Dimarzio Super Distortion users

[SongsForTheDeaf]

Re: Dimarzio Super Distortion users

I hav eone in my Telecaster I love it. It is a great classic rock pickup the review is here.

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2013/48280/rev...get-any-hotter

Great review!! I did not know they made the Super D in single coil form!

I just did some research and found out some very embarrassing news... after starting this thread it turns out my Ibanez actually has a Dimarzio Tone zone not a Super D.... I got it used and was told it was a Super D but after doing some research on the pickup output and look of the pole pieces its a tone zone!

I feel stupid but this thread may live on !

[UberMetalDood]

Re: Dimarzio Super Distortion users

I have heard players of all styles use it. A friend of mine plays mostly clean jazz and uses one with a Bluesbucker neck in his Gibson ES335. I think it's one of the most amazing pickups you can buy because it has been widely used for so long and it never goes out of style. It just has the right amount of everything, it cleans up fairly well with the guitar volume, and the output is very manageable by adjusting the pickup height without fear of losing something in the tone. It's relatively dark yet somehow has plenty of attitude and bite, and it hardly ever gets harsh. There are just some pickups which are that good.

[SongsForTheDeaf]

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really ? I always thought jazz players used low output humbuckers but I guess it makes sense to use a high output for a thicker sound

[UberMetalDood]

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really ? I always thought jazz players used low output humbuckers but I guess it makes sense to use a high output for a thicker sound

Yeah that's what surprised me, but he told me that he got the idea from another Jazz player so I'm assuming that it's a rather common pickup for that style of music. Then you find guys on the Dimarzio website who play all that jazz stuff and they're using high output pickups. I like the way it sounds when you use a high output pickup on a totally clean amp. They have more girth, punch, and seem to cut through a little more. I have a D-Sonic which sounds fantastic with at totally clean amp like the Port City Pearl.

[Lake Placid Blues]

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Al diMeola used the Super D in Les Pauls to play fusion jazz. Alan Holdsworth's signature Duncan is based on the JB so not all jazz is played on low output pickups, nor is all jazz music mellow.

I just did some research and found out some very embarrassing news... after starting this thread it turns out my Ibanez actually has a Dimarzio Tone zone not a Super D.... I got it used and was told it was a Super D but after doing some research on the pickup output and look of the pole pieces its a tone zone!

I feel stupid but this thread may live on !

LOL The TZ is a great pickup for a guitar with a case of the way too brites. So is the Super D eq wise but I can still hear that ceramic cut so the alnico V TZ is a great alternative. The TZ has got enourmous bottom that is hard to get with anico II such as a Custom Custom in such cases.

[SongsForTheDeaf]

Re: Dimarzio Super Distortion users

LOL The TZ is a great pickup for a guitar with a case of the way too brites. So is the Super D eq wise but I can still hear that ceramic cut so the alnico V TZ is a great alternative. The TZ has got enourmous bottom that is hard to get with anico II such as a Custom Custom in such cases.

ahaha yeah i'm embarassed!

the TZ has ALOT of bottom like you mentioned and I had the Custom custom aswell in a godin LG before but found it too sparkly/thin

Love this tone zone , I will admit I always thought that Seymour Duncan was the be all end all of pickups but this dimarzio might be my favorite humbucker so far, sorry Seymour!

[Inder_Cine_Mann]

Re: Dimarzio Super Distortion users

The Tone Zone rules

[SongsForTheDeaf]

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could not agree more, never thought I would use a high output humbucker in my main guitar but it sounds so full!

[dkal24]

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I have an old Super D that is not wax potted. It has a beautiful open airy sound to it but you do need to be careful with the gain or you will get some feedback.

I have this pickup in a Tele now and it sounds great clean or with the crunch on.

[MkIII Renegade]

Re: Dimarzio Super Distortion users

I love the Super D. I have one in my Iceman paired with an Air Norton neck

This is a great combo. I'm old school about including the SD at the bridge, but very much new school when it comes to the neck---love the clarity and smoothness of the Air Norton!! Never muddy or flabby.

[phred]

Re: Dimarzio Super Distortion users

I have one on this and it is smokin.