Aria Pro II Humbucker

Submitted at: 2:36, 8/26/2005

Product Info

Pickup features: Passive Humbucker without polepieces
Impedence or other specs: 7,8k
Price Paid: US $25
Purchased from: Gitarrtorget, Stockholm, Sweden

Instrument

Model of guitar or bass: Samick GT-1 (Flying V copy)
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: Stock
Other pickups on guitar: Stock
Artists using this pickup:
You musical style(s): Heave Metal
Reason for pickup change: Curiosity.

Sound

Perceived output level: Not very hot
Tone: Clear, not to bassy
Sonic evaluation: I play thru a Behringer GDI21 amp simulator, with headphones. I'm very happy with the sound. I've tried several high quality pickups (Seymour Duncan, Gibson, etc) on this guitar without very good results. This old piece of junk sounds perfect. Very clear and heavy tone, without any muddiness. Good string separation. Sounds best with distorted sounds, not very impressive clean.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Heavy metal. Works fine.

Overall Rating

Comments: I will probably never get my hands on another one of like this. But if the one I have breaks down, I would try to get something similar.

On a scale of 1 to 10, I give this pickup a: 9

Submitted by: Lars Danielsson