Dimarzio D sonic vs Norton

[King Halt]

I'm looking at switching to dimarzio. I play various hard rock and metal types and drop time to D standard /drop C. I play a high gain British amp with a guitar similar in tone wood and construction to a les Paul (mahogany body, set neck, stp tune-o-matic bridge, rosewood fingerboard. I'm trying to thicken up my sound (as British amps tend to get a tad brittle sounding under high gain) but not to muddy my sound. Any suggestions would be great! I'm thinking either D sonic or Norton

 

[B2D]

Re: Dimarzio D sonic vs Norton

I play Fender-scale stuff, but I use tunings and amps not dissimilar to your own tastes, and have played bands in similar styles.

Having owned both, I prefer the Norton out of the two you listed.

That being said, for THAT style of music I'd personally use a Crunch Lab. It's an AWESOME pickup, much better than the D-Sonic that it's based on. The Norton, I feel, is more of a hard rock pickup - the CL will kill at hard rock and excel at metal.

 

[Lindgren]

Dimarzio D sonic vs Norton

D-Sonic or Crunchlab are both great pickups for high gain sounds. Very articulate and tight sounding pickups. Norton is too fat and warm for a mahogany type of guitar if you ask me.

I have had both Crunchlab and D-sonic and i prefer the D-sonic over Cl.

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[metalchurch79]

Re: Dimarzio D sonic vs Norton

Try the new DiMarzio Super D'Norton. It's a hybrid.

 

[King Halt]

Re: Dimarzio D sonic vs Norton

I play more hard Rock and alternative than balls out metal. I have another project that's more classic Rock and metal where o use a super distortion in the bridge of a les Paul. But it's a little hot for my other settings. How do these pickups compare to the super D?

 

[BartOfDarkness]

Re: Dimarzio D sonic vs Norton

While I haven't tried it in mahogany, I wouldn't recommend the D Sonic. It was kinda thin when I tried it in an RG, and better suited to getting a tighter more articulate sound, rather than thicken things up like you're trying to do.

The Crunch Lab and Illuminator are both better choices in my opinion.
The Dominion and Super 3 could also work well from what I've heard, but I have no personal experience with them