Screaming Demon Question

[Dave Z]

Re: Screaming Demon Question

Perhaps you cross your wires?? Did you wire it the same as your dimarzio? If so, they use a diff wiring pattern.. I thought colors were universal so when I removed my tone zone long ago and put in my first C5, I put the wires in the sme color pattern and it sounded as you describe. I rewired and found an angelic voice.. I find the c5 to have a nice full tone,

LOL wouldn't that have sucked...I doubt it but you never know - that was early in my pickup swapping days.

 

[MikeS]

Re: Screaming Demon Question

i personally havn't used the screamin demon, but from what i listened to in the audio samples, it didn't sound that nice to me. No low end and a lot of high. someone at sam ash told me that it depends on what amp your using. he said through my marshall, it will sound terrible and to go with a differen't pup.

Funny, through my Marshall it sounds killer. A few secrets I've discovered about running the SD... For Lynch style riffage and lead work, let the amp provide the gain rather that having the pickup slam the preamp section. The tones required are naturally bright, mainly because high gain can turn low tones into mud very quickly.

For using the SD in other situations you have to learn to tame the highs a bit, because yes, it is a fairly bright pickup. First, install it in a darker guitar. A mahogany bodied set neck guitar is typically not bright, that might be a good start. I had a SD in a maple neck through BC Rich and it was awful. I now have it in two slightly darker guitars and it fits in nicely. Second, don't run the SD with 500k pots. I originally tried the 500K but still found the pickup bright, even in a Les Paul. Reinstalling the stock 300K ohm did wonders for taming the highs. Third, learn to use your tone pots, they are there for a reason. I can't tell you how many times I see all the knobs on a guitar set to 10. Experiment a little bit, because there is no perfect pickup.

From talking to people, if your amp isn't all that great, it might be a good choice to get you a good metal sound. But if you have a really nice amp, you might want to consider other options.

No offense to you or whoever told you that, but that has got to be one of the most asinine things I’ve heard in a while. First off, the Demon would not be my first choice if I wanted to slam the front end of an amplifier, regardless of how good of an amp we’re talking about. Second, there are plenty of guys getting great tone out of boutique amps with a SD. The first name that comes to mine has this very pickup named after him.

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: Screaming Demon Question

Funny, through my Marshall it sounds killer. A few secrets I've discovered about running the SD... For Lynch style riffage and lead work, let the amp provide the gain rather that having the pickup slam the preamp section. The tones required are naturally bright, mainly because high gain can turn low tones into mud very quickly.

For using the SD in other situations you have to learn to tame the highs a bit, because yes, it is a fairly bright pickup. First, install it in a darker guitar. A mahogany bodied set neck guitar is typically not bright, that might be a good start. I had a SD in a maple neck through BC Rich and it was awful. I now have it in two slightly darker guitars and it fits in nicely. Second, don't run the SD with 500k pots. I originally tried the 500K but still found the pickup bright, even in a Les Paul. Reinstalling the stock 300K ohm did wonders for taming the highs. Third, learn to use your tone pots, they are there for a reason. I can't tell you how many times I see all the knobs on a guitar set to 10. Experiment a little bit, because there is no perfect pickup.


No offense to you or whoever told you that, but that has got to be one of the most asinine things I’ve heard in a while. First off, the Demon would not be my first choice if I wanted to slam the front end of an amplifier, regardless of how good of an amp we’re talking about. Second, there are plenty of guys getting great tone out of boutique amps with a SD. The first name that comes to mine has this very pickup named after him.

It's like trying to polish a turd? :laugh2: :laugh2:
If the amp sucks,then you're putting a decent pedal,pickup,or whatever into a crappy amp? Hmmmmm? :smack: :laugh2:

 

[hareek]

Re: Screaming Demon Question

No offense to you or whoever told you that, but that has got to be one of the most asinine things I’ve heard in a while. First off, the Demon would not be my first choice if I wanted to slam the front end of an amplifier, regardless of how good of an amp we’re talking about. Second, there are plenty of guys getting great tone out of boutique amps with a SD. The first name that comes to mine has this very pickup named after him.

i heard it through my cousin who asked a guy at Sam Ash. but what you said makes a lot more sense. Either way, the sound clips that i listened to are what turned me off the most. It wasn't quite the sound I was looking for. I strongly encourage everyone to listen to the sound clips of each pickup that SD provides before purchasing. They are very helpful. Make sure you have good speakers and crank it because at really low volumes, its hard to tell some of the subtle differences.