Sat Jun 19, 2021 2:12 pm
Sat Jun 19, 2021 11:49 pm
Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:47 am
neutralomen wrote:The Doheny is going to be warmer and squishier. The ASAT special pups are great, but they're also kind of unruly. the bridge is VERY bright, and the neck, which sounds awesome once you get the right height/cut some bass, add some treble, is out of the box also quite gainy and breaks up a lot under gain.
If you give the ASAT special pups some love, they really ARE something "special" .
The Doheny and Doheny V12 are recently made MFDs that the current builders over there are doing with 30 years of MFD knowledge behind them. They set out to take advantage of the wider bobbin, which means they could add a little more wire, which increases DCR and warms them up, but they're able to keep the coil nice and short, and keep the ceramic strong. So you'll still get the bright, hot, powerful MFDs with some added warmth and girth from the increased DCR and wider bobbin.
Doheny's are definitely a better, more usable tone "wide open" out of the box, but I really love both pickups. If you want something aggressive that you have to really have a relationship with and tame to taste, go ASAT special. They're great for dirty blues and power pop. If you want something with a bit more finesse and pre-flavored out of the box, go doheny.
that's my two cents, anyway!
Sat Jul 24, 2021 10:52 am
neutralomen wrote:The Doheny is going to be warmer and squishier. The ASAT special pups are great, but they're also kind of unruly. the bridge is VERY bright, and the neck, which sounds awesome once you get the right height/cut some bass, add some treble, is out of the box also quite gainy and breaks up a lot under gain.
If you give the ASAT special pups some love, they really ARE something "special" .
The Doheny and Doheny V12 are recently made MFDs that the current builders over there are doing with 30 years of MFD knowledge behind them. They set out to take advantage of the wider bobbin, which means they could add a little more wire, which increases DCR and warms them up, but they're able to keep the coil nice and short, and keep the ceramic strong. So you'll still get the bright, hot, powerful MFDs with some added warmth and girth from the increased DCR and wider bobbin.
Doheny's are definitely a better, more usable tone "wide open" out of the box, but I really love both pickups. If you want something aggressive that you have to really have a relationship with and tame to taste, go ASAT special. They're great for dirty blues and power pop. If you want something with a bit more finesse and pre-flavored out of the box, go doheny.
that's my two cents, anyway!
Fri Jan 13, 2023 7:28 pm