, so i never got to make them. very interesting video Darrell :)

@lancecass8997 4 года назад

That's too bad. Tim is a great guy, and being that Seymour Duncan is doing it, seems strange they wouldn't give it a try. I think you spoke with the wrong person unfortunately.

@mutantbaby1672 4 года назад

Cool story, bro.

@tomyabo85 4 года назад

don't like new ideas = thanks for the free idea!

@bootstraspbill 4 года назад

@@tomyabo85 lol yeh

@JWEmbry-wc7qi 4 года назад

A good demo and a honest review/opinion; thanks Darrell!

@davidohlman7236 4 года назад

Darrell can make any p/u on any guitar sound great!

@Claytone-Records 4 года назад

A few years back I put some Seymour Duncan Five-Two pickups into my old Strat @ $75 each. $225 for 3. I think they are better sounding than the stock pickups, but it is all subjective matter of taste etc. I am happy with them. I even think they sound better than the silver. I must be silly. I use a 25 year old Blues Deluxe amp. Tube city. And a line 6 modeling amp. And an Acoustic bass amp. I like my tone.

@ryanforresterrenaissancesa4204 4 года назад

The audience will never hear the difference, live or recorded.

@danbrown4606 4 года назад

People say that to me,its not for the audience it's for me

@timhallas4275 4 года назад

That's because there is no difference.

@noelhoekstra6852 4 года назад

Think about the guitar tone some guitar players have: John Mayer, Prince, Brian May, Eric Johnson. They customized, personalized and optimized everything. Amp, guitar, pedals, strings, mics etc. So yes even those pickups will make difference in tone. Tone has an important role and audience will hear.

@iliasfaqir 4 года назад

And the difference is not better or worse. It's just that. Different.

@noelhoekstra6852 4 года назад

@HUUUUUURRRR Why :(.

@jimmclaren1 4 года назад

Love the channel! Thanks for the 920d code, bought a LP wiring harnesses with splits and the 20% off helped. Much appreciated, cheers from Vancouver

@jabbahursty 2 года назад

it sounds terrific and i'd love to do that squier test. "Oh? well, this is an affinity. that's higher end than the base model. i guess that difference is what you are hearing"

@jasonhall2753 4 года назад

Wait, the heavens didn't open up and shine down upon him? Sounded like a strat.... Go figure. A really nice strat I'll give you that.

@Kowinaida Год назад

It depends on the gauge & quality of the silver SD use for these. Silver with fewer impurities or single crystal structure will provide a purer signal...the same is true for copper.

@quantenmoi 5 месяцев назад

The purest thing about this statement is the nonsense. It would be extraordinarily difficult, if not impossible, to manufacture a true single crystal in the form of a long thin wire. Anyone claiming to sell such a thing is FOS. Even if you could make this wire, it would cease to be a single crystal the moment you bent it. And why would you even try? The conductivities of copper and silver single-crystals are the same as their poly-crystalline forms. Just the opinion of a physicist who researched molecular interactions on single-crystal metallic substrates.

@thekrazykshow8011 4 года назад

Thanks for testing out the pickups, I was just about to maybe buy some but you saved me some money thanks Darrell!

@orenfisher8948 4 года назад

Very entertaining! Thank you for cutting through the hype.

@davidbeyers7674 4 года назад

Hi friends, I come from an audiophile background where tweeky connectors, wire and such are common and make outrageous claims to improve such and such, but are mostly BS. I just wanted to say this, using solid silver wire to wind pickups is a waste of money. Most of the audio signal travels in the outer 5 to 10 percent surface of the wire, which is known as Skin Effect. You could plate a multi stranded copper wire with silver and it would sound the same as solid silver wire for a hell of a lot less. Just saying....

@dylerthurden7669 4 года назад

I don't know how expensive is it to make the wire, but silver is dirt cheap. Probably the three pickups have less than 40 bucks worth of silver inside. More likely $10 each.

@pdp977 4 года назад

Oh, you and your "facts" and "science." Embrace the snake oil! Let it rain down on you!

@trillrifaxegrindor4411 4 года назад

audiophilia is hilarious.oxygen free speaker wire at $4100 a foot is ludicrous as is a $10,000 turntable that plays the same pops and crackles as a radio shack cartridge in a $20 turn table.

@devbrit2104 3 года назад

@@dylerthurden7669 silver is not dirt cheap? Okay moneybags lmao. With a mile of wire and whatever gauge the wire is, it’s surface area and volume is probably pretty high. Not to mention the manufacturing cost of pulling the metal into wire and the manual labor of hand wrapping a mile of silver.

@75vettemaon 4 года назад

Actually it’s platinum, gold, silver, copper then aluminum for conductivity. I’m a retired electronics instructor. I’m guessing I’d have to get a second mortgage for gold wire. Lol

@blankenator62 4 года назад

Was looking to see if anyone already said this.

@bjl1000 4 года назад

Oww, glad you weren't my instructor. silver is the best.

@joshuabenton3785 4 года назад

i am ready for those platinum pickups

@blankenator62 4 года назад

@@joshuabenton3785 so responsive they predict what you'll play before you play it 😳

@stranger5088 4 года назад

If everyone on the channel gets together and sells our souls then we might be able to get them with platinum wire.

@climber7565 4 года назад

Loved the HONEST opinion! and show, thank you!

@ValKitsakis 4 года назад

Appreciate your honesty! Great stuff!

@brandongavilanes7659 4 года назад

The socks 😭

@teyink 4 года назад

I'm going to stick with my superconducting windings on my strat. Liquid nitrogen container in the pick guard and I'm ready to rock.

@DBCisco 4 года назад

lol

@kirkbolas4985 4 года назад

Word on the street is that your hi-tech pickups lack warmth. 😐😬😐

@mrgrey2k 4 года назад

I just ordered a loaded pickguard with some SSL-1s from 920D with your discount code! Thanks for inspiring me to build my first partscaster.

@jerryfraker377 4 года назад

Thanks for the advice.

@JohnnyBgood548 4 года назад

I have to be honest_they sounded incredible and i would love to put them in my Strat. I would find it hard to spend one thousand when theres so many great pick up builders out there today.

@Corpsegrinder138 4 года назад

Silver is only 18$ an ounce. It’s not the silver that makes them expensive. It’s the pamphlet with all the snake oil bs in it.

@nmnmnm9509 3 года назад

It's completely true Silver is not very expensive. My mother has 2 silver vases and a big silver mirror, they are handmade and very old , but I do not think that all of them are worth more than 3 k euros.

@casaroli 3 года назад

I know it’s likely not just the silver that makes these pickups that expensive, but an ounce of copper is 0.28$. 64 times cheaper.

@edwindantes539 4 года назад

Always honest, that is what I appreciate most about Darrell. Thank you, I love your channel....despite being Canadian...LOL

@mywaveinwoodswoodperfumes 4 года назад

darrel , i like you thumbnail once i saw it , i spilled out my coffee hahah

@NotThatKraken 4 года назад

I’ve spent a lot more money than $1000 on strat pickups. It was just five or six sets, not one, and some of them were shipped in a complete guitar, not just a fancy box. I’d love to hear the Zephyrs compared to the new Fender Ultra Strat singles. If the SD’s sound better, it might be cheaper to upgrade pickups than entire guitars.

@Chris-yq7xv 4 года назад

Darrell, this is why your channel keeps growing - you don’t sellout for the dollar. I can’t stress enough how much I appreciate your honesty. There have been more than one you tuber who review products favorably simply because they’re getting to keep the product’s free of charge. One in particular who I enjoyed immensely (I’ll just say from Boston) did a disservice to himself and his viewers and lost my subscription over a sellout raving about a piece of crap. As a guitarist for over 30 years, I think your channel provides the best content consistently and, is fun to watch and learn about new products feeding our passion. Chris

@DanCooz323 4 года назад

I'm only 3 minutes into the vid, but I'll give it a like to do my part in helping offset the cost of the pickups! Great vid as always, Darrell!!

@dernanerbitch 4 года назад

He's right! I did see the difference between the copper and silver colors! Thanks man!

@gmscurto 4 года назад

WOW, $1K for a set of silver wound pickups is mind blowing! Thank you for your honesty and integrity in putting up your own dollars. It's nice to visit how the other half lives however I am very content to stay on my side of the tracks (Reverb, eBay, Guitar Fetish) for less pricey options. 😂

@75vettemaon 4 года назад

My cheapest pickups on my cheapest used guitar still sounds like they deserve a better player. Lol.

@garnetbezanson1404 4 года назад

I would love to see these as humbuckers wound like a paf or jb

@ManCrew 4 года назад

Nice review...... honest. Good to know you give a pretty straight up review.

@bellachi9575 4 года назад

Love your sense of humor!

@zootsanchez 3 года назад

"Ooh wow I wonder how much the world's most expensive pickups can possibly cost" *less than my graphics card* ". . . . am I a bad person"

@CsykKrit 4 года назад

Wiping your hand oil on the silver?!?! Darrell! 🥺

@mikew2256 4 года назад

The silver will be varnish coated just like copper is, otherwise it's just one metal lump instead of a coil.

@gullywoots 4 года назад

Geez, just throw'em out and get some new ones already

@mexicanosdelmundo 4 года назад

6:32 *Darrell* : I got THREE PUs, $300 a piece - yet move 99% of time from neck to bridge PU, and back to neck PU. *Center pickup* : Am I a joke to you?

@finoroverato7640 3 года назад

Thanks for giving honest reviews.

@kikiq1377 4 года назад

You can put any cheap guitars in SRV's hands & fingers and I'm sure 100% they will sound way more expensive than those fancy silver pickups...

@mattlillis6152 4 года назад

I remember reading about these pickups last year. I think they started out as a conceptual experiment but then actually went into production. Sounds great! I’ve never seen a better demo of these particular pickups. They have a unique sound. Are they worth $300/each? I guess it depends on how much disposable income you have haha! Out of curiosity, what resistance are the pots?

@MrMerseyblue 4 года назад

Just had a look at your merchandise. Got to say it looks great. Love the les paul tone t shirt.

@zeligackermann6034 2 года назад

Appreciate the honesty Great video

@jameslewis2635 4 года назад

You think those are expensive pickups? Just wait for DiMarzio to launch their limited line of Platinum wired pickups!

@megacahh870 4 года назад

Lol the pickup would be the worst. Platinum has a very high resistance lol

@DBCisco 4 года назад

With amber potting !

@RickP654 4 года назад

Hey Darrell, I really do appreciate your honesty. If I had money running out my butt I would probably buy a set. I thought they sounded exceptionally well. I don't think I will ever afford such a luxury as these unless the price dropped completely out the bottom. They do sound good though. Do you reckon Ol' Dave of Pink Floyd could squeeze some long cryin' bended notes on a set these? I agree with you that they do sound excellent... But, I don't think they are really worth such a high cost. I hope the folks at Seymour Duncan don't get too mad at you for giving an honest opinion. Thanks for being an honest person.

@toki9367 4 года назад

Very Tarantino style the light coming from that box! 😀

@jameswagner5098 4 года назад

I appreciate your honesty!

@JunkfoodZombieGuns 4 года назад

That Indiana Jones intro... Hahahaha! You're too much, man. 😂

@elnyoutube123 4 года назад

Unfortunately they still sound like Seymour Duncans

@shayneswenson 4 года назад

abc123 ziiing

@diego2112gaming 4 года назад

Took the words right out of my keyboard. A grand for... Not really much? The cleans sound OK. But eh.

@lucs3069 4 года назад

+1 for direct comparison to budget pickups.

@valuedhumanoid6574 4 года назад

That was amazing. RU-vid audio is very sterile and compressed, but I could hear much more clarity. I have seen these used for the same price as new. They don't lose any value. And that clear pick guard is so dope. I wouldn't change a thing. And yes, they're worth the price just for the rarity and coolness factor. But a luxury item for sure.