Re: New DiMarzio Dominion Mark Morton Signature Pickup
I guess I can chime in now that I've had them for about a week or so . . .
I like them. I like them quite a bit actually, but I wasn't looking for vintage or another take on the Breeds I guess (I mean no disrespect Ed Hunter). Lately I've been digging on warm, moderate/high output humbuckers with exceptional clarity to use a base for my tones and these pickups deliver in spades. I installed them in my Washburn HM24 Renegade, which is a Mahogany/Mahogany superstrat with a phenolic fingerboard and the pickups worked out well in it. Maybe it's just me, but I found output to be in the PATB-1 range, so hot, but not stupid hot. PLENTY enough grind to handle any style of Rock/Metal (amp dependent of course) and with my Coreblade I had no issues getting absolutely nasty with them.
I've mentioned before I play more of a black/death metal mix in my current band and I wrote/recorded a song with the guitar this past weekend. The guitar sound is very punchy and tight, excellent clarity on the chords, single notes sound nice and full from the midrange bump. Leads are nice and full as well and have just enough bite to cut through but I never found them to be harsh like an Evo. For kicks I messed around with other styles and they were ok, I'm sure there are better choices for classic rock but the Dominions could work in a pinch since they aren't super high ouput.
Cleans were ok, sounded best when both humbuckers were paired together. I found the pickups alone are fairly dark on clean settings which isn't a bad thing but for cleans I have other go-to pickups (Suhr Aldrich, etc). All in all, I found them to be pretty good. I find they excelled the most when I was laying into them hard and playing tight, triplet based thrashy riffs ala LoG . . . go figure. :scratchch
