DiMarzio Class Of '55
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Falstaff
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Simon...I had one in a guitar (I ended up selling it and getting a set of Kinmans) and I thought it was a great sounding pickup. I am not the most well-versed guy when it comes to Strats but I thought it sounded just like a Strat pickup should.
Simon...I had one in a guitar (I ended up selling it and getting a set of Kinmans) and I thought it was a great sounding pickup. I am not the most well-versed guy when it comes to Strats but I thought it sounded just like a Strat pickup should.
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Lewguitar
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Not bright, chimey and open enough for me. I have a Fender Mary Kaye Strat that came with the Dimarzios and I tried to like them but just couldn't. I have Fralin Vintage Hots in that guitar now...ridiculously better!
Lew
Not bright, chimey and open enough for me. I have a Fender Mary Kaye Strat that came with the Dimarzios and I tried to like them but just couldn't. I have Fralin Vintage Hots in that guitar now...ridiculously better!
Lew
Simon_F
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Thanks guys. The thing is, I have a DiMarzio FS-1 in the bridge position of my Strat and I really like it. I mainly play my Les Pauls, but when I pick up the Strat the FS-1 works for me, because it sounds like a single coil but has more balls, more mids and less top end than a standard Strat pickup.
I have three manufacturers' pickups in that guitar currently - SSL1 neck, stock Jap Fender middle, DiMarzio FS-1 bridge. I'm sure Seymour Duncan has a pickup that equates to the FS-1 (SSL3 perhaps?), and there's always the temptation to buy a set of Antiquities, but for the amount that I play that guitar I'm not sure I want to buy a whole new set of pickups. So I'm considering keeping the FS-1 and adding a pair of Class Of '55s in the neck and middle. At least that would make it consistent to one brand of pickups.
Not deserting Duncans - also considering whether to replace the '57 Classics in my LP Classic with A2Ps, Ants or '59s. :smack:
Thanks guys. The thing is, I have a DiMarzio FS-1 in the bridge position of my Strat and I really like it. I mainly play my Les Pauls, but when I pick up the Strat the FS-1 works for me, because it sounds like a single coil but has more balls, more mids and less top end than a standard Strat pickup.
I have three manufacturers' pickups in that guitar currently - SSL1 neck, stock Jap Fender middle, DiMarzio FS-1 bridge. I'm sure Seymour Duncan has a pickup that equates to the FS-1 (SSL3 perhaps?), and there's always the temptation to buy a set of Antiquities, but for the amount that I play that guitar I'm not sure I want to buy a whole new set of pickups. So I'm considering keeping the FS-1 and adding a pair of Class Of '55s in the neck and middle. At least that would make it consistent to one brand of pickups.
Not deserting Duncans - also considering whether to replace the '57 Classics in my LP Classic with A2Ps, Ants or '59s. :smack:
Jeffrec
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That's a good choice. My friend has those in his '57 reissue Strat and they sound great. I've got a set of Fender Fat '50's in mine and they are probably the best sounding Fender pups, but the 57/62's are in the same ball park, just not as hot. Antiquities are my ultimate goal.
Benjy_26 said:
That's a good choice. My friend has those in his '57 reissue Strat and they sound great. I've got a set of Fender Fat '50's in mine and they are probably the best sounding Fender pups, but the 57/62's are in the same ball park, just not as hot. Antiquities are my ultimate goal.
Simon_F
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Yeah, I'm forever tempted to shell out on a set of Antiquities, but I do really like the FS-1 and am wondering what to put with it. Another possibility is a couple of APSs. If I put an RW/RP in the neck and a standard in the middle I might be able to get hum-cancelling in positions 2 & 4 even with the DiMarzio in the bridge. That's right isn't it, if I reverse the black and white wires on the DiMarzio?
Jeffrec said:
Yeah, I'm forever tempted to shell out on a set of Antiquities, but I do really like the FS-1 and am wondering what to put with it. Another possibility is a couple of APSs. If I put an RW/RP in the neck and a standard in the middle I might be able to get hum-cancelling in positions 2 & 4 even with the DiMarzio in the bridge. That's right isn't it, if I reverse the black and white wires on the DiMarzio?
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HAILS MAN
i traded the CLASS OF 55 with FALLSTAFF and traded it with Fusion 1
WELL i loved the Class of 55 in the neck of my strat
it has awesome strat clean and articulated tone... but my only compliment/issue about it is its LOW output.
Q:/ it didn´t paired well with my bill lawrence L500XL in the Bridge. Q
i have a recording using it in the neck if you want.
PM me with your EMAIL and i ´ll send it to you
HAILS
J.P
HAILS MAN
i traded the CLASS OF 55 with FALLSTAFF and traded it with Fusion 1
WELL i loved the Class of 55 in the neck of my strat
it has awesome strat clean and articulated tone... but my only compliment/issue about it is its LOW output.
Q:/ it didn´t paired well with my bill lawrence L500XL in the Bridge. Q
i have a recording using it in the neck if you want.
PM me with your EMAIL and i ´ll send it to you
HAILS
J.P
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Falstaff
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I'm glad that you like it. I always wondered how it would work with your type of music.
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i traded the CLASS OF 55 with FALLSTAFF and traded it with Fusion 1
WELL i loved the Class of 55 in the neck of my strat
it has awesome strat clean and articulated tone... but my only compliment/issue about it is its LOW output.
Q:/ it didn´t paired well with my bill lawrence L500XL in the Bridge. Q
i have a recording using it in the neck if you want.
PM me with your EMAIL and i ´ll send it to you
HAILS
J.P
I'm glad that you like it. I always wondered how it would work with your type of music.
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F. Hails Railsologist
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Hails MAN.
i didn´t KEEP the pickup just for its low output...
all the guys thinks that,for my METAL taste, ONLY the HIGH OUTPUT AN BRUTAL pickups will pair WITH My Style.
they are WRONG.
i´m always open to all kinds of pickups to acchieve my tone.
i HEARD all SD pickups from the 2 sd cds that i bought here and i loved the sound of the following Pickups : CC,DC, DD(I had one,in a cedar body, maple neck and rosewood fretboard. 27frets, but it sounded Harsh and TOO ****ING Much LOUD . too high output. AHAHAHAHAHA),Seth Lover, And full shred(Neck) . and of course the Dimebucker and the LIVE WIRE HEAVY METAL. And IN A NEAR FUTURE, WFD HELLTREMBUCKER. hahahahahaha
by the way, let me continue the history...
i´m open to other kind of pickups with anothe rEQ.. but too much LOW output as the Class of 55 and SCOOPED/REDUCED middles ARE TOTALLY OFF my TASTES. i deny those kinds of pickups cause they didn´t work for me... i can say the same to BOOMY pickups, HARSH/FUZZY Pickups and cutted off middy pickups. but i guess all people will agree with me on these last compliments... ****, i´m screwing up everything with my bad translation . AHAHAHAHAH
That´s it. if you like AWESOME CLEAN STRAT TONES and a lot good with full distortion. get the class, but do not expect moderated or high output. ahahaha
J.P
Hails MAN.
i didn´t KEEP the pickup just for its low output...
all the guys thinks that,for my METAL taste, ONLY the HIGH OUTPUT AN BRUTAL pickups will pair WITH My Style.
they are WRONG.
i´m always open to all kinds of pickups to acchieve my tone.
i HEARD all SD pickups from the 2 sd cds that i bought here and i loved the sound of the following Pickups : CC,DC, DD(I had one,in a cedar body, maple neck and rosewood fretboard. 27frets, but it sounded Harsh and TOO ****ING Much LOUD . too high output. AHAHAHAHAHA),Seth Lover, And full shred(Neck) . and of course the Dimebucker and the LIVE WIRE HEAVY METAL. And IN A NEAR FUTURE, WFD HELLTREMBUCKER. hahahahahaha
by the way, let me continue the history...
i´m open to other kind of pickups with anothe rEQ.. but too much LOW output as the Class of 55 and SCOOPED/REDUCED middles ARE TOTALLY OFF my TASTES. i deny those kinds of pickups cause they didn´t work for me... i can say the same to BOOMY pickups, HARSH/FUZZY Pickups and cutted off middy pickups. but i guess all people will agree with me on these last compliments... ****, i´m screwing up everything with my bad translation . AHAHAHAHAH
That´s it. if you like AWESOME CLEAN STRAT TONES and a lot good with full distortion. get the class, but do not expect moderated or high output. ahahaha
J.P
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Archer_of_Fish
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Re: DiMarzio Class Of '55
I've yet to hear a good Dimarzio single coil or stacked stule noiseless replacement.
Simon_F said:
I've yet to hear a good Dimarzio single coil or stacked stule noiseless replacement.
mongrollo
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Have you checked the DM Blue Velvet neck?. I have it in the middle position of a cheapy strat and it has a great tone. It is not as trebly as an standard strat pickup and it has tons of clarity. In fact the Blue Velvet has a slightly higher output than the Red Velvet so it would help you to mach it with the Fast Track.
And talking about the Fast Track... If you love it, keep it!!!
Have you checked the DM Blue Velvet neck?. I have it in the middle position of a cheapy strat and it has a great tone. It is not as trebly as an standard strat pickup and it has tons of clarity. In fact the Blue Velvet has a slightly higher output than the Red Velvet so it would help you to mach it with the Fast Track.
And talking about the Fast Track... If you love it, keep it!!!
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Lewguitar
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Just my opinion, but it seems to me that while Dimarzio excels at voicing humbucking pickups for the classic "humbucker through a Marshall tone", clear, bubbly, chimey Strat single coils are not thier forte.... Lew
Just my opinion, but it seems to me that while Dimarzio excels at voicing humbucking pickups for the classic "humbucker through a Marshall tone", clear, bubbly, chimey Strat single coils are not thier forte.... Lew
Simon_F
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Re: DiMarzio Class Of '55
Thanks everyone. As I don't play that guitar a lot, but I like the FS-1 (that's not the Fast Track, it's the pup they used to call the Fat Strat before Fender stopped them), I'm just thinking about relatively inexpensive options for the neck and middle. I suppose the cheapest option is leave it how it is, or maybe just get another SSL-1 for the middle.
On the other hand I might play it more if it had a nice set of Duncan Antiquities. :scratchch
Thanks everyone. As I don't play that guitar a lot, but I like the FS-1 (that's not the Fast Track, it's the pup they used to call the Fat Strat before Fender stopped them), I'm just thinking about relatively inexpensive options for the neck and middle. I suppose the cheapest option is leave it how it is, or maybe just get another SSL-1 for the middle.
On the other hand I might play it more if it had a nice set of Duncan Antiquities. :scratchch
mongrollo
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Just to give a weight to my opinion i should say that I never have tried an SD strat single, so I can't compare the blue velvet to any SD. My experience with the SD Tele Vintage 54' are great... Anyway I thought Simon_F was looking for a DM pickup to complement his DM pickup (I thought the FS-1 was the Fast track).
Said this, I think the idea of buying a SSL-1 is great. It is the cheapest option and It will be probably the best mach for the neck SSL-1.
Lewguitar said:
Just to give a weight to my opinion i should say that I never have tried an SD strat single, so I can't compare the blue velvet to any SD. My experience with the SD Tele Vintage 54' are great... Anyway I thought Simon_F was looking for a DM pickup to complement his DM pickup (I thought the FS-1 was the Fast track).
Said this, I think the idea of buying a SSL-1 is great. It is the cheapest option and It will be probably the best mach for the neck SSL-1.
I bought or traded for (can't remember!) a set of Dimarzio Class of 55 strat pickups from a forum member here around 10-12 years ago. The day I received them, I wired them up with new CTS pots, vintage paper in oil caps, Oak Grigsby switch using Fralin's blender wiring diagram and 'special' blender pot, as wiring becomes master volume, master tone, blender pot to dial/blend in bridge pickup to various pickup configurations...all in a new vintage cream pickguard with correct knobs.
I soldered in the hot and ground wires to the jack. plugged it in and 'GGGGNNNAKKKSNNHSHHKK' noise! "Oh crap", says I! "I will get this sorted in the morning." Well, I woke up sick in the morning and it just kept on and kept on....felt like I was going to die at any moment. All these years later, I still fell like crap, but found out in addition to 50+ years of chronic back pain, I have stage 3b chronic kidney disease, major depressive disorder, several of the anxiety disorders, PTSD, along with other assorted goodies.
So, the strat sat in its case for well over 10 years. After 66 treatments of Neurostim, (transcranial magnetic stimulation) my depression/anxiety/ptsd began to fade away and motivation to get to the problem of my strat fixed became forefront.
When starting to feel better, I suddenly thought; "What if I wired the ground and hot wrong on the jack?" 10 minutes later (after my old soldering iron came to temp) that is exactly what it was...embarrassed to say. I thought of the 10 years I wasted not playing it!
Anyway, after a month of playing these pickups (in my early 80's Tokai copy of a 50's strat) I am impressed. I'm an old blues guy who plays clean 80% of the time, 10% with some crunch and 10% with a bit more grit than crunch!. Beautiful, lush, rich, delicious clean tones are what thrills me come playing time. However, cranking it up several hairs also tweaks my biscuit's!
I am not about distorted tones and Dimarzio's Class of 55's provide that wonderful, glassy, bell like tone great old strats are known for. I do believe many will find these pickups lacking in ooommph due to the glassy clean thing.
Of course, they haven't been made in many, many years and there doesn't seem to be a huge outcry for their return, so I'm assuming the True velvet, Red Velvet pickups have improved on the general tonality. Can't say as I've never tried any other Dimarzio (single coil) strat pickups. I do like the Virtual series!
Now that I've finally reached the dreaded old age syndrome, it's time to start letting things go. THe more that becomes a reality, the more I fight it. I talk a good game about letting things go, but when push comes to shove, I clam up and keep what few instruments I have left even closer. Crazy? Yes.....but that's where I am.
Okay. more for a different thread! Suffice to say? (for me anyway) I really like the Class of 55 strat pickup set. Great, clean, glassy tones. Position 2 and 4 are simply classic notch strat tones. Think Clapton's 'Let it rain', Dire straits "Sultans of Swing", et cet. These offer those great 'out of phase' tones in spades. The neck alone is pretty much everything one would want. Throaty, beefy, loverly!
I soldered in the hot and ground wires to the jack. plugged it in and 'GGGGNNNAKKKSNNHSHHKK' noise! "Oh crap", says I! "I will get this sorted in the morning." Well, I woke up sick in the morning and it just kept on and kept on....felt like I was going to die at any moment. All these years later, I still fell like crap, but found out in addition to 50+ years of chronic back pain, I have stage 3b chronic kidney disease, major depressive disorder, several of the anxiety disorders, PTSD, along with other assorted goodies.
So, the strat sat in its case for well over 10 years. After 66 treatments of Neurostim, (transcranial magnetic stimulation) my depression/anxiety/ptsd began to fade away and motivation to get to the problem of my strat fixed became forefront.
When starting to feel better, I suddenly thought; "What if I wired the ground and hot wrong on the jack?" 10 minutes later (after my old soldering iron came to temp) that is exactly what it was...embarrassed to say. I thought of the 10 years I wasted not playing it!
Anyway, after a month of playing these pickups (in my early 80's Tokai copy of a 50's strat) I am impressed. I'm an old blues guy who plays clean 80% of the time, 10% with some crunch and 10% with a bit more grit than crunch!. Beautiful, lush, rich, delicious clean tones are what thrills me come playing time. However, cranking it up several hairs also tweaks my biscuit's!
I am not about distorted tones and Dimarzio's Class of 55's provide that wonderful, glassy, bell like tone great old strats are known for. I do believe many will find these pickups lacking in ooommph due to the glassy clean thing.
Of course, they haven't been made in many, many years and there doesn't seem to be a huge outcry for their return, so I'm assuming the True velvet, Red Velvet pickups have improved on the general tonality. Can't say as I've never tried any other Dimarzio (single coil) strat pickups. I do like the Virtual series!
Now that I've finally reached the dreaded old age syndrome, it's time to start letting things go. THe more that becomes a reality, the more I fight it. I talk a good game about letting things go, but when push comes to shove, I clam up and keep what few instruments I have left even closer. Crazy? Yes.....but that's where I am.
Okay. more for a different thread! Suffice to say? (for me anyway) I really like the Class of 55 strat pickup set. Great, clean, glassy tones. Position 2 and 4 are simply classic notch strat tones. Think Clapton's 'Let it rain', Dire straits "Sultans of Swing", et cet. These offer those great 'out of phase' tones in spades. The neck alone is pretty much everything one would want. Throaty, beefy, loverly!
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