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My set of Newark Street HB2s came in! I've already torn one apart and am going to write up my findings. As usual I feel myself going down the rabbit hole which is how my articles never get finished (I have something like 18 unfinished articles on pickups), so I'm going to try and keep this one simple... -ish.
My gut reaction is that they can't possibly be as good, but I'll get into that detail in the article.
As a teaser as to why I think that, here's a pic for you all to obsess and argue about while I write. Vintage HB1 on the left, Newark St. HB2 on the right.
OK maybe one gut reaction before I go to bed (it's 3am). Someone commented in another thread that the Newark St. HB2s sound generic. That wouldn't surprise me because looking at them, they seem to be generic pickups in an HB1-style cover. There's more to it than that, but I need sleep. Or coffee... no, definitely sleep. Probably.
(I may be sleep deprived)
My gut reaction is that they can't possibly be as good, but I'll get into that detail in the article.
As a teaser as to why I think that, here's a pic for you all to obsess and argue about while I write. Vintage HB1 on the left, Newark St. HB2 on the right.
OK maybe one gut reaction before I go to bed (it's 3am). Someone commented in another thread that the Newark St. HB2s sound generic. That wouldn't surprise me because looking at them, they seem to be generic pickups in an HB1-style cover. There's more to it than that, but I need sleep. Or coffee... no, definitely sleep. Probably.
(I may be sleep deprived)