Recent content by Despised

It is, but it sucks that they absolutely refuse to do anything custom at all with thier active pickups... You cant get a Duality 7 neck with white bobbins and black polepieces to match the Machete, nor will they make any kind of Custom Shop active pickup either to any degree...

Then again, DiMarzio has been recommending using the D-Activator 7 neck model in the bridge in a bit more cases lately where the bridge model might be too dark/muddy or too hot for some people's liking... And Vivian Campbell was using an X2N in the neck in his early Dio days too. But having...

This could be solved somewhat by dropping the height of the neck pickup right? I'm just trying to understand how this would work in comparison to - for example, using either a DiMarzio X2N as a neck pickup or in comparison to any other active as a neck pickup (when using the same pickup in the...

Here's an interesting question, and I'm hoping this might yield the answer I'm looking for... Since this is a bridge pickup, I'm curious to know if you could use one as a neck pickup - kinda like an EMG 81, or how you can chose to use either a ceramic or Alnico Blackout or Fishman Fluence...

So I could just order a new 2-way DPDT mini toggle, and rewire it like shown in this diagram on the top right and be good??

In looking at the board on the main switch itself, it looks like the capacitors and resistors - whatever it is they are using for this specific special wiring, those are attached to the main board itself. It looks like its just a main board that the mini switch is soldered to to be able to have...

I am getting a new (to me) Ibanez RGR5227MFX-TFG, and I want to replace the stock 3-way switch and mini toggle coil split switch with Ibanez's Dyna-MIX10 switching system with the Alter Switch... And so far, I cant seem to get the complete Ibanez prewired switch setup, so Im looking to recreate...

Hey all, so I've got a few questions regarding the differences with the parallel modes to start, because I've been kinda curious of the Hyperswitch... How are normal parallel, Out Of Phase Parallel & OOP Reverse Wind Parallel different?? I normally use a DiMarzio EP1112 Multi-pole 5-way...

Hello again all. I need some help with a couple of diagrams. One is for an H/H configuration with the inner coil (bridge neck side coil & neck bridge side coil) split in position 2 and outer coil (bridge bridge side coil & neck neck side coil) split in position 4. The problem I'm having is that...

Hello again all. I need some help with a couple of diagrams. One is for an H/H configuration with the inner coil (bridge neck side coil & neck bridge side coil) split in position 2 and outer coil (bridge bridge side coil & neck neck side coil) split in position 4. The problem I'm having is that...

I just acquired a '19 Ibanez RG752M Desert Sun Yellow and it came with a single Duncan Nazgul 7 in it. But before I tried the Nazgul in it, I put a set of Full Shred 7's in it and I wasn't impressed with it. It has a bit more low end to it than I care for, especially since it's tuned down a...

Hello all! I am wanting to wire in a new set of pickups, yet I can't seem to find the diagram I need for the particular coil split configuration I'm looking for... All the diagrams I'm finding are showing the red & wht on both HB's for the coil splits, but I know this will only be right for one...

Hey guys! So I recently made a wicked score I couldn't say no to: a '99 Ibanez RG7620 for $575!! It has a set of EMG 707's in it which I like, but I'm feeling they could be better... I've used the 707's in Basswood bodied guitars for a while now and like the balanced tonality of the...

I just installed a set of DiMarzio pickups - a Fast Track 2 & 2x SDS-1's - into an LTD ST-213 Strat. The issue I'm finding is that the Fast Track 2 has a good bit more of a midrange spike compared to the Hot Rails. It sounds kinda almost thin/tinny as a single coil, or like a Wah is on in the...

So I am having a tough time trying to decide which would be better to pair with the Hot Rails on the bridge of an LTD ST-213 - a pair of SSL-3's Hot Strat (with the middle RWRP...), or a pair of STK-S2's Hot Stack Strat... The guitar is an Alder body, bolt-on maple neck w/rosewood fingerboard...