Ibanez AZ & Seymour Duncan pickups comparison

Ibanez AZ Custom made - Seymour Duncan Pegasus and Antiquity
Ibanez AZ 2204 sfb - Seymour Duncan Five-Two and SNS
Ibanez AZ 2204 b - Seymour Duncan Hyperion
Ibanez AZ 2402 tff - Seymour Duncan Hyperion
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[@BOUZOUKISIGNIS]

Are the single coils combined with the 500 k volume pot just like the humbucker? Or did you use a concentric 250/500k pot?

[@712Jefferson]

Hell of a comparison vid and amazing chops. Thank you so much! Just what I was looking for.

[@blackmirror5559]

... The SSL-52 "Five Twos" shine above the others to my ears with Antiquity a close second especially Clean. ...

[@enricogasperoni]

Thanks Luca, this is probably the best comparison video I've ever seen! I'd love to hear a comparison between an AZ with the hyperion and the ATZ100 (or another AZ with the DiMarzio Cruiser) if you have one available!

[@jmcsquared18]

Those Hyperions are so warm, definitely my favorites of this lot.

[@MusicTutorJay]

Are they available as pickup only, not guitar

[@4572dk]

@@MusicTutorJay nah sadly not.

[@eljevidealmagro]

We are two. I loved this single coils (pickups I never use) they are really balanced and not so hot so I think I could even use them!!

[@martyshwaartz971]

I can’t believe how unbelievably bad those Hyperion singles sounded. I’m sure it’s someones cup of tea, but it lacks chime and fidelity and kind of ruins whats great about the Strat style single coils.

[@jurre83]

The exact reason why i sold my az

[@winiciusstarr3318]

Couldn’t agree more

[@threethej_rock]

​@@jurre83not even replacing the pickups? :

[@shewh0rn]

I have an AZ224BCG. I do not need three more guitars. I do note need three more guitars. I do not need three more guitars. I do not need three more guitars. I do not need three more guitars...

[@JuNNguitar]

I'm surprising to hyperion pickups is sounds really good ..!!

[@LucaMantovanelli]

Yeah, Hyperion sounds very good

[@davidtoro12]

Only Neck and middle, Bridge pickup is terrible

[@pg_natividade]

Which model of Seymour Duncan Antiquity pickup it is?Texas hot or Surfer strat? Thanks for the video!!

[@nathanglass512]

It says so in the top right of video each time guitar changes

[@ralphsmith7845]

Thanks for this video Luca! Yes, same question here! Which antiquity pickups: Texas Hot or Surfer strat? Grazie!

[@LucaMantovanelli]

Texas hot

[@GuitarHugo]

And now an observation and a question: I replaced the Hyperion single coils with Fender Vintara pickups. There is one problem however: pole spacing! To my surprise the Hyperion Pickups have a narrower pole spacing. This aligns the outer poles nicely with the outer strings (narrower string spacing modern bridge...). So the outer poles of the Vintera pickups are not aligning with the high and low E strings. Question: Can I find pickups with a narrower pole spacing somewhere? Since Seymour Duncan makes the Hyperions, do they offer similar spaced replacement pickups?

[@Cpmnk]

The antiquity pickups are sooo good

[@Masterfighterx]

I'm sure you can pare any pickup you want, but there are probably good and bad matches. I don't know if my match is one or the other, but I would put in a Custom 5 in the bridge and do the Antiquity for M+N

[@Cardenasrock]

Madre mía que bien suena la az custom!! Para mi es la guitarra más bonita de todas, y la que suena más bonito en todas las posiciones. Si Ibanez las tuviera en el catálogo, compraría una mañana mismo

[@지범-u6x]

Please allow me know antiquity pickup name!! Suffer or texas hot???

[@nathanglass512]

Antiquities were so clean and spanky, love em'!

[@donjuan3296]

The 2204 b sounds kinda opaque to me, anyone?

[@patrickvanvlooten]

SD52 and Hyperion humbucker for me.

[@LucaMantovanelli]

Nice combo!

[@davidtoro12]

2:52 Pegasus Bridge 3:12 Hyperion Bridge (based on Pegasus) 5:14 Pegasus Crunch 5:46 Hyperion 6:22 Pegasus Full Bridge 6:47 Hyperion Full Bridge

[@johnong2655]

Pegasus sounded quite similar in dynamic range, but bass isn't as much as the Hyperion

[@johnong2655]

7:17 Pegasus Bridge High Gain 8:14 Hyperion Bridge High Gain

[@juankmarte4046]

@@johnong2655 i feel more bass from the Pegasus in this video...they feel similar Pegasus a lil more scooped

[@jmmediaservicesllc919]

Hyperion neck on Black strat sounded great

[@LucaMantovanelli]

Cheers man

[@ricerockit]

Thanks for making this comparison video it was extremely helpful for me, I’m thinking about getting an Ibanez AZ series guitar but not sure which one. I’m surprised how different each guitar sounds, especially in the neck position!

[@philipvalenti6464]

Hi Luca, I was wondering if you had any tuning issues at all with your AZ2204s? Thanks!

[@GuitarHugo]

This represents exactly what I hear in the Hyperion pickups vs "regular" Strat pickups. I just don't like them: middly, flat, no chime/ high end, lifeless...etc. As an experiment I replaced the single coils with Fender Vintera 60's. Much better :-).

[@isuckatguitar6252]

That's exactly why I like the Hyperions, I don't want my Ibanez to sound chimey like my Fender,...need something a bit warmer, boomier & middling for metal.

[@daybreakdaybreakl7767]

What is your favourite combo? Thanks 🙏🏽❤️

[@lelov1392]

IMHO The 2204 custom is the winner for me. The Hyperion ones sounded flat to me.

[@Rocker72]

Good, thought out demonstration. Thanks. For me the best combo would be the SNS/Antiquity.

[@LucaMantovanelli]

Yeah man, good choice

[@juankmarte4046]

How does the Pegasus feel to you?, I think they are quite similar bridge pickups

[@PaulCypert]

Where'd you get the mint guard on the az2204sfb?

[@ZacBarnesMusic]

Great job! I prefer the lower outputs like the antiquities.

[@JD-ey8hw]

How did you get those non-pearloid pickguards for the first two AZs?

[@PaulCypert]

I really want to know that too. Really prefer that mint to the awful pearloid. It shouldn't matter but that'll make a big difference to if I'd buy one 😂

[@valebliz]

Just get a custom pickguard...

[@Chris-ng9vz]

Hyperion all day long Mine on order

[@esbenskovenborg5394]

I wonder - which of these is most similar to the Fortuna pickups in the AZ-2204N model?

[@RobbenBanks153]

Pretty sure they are Five-Two actuality

[@KapnKregg]

I was curious about this as well. I had an Ibanez AZ2204 - with the floating trem and the Hyperion pickups. I recently got an AZ2204n with the Fortuna pickups, and I GREATLY prefer it. The demos of the Five-Two sound pretty similar to the Fortuna pups to my ears. I ended up selling the 2204 and keeping the one with the Fortunas. Made a huge difference in tone and sounds much more vintage.

[@chrisharbin623]

Ah, SD responded. It's only custom order, that is how you might have gotten it?

[@ibanezjjung]

best comparison

[@LucaMantovanelli]

Thanks man

[@chrisharbin623]

Ok, color me confused! First, thanks so much for this vid! Not only excellent playing (not always with youboob vids!) but the comparisons are very enlightening. But I digress, for the confusion..... That "Pegasus" at around 7:15 is EXACTLY the tone I want for a bridge pup! But er, how did you get a nickel/chrome plated one? Did you order it special? The only ones I can find under any circumstances are the black ones, which seem to have distressed poles/screws. Mine is the "premium" HH that is black with all chrome hardware. I'm not a fan of the stock "Hyperion" pups. I don't want distressed though, but I'd really like what you have ;) Any info is appreciated (I also reached out to SD)

[@Terrysoddy]

Man that’s some amazing playing. Nice job

[@АртП-м7ж]

Naaah, I don't know, they all just sound fine! Can't choose the favorite

[@danieledegiorgi9828]

Which antiquities are those?

[@metalhead_1996]

this would be more helpful if other humbuckers like the TB 4 and other seymour duncans were featured,

[@luigicannizzo2669]

CiAo Luca, se' mi comporto bene, forse mi faccio il regalino per natale .. Dai scherzo. .. Le quattro signorine hanno caratteristiche proprie ..: forse le prime due, diciamo le " vintage Style " per i suoni Clean/Crunch .. Le successive, per " hevy - distortion ". .. Cosi', a' primo ascolto mi e' giunto questo come impressione ..!" Comunque, mano impeccabile .. Ti saluto, alla prox ciAo ... ☺😊😀/💙💙💙/👍👌👏👋

[@camaleon10]

Hi Luca. About your custom Ibanez, the only difference are the pickups? The AZ 2204b single coil pickups have a non-brigth sound to me, like others with the same hyperion pickups. It seems like the tone is down.

[@ivanzakk]

great video

[@ShaneStoneOfficial]

The five twos sound the best imo

[@marcr0w]

Grazie Luca! Comparison chiara ed efficace come sempre

[@LucaMantovanelli]

Grazie Marco!

[@giuseppedistefano67]

Ciao luca volevo farti una domanda, qual è precisamente la serie della ibanez az2204 custom perché non riesco a trovarla neanche sul sito, mi da solo altre colorazioni e non monta quell hb seymour Duncan antiquity. È per caso una su tua specifica ?

[@LucaMantovanelli]

Ciao Giuseppe.. la bianca è una custom made.. non è in catalogo, me la fece Ibanez 3 anni fa

[@giuseppedistefano67]

@@LucaMantovanelli ora è tutto più chiaro perché ho spulciato il catalogo moltissime volte e non l'ho trovata. Grazie mille luca, e comunque che suono👍

[@montinicaragua7457]

How did you get the tones? Amp? Sims? Please share this info.

[@LucaMantovanelli]

Neural dsp Nolly

[@Sfcfc]

Onde vende esses caps?

[@robby188]

Grazie a te Luca

[@RockSiffredi]

Hyperion singles sound like a cross between P90 and Humbucker, very interesting

[@EugenioAmbrogio]

Ciao Luca, complimenti sia per come suoni, che per il video comparativa, ora ho solo un problema, ho un'ibanez 2204 e mi sono innamorato dei pickup della tua custom ma non trovo il Pegasus con la cover >.< corro a sentirmi il disco e a gasarmi 😅

[@valebliz]

Basta che compri una cover SD spaziata trembucker e gliela metti...

[@eugenioambrogio9816]

@@valebliz ma il problema non è estetico, il problema è di sonorità, non so se quel pickup è effettivamente il Pegasus o se è altro...

[@valebliz]

@@eugenioambrogio9816 eh? Ma se ha scritto pegasus sarà quello no?

[@mckay91095]

I have to say, beside the Pegasus lead tone, the Hyperion Pickups won every round

[@RawadAMassih]

Thanks for the review. In ur opinion since u tried them all, how much this statement is true, "the HH Hyperion set = Pegasus/Sentient set just for Ibanez"? I love the Pegasus/Sentient i use them on most of my guitars and i really like an Ibanez that has the Hyperions, but i dont want a different tone on stage when i change guitars. Many thanks

[@johnong2655]

Try listening to it carefully. They are quite similar in terms of dynamic range and tone, but it's slightly brighter due to the bass response isn't much as the Hyperion.

[@RawadAMassih]

@@johnong2655 thanks man

[@manonbassguitar]

The Hyperions were badass & meaty!especially for single coils (kinda P-90ish sounding🤘🏼

[@camaleon10]

Excelent comparison!!! One question. The hyperion pickups (with the az2204 b) in your demo, are with the alter switch up or down?

[@LucaMantovanelli]

Thank u! Switch Is down

[@felipesazo9970]

Nice tone comparison