In 2006, we took a close look
at the most popular active neck and bridge humbuckers to see if we
could capture all of the good qualities and eliminate the
disadvantages: cold sound, limited dynamics, running out of headroom
when played hard, and the need for batteries. The end results are the D
Activator Neck and Bridge. They use coils tuned to specific
frequencies. The purpose is to shift the resonant points of the pickups
to the fundamentals and harmonics that you want to accentuate from the
guitar, and they respond instantly to hard or light pick attack. The
sound is powerful, clean, and open, with excellent harmonic overtones
and very tight lows. The best way to describe the D Activator Neck
pickup is that it is big, bright, and open sounding with surprising
string - to - string balance. The D Activator Bridge has an enriched
harmonic quality and the notes want to sing.
There's a big
difference between a pickup that sounds bright and one that sounds
thin. A thin-sounding pickup will be brittle on the highest frets and
empty-sounding in the mids and lows. The D Activator neck model doesn't
do this – both the wound and plain strings remain tight and bright up
the neck, and very well balanced. This allows the D Activator neck
model to function well in both longer scale bolt-ons and shorter scale,
set-neck guitars. It also makes for a good bridge pickup if you want a
sound with a lot of snap and power. Like all passive pickups, D
Activators™ require controls with a minimum value of 250Kohms. 500K is
the standard all around value, and our 1Megohm tone control is best for
long cable runs
Recommended For: Neck position. Can also be used in bridge position
Quick Connect: No
Wiring: 4 Conductor
Magnet: Ceramic
Resistance: 7.22 Kohm
Year of Introduction: 2007
Color: Black
Pole PIeces: Nickel
Spacing: Standard
