One drawback to these MMK pickups is they frequently get microphonic with their age because they weren't potted back then. But it came up in a search so I am just now seeing it for the first time. I've swapped in an Invader but didn't get to string it up yet. I'm pretty sure the 53 has a ceramic magnet. The MMK53 I have measures 11K, so maybe a 500 ohms less than the MMK45. Maybe it does have some balls but damn that high end makes me laugh at anyone who complains the JB is too bright. This pickup (from my memory before I replaced it with the SD in the Aria) was a great pickup with more balls than the MMK45.īTW, both of these (45 and 53) are "wide spaced" - not as wide as trem spaced Duncans, but wider than regular spaced Duncans.Įdit: Ok, I played it some more for before pulling it. The SD has growl and balls, the MMK45 sounds like it would be a great clean bright neck pickup, but just not enough meat for the bridge IMO.Īll of my talk above about the MMK45 was incorrect. It's actually very different from the Screamin Demon in my "similar" alder body Aria Pro II. Wow, talk about bright! Very clear and clean. I took a guess at the wiring and went red hot, black + orange, then brown to ground. With mine, I have a black and red for one coil, an orange and brown for the other coil, and a ground. The pickup coils measure about 5.78K each. It goes with the gold hardware on my Purple DK2. I just installed the MMK45 in an alder body DK2 just to try something different than the HB102B, and it had gold poles (to answer Axewall's question a year and a half late). Re: Old Matsumoku MMK 45, Seymour Duncan equivalent?
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