Scored some Vintage Dimarzio's on e-bay...

[AmpliFIRE]

Super Distortion's

I'm going to slap them in my LP Std. The guitar is a bit on the dark side...hopefully these will help!

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Scored some Vintage Dimarzio's on e-bay...

Cool score.

The Super D I have in the bridge of my Yamaha is pretty dark and midrangey, it might soung cool in your LP, but unless you're going for a really creamy, smooth OD tones, you might need brighter pickups.

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Scored some Vintage Dimarzio's on e-bay...

BTW, I hope that he made a mistake while measuring the resistance. My SD weighs in at circa 14K.

 

[AmpliFIRE]

Re: Scored some Vintage Dimarzio's on e-bay...

BTW, I hope that he made a mistake while measuring the resistance. My SD weighs in at circa 14K.

LOL... I noticed that as well. It has to be a mistake

 

[Zerberus]

Re: Scored some Vintage Dimarzio's on e-bay...

He may have mistakenly only measured one coil

BUT..... Were they already available as 4 conductor in the ´70s?? Something bothers me on that.... :boggled:

Either way, the Super distortion is the last pickup after an Invader that I´d put in an already dark guitar..... you may not get what you´re looking for from that pickup, a Duncan Distortion would have probably been a better choice IMO.... but try it when they get there, ears and tastes differ

 

[AmpliFIRE]

Re: Scored some Vintage Dimarzio's on e-bay...

Maybe some 500k vol pots will do the trick as far as brightening it up?

 

[Akrin]

Re: Scored some Vintage Dimarzio's on e-bay...

BUT..... Were they already available as 4 conductor in the ´70s?? Something bothers me on that.... :boggled:

According to Dimarzio's website, the Dual Sound (4-conductor Super Distortion) was released in 1974.

 

[greendy123]

Re: Scored some Vintage Dimarzio's on e-bay...

If the super distortion is too dark in your neck, the super II could be a possible pickup for you use. The super II has about the same tone as a super distortion but more treble to deal with being in the neck.

 

[Zerberus]

Re: Scored some Vintage Dimarzio's on e-bay...

According to Dimarzio's website, the Dual Sound (4-conductor Super Distortion) was released in 1974.

Ah, thx... I refuse the give Dimarzio even a hit on the website until they drop the DC trademark

 

[Simon_F]

Re: Scored some Vintage Dimarzio's on e-bay...

According to Dimarzio's website, the Dual Sound (4-conductor Super Distortion) was released in 1974.

Yup. I clearly remember a friend of mine installing DiMarzio Dual Sounds in his LP copy in the 70s, with several mini toggles for splitting, phase reversal etc.

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Scored some Vintage Dimarzio's on e-bay...

Maybe some 500k vol pots will do the trick as far as brightening it up?

Actually, I have one at the bridge of my Yamaha AES 500 with 1 meg pots and it sounds warmer still than the Custom in my Hamer with 500k pots.

The Super Distortion is a big, warm, midrangey pickup.