OK, a few months back I changed the pickups in my late 70's Daion Power X. Love the way the guitar plays, but the pickups were Daion's version of super distortions. No clean, no warmth, and much higher output (6-7db) than my Strat which has the Fender Alnico Humbuckers. BTW - the Daion is a through the neck design, brass nut, brass tailpiece. Heavy guitar, about 10 pounds. Am not sure what type of wood the body is made of, but I think it's mahogany. Anyway, so we settled on the SD SH2 and SH4 set.
Well, the output is now less and better matched to my Strat, BUT, no warmth here. Nada.....even changed the pots to new CLS's, which helped the clarity, but still no warmth. My knee-jerk is the Daion would be great for hard rock and metal as it is today; not what we play.
So the first question is - do I try a different set of pickups hoping to find the tone I'm looking for, and if so what, OR, do I say screw it, and find another guitar that sounds like I want it to from the get go.
For the latter, I did play an FMT HH Tele yesterday, that had a SD SH1 in the neck and a Pearly Gates in the bridge, and it sounded great. Warmth was there. Same type of neck through design, but not the brass nut and tailpiece. Might be able to swing the guitar in a couple of months - HOWEVER - didn't play and feel as good as my Daion.
So with respect to the pickups; since the pickup combination in the Tele sounded so good, I'm wondering if that is the proper (or better) set for my Daion? Maybe something else? Any help and/or comments would be appreciated! In the big picture, I don't want to spend good money after bad, if you know what I mean, but I do love the way the Daion plays and feels.
Thanks!!
Al
Well, the output is now less and better matched to my Strat, BUT, no warmth here. Nada.....even changed the pots to new CLS's, which helped the clarity, but still no warmth. My knee-jerk is the Daion would be great for hard rock and metal as it is today; not what we play.
So the first question is - do I try a different set of pickups hoping to find the tone I'm looking for, and if so what, OR, do I say screw it, and find another guitar that sounds like I want it to from the get go.
For the latter, I did play an FMT HH Tele yesterday, that had a SD SH1 in the neck and a Pearly Gates in the bridge, and it sounded great. Warmth was there. Same type of neck through design, but not the brass nut and tailpiece. Might be able to swing the guitar in a couple of months - HOWEVER - didn't play and feel as good as my Daion.
So with respect to the pickups; since the pickup combination in the Tele sounded so good, I'm wondering if that is the proper (or better) set for my Daion? Maybe something else? Any help and/or comments would be appreciated! In the big picture, I don't want to spend good money after bad, if you know what I mean, but I do love the way the Daion plays and feels.
Thanks!!
Al
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