Dimarzio question...sorry everyone :(

[Young Angus]

Okay im not selling out, but ive considered every other pickup under the sun for my les paul and i was thinking about the dimarzio steve morse pickups as a set because i love morse tone.

Does anyone have experience with these.

Im leaning towards an A2pro set ala slash, or perhaps a set of rolphs, and an a2 magnet JB/Jazz set (but that might be a bit of stuffing around).

Anyway, morse pickups, what do you know?

 

[jeremy]

Re: Dimarzio question...sorry everyone

oh god dont do it!!!

i bought one for $75+ tax and shipping and back in '93 that was a lot of money to this 15 yo kid. sucked. i tried it in a bunch of guitars and it sounded harsh in all of them, lots of very focused output, maybe good for shreding but not a good tone imnsho. i got mine rewound to something more useful

 

[Otis]

Re: Dimarzio question...sorry everyone

Brand x? :banned:

Like most first raters, Morse sounds like he does, no matter what he plays with. All the way back to the what-used-to-be-a-Telecaster and the Ampeg.

 

[Aceman]

Re: Dimarzio question...sorry everyone

I gotta agree - whenever people start trying to get "this guys tone" or "that guys tone" it gets dicey. You gotta think beyond the pup:
Guitar - type, wood, scale, fretboard...
Amp - brand, model, size, cab/speakers, and settings!
Effects - pedal, rack, mods...
And of course - personal Mojo. Clapton would sound like clapton playing my junky GTX 36 w/ ToneZone through my Peavey amp.

Pickups will get you the last 10% or so. The other 90% is all of the other stuff...

If you have been through that many pups, the pup isn't the issue. And the right pup is the right pup - whoever makes it! I use SD and DM, but generally prefer SD.

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Dimarzio question...sorry everyone

C-5/59 nickelcovered.
CC/APII or Seth Neck.
Set of Seths.

DiMarzio makes cool straps, though. he he he

 

[Young Angus]

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Haha yeah gotcha guys thanks

And for the record i dont chase peoples tone, i just use it as an idea of what im after. Im a firm believer in creating my own signiature tone from the most obscure stuff i can muster

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Dimarzio question...sorry everyone

The Morse..ceramic magnet...hexcoil poles...nasty tone.

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Dimarzio question...sorry everyone

Young Angus, for some reason I thought you already got a CC for that Les Paul.
I have a feeling you'd really like the CC/59. I remember when they did the C-5/CC shootout, you picked the CC. I know it would sound killer through your ENGL or Komet

 

[JeffB]

Re: Dimarzio question...sorry everyone

I like some of DiMarzio's single coils (HS-3s)..and in the RIGHT guitar, the PAF Pro is a neat pup. But for the most part I find DiMArzios very thin and "sterile" for lack of a better word. At least in my hands they are. I mean ...Dave Murray (in the old days), Tom Sholtz, Leslie West and Steve Vai seem to do OK with them, but they are tone monsters

I'll never forget gettng my first and last Super Distortion. Slapped it into my Les Paul Standard and was like , WTF? I kept in about a month trying everything I could think of to get a good sound of that guitar..diff amp settings, diff amps, heavier strings and picks, adjusting the pup in every way possible, graphic EQ's...etc.. Finally I bit the bullet and picked up a Duncan Custom like I had in my Explorers. BINGO. Instant beefy warm tone again.

Best thing DiMarzio has going for them IMO is the pricing. And I'm sure thats why alot of players with crappy stock pups end up going with them if they are unsure of how good pickups can actually improve tone.