JacobThe13th
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title is straight forward. I want to make my tele (mahogany body, rosewood, bridge humbucker) scream for a pop punk, punk rock, heavy metal hybrid tone and my search has narrowed to these two.
Dime bucker vs Drop n Gain
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InbredJunk
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Re: Dime bucker vs Drop n Gain
Dimebucker. Sounds great in a chunk of mahogany. For me, it was the single most versatile pickup I've ever had in my all mahogany explorer.
Dimebucker. Sounds great in a chunk of mahogany. For me, it was the single most versatile pickup I've ever had in my all mahogany explorer.
Gibson 1964
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I don't think they are too similar... I have only had the Wilde l500s not a dimebucker, but those aren't too close to a drop n gain.
I don't think they are too similar... I have only had the Wilde l500s not a dimebucker, but those aren't too close to a drop n gain.
Gone_Shootin
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The thing I always found interesting about the Dimebucker is how much it twangs when split.
I prefer them in Basswood over Mahogany, though.
The thing I always found interesting about the Dimebucker is how much it twangs when split.
I prefer them in Basswood over Mahogany, though.
InbredJunk
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Yea, has a Tele feel to it split
Yea, has a Tele feel to it split
Falloffthebonetone
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The Dimebucker full, split, or parallel is a twanging country machine. Most use it for CHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHC WEEEEEEOOOOOEEEEWAWAA SCREEDLEEDEEDEELEESCREEDEEEDELLEDEELDDELDCEEEEEEEEEE ggrrOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWwwwwwwwwwooooooooooooochch....
But yeah surprisingly good, if different, cleans.
The Dimebucker full, split, or parallel is a twanging country machine. Most use it for CHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHC WEEEEEEOOOOOEEEEWAWAA SCREEDLEEDEEDEELEESCREEDEEEDELLEDEELDDELDCEEEEEEEEEE ggrrOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWwwwwwwwwwooooooooooooochch....
But yeah surprisingly good, if different, cleans.
JacobThe13th
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Re: Dime bucker vs Drop n Gain
Orange Crush Pro (solid state rockerverb) and the stock pickups just sound flat and lack warmth. I'll play chords and basically has no depth or bite. Palm muting just thud instead of thump.
Orange Crush Pro (solid state rockerverb) and the stock pickups just sound flat and lack warmth. I'll play chords and basically has no depth or bite. Palm muting just thud instead of thump.
dominus
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Sounds like you need something brighter then. Dimebucker should work, or Distortion, maybe Black Winter. If you're not set on Duncans, I have a fairly warm mahogany Schecter 006 that I just installed a D-Activator Neck into the bridge position and it was a perfect match. Evolution might work as well.
Sounds like you need something brighter then. Dimebucker should work, or Distortion, maybe Black Winter. If you're not set on Duncans, I have a fairly warm mahogany Schecter 006 that I just installed a D-Activator Neck into the bridge position and it was a perfect match. Evolution might work as well.
EDX
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the dime has a lot of clarity, biting treble, but with warmth, clean is twangy, in parallel gets even more twangy without loosing much volume.
well the vid i talked, the amp is naturally dark and the Eq on the Lead are B4 M0 T10 and is on the modern position, this vid i hope can give you how an idea how the thing sounds when you play it, or with none audio edit.
PD. the switch on my V is a up series/parallel down
the dime has a lot of clarity, biting treble, but with warmth, clean is twangy, in parallel gets even more twangy without loosing much volume.
well the vid i talked, the amp is naturally dark and the Eq on the Lead are B4 M0 T10 and is on the modern position, this vid i hope can give you how an idea how the thing sounds when you play it, or with none audio edit.
PD. the switch on my V is a up series/parallel down
p4vl
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What are you tuned to? The Drop n' Gains are supposed to be for lower tunings? The guy from Neurosis uses them, and they tune down to AADGBE. I never thought I'd say this to anyone but maybe the Dimebucker would be better.
What are you tuned to? The Drop n' Gains are supposed to be for lower tunings? The guy from Neurosis uses them, and they tune down to AADGBE. I never thought I'd say this to anyone but maybe the Dimebucker would be better.
EDX
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aiming for pop punk, punk and heavy metal, i really see the Dimebucker as a good pickup for those genres, specially if there gona be lots of distortion, also my favorite paf the Pearly Gates can do all those easy with enough gain, the drop and gains gonna be perfect for tuning really low, but Dimebucker handles low tunings really well, also i don't know the Drop & Gains good enough, but in the videos they sound extremely clear, they seem mid heavy pickups, with tight lows and crisp softy highs, for classic heavy metal they seem nice, punk, well someone said it "it's punk rock, use whatever you can steal"
aiming for pop punk, punk and heavy metal, i really see the Dimebucker as a good pickup for those genres, specially if there gona be lots of distortion, also my favorite paf the Pearly Gates can do all those easy with enough gain, the drop and gains gonna be perfect for tuning really low, but Dimebucker handles low tunings really well, also i don't know the Drop & Gains good enough, but in the videos they sound extremely clear, they seem mid heavy pickups, with tight lows and crisp softy highs, for classic heavy metal they seem nice, punk, well someone said it "it's punk rock, use whatever you can steal"
Gibson 1964
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FTR drop n gains work very well in standard tuning. For my interpretation of what the OP described, I would choose those. They have good highs as well. I liked the bridge a lot.
FTR drop n gains work very well in standard tuning. For my interpretation of what the OP described, I would choose those. They have good highs as well. I liked the bridge a lot.
