Recent content by Theobalt

Hi! Lately, I realised that on my four electric guitars, three of them have a Dimarzio neck pickup and a SD bridge pickup. The fourth guitar has stock pickups that are beasts, so no swapping here for the next few eternities... Hence, for now, all pickup swapping operations led to Dimarzio at...

Hey! My main drive pedals are a Rat and a Big Muff Green Russian. I really like both, but these two prefer different settings on my amp. The rat prefer fenderish mid-scooped amps to shine, while a big muff sounds best on mid-pushed amps. On my blackstar I can alternate between both voicings...

Hi! I installed an APS-1 pickup on my guitar, but the G string is significantly louder than other strings. Is it possible to push down the magnet pole under the G string? Or is there any other solution? Thanks!

Hi! I just got a second hand fuzz face mini (the blue one) at a nice price and I am exploring the possibilities. Everything was working fine, until I plugged my EHX Hot Wax before the fuzz face. Then everything is super loud, even with the Hot Wax off. The hot wax is about my only buffered...

Hi! In the last week, my amp is getting honkier. Could it be because of a dying tube? I have a Blackstar HT40 MKII. Thanks!

Dimarzio has no alnico 2 humbuckers or single coils?!? Any reason to that?!?

HI! I was wondering if anyone of you ever tried the True Velvets and the SSL-1 in neck position on the same guitar. How are they different? I currently have a true velvet in neck position, but it sounds maybe a bit too "surf" for me. I'd like to have a bit more bass and a more "Gilmourish"...

Hi! I am having fun switching around pickups on the same guitar. I have a SSL-5, a FS-1 and a True Velvet. Just to hear what they do at different places. At the neck position, the FS-1 shows more bass and more treble and less mids than the SSL5, which seems to be all mids. But I would not say...

Hi! I have a PAF7 in an Ibanez Apex 2 as a neck pickup (the guitar came stock with two PAF7, the bridge is now a black winter). I really like how responsive this pickup is. It can sound soft or bite only with the attack of the pick. I really like that bite (that snarl? English isn't my first...

Hi! I discovered Thomann's website some times ago. They sell about any pickup from Dimarzio and Seymour Duncan. https://www.thomann.de/ I was wondering what you guys think about the soundclips they provide on their website. They seem to be giving a good idea of the tone of pickups, but the...

Hi! I was wondering about the polarity and the winding of Dimarzio's single coils. I already have a SD SSL-5 in a stratlike guitar, and I was planning to pair it with True Velvet pickups. So, a SSL-5 with a RWRP True Velvet should provide a hum cancelling combination, except if for some reason...

Hi! This one is mainly for the sake of curiosity... I have a Godin XTSA (mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard and silvered maple body with poplar wings, which to the best of my knowledge is somewhat similar to a mahogany body, maybe a bit brighter IMO) and I am looking to swap the stock bridge...

Hi! For my next guitar surgery, I am planning to add connectors, to easily swap pickups in the future without further soldering. Anyone of you ever tried such a thing? Is there any known drawbacks? Thanks!

Hi all! I am looking for some advices in choosing a pickup. I bought a used Ibanez Apex 2 a few months ago, with the objective of having fun with a 7 strings beast. This guitar came with the two stock Dimarzio PAF7 pickups. The thing it is that since they are identical pickups, they sound...