I have been trying to pin down a microphonic feedback issue in my Wolf and to a lesser extent in my Franken-Tele. I had a Barden Two-Tone humbucker lying around and installed it in my Scartlet Fire Wolf (middle position). I love the pickups. I have a set in my Warmoth WGD and have played Strats and Teles with Bardens. They're powerful, clean, and bright. I can hear differences between the Barden and the DiMarzios. I'm not sure if I'm gonna keep and replace the rest of the pickups with Bardens or put the DiMarzio back in. My initial impression is that I like it better with overdrive/distortion, sounds great with the MuTron and phase/chorus/flange effects. The humbucker clean tone is awesome. I'm not totally sold on the coil tapped tone clean. It's great for strumming chords but single note stuff doesn't seem to be as crisp and the coil split DiMarzio. Here's a clip:
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