Gtrjunior
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Re: Back into the loving arms of the Super Distortion
What Tele do you have it in? The green one?
What Tele do you have it in? The green one?
Back into the loving arms of the Super Distortion
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Dave Locher
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Re: Back into the loving arms of the Super Distortion
I adjusted it high, low, and everything in between. With my setup I can generally get a lot of notes to sustain indefinitely with harmonic feedback, but the frequencies the M22 put out were just not the ones my speakers wanted to feed back. So the notes would just taper off to nothing. It did not change the actual physical sustain of the guitar, it just fought against my amp rather than with it to get that infinite resonant sustain where the speakers vibrate the guitar just enough to keep it singing. I did like the rhythm tone a lot, but with my setup it sounded thin rather than thick for individual notes. Its possible i got a clunker but more likely it just wasn't ideal with this guitar/amp/speakers.
I adjusted it high, low, and everything in between. With my setup I can generally get a lot of notes to sustain indefinitely with harmonic feedback, but the frequencies the M22 put out were just not the ones my speakers wanted to feed back. So the notes would just taper off to nothing. It did not change the actual physical sustain of the guitar, it just fought against my amp rather than with it to get that infinite resonant sustain where the speakers vibrate the guitar just enough to keep it singing. I did like the rhythm tone a lot, but with my setup it sounded thin rather than thick for individual notes. Its possible i got a clunker but more likely it just wasn't ideal with this guitar/amp/speakers.
THRobinson
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Re: Back into the loving arms of the Super Distortion
I'm about to drop a Super Distortion into one of my Agile LPs.
Kinda funny actually... 25yrs ago, bought it used from the local guitar shop, was told it was a Screamin' Demon. Put it into a guitar a few months, then pulled it and sold the guitar. Been in a box on the shelf ever since. Recently got a used Agile AL-2000, wanted to "Boston" it... got a GFS Mean 90, P90 humbucker sized for the neck and was about to buy a DP100 when I on a whim, looked at that old pickup I had and on the back it said DiMarzio DP100.
I knew no better when I was 18, and internet didn't exist... just got back into guitars this year after 20-25yrs. Hoping to do the swap this weekend and see how it sounds.
I'm about to drop a Super Distortion into one of my Agile LPs.
Kinda funny actually... 25yrs ago, bought it used from the local guitar shop, was told it was a Screamin' Demon. Put it into a guitar a few months, then pulled it and sold the guitar. Been in a box on the shelf ever since. Recently got a used Agile AL-2000, wanted to "Boston" it... got a GFS Mean 90, P90 humbucker sized for the neck and was about to buy a DP100 when I on a whim, looked at that old pickup I had and on the back it said DiMarzio DP100.
I knew no better when I was 18, and internet didn't exist... just got back into guitars this year after 20-25yrs. Hoping to do the swap this weekend and see how it sounds.
Dave Locher
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Re: Back into the loving arms of the Super Distortion
We can now add the SH-5 Custom to the list of pickups that sound "good, but just not quite as good as the Super D to me" list.
Seriously, all those pickups I tried were very good (except maybe the L90), but none were better for me than the SD. I'm shopping for another one right now. Double creme, of course.
We can now add the SH-5 Custom to the list of pickups that sound "good, but just not quite as good as the Super D to me" list.
Seriously, all those pickups I tried were very good (except maybe the L90), but none were better for me than the SD. I'm shopping for another one right now. Double creme, of course.
OsvyRock
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Re: Back into the loving arms of the Super Distortion
I truly agree with you. The SH-5 was my favorite bridge pickup until I got the Super Distortion. Very good cleans, and overdriven tones! I plan to have two Super Distortion equipped guitars in the future.
I truly agree with you. The SH-5 was my favorite bridge pickup until I got the Super Distortion. Very good cleans, and overdriven tones! I plan to have two Super Distortion equipped guitars in the future.
Aceman
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Re: Back into the loving arms of the Super Distortion
I love the Custom, and the SuperD, but they are totally different creatures to me. One is thick, fully and hairy, the other booming and screaming and articulate.
Both awesome sounds in the right place. Iron Maiden? GOTTA have a SuperD. Def Lep, give me a Custom.
Some LP's I'd avoid a custom. No LP has ever sounded bad with a SuperD (IME).
Currently -
LP Custom w/ SuperD
LP Standard w/ SuperD
Ibanez RG4EX w/ Tone Zone
I love the Custom, and the SuperD, but they are totally different creatures to me. One is thick, fully and hairy, the other booming and screaming and articulate.
Both awesome sounds in the right place. Iron Maiden? GOTTA have a SuperD. Def Lep, give me a Custom.
Some LP's I'd avoid a custom. No LP has ever sounded bad with a SuperD (IME).
Currently -
LP Custom w/ SuperD
LP Standard w/ SuperD
Ibanez RG4EX w/ Tone Zone
OsvyRock
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Re: Back into the loving arms of the Super Distortion
I agree that the Duncan Custom may not be ''the best'' for all LP's, but it's a distinctive sound. I have it on my DBZ Bolero. While if I could return to the past, I would suggest a Dimarzio Super Distortion/ PAF Pro combination for that guitar (the one I installed this year on my Flying V), the SH-5/59n' combination was capable of about every tone I wanted/needed at the time, and the following decade. While pickups height and guitar setup will change the overall response of the instrument, there's something I can get about them.
SH-5/59 is definitely perfect for the ''dark'' hard rocker with a vintage vibe, while the Super Distortion/PAF Pro would go more into the brighter hard rock vibe. Something like a YIN/YANG thing between those combos.
I agree that the Duncan Custom may not be ''the best'' for all LP's, but it's a distinctive sound. I have it on my DBZ Bolero. While if I could return to the past, I would suggest a Dimarzio Super Distortion/ PAF Pro combination for that guitar (the one I installed this year on my Flying V), the SH-5/59n' combination was capable of about every tone I wanted/needed at the time, and the following decade. While pickups height and guitar setup will change the overall response of the instrument, there's something I can get about them.
SH-5/59 is definitely perfect for the ''dark'' hard rocker with a vintage vibe, while the Super Distortion/PAF Pro would go more into the brighter hard rock vibe. Something like a YIN/YANG thing between those combos.
Dave Locher
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Re: Back into the loving arms of the Super Distortion
I think it is the bright, hard articulate thing that I like so much and miss with all the others I have tried.
Def Lep, though: I thought that was Super D?
I think it is the bright, hard articulate thing that I like so much and miss with all the others I have tried.
Def Lep, though: I thought that was Super D?
Re: Back into the loving arms of the Super Distortion
My SuperD sits waiting for a neck pickup for me to buy for it to pair with & also another guitar to put them into, sadly i'm broke lol
Meanwhile the sh1/sh5 combo is going strong, did try to swap the superd in last year end i think but the sh1 blends too well with sh5 for me in the only LP copy guitar i have, so they are mated for life in there
My SuperD sits waiting for a neck pickup for me to buy for it to pair with & also another guitar to put them into, sadly i'm broke lol
Meanwhile the sh1/sh5 combo is going strong, did try to swap the superd in last year end i think but the sh1 blends too well with sh5 for me in the only LP copy guitar i have, so they are mated for life in there
weepingminotaur
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Re: Back into the loving arms of the Super Distortion
Yeah, I was curious to know more about that too. Phil Collen is a DiMarzio guy all the way so I would have totally assumed Super D to chase the Def Lep sound. Of course, I'm thinking Hysteria-era sound, not the High and Dry or Pyromania, so YMMV.
Yeah, I was curious to know more about that too. Phil Collen is a DiMarzio guy all the way so I would have totally assumed Super D to chase the Def Lep sound. Of course, I'm thinking Hysteria-era sound, not the High and Dry or Pyromania, so YMMV.
ErikH
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Re: Back into the loving arms of the Super Distortion
I love the Super Distortion. My Dean ML Chicago Standard came stock with a pair. I rewired the one in the neck for parallel mode. Pure greatness. In a single pickup guitar, the Super Distortion is crazy good with a series/split/parallel switch on it.
I love the Super Distortion. My Dean ML Chicago Standard came stock with a pair. I rewired the one in the neck for parallel mode. Pure greatness. In a single pickup guitar, the Super Distortion is crazy good with a series/split/parallel switch on it.
OsvyRock
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Re: Back into the loving arms of the Super Distortion
For classic Def Leppard, the Super Distortion is the right pickup for the job. I'm a fan of the SH-5, and the Super Distortion has so many classic tones...
If looking for neck pickup to match the Super Distortion, go with a PAF Pro. My fav humbucker is the SH-5/59', and the SD + PAF PRO combo really gives it a run for his money. A very even fight, but different. As I wrote above, the Duncans are darker, more vintage more suitable for both cleans and gain tones. The Dimarzio are more for gain playing.
My SuperD sits waiting for a neck pickup for me to buy for it to pair with & also another guitar to put them into, sadly i'm broke lol
Meanwhile the sh1/sh5 combo is going strong, did try to swap the superd in last year end i think but the sh1 blends too well with sh5 for me in the only LP copy guitar i have, so they are mated for life in there
For classic Def Leppard, the Super Distortion is the right pickup for the job. I'm a fan of the SH-5, and the Super Distortion has so many classic tones...
If looking for neck pickup to match the Super Distortion, go with a PAF Pro. My fav humbucker is the SH-5/59', and the SD + PAF PRO combo really gives it a run for his money. A very even fight, but different. As I wrote above, the Duncans are darker, more vintage more suitable for both cleans and gain tones. The Dimarzio are more for gain playing.
