Does anyone else find the Seymour Duncan SPB-3s too boomy and muffled?
I have a Fendeer MIM Precision and put these on some 12 months ago as that seemed to be the fashion. Yes at home, on quieter volumes, they sounded the bees's knees (what ever that means!) with a fuller bass and clearer treble. Yet with the band, lodged between the drummer and rythym guitarist I have become disappointed with volume levels and the inability to hear the top string and a 'boomy'effect on the bottom string. I even swpaped my amp from a 15inch Trace Elliot Commando to a 2 x10 Marshall MB4210, with a substantial inprovement I might add. But still too much boom especially half way up the neck on the bottom two strings.
So at the weekend I put the stock pups back in. Not as good at home, although I felt you hear the 'PB Growl' clearer. But last night at practice much better. I came to the conclusion that because the SPB-3s are too 'full' I have to lower the volume to compensate for the 'boom/muffled' lower notes which means the higher notes are not heard above the others.
Mind you no-one else noticed last night except I thought I was louder but the rest of band said the volume was the same and you could certainly hear the higher notes on the chorus to The Killers Somebody Told Me.
Am I missing something here or does/did anyone else have this issue. Should I give the SPB-3 s a second chance?