Just replaced my Dimarzios with 3 Duncans and......

[tone4days]

Re: Just replaced my Dimarzios with 3 Duncans and......

congrats on the pup swap ... glad to see a fellow ibanez "S" player taking the axe to the next level of tone !!

cheers,
t4d

[Xeromus]

Re: Just replaced my Dimarzios with 3 Duncans and......

Xeromus, how about distorted cool rails? is it better than a lil 59??

I don't know if I'd say one is better than the other, just different. Cool rails has more bite and sustain, but it IS a smooth pickup, I do like how there's no volume dropoff with string bends too. The lil 59 is a great sounding pickup too, I really like it in the neck. Kind of a warm vintage vibe but it has high output. Robert said above it's a little higher output than the cool rails. The cool rails sound better split than the 59 though. It's really hard for me to describe the differences. Maybe I'll just post up some clips in the next few days.

[LesStrat]

Re: Just replaced my Dimarzios with 3 Duncans and......

I had the CR in the neck position originally, but I prefer it in the mid position. Of course, one of the reasons I changed it was because the HR in the mid sounded too much like the HR in the bridge. Moving it to the neck and the CR to mid gave more tonal variety.

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Re: Just replaced my Dimarzios with 3 Duncans and......

whihc would you say is better at doing fast neck leads?
lil 59 or cool rails.