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Does anyone know anything about the super 70's pickup in the roadstar II 140?

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Super 70 have alnico8 magnet witch are veryy close to ceramic without the harshness . The dc resistance is around 7.4 neck and 7.9 kz for bridge .
The EQ is very full from lows to mids , highs are not agressive but with a very high chime that remind of violin , harmonics are very easy even if the treebles are not pushed like in Seymour pickups .
They are very quiet and pick very fast , cause low dc and no compression , very punchy . They clean very well with tone knob .
The only weakness i see in those p-u is the clean ; being full of mids it is not as nice as than classic pafs .
I have a roadstar with Duncan Jazz and Demon and another with two super70 and the duncans are more vintage sounding , super 70 more punchy and modern souding .
 
Yes they are vintage in a way because they are wounded lightly so they make you feel the strings with more clarity than hot humb .
But they are modern because of the alnico magnet that sound more like a ceramic ( without the harsh treebles ) loaded humb : each note is thick and no scooped mids .
So you probably have the best of both world here .
A recent thought is that the bridge humb could have been a bit hotter .
 
Yes they are vintage in a way because they are wounded lightly so they make you feel the strings with more clarity than hot humb .
But they are modern because of the alnico 8 magnet that sound more like a ceramic ( without the harsh treebles ) loaded humb : each note is thick and no scooped mids .
So you probably have the best of both world here .
A recent thought is that the bridge humb could have been a bit hotter .
 
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