Dimarzio Double Whammy DP150 is a winner for metal!!!!

[OrkestrA]

of the thrashy death variety... man with this pickup im feeling such a powerful sensation in my cab! It's blowing me across the room, the mids hit you right in the chest!


Try this p'up out, it's also a great lead p'up... one of the best i've tried!

Im using it with a HS-2 and a Al Di Meola Pup in the neck... it's such an outrageous combination


it's such such TONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[WhoFan]

Re: Dimarzio Double Whammy DP150 is a winner for metal!!!!

i have a Double Whammy in an old beat up Basswood body parts axe with a floyd and an all maple neck.... great pickup!!!

 

[OrkestrA]

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it is a very VERY good death metal p'up.


Underrated: Like the Full Shred.


I wonder if duncan could make me a Full Shred with more mid range?

 

[WhoFan]

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is the Double Whammy still in production? I have plans to build a better basswood strat out of Warmoth parts oneday to replace my beat up one and steal the Double Whammy out of it for it

 

[OrkestrA]

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Hmmm, it is a special order but for some reason in Germany and more commonly - Holland (where I am from, although I know live in London) they are availible off the shelves.

Try here:

http://en.euroguitar.com/accessory/dimarzio/humbucker/double-whammy-dp-150/111308.html

 

[WhoFan]

Re: Dimarzio Double Whammy DP150 is a winner for metal!!!!

Hmmm, it is a special order but for some reason in Germany and more commonly - Holland (where I am from, although I know live in London) they are availible off the shelves.

Try here:

http://en.euroguitar.com/accessory/dimarzio/humbucker/double-whammy-dp-150/111308.html

cool... thanks.. someone told me at a guitar shop once that the Double Whammy was discontinued when one of the Vai models was made based on it....

 

[OrkestrA]

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yeah, apparently it was the EVO2 that replaced it, it's not the same, but it's still got that WHAR quality.

 

[jalguitarman]

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Isn't a double whammy quite a bit warmer?

 

[Fusion1]

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Maybe the guy that wired his guitar with one back in 1989 wired it in parallel or single coil mode, but I thought it sounded wimpy when I played it. Nothing high gain about it.

 

[WhoFan]

Re: Dimarzio Double Whammy DP150 is a winner for metal!!!!

Isn't a double whammy quite a bit warmer?

my basswood parts strat with the Double Whammy sounded warmer then my Les Paul does....

it's a great pickup for bassy midrange stuff.... but i'm sure the basswood body i have is part of the sound i'm getting as well

 

[jalguitarman]

Re: Dimarzio Double Whammy DP150 is a winner for metal!!!!

my basswood parts strat with the Double Whammy sounded warmer then my Les Paul does....

it's a great pickup for bassy midrange stuff.... but i'm sure the basswood body i have is part of the sound i'm getting as well

I almost got one for the neck position of and ibanez i used to have. A guy ws basicaly giving me two dimarzios and puting them in for m( before i learned how.)He said it was a rather warm pick up and i have heard that the tone zone is supposed to be simailar. No big deal just can't see it sounding anything like the evo 2.

 

[OrkestrA]

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oh, well I was told the EVO 2 was it's tonal replacement, the Tone Zone is pretty similar.

The DW is warm but not all that warm, it's definitely not muddy anyway

 

[jalguitarman]

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I may have to lay my hands on one for future use. See i was going to either have that or a norton(non air) in the neck with an evo in the bridge. I went with the norton. He said overall that the double whammy was very midrangey. I think it would be good in a guitar w/ balanced tonality. Sounds like itwould be a great lead pick up. Interestingly the evo 2 in my mahogany rg is a sweet lead pick up especialy for legato and tapping licks and not bad for picking. Double whammy would really sound good in my jem but i don't think i have he heart mess with it.

 

[mustaine-who?]

Re: Dimarzio Double Whammy DP150 is a winner for metal!!!!

it is a very VERY good death metal p'up.


Underrated: Like the Full Shred.


I wonder if duncan could make me a Full Shred with more mid range?

Supposedly switching to a A8 magnet will give more lower mids...

 

[OrkestrA]

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interesting...


also I was talking to the Dimarzio boys, the DP166 - BREED is basically the DP150 - DOUBLE WHAMMY but with a tad more bass for Steve Vai hehehe.

 

[jalguitarman]

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interesting...


also I was talking to the Dimarzio boys, the DP166 - BREED is basically the DP150 - DOUBLE WHAMMY but with a tad more bass for Steve Vai hehehe.

Whats interesting is that the basswood jem has the breeds and the alder one has the evos. I think maybe it should be the other way around. I think my jems bridge position (Alder)could benifit from a breed or double whammys added midrange. Plus i know from experiance that the evo in the bridge position of a basswood guitar is VERY :chairshotheavy sounding. I mean its sounds HUGE!!! Whereas it doesn't sound quite as big in alder but still good.

 

[ranalli]

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cool... thanks.. someone told me at a guitar shop once that the Double Whammy was discontinued when one of the Vai models was made based on it....

They still make it. You just have to have your dealer order it.

 

[carlocki]

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i have a double whammy on my charvel basswodd

which are the right single coils in hss config?

 

[Rand-O-Monium]

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Pretty sure Vinnie Moore used them BITD,that's all I got...