[Comments] Latest Comments from Ultimate-Guitar.Com. en-us Copyright 1998-2013 Ultimate-Guitar.Com. All rights reserved. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html webmaster@ultimate-guitar.com Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:53:41 -0500 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:56:42 -0500 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/img/logo_rss.gif http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ 144 44 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_1 POSTED: 12/02/2007 12:12am]]> Comments Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:12:35 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_2

POSTED: 12/04/2007 04:24pm]]> Comments Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:24:16 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_3 POSTED: 12/06/2007 02:14am]]> Comments Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:14:31 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_4 POSTED: 12/06/2007 10:34am]]> Comments Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:34:34 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_5 POSTED: 12/15/2007 10:14am]]> Comments Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:14:21 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_6 POSTED: 12/15/2007 10:16am]]> Comments Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:16:58 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_7 POSTED: 12/15/2007 10:17am]]> Comments Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:17:51 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_8 POSTED: 12/16/2007 09:30pm]]> Comments Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:30:49 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_9 Lance Verinto wrote:
Convictionless is an idiot. Anyone that hates EMGs has to be either brain damaged from lack of metal or just a country ****er.

He has a point actually, EMG's aren't the epitome of active pickups like some people say. In my opinion the EMG 81/85's are quite shallow sounding.
POSTED: 12/20/2007 01:25pm]]> Comments Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:25:02 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_10 POSTED: 12/25/2007 05:28am]]> Comments Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:28:01 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_11 POSTED: 12/25/2007 01:19pm]]> Comments Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:19:35 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_12
And yea EMGs are quite one dimensional, cleans arent even that great. I'd go with a DiMArzio, they are the epitome of expressive pickups.
POSTED: 12/31/2007 10:27pm]]> Comments Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:27:09 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_13 POSTED: 01/01/2008 05:11am]]> Comments Tue, 01 Jan 2008 05:11:58 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_14 HAIL DIME R.I.P.
POSTED: 01/11/2008 12:03am]]> Comments Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:03:23 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_15 POSTED: 02/15/2008 09:02am]]> Comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:02:09 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_16 POSTED: 03/20/2008 09:13am]]> Comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:13:42 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_17 HELLSHREDD wrote:

I tried these pickups in a custom strat & they sound great , but EMG fricken rules , all the big bands use EMG-81 & 85 & both my axes have them...And that dude that says he hates EMG-s has to be whacked or a banjo picker!
so what? is everybody trying to sound like your "big bands". some people want to sound original, and not everyone buys gear solely based on the gear that their favorite bands use.
POSTED: 05/01/2008 06:52am]]> Comments Thu, 01 May 2008 06:52:50 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_18

POSTED: 05/01/2008 08:21am]]> Comments Thu, 01 May 2008 08:21:03 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_19 POSTED: 05/01/2008 08:37am]]> Comments Thu, 01 May 2008 08:37:38 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_20
I'm looking for a good metal pup, and I think that maybe I could find a better quality seymore duncan but i'm gonna reserve my opinion till i can actually hear one for myself.

you are all wankers, all the brands posted here seem probably have ass pickups and great ones, you have to check out the quality level.

wow.
POSTED: 05/01/2008 12:20pm]]> Comments Thu, 01 May 2008 12:20:17 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_21 Lance Verinto wrote:

Convictionless is an idiot. Anyone that hates EMGs has to be either brain damaged from lack of metal or just a country ****er.Or someone who likes tone. Look, EMGs have a pretty good and balanced sound and all, but i would never use them. They sound too.."clean" with distortion. They sound fake, you don't get the same tone you would with passive. Not every heavy band ever uses EMGs too, just so you know.
POSTED: 05/01/2008 03:08pm]]> Comments Thu, 01 May 2008 15:08:14 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_22 bambusa wrote:

I rekon EMG's sound better run at 18V not 9V. I have gone back to passive pickups - more tonal texture and emotion in them. But hey I don't play metal I play rock. So go ahead and hack on that but remember thats my opinion from experience - you don't have to agree.

Definitely. There are tons of heavy bands that use passive pickups too. You don't have use a certain type of gear to play the music you like.
POSTED: 05/01/2008 03:10pm]]> Comments Thu, 01 May 2008 15:10:48 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_23 Active EMG pickups sort of... takes the character out of the guitar. I haven't tried active pickups from some other brand than EMG, maybe other brands are better.
And a thing to have in mind in the war between passive and active pickups, In the early recordings of Nile they used passive Jazz-pickups and the sound they got is much heavier than many bands out there with their pretty little EMG 81/85 set.
On topic, I've wanted to try the SD Invader for a long time, just becouse many says that it is a damn good pickup and some says that it's the shittiest SD ever made. And as we say in Sweden "The taste is like the butt, parted".
POSTED: 05/01/2008 04:02pm]]> Comments Thu, 01 May 2008 16:02:29 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_24
And pickups are all a matter of preference...One person may think EMG's are the best and somebody may think Duncans are the best...So insted of bashing somebody else, then you should respect other guitarist's preferences...We are all in the same boat here...

I love Duncan and Dimarzio, they are my personal favorites...but just because EMG isnt my favorite, doesnt mean I am going to bash them...

The only thing's we guitarists should all bash is First Act guitars and Line 6 Spider amps...
:-D
Just Kidding...I suppose you have a right to like those two.
lol
POSTED: 05/01/2008 04:27pm]]> Comments Thu, 01 May 2008 16:27:34 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_25 TDAJGuitarist wrote:

I have Invaders in my Ibanez Artist and I love them...

And pickups are all a matter of preference...One person may think EMG's are the best and somebody may think Duncans are the best...So insted of bashing somebody else, then you should respect other guitarist's preferences...We are all in the same boat here...

I love Duncan and Dimarzio, they are my personal favorites...but just because EMG isnt my favorite, doesnt mean I am going to bash them...

The only thing's we guitarists should all bash is First Act guitars and Line 6 Spider amps...
:-D
Just Kidding...I suppose you have a right to like those two.
lol

Well written. EMG's are not bad pickups neither is SD, Dimarzio, Bill Lawrence, Gibson, Ultra-Sonic and all other brands. It is TOTALY up to each everyone of us to choose the pickups that has the sound for our individual style of music.

And on the Line 6 Spider thing... they actually sound like crap, so let's all bash 'em. (but I'm sure there is someone out there who likes 'em)
POSTED: 05/01/2008 04:37pm]]> Comments Thu, 01 May 2008 16:37:43 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_26 TDAJGuitarist wrote:

I have Invaders in my Ibanez Artist and I love them...

And pickups are all a matter of preference...One person may think EMG's are the best and somebody may think Duncans are the best...So insted of bashing somebody else, then you should respect other guitarist's preferences...We are all in the same boat here...

I love Duncan and Dimarzio, they are my personal favorites...but just because EMG isnt my favorite, doesnt mean I am going to bash them...

The only thing's we guitarists should all bash is First Act guitars and Line 6 Spider amps...
:-D
Just Kidding...I suppose you have a right to like those two.
lol

you know not all first act guitars are bad?
they make high end custom ones for some guitarists that sound really good.
and line 6 spider amps are certainly not the best, but they are great begginer practice amps(the 15 watt ones, anything is a waste really)

so how about we just dont bash anything. id rather be a great guitar player with shitty gear than a shitty guitar player with great gear.
POSTED: 05/01/2008 04:49pm]]> Comments Thu, 01 May 2008 16:49:09 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_27 POSTED: 05/01/2008 06:03pm]]> Comments Thu, 01 May 2008 18:03:08 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_28 Its all in the fingers and your attack on the strings - not whose pickups you use.
POSTED: 05/01/2008 06:21pm]]> Comments Thu, 01 May 2008 18:21:52 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_29 POSTED: 05/01/2008 07:52pm]]> Comments Thu, 01 May 2008 19:52:49 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_30 TDAJGuitarist wrote:

I have Invaders in my Ibanez Artist and I love them...

And pickups are all a matter of preference...One person may think EMG's are the best and somebody may think Duncans are the best...So insted of bashing somebody else, then you should respect other guitarist's preferences...We are all in the same boat here...

I love Duncan and Dimarzio, they are my personal favorites...but just because EMG isnt my favorite, doesnt mean I am going to bash them...

The only thing's we guitarists should all bash is First Act guitars and Line 6 Spider amps...
:-D
Just Kidding...I suppose you have a right to like those two.
lol

Hey I dont find anything at all wrong with my Line 6 amp and i got the half stack. I dont find it a waste at all. And ive been trying to see wat would be betted the SD Invader or Blackout.
POSTED: 05/01/2008 08:17pm]]> Comments Thu, 01 May 2008 20:17:06 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_31 oakn wrote:
And as we say in Sweden "The taste is like the butt, parted".
ahahha. You crazy swedes you!
POSTED: 05/01/2008 08:41pm]]> Comments Thu, 01 May 2008 20:41:01 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_32 Lance Verinto wrote:

Convictionless is an idiot. Anyone that hates EMGs has to be either brain damaged from lack of metal or just a country ****er.

EMG's don't always sound good. It depends on the guitar, and especially the amp. ou almost have to have something like a high end Randall or Boogie to get good tone with EMG's. I agree with everyone else that they can make the sound a bit cold as well.

Just my two cents.
POSTED: 05/01/2008 09:08pm]]> Comments Thu, 01 May 2008 21:08:09 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_33 Sound Mind wrote:

HELLSHREDD wrote:

I tried these pickups in a custom strat & they sound great , but EMG fricken rules , all the big bands use EMG-81 & 85 & both my axes have them...And that dude that says he hates EMG-s has to be whacked or a banjo picker!

so what? is everybody trying to sound like your "big bands". some people want to sound original, and not everyone buys gear solely based on the gear that their favorite bands use.

+1
eveyone i know is concentrated on sounding like nothing else. Something original. Sure, we use bands we like as reference to our own music but when you LIKE a band that is completely different than BEING another band. oh and on the EMG's... I would never own them.
POSTED: 05/01/2008 09:32pm]]> Comments Thu, 01 May 2008 21:32:15 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_34 POSTED: 05/01/2008 09:50pm]]> Comments Thu, 01 May 2008 21:50:09 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_35
POSTED: 05/01/2008 09:52pm]]> Comments Thu, 01 May 2008 21:52:27 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_36 oakn wrote:

Every time someone put a review on a pickup thats not EMG, everybody goes "EMG is the best". Well I say f*ck you, the choice of pickups is totaly individual. I have EMG 81 and 85 in my Les Paul, and a Gibson 500T in my SG and I can tell that i like passive pickups more than active ones.
Active EMG pickups sort of... takes the character out of the guitar. I haven't tried active pickups from some other brand than EMG, maybe other brands are better.
And a thing to have in mind in the war between passive and active pickups, In the early recordings of Nile they used passive Jazz-pickups and the sound they got is much heavier than many bands out there with their pretty little EMG 81/85 set.
On topic, I've wanted to try the SD Invader for a long time, just becouse many says that it is a damn good pickup and some says that it's the shittiest SD ever made. And as we say in Sweden "The taste is like the butt, parted".


this guys right. its all about individual taste.
some people like emgs others may preffer dimarzio.
who gives a flying **** let them like whatever they want to!!
POSTED: 05/01/2008 11:07pm]]> Comments Thu, 01 May 2008 23:07:42 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_37 call them what you want to, he's got great tone
POSTED: 05/02/2008 04:18am]]> Comments Fri, 02 May 2008 04:18:36 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_38 nick_b wrote:

these are the ones syn from A7X uses arent they?
call them what you want to, he's got great tone
yeah his are slightly different but basically the same. ive got the synyster custom and love invaders. easy pinched harmonics and deep heavy riffs are easily acheived.
POSTED: 05/17/2008 08:49am]]> Comments Sat, 17 May 2008 08:49:00 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_39 POSTED: 07/01/2008 04:24pm]]> Comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:24:18 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_40 XxAvantGardexX wrote:

Listen you stupid metalhead, why don't you stop bashing other people and go cut yourself?

And yea EMGs are quite one dimensional, cleans arent even that great. I'd go with a DiMArzio, they are the epitome of expressive pickups.
POSTED: 07/07/2008 08:03pm]]> Comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:03:13 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_41 Flying VFTW wrote:

I put these in my epiphoneflying v and It s gone all tele caster ish is that the guitar or is something wronjg witht the way I put it in? Now that's different! I think you must have wired it wrong. I have two guitars with Invaders, and couldn't get a twangy sound at gunpoint
POSTED: 08/10/2008 06:59pm]]> Comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:59:01 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_42 POSTED: 08/20/2008 02:49pm]]> Comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:49:31 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_43 one thing.
SD Blackouts pwn EMG-81/85's asses
POSTED: 08/28/2008 08:55am]]> Comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:55:03 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_44 whosamerica wrote:

any metalhead who says this pup is crap hasn't heard it used for anything but blink 182. and tom uses a strat through a boogie dual rect with the treble and presence cranked, obviously its not gonna sound apealing cuz he has a really high end eq. go listen to a7x's last 2 albums to hear just how good it can sound with a more balanced setup. (its in the syn gates custom.)

or lamb of god
but my opion is that its to muddy i love other peoples invaders but i bought one put it in a kelly then a esp mh250nt now its back at the shop i bought it. i just couldnt find a lead tone with it now rythm players will love it i think
POSTED: 09/08/2008 03:22pm]]> Comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:22:58 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_45 POSTED: 10/09/2008 12:04pm]]> Comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:04:01 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_46 petey gunnz wrote:

ive only heard good things about these bad boys,only downside these on clean is complete garbage

How do you mean about the cleans? like what does it sound like (besides garbage lol)?
POSTED: 10/12/2008 12:04pm]]> Comments Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:04:23 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_47
but then again the clean on most EMGs are pretty fail too so id take these over EMGs any day, not to mention the price difference.

That is all.
POSTED: 10/17/2008 01:03am]]> Comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:03:52 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_48 The only thing's we guitarists should all bash is First Act guitars and Line 6 Spider amps... I have a Line 6 Spider Valve head and the tone the i get out of it live is clear! fat! and tight like the virgin mary herself. I will admit I use a E.Q. pedal and a noise gate but other than that its a great product for its price range! I run that with my ESP Alexi Laiho Custom shop pink sawtooth and my ESP Custom Shop Eclipse both with blackouts.... these pickups are insane!!!!!
POSTED: 11/18/2008 09:35am]]> Comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:35:06 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_49 POSTED: 12/04/2008 05:10am]]> Comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:10:53 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_50 POSTED: 01/01/2009 12:28pm]]> Comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:28:25 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_51 POSTED: 01/30/2009 02:51pm]]> Comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:51:56 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_52
Try a set of Blackouts in any guitar that will fit them, and you wont be disappointed. I have a set in my Epi SG and they sound utterly delicious. I have used EMGs before, and I have to say, they sound a little diluted.
POSTED: 02/04/2009 07:01pm]]> Comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:01:23 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_53 POSTED: 02/09/2009 12:13pm]]> Comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:13:29 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_54
POSTED: 02/09/2009 12:15pm]]> Comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:15:43 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_55
POSTED: 02/09/2009 12:19pm]]> Comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:19:10 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_56 [quote]XxAvantGardexX wrote:

Listen you stupid metalhead, why don't you stop bashing other people and go cut yourself?

quote]
POSTED: 02/18/2009 08:01pm]]> Comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:01:34 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_57 i luv a7x
i have emgs
there not horrible
but its down to opinion
POSTED: 03/01/2009 11:32pm]]> Comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:32:16 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_58 convictionless wrote:

actually this pickup is considered one of seymour duncans worst pickups ever made. id rather put a emg in my guitar it has better tone...and i hate emgs. this review was probly made within the week of you using these.

no actually I'm using it for a year now (almost) and it still is the best pickup ever!

POSTED: 03/29/2009 06:43am]]> Comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:43:35 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_59 You could even have one pickup in your guitar with this one, i dont even use the EMG that i have in my neck because this one is so much of a beast!
POSTED: 04/05/2009 11:07am]]> Comments Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:07:10 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_60
POSTED: 06/01/2009 02:59pm]]> Comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:59:45 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_61 POSTED: 06/01/2009 04:09pm]]> Comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:09:04 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_62 didnt think it posted
POSTED: 06/01/2009 04:31pm]]> Comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:31:15 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_63 POSTED: 06/13/2009 04:27pm]]> Comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:27:35 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_64 POSTED: 08/04/2009 06:49am]]> Comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:49:36 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_65 Arnster wrote: hey ppl i desperatly need someones opinion on wether its worth getting this pickup(bridge) coz ive got an banez RG that came with INF3 pickups, personaly i think theyr crap but i dont have a clue bout pickups.i need a rock/metall sound.
I played an RG with the same pickup in the bridge, and compared to my standard RG it sounded amazing, awesome heavy sound, good amount of bass, a bit muddy but worth it if you want crazy riffs or a good rock/metal rhythm sound
POSTED: 08/26/2009 03:19pm]]> Comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:19:10 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_66 POSTED: 08/26/2009 03:22pm]]> Comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:22:02 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_67 Zeldaik wrote:

Anyone know any good settings for tone with these.
if you want a punk sound (realy common with these babies), put the conture up fulla nd you lead on 3 -4. but i have a marshall jcm 900 high gain dual reverb, and it dosnt have a conture knob so i just chuck the gain up full and it blows peoples minds away
POSTED: 01/13/2010 02:15am]]> Comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:15:47 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_68 POSTED: 01/13/2010 02:18am]]> Comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:18:20 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_69 oakn wrote:

Every time someone put a review on a pickup thats not EMG, everybody goes "EMG is the best". Well I say f*ck you, the choice of pickups is totaly individual. I have EMG 81 and 85 in my Les Paul, and a Gibson 500T in my SG and I can tell that i like passive pickups more than active ones.
Active EMG pickups sort of... takes the character out of the guitar. I haven't tried active pickups from some other brand than EMG, maybe other brands are better.
And a thing to have in mind in the war between passive and active pickups, In the early recordings of Nile they used passive Jazz-pickups and the sound they got is much heavier than many bands out there with their pretty little EMG 81/85 set.
On topic, I've wanted to try the SD Invader for a long time, just becouse many says that it is a damn good pickup and some says that it's the shittiest SD ever made. And as we say in Sweden "The taste is like the butt, parted".

EMG 81/85 in a LP
*bows*
POSTED: 02/21/2010 10:08pm]]> Comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:08:55 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_70
SEYMOUR DUNCAN ROCKS!! The Invader (though not for everyone) is no exception.
POSTED: 03/03/2010 11:05am]]> Comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:05:58 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_71 POSTED: 08/15/2010 05:56pm]]> Comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:56:48 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_72 xMikeyxMetalx wrote:
you know not all first act guitars are bad?
they make high end custom ones for some guitarists that sound really good.
and line 6 spider amps are certainly not the best, but they are great begginer practice amps(the 15 watt ones, anything is a waste really)

so how about we just dont bash anything. id rather be a great guitar player with shitty gear than a shitty guitar player with great gear.

You are right about the first act guitar's. Some of them are not bad but they have a lot that are very cheap. Personally, even a great guitar player can sound like poop if he is playing on poop gear. A lot of what makes a guitar player great, is what he/she plays out of.

I just bought an invader yesterday I am interested in how it will sound. I bought it for my Schecter C1-Elite to swap out the stock "duncan design" passive pick ups. My friend had put EMG's in his C1-Elite to basically, make it a hell raiser. I have a hell raiser too so I wanted to try and see what a passive "metal" pick up might sound like on my C1.

When it comes to active pick ups, personally i prefer the Seymour Duncan black outs for metal. EMG's are great but the black outs are insane.

I really wanted to get some Bare-Knuckle Warpig pick ups. They were a little out of my price range at the time though. So i'll see what this invader can do. If it isn't that great, I'll sell it on ebay and snag a warpig when i can.

POSTED: 09/08/2010 07:21am]]> Comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:21:22 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_73
POSTED: 11/19/2010 08:11am]]> Comments Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:11:56 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_74
Yeah, we swedes says a lot of things, me myself, I'm more of Seymour Duncan man
POSTED: 11/24/2010 11:16am]]> Comments Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:16:21 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_75 POSTED: 11/24/2010 04:38pm]]> Comments Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:38:55 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_76
- Synester Gates uses it, and he does not sludge, no way no how.
POSTED: 02/07/2011 07:11pm]]> Comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:11:07 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_77 POSTED: 02/14/2011 10:30pm]]> Comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:30:25 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_78 HELLSHREDD wrote:
EMG fricken rules , all the big bands use EMG-81 & 85 If you want that generic bullshit metalcore sound everyone has nowadays, those are great pickups for sure.
POSTED: 04/23/2011 08:47pm]]> Comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:47:35 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_79 POSTED: 04/23/2011 08:55pm]]> Comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:55:25 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_80 POSTED: 05/05/2011 04:30am]]> Comments Thu, 05 May 2011 04:30:41 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_81 POSTED: 06/28/2011 08:42am]]> Comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:42:01 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_82 POSTED: 07/31/2011 09:28am]]> Comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 09:28:58 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_83 a good pedal would make a big difference to it though i guess
POSTED: 08/19/2011 07:21pm]]> Comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:21:37 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_84 POSTED: 09/16/2011 01:58pm]]> Comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:58:24 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_85 POSTED: 09/18/2011 05:08pm]]> Comments Sun, 18 Sep 2011 17:08:05 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_86 DiMarzios r my pick any time
POSTED: 10/03/2011 05:30am]]> Comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 05:30:34 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_87 The only issue I have with it is the magnants are soooo strong you need to have the pickup set farther away from the strings or else it will kill you string sustain....really! You really need to hold on to your screwdriver too the pickup WILL pull the screwdriver out of your aim and fingers.
POSTED: 12/26/2011 01:14am]]> Comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 01:14:12 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_88 POSTED: 01/15/2012 06:22am]]> Comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:22:53 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_89 POSTED: 04/01/2012 12:06pm]]> Comments Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:06:39 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_90 BFMVRocker wrote:

EMGs EMGs Seymour Duncans Seymour Duncans Has anyone forgot about DiMarzios?
DiMarzios r my pick any time

dimarzio suck... my bad
POSTED: 05/11/2012 12:50pm]]> Comments Fri, 11 May 2012 12:50:39 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_91 POSTED: 05/14/2012 10:38am]]> Comments Mon, 14 May 2012 10:38:07 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_92 HELLSHREDD wrote:

I tried these pickups in a custom strat & they sound great , but EMG fricken rules , all the big bands use EMG-81 & 85 & both my axes have them...And that dude that says he hates EMG-s has to be whacked or a banjo picker!

Dear Numbnut... I have several guitars with EMG's and I love them just like I love the SH-8 Invader in combination with 2 hotrails in my kramer striker 211... yet I also play banjo. Now what? still wanna wack me?
it all depends on what sound you like and what you want to play. Not what all the big bands use...
POSTED: 07/19/2012 04:09pm]]> Comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:09:09 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_93 POSTED: 08/17/2012 04:23am]]> Comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:23:40 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_94 POSTED: 01/10/2013 11:09pm]]> Comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:09:09 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/seymour_duncan/sh-8_invader/index.html#u_95 Loved it, I hate my sh6 I have. The sh8 is way better. I had no problem with cleans, turn your volume down and get a treble bleed circuit if you still cant get a good clean.

And DO NOT GET THEM to close to the strings. They WILL pull on the strings and cut into your sustain.

PS these are better than EMGs
POSTED: 01/16/2013 12:56am]]> Comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:56:42 -0500