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Ok, I know that for the most part they are the same pickup...who here used them and what do you think of them???

I'll add to your question, that I wonder who's tried the new 4-wire versions that allow series operation?

For the better part of about 3 years I had Ducks in my main guitar......they were really nice and clear and chimey for cleans, really cut thru nice. Dirty they were nice also, but, for my quot;stylequot; they didn't really promote soloing under gain. I changed them out to APS-2s, which suited my needs more. Although they're not hum-free the added mids of the APS-2s suited medium/high gain leads to my ears, so that's what I'm sticking to. The Ducks also got changed out due to the annoying level drop on the high E...which, I believe the VRs get around by their design. They now reside in my backup strat along with a lil screamin demon, which seems to be a great match for em, just not for the full sized TB-12...although, I'm keen to hear how a series wiring on em sounds.

vintage rails in the neck-great clean sound for jazz and funk,far better than the duncan 59 full sized.but sounds way to thin for leads although it has some nice bass.

i love the duck's tone for clean, chimey chords and a little 'quack' in the notch positions with a split humbucker (n or b) ... i dont use it for gain, but it does fine for a little grit ... it does drop out on string bends, so the VR would be a better choice if you will be bending

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