Re: Sorry, DiMarzio user,s please.
oh you just got one? i am replacing the tone zone in my strat actually. should i go with what you did and get one my self? how are the cleans? are they better? are there more highs? is it less muddy? i have to know these things!RG 2570 said:
RG 2570
New member
Re: Sorry, DiMarzio user,s please.
i bought mine at GC yesterday, and it is very impressive!
smoother highs,more focused lows, and a overall more vintage tone
picture a paf but fatter.
it sings like the JB for leads but has a deeper voice. kind of like alto vs tenor :laugh2:
much more articulate than the TZ and JB
yes-fan said:
i bought mine at GC yesterday, and it is very impressive!
smoother highs,more focused lows, and a overall more vintage tone
picture a paf but fatter.
it sings like the JB for leads but has a deeper voice. kind of like alto vs tenor :laugh2:
much more articulate than the TZ and JB
Xeromus
Tone Ninja
Re: Sorry, DiMarzio user,s please.
Joe Satriani's setup is great, He uses a Paf Pro in the neck (new Paf Joe you could try too) and a Fred in the bridge. They are real balanced, even, and awesome sounding pickups. I think it's a decent starting point.
Early on Paul Gilbert used Super Distortions, that might be worth trying in the bridge, but it's pretty hot.
the Air Norton neck and Tone Zone bridge combo isn't bad though.
Just trying to give you a starting point, stuff to look into.
Joe Satriani's setup is great, He uses a Paf Pro in the neck (new Paf Joe you could try too) and a Fred in the bridge. They are real balanced, even, and awesome sounding pickups. I think it's a decent starting point.
Early on Paul Gilbert used Super Distortions, that might be worth trying in the bridge, but it's pretty hot.
the Air Norton neck and Tone Zone bridge combo isn't bad though.
Just trying to give you a starting point, stuff to look into.
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HeadBanginologist
Re: Sorry, DiMarzio user,s please.
i think you may like the super d as well
i think you may like the super d as well
Re: Sorry, DiMarzio user,s please.
Thanks you ... A good point with this post to as when you think about it the only thing the pup does it tell the amp what to produce, sure it soounds different clean, but under overdrive the tonal characteristics of the pup tend to tell the amp which frequency regions to distort more, so it alters the character of the distortion ... but say if for instance you are try to get a scooped metal distortion and your amp can't scoop out the mids post distortion, and just doesn't have the presence and low end ... well a pickup won't fix that. However say if you like the distortion, but say the guitar could just be thicker, of have more bite, or be clearer sounding on chords, or a little tighter on the low end. A new pup can most certainly help with that, just another perspective.
ranalli said:
Thanks you ...
A good point with this post to as when you think about it the only thing the pup does it tell the amp what to produce, sure it soounds different clean, but under overdrive the tonal characteristics of the pup tend to tell the amp which frequency regions to distort more, so it alters the character of the distortion ... but say if for instance you are try to get a scooped metal distortion and your amp can't scoop out the mids post distortion, and just doesn't have the presence and low end ... well a pickup won't fix that. However say if you like the distortion, but say the guitar could just be thicker, of have more bite, or be clearer sounding on chords, or a little tighter on the low end. A new pup can most certainly help with that, just another perspective.
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HeadBanginologist
Re: Sorry, DiMarzio user,s please.
damn!
this makes me want to get a double humbucker guitar and make it my shred guitar! :yell:
damn!
this makes me want to get a double humbucker guitar and make it my shred guitar! :yell:
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F. Hails Railsologist
Re: Sorry, DiMarzio user,s please.
Hails Man
get a look at the new STEVE MORSE BRDIEG PUP AND THE NEW PAF JOE NECK
YOU WILL BE SATISFIED.
Q
Hails Man
get a look at the new STEVE MORSE BRDIEG PUP AND THE NEW PAF JOE NECK
YOU WILL BE SATISFIED.
Q
Truthsayer
New member
Re: Sorry, DiMarzio user,s please.
Your choice of amp and the settings on that amp have a much bigger influence on the nature and quality of your sound than your choice of pickups. Keep changing pickups all you want, but you'll still sound like your playing through a Crate amp.
As far as DiMarzio's go for the type of sound you want a PAF Pro/PAF Pro (neck/bridge) combination or a PAF Pro/Super Distortion combination is hard to beat. There are lots of other great DiMarzio choices, but those two combinations are the obvious choices for the type of sound you seem to be looking for. Be very sure to experiment with pickup height for optimal tone and balance. The same pickup at different heights can sound either sweet and toneful, or sour and harsh.
Your choice of amp and the settings on that amp have a much bigger influence on the nature and quality of your sound than your choice of pickups. Keep changing pickups all you want, but you'll still sound like your playing through a Crate amp.
As far as DiMarzio's go for the type of sound you want a PAF Pro/PAF Pro (neck/bridge) combination or a PAF Pro/Super Distortion combination is hard to beat. There are lots of other great DiMarzio choices, but those two combinations are the obvious choices for the type of sound you seem to be looking for. Be very sure to experiment with pickup height for optimal tone and balance. The same pickup at different heights can sound either sweet and toneful, or sour and harsh.
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RACER X
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Re: Sorry, DiMarzio user,s please.
Thanks for all the great suggestions guys, buy one thing, why dose everyone keep slamming my amp ? Sorry i cant afford a JCM800, and the Crate gives me everything i need, 120wtts, 3ch's, 4 12's, etc. I love it, maybe one of these days i can bump it up to a Marshall or MESA, but untill then im 100% cool with my rig.
Thanks for all the great suggestions guys, buy one thing, why dose everyone keep slamming my amp ? Sorry i cant afford a JCM800, and the Crate gives me everything i need, 120wtts, 3ch's, 4 12's, etc. I love it, maybe one of these days i can bump it up to a Marshall or MESA, but untill then im 100% cool with my rig.
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F. Hails Railsologist
Re: Sorry, DiMarzio user,s please.
Hails RACERX i had a crate gx80.. 1x12
and a boss metalzone that i still own
do you want to hear some clips i did with that gear?
give me your email in the PM
Hails RACERX i had a crate gx80.. 1x12
and a boss metalzone that i still own
do you want to hear some clips i did with that gear?
give me your email in the PM
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RACER X
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HeadBanginologist
Re: Sorry, DiMarzio user,s please.
RacerX?
did you try the settings i showed you? did you like em or not?
RacerX?
did you try the settings i showed you? did you like em or not?
R
RACER X
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Re: Sorry, DiMarzio user,s please.
Close, but better. I can live with it, with just a little more tweeking. Thank you my friend.
Close, but better. I can live with it, with just a little more tweeking. Thank you my friend.
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HeadBanginologist
Re: Sorry, DiMarzio user,s please.
cool, what are you gonna tweak?
cool, what are you gonna tweak?
Biu
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Re: Sorry, DiMarzio user,s please.
I LOVE Paul Gilbert's tone. I suppose it explains why I have both Tone Zone and Super Distortion pickups
Thus, I say Humbucker From Hell neck and Tone Zone bridge.
\m/(00)\m/, I take it, you watched that DiMarzio video with Paul Gilbert as well? I dug that Gilbert Les Paul :13:
I LOVE Paul Gilbert's tone. I suppose it explains why I have both Tone Zone and Super Distortion pickups
Thus, I say Humbucker From Hell neck and Tone Zone bridge.
\m/(00)\m/, I take it, you watched that DiMarzio video with Paul Gilbert as well? I dug that Gilbert Les Paul :13:
RG 2570
New member
Re: Sorry, DiMarzio user,s please.
for shred the tone zone is great and the super II makes a good neck pup for it
the super II is right in between the paf pro and HFH tone wise but has more power and harmonics. and Paul gilbert uses all of them in various guitars
racer X i sent you a PM and Email about something concerning this
Biu said:I LOVE Paul Gilbert's tone. I suppose it explains why I have both Tone Zone and Super Distortion pickups
Thus, I say Humbucker From Hell neck and Tone Zone bridge.
\m/(00)\m/, I take it, you watched that DiMarzio video with Paul Gilbert as well? I dug that Gilbert Les Paul :13:
for shred the tone zone is great and the super II makes a good neck pup for it
the super II is right in between the paf pro and HFH tone wise but has more power and harmonics. and Paul gilbert uses all of them in various guitars
racer X i sent you a PM and Email about something concerning this
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HeadBanginologist
Re: Sorry, DiMarzio user,s please.
it's his favorite pickup that goeas Aww.
and he used to wire all his pickups in parallel for a much cleaner sound, even the distortion was a bit cleaner. but what he found out was that with a single coil in the middle you can get the best of both worlds, you can still get that heavy metal brigde tone and then you can have it on the single coil and the bridge pickup with the volume up only a little bit and still get that kinda jimi hendrix sound.
nah, never seen it in my life
Biu said:I LOVE Paul Gilbert's tone. I suppose it explains why I have both Tone Zone and Super Distortion pickups
Thus, I say Humbucker From Hell neck and Tone Zone bridge.
\m/(00)\m/, I take it, you watched that DiMarzio video with Paul Gilbert as well? I dug that Gilbert Les Paul :13:
it's his favorite pickup that goeas Aww.
and he used to wire all his pickups in parallel for a much cleaner sound, even the distortion was a bit cleaner. but what he found out was that with a single coil in the middle you can get the best of both worlds, you can still get that heavy metal brigde tone and then you can have it on the single coil and the bridge pickup with the volume up only a little bit and still get that kinda jimi hendrix sound.
nah, never seen it in my life
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