New pickup from Dimarzio "D-activator" !

[Metalblaze]

Re: New pickup from Dimarzio "D-activator" !

If I remember well the DC resistance determines the voltage (output) only in the resonant frequency.
If this is correct, then, as Zhangliqun said, it plays its part.

Although in my opinion the output of a pup should be given as a graph in the acoustic frequency spectrum, but that's another story.

As for the new DM pup, it definitely seems interesting...

 

[D-EJ915]

Re: New pickup from Dimarzio "D-activator" !

You could have a high resistance pickup wound with thin wire which could be the same output as a low resistance pickup wound with thick wire if I remember correctly.

 

[Evan Skopp]

Re: New pickup from Dimarzio "D-activator" !

What I think would be cool is a real 9-volt active pickup, say, with the same voicing as an 81/85 set but with enhanced dynamics and, hmmmm, let's say 12dB to 14dB less hum.

Someone should come up with something like that....


...... soon.....

 

[JohnnyGuitar]

Re: New pickup from Dimarzio "D-activator" !

What I think would be cool is a real 9-volt active pickup, say, with the same voicing as an 81/85 set but with enhanced dynamics and, hmmmm, let's say 12dB to 14dB less hum.

Someone should come up with something like that....


...... soon.....

Is there something that we should know and you're not telling us? :laugh2:

 

[jmcorey]

Re: New pickup from Dimarzio "D-activator" !

If you want something like this - a clean bucker that is full-spectrum and passive, and sounds GREAT clean and GREAT and articulate distorted - get a bill lawrence L-500L or L-500 XL from www.billlawrence.com.

 

[shred4Him]

Re: New pickup from Dimarzio "D-activator" !

What I think would be cool is a real 9-volt active pickup, say, with the same voicing as an 81/85 set but with enhanced dynamics and, hmmmm, let's say 12dB to 14dB less hum.

Someone should come up with something like that....


...... soon.....

Cool!! Sounds like a winner.

I think one of the biggest advantages of active pickups is the low impedence signal.

 

[Orange]

Re: New pickup from Dimarzio "D-activator" !

Actually the output voltage, given by dimarzio, is the best way i know to compare the output between pickups and i think SD should do that too.
To be fair to Di marzio, theiy're the ONLY manufacturer who managed to describe ACCURATELY the features and sound of its pickup.

So far it's always been accurate for me. The Super distortion has an output over 400 and the paf pro has 300, the paf classic has 200 and the breed 350. A single strat pickup has 150.
DC resistance and other values you've seen around ARE NOT ways to mesure output, because pickups with different outputs can have the same value as explained on the FAQ section of this site.

So it only leads astray people like me who don't have a clue about electrical measurable values andjust wonder which one has MORE output.

Sometimes when i read other websites, i'm abit confused about the pickups descriptions, but on DMZ's website i can understand everything, and easily imagine the result. All the DMZ pickups i have turned out to be what i expecteted (doesn't mean i was always saisfied), can't really say the same about SD's (despite the fact tha i actually love all the SD's i bought so far).......

 

[Pierre]

Re: New pickup from Dimarzio "D-activator" !

Meh. The FullShred does the EMG thing with the right amp already, with added dymanics and a very cool lead tone as well, a far cry from the EMG's.

 

[frankfalbo]

Re: New pickup from Dimarzio "D-activator" !

Marketing language aside, it seems to be just another Ceramic bucker with lower "non-distortion" windings. It's really their only next logical step in pickup design. They've done dual resonance Alnicos both as regular and airbuckers. The next thing is dual resonance Ceramics.

These just seem to be "dual resonance" versions of the "Super" recipe, which is to use the powerful Ceramic magnet to get your output instead of high winds. Funny thing is, they're all about low magnetic pull with their Airbuckers, and seem to be abandoning that mantra with these.

I haven't seen enough photos, but it does look like it might be a regular sized Ceramic. It doesn't look like an extra tall pickup. But that's somewhat irrelevant. I'd have to see one and read it to determine whether it's vastly mismatched coils like the Steve's Special, or more closely matched like the Zones, Nortons, and Fred. In any event, it's not ground breaking, but simply a Ceramic dual resonance bucker with regular poles. Years ago we would've rejected these as cold sounding Ceramic icicles. Low winds on Ceramics are usually cold and harsh, but I imagine they get some more dynamics and frequency range from the mismatched coil design.

Anyway I feel like there are better ways to out-do an 81/85 combo. These represent one way to skin a cat.

 

[D-EJ915]

Re: New pickup from Dimarzio "D-activator" !

Apparently they're also working on a d-sonic which isn't super noisy, that would be nice.

 

[Metalblaze]

Re: New pickup from Dimarzio "D-activator" !

The Evo is another ceramic mismatched design. I asked dimarzio about the resonant frequencies of the coils and the response was:

"6.49KHz and 6.24KHz for the individual coils".
It's not a wide gap but...the coils are still mismatched.

 

[Kosh Naranek]

Re: New pickup from Dimarzio "D-activator" !

Funny thing is, they're all about low magnetic pull with their Airbuckers, and seem to be abandoning that mantra with these.

How much sustain do you need for playing music that's steady, chugging 8th notes or thrashing 16th notes? Or if you're using so much gain that your guitar sustains for hours anyway? :laugh2:

Seriously though, that is an interesting point. EMG's marketing literature hypes the fact that their pickups have lower magnetic pull because they can use weaker magnets with their active design. The D Activator may not have that advantage. But as I said, it may not matter to many guitarists using the pickup to play heavy music.

What if there was a Parallel Axis Trembucker voiced to sound like an EMG? The magnetic pull could be stronger, and not adversely affect sustain.

 

[krankguitarist]

Re: New pickup from Dimarzio "D-activator" !

Is there something that we should know and you're not telling us? :laugh2:

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=80853

 

[Evan Skopp]

Re: New pickup from Dimarzio "D-activator" !

I feel like there are better ways to out-do an 81/85 combo.

I couldn't agree more...

 

[WITH FULL DISTORTION]

Re: New pickup from Dimarzio "D-activator" !

I wouldliek to hear some SOUNDCLIPS of this dave mustaine set
ANYONE PLEASE!?
Q
although i preffer THE RUST IN PEACE SOUND, at all.
all the otehr megadeth cds sounds fizzy, or crispy.
or way too digital.

 

[Mephis]

Re: New pickup from Dimarzio "D-activator" !

Are they not really active or something?

"No batteries"

Evidently...

 

[fullfistrock21]

Re: New pickup from Dimarzio "D-activator" !

I think they would be cool...i just wish i could get pickups for free somtimes so id have a little hands on experience