Alumitones are warmer and more full in my opinion. More character to it

@maximilianmoy

5 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

@Admiral_Bongo

4 жыл бұрын

Way more high end (but pretty much like most pickups compared to the Invader).

You need more subscribers man your demo video is top notch. Subscribed. The Alumitones almost sound like EMG's.

@maximilianmoy

5 жыл бұрын

thank you for the kind words joel. More subscribers would of course, be great! Thanks for watching

@christopherslaughter2263

4 жыл бұрын

The alumotones sound better to my ears

Wow, what a view!

Unpopular opinion here: Duncan has more string definition when dirty.

Nice! Thanks!

@maximilianmoy

5 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

Thank you for the video! I own both of these pickups and have been considering using the Invader.

@maximilianmoy

5 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching! both pickups are great!

The clean invader sounds amazing

I love alumitones :-)

Alumitones are so clear, so much more presence.

@maximilianmoy

5 жыл бұрын

thanks again for watching!

@miaouew

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty girl in your pfp :)

@georgerobartes5989

2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps a little too clear , sterile sounding. They are made using old ribbon microphone technology after all and the output of the metal single frame with fridge magnets beefed up by a high turns ratio transformer. A very cheap way of making pups . You can make them at stuff found at home . A 240v wall wart , a bit of copper or brass bent in a U shape around a bar magnet 🧲. Just solder the 5v out ends to each end of the U and the 240v end goes to your pots as usual . A good way of achieving the pickup less look without resorting to piezo. My Brasstones are 56mm wide ( across strings) , 12mm across pickup and 3mm thick . I hid one in the 24th fret end of the fret board, the other under the veneer at the bridge . They are 100% reliable and if the transformer goes down just replace it in the control cavity .The little transformers to boost voltage from these inductors go in the control cavity with room to spare and with a 40 + turns to 1 ratio give a very solid signal . I'm guessing 110v 5v wall warts in the States would work almost as well . Ignore the nonsense about neodymium magnets , inductors recognise Gauss and its delivery not the magnetic material that produces it .

@submissivelover

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgerobartes5989 perhaps, not as sterile as EMGs, but I get what you're saying

I installed an Invader pickup in my old Ironbird today and it's nice for practicing but it sounds very strange. I kinda dig it but I would never use it in a guitar I regard as good sounding.

Both sound good to me and I think it’s all in what you are looking for. The Lace P/U seemed a little hotter. I would’ve like to have heard some of the higher frequency notes. I bet the Lace screams

@jackfisher9833

5 ай бұрын

Pickups dont sound dumbass.. They give different output levels as well as noise levels. Alumitone have higher output therfor might sound more full while Duncan sound thiner because of lower output. If you turn volume/gain of Duncans to the same level of Alumitone before the amp they should sound almost identical. Its the amp reacting diffrently to different pickup output. The pickup itself dont have any sound or tone.

@BOATIE141

3 ай бұрын

@@jackfisher9833someone just got done Watching Glenn over at specter media group

Alumitones are very better in up and down tones! Wooooooowwwwwww.........I like the new wave of sound - it's warmer - great!

The Alumitones offer range that no traditionally wound pickup can. It's just not physically possible with the way magnetic transducers work. Traditional pickups can be a lot hotter but they will never be as clean or have the dynamics.

@ViktorLogunov-sc7rl

8 ай бұрын

Physically, with a proper pre-gain system, it is possible to approach a wide range, with a minimum number of coil turns

Jealous of your high rise window-adjacent practice area. Man what I would give to be able to look out and see the city while played guitar every day and night. The most beautiful view imo

@maximilianmoy

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! Although the view is now long gone, condos have been built everywhere blocking everything. The unit was also only tiny, less than 400sq ft.

I have to give this one to the Alumitone! It has a better clean sound especially on the high strings. It has a clarity on the dirty sound that I liked. Excellent comparison vid!!! Thanks!!!!

@Dogetheun

9 ай бұрын

I agree, they’re very unique pickups and I’m planning on using them for my parts caster build since they’re so beautiful sounding and they just look awesome

@redkurn

9 ай бұрын

the invader clean sounded better, the alumitone was more low mid...

I've been thinking about getting a set of them. But not much out there about em until this video... they should be here in 2 days lol

@maximilianmoy

4 жыл бұрын

hope you like'em!

@s8nlx661

4 жыл бұрын

@@maximilianmoy I friggin love em. I'm baffled as to why these aren't more common. Especially in metal. It was funny at 1st cuz they way nothing and kinda brittle, just not what you're use to. But once plugged in they sound great. You try a feedback test with them. I've noticed there's absolutely no feedback at all. A very pleasant surprise. I thought it was the gate in my precision drive pedal...until I realized the pedal wasn't even on. You can max out your rigs volume and rest the guitar on the friggin thing and no feedback whatsoever...i don't know how the hell that works but I love that it does lol. I really hope these guys release some different versions. It seems its kind of a 1 size fits all. But I'm curious what would happen with a little experimenting with sizes and magnetism and mix it up a little. Also if you haven't checked out Dialtone pickups, do so asap...you normally can't claim somthings the best pickup ever cuz everyone's taste is different...this guy has truly made the greatest pickup ever. A fully adjustable on the fly pickup that can be made to sound like anything is a game changer...its some genius from MIT that made them, literally lol

damn nice work dude!

@maximilianmoy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I put Alumitones in my Dean Boca Rickenbackerized 12 string and it's freaking awesome, coil splitting too. Vid coming soon.

@maximilianmoy

5 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching Ron, lookin forward to your vid

@iridios6127

3 жыл бұрын

Alumitones has no true split-coil option, you just cut out half volume of signal.

I prefer Alumitone. Have you compared it to Dimarzio D-Activator?

@maximilianmoy

4 жыл бұрын

i have not tried the d-activators, thanks for watching!

Are the Alumitone pickups active or passive? I'm looking forward into getting a Alumitone Colored Humbucker in Red but I was also considering the EMG 81 X Red since I'm familiar with the 81 tone but I've heard that the 81 X sounds richer and fuller, also are the Alumitone super different compared to an EMG 81/81X in your opinion? I play metal and metal only

@maximilianmoy

4 жыл бұрын

I would say they're super different. An EMG 81 from my memory didn't have great cleans. The 81X offers more headroom so it should be a bit better but they excel in distortion. Also, these alumitones are passive, no battery required, the EMGs are the opposite. If you play metal only, you can't go wrong with EMGs. I personally love the 85 in the bridge. It's a slightly smoother/thicker version of the 81. And I believe the killswitch engage guys used to use them. Good luck!

@blazer6248

4 жыл бұрын

Wow. Didn't expect them to be passive with that little amount of actual windings. I guess the aluminum makes up for it? What kind of guitar is that?

@iridios6127

3 жыл бұрын

@@blazer6248 Alumitone is a current step up transformer. Actual transformer hidden under aluminum frame.

what size capacitor did you use on the tone pot? Also did you use a treble bleed on the volume pot?

@maximilianmoy

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't have any tone pots or treble bleeds wired in for this demo.

You should try out the Lace Sensor Death 💀 Buckers! Best metal pickups on the market!

The Alumitone is considerably less bright... which can be good, depending of your taste

@angrytroll27

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting people are saying that compared to the Invader which has a rep for being a dark pickup.

I’m thinking of putting single coil Alumitones in a DuoSonic. Any experience with the singles? I’d love to hear some audio before I invest.

@maximilianmoy

5 жыл бұрын

i have tried them actually. They're tonally the same pickup since the design is exactly the same except the sizing of course.

@bkwala

5 жыл бұрын

Only difference as far as I know is that the singles aren’t splittable.

@ttjesus4959

5 жыл бұрын

Duo Sonic. Rock on, brotha. People don't even know shit about them. Best guitar all-around. Price is perfect. You will be able to buy one and customize it to the fullest and not break the bank. Also, when you do customize it, you bond with it and you get something beyond any stock guitar. So versatile with tone. Best scale length. Great name. Great look. And great feel, which is always most important

@iridios6127

3 жыл бұрын

+@@bkwala They all has no true split-coil option, and they all widerange humbucking design.

Hello Friend. I am writing via google translator, I want to know how to get the same sound from my guitar. On your guitar are Lase Sensor Alumitone Hambaker pickups (close to P90 according to the manual) (not Deathbucker and others) + 500 kOm pots? Thanks! )

@maximilianmoy

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Eugene, yes you are correct. 3.4k Alumitone versions splittable, not deathbucker version and 500k pots on this guitar. Good luck!

Maggie’s farm riff! You using the deathbucker or the standard set? I’m having a hard deciding which ones I should get, I’m leaning towards the standard set

@maximilianmoy

3 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah maggie's farm, love that rifff! These are the standard alumitones. Thanks for watching!

@beetle5000

3 жыл бұрын

@@maximilianmoy awesome, thanks for replying 😎

I am here with a very lame question may be but still I would like to ask everyone out here...I have a $100 guitar(origin unknown..i dnt know what kind of wood it has )no result even on google search...so under this condition if I like to go for duncan pickups will it be worthy enough to spend the money on it...this one was my first electric guitar which i bought from a local music store 7 years back which plays pretty well when played with processor via sony hi-end MDR XB series headphones...can handle dirty patches or tube amp like presets pretty well (never tried on amp tough) currently I have Ibanez RGA42FM...any kind of suggestions and feedbacks are most welcome...Thank you

@maximilianmoy

4 жыл бұрын

Not a lame question at all. If i were you, I would play that guitar through an amp with proper speakers first, if you're in a band, take it to rehearsal and listen to it as you play it in a live setting. And THEN decide from there. Headphones and processors only give you a certain dimension of the sound. Good luck!

@subha517

4 жыл бұрын

@@maximilianmoy thanks for your reply mate 😇 but I am not professional so I dont have that kind of setup to test...but as that 100 buck guitar was my first electric guitar so I am kind of emotionally attached with her as well...thats why I was thinking otherwise 🙂

@stringdoc

4 жыл бұрын

@@subha517 in that case, I would definitely invest in a set of new pickups. Listen to soundclips of several that interest you, but I would definitely recommend a DiMarzio Super Distortion in the bridge.

What tuning is this? These riffs are absolute fire, man.

@maximilianmoy

5 жыл бұрын

drop D, thanks for watchin!

What is your filming set up?

Do you think the Alumitones would work well in a PRS?

@maximilianmoy

3 жыл бұрын

answer is here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4GE0LRxmsKWftY.html Thanks for watching!

@bobwasmycat

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, they do. They add range

Great video! Did you use 250k or 500k pots with the Alumitone?

@maximilianmoy

5 жыл бұрын

thank you! They're 500k pots. Though I know lace recommends 250

I couldn't help but notice the ambulance in the background. Then it disappeared.

@maximilianmoy

4 жыл бұрын

city life.

time consumer riff?

Interesting what different people hear. Alumitone sound over the Duncan. In a song no one would notice the difference. So it would come down to ones own personal preference.

Thanks for the comparison. They sound very different. The Invader has a lot of mids, and the Alumintone sound incredibly scooped.

@maximilianmoy

5 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

Lace for clean but definitely Duncan for dirty

Invaders are warmer in distortion, more clear and sweeter bass ... Alumitones sound more consistent and direct... The attack can be distinguished better I skipped the clean section, so, everything I heard is with distortion

Is that the regular Alumitone or the Deathbucker?

@maximilianmoy

4 жыл бұрын

Admiral, This is the regular alumitone, NOT the deathbucker.

@Admiral_Bongo

4 жыл бұрын

@@maximilianmoy Thank you.

Is the guitar out of tune or do you need to intonate?

@maximilianmoy

3 жыл бұрын

might be fretting too hard

Allumitones appear generally darker....

I wish people would stop using words like "warmer" to describe sound. It isn't fucking warmer. Its producing less output in the high frequency range. That might be your taste, but the word "Warmer" is grossly misleading because it sounds more appealing than "colder" which is horseshit. All this fuckery came from engineers who worked in studios as techs and couldn't actually play anything so they began using ridiculous jargon like this to make themselves feel better about the fact that they were basically technicians, NOT creatives. The invader has a better representation of the full frequency spectrum, and if you like "warm" (or what I call a lack of high end or over-represented lows and low-mids) then all you have to do is turn down your TONE KNOB. Any bright pickup can be made warm AF by turning down the tone knob. And WTF is "Character?" Really? "CHARACTER". Does the sound pay its bills on time and always tell the truth? GTFOOH with that bullshit. Dont you even get me started on how much "rounder it sounds". Seriously. I will spit on you.

@youztuber5000

Жыл бұрын

Speaking of spit, I'd say the Invader has a wetter, slicker, more open, glassy tone than the alumitones darker, rumbly, crunch. Invader gets snarly brutal when you throw some dirt on the amp, too.

imo Good vid. I prefer the Invader, but-hell-it's not like you can lose with either one. imo

Lace - flat muddy sound

250k pots??

@maximilianmoy

4 жыл бұрын

500k pots, although lace recommends 250k pots. I may try that one day.

@christoph54

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome.. I have one in my fender strat and the pickup is sooo bright. I have no idea what that could be. I do have a 500k pot

@maximilianmoy

4 жыл бұрын

@@christoph54 you have an invader and find it's too bright? or the alumitone? trying a 250k pot is an inexpensive experiment, especially if you know how to solder. Good luck!

@torchlord11

4 жыл бұрын

I started out with 500k on my death bar/ x bar's and then dropped them down to 250k with a 250k resistor across the outer legs of the pot to simulate 120 ish k because I don't have a tone knob at the moment. It seems like the range just dropped some on the knob, meaning, when the pickup was all the way maxed out with my volume knob on 500k the overall ranged decreased some and the high frequencies went down slightly, I'll guesstimate 10 to 15% reduction. I have a really bright amp and speakers so it was a good adjustment considered the lace pickups are pretty hot, bright, and scooped a bit sound-wise. I feel like the Lace recommendation is a good one since now when playing high gain the feedback doesn't happen till I max out my volume knob when playing loud, but before it would a quarter inch away from the max of my volume pot

I liked the Seymour Duncans better.

I prefer the Lace, but way over priced.

Biggest difference I can hear is that the guitar being in tune on the Alumitones haha

Alumitone sounds like it passed through compressor and hi-pass filter. Invader is more brighter, more resonance, it wider, it has more frequencies... Invader much better for me (=

I'm with Invader, it has the right low mids the death/alumi doesnt. Folks. Ever hear of the treble knob? You turn that or/and the presence up a hair then you're kicking the Lace's ass for eternity. Next.

Hate to say it but the invader is definitely more musical.

tune or intonate that guitar man

Alumitone are far the best. Invaders really sucks.

invader definitely wins by a big margin.