Okay, I guess I'm warming up to DiMarzios

[uOpt]

Honestly, it sounds like you have an issue with the patent office, rather than DiMarzio.

Nobody is perfect. The issue is that companies like DiMarzio throw all kinds of crap at the wall and see what sticks. You get a weaker person in the office and it will be extremely hard (a lawsuit) to get rid of the patent or trademark. That's a business model and I don't like it.

 

[strat dude]

The double crème thing is as a dick move but stealing from Kinnman and then suing him on top of it was flat out shitty. Kinnman didn’t get his affairs in order for sure but it a was a still shitty. That being said I have a few Dimarzio and have had many others throughout the years.

 

[Archer250]

Honestly, it sounds like you have an issue with the patent office, rather than DiMarzio.

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I have my own opinions on IP laws, but I don't blame DiMarzio for playing the game

 

[Aceman]

My current DiMarzio stable
- Superdistortions in the bridge of two Les Pauls - Classic!
- PAF in the neck of a Les Paul - Also Classic!
- Fast Track 2 in the bridge of a Strat (with a split) - from Iron Maiden to Stevie Ray with a mini switch
- X2N in a Hello Kitty Strat - Over the top and then some!
- Liquifire/Crunchlab in a Superstrat - Great for the 80's metal stuff
- Area PJ set in a Squire bass - way more punchy and powerful vs whatever was in there!
- HS3's waiting for install in my YJM project

No ToneZones loaded anywhere...at this time. But there has often been.

Nothing wrong with DiMarzio. Just different.

 

[MikeS]

I was perfectly happy as a loyal Duncan user for a long time, and there have only been a handful of Duncan pickups that turned me off. One such pair was a P-Rails set that I had in a Dean Soltero. A few years ago I stumbled on DiMarzio's annual sale and took a chance on a Super Distortion and 36th Anniversary PAF neck (yes, in double cream). Holy crap, I discovered what many before me already knew - that the Super Distortion is an epic hard rock and metal pickup in a Les Paul style guitar. The Soltero went from the verge of being sold to near the top of my rotation.

I also have a baritone thinline with Area T neck and Area T 615, the latter is going to be replaced with a Chopper T soon. I also have a zebra set of a Fred and PAF Joe on the way, which for the time being will be installed in a strat.