Gplayerzzz
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I can't find any info on the bridge model, other then their site. Anybody ever try one? Thanks.
Sorry to ask, but any info on Dimarzio Steve Morse pickup?
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MonkeyDungologist
Re: Sorry to ask, but any info on Dimarzio Steve Morse pickup?
i've not tried one myself but from the specs it appears to be a regular (ie not an airbucker etc) humbucker wound similarly to the superD but a little lighter, presumedly to gain the snap on the low strings the blurb describes.
hopefully someone else can provide ore info
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i've not tried one myself but from the specs it appears to be a regular (ie not an airbucker etc) humbucker wound similarly to the superD but a little lighter, presumedly to gain the snap on the low strings the blurb describes.
hopefully someone else can provide ore info
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devastone
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Re: Sorry to ask, but any info on Dimarzio Steve Morse pickup?
You might try www.dimarzioforum.com, I think there was some discussion about it there.
You might try www.dimarzioforum.com, I think there was some discussion about it there.
Gplayerzzz
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Re: Sorry to ask, but any info on Dimarzio Steve Morse pickup?
Hey dr. Yea, I tried their site. No luck. A higher treble Super, would be sweet.
Hey dr. Yea, I tried their site. No luck. A higher treble Super, would be sweet.
Re: Sorry to ask, but any info on Dimarzio Steve Morse pickup?
i had one and it was the most awful thing i ever purchased (the worst sounding pups ive ever owned were the ibanez powersound crap) $75 + tax in the mid 90's, double cream with black allen head poles. looked cool as hell. i tried it in a handful of guitars, ibanez rg550, epiphone firebird routed for buckers, few strats of various types, and a les paul and i couldnt get along with it at all.
very focused in a narrow frequency range. all mids with a tight bottom and loads of output. with tons of gain it holds together really well and stayed defined and thats about all the nice things i can say about it. it was harsh and very un-musical sounding. sounded awful clean and with medium amounts of gain. to my ears it only sounded good with lots of gain
i had one and it was the most awful thing i ever purchased (the worst sounding pups ive ever owned were the ibanez powersound crap) $75 + tax in the mid 90's, double cream with black allen head poles. looked cool as hell. i tried it in a handful of guitars, ibanez rg550, epiphone firebird routed for buckers, few strats of various types, and a les paul and i couldnt get along with it at all.
very focused in a narrow frequency range. all mids with a tight bottom and loads of output. with tons of gain it holds together really well and stayed defined and thats about all the nice things i can say about it. it was harsh and very un-musical sounding. sounded awful clean and with medium amounts of gain. to my ears it only sounded good with lots of gain
Gplayerzzz
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Re: Sorry to ask, but any info on Dimarzio Steve Morse pickup?
Thanks for the reply. I had heard it was harsh and unmusical. Guess I wanted someone to confirm that. And yes, the powersounds are horrible lol. Next are EMG selects. Worst purchase ever.
Thanks for the reply. I had heard it was harsh and unmusical. Guess I wanted someone to confirm that. And yes, the powersounds are horrible lol. Next are EMG selects. Worst purchase ever.
frankfalbo
In Fluence Y'all
Re: Sorry to ask, but any info on Dimarzio Steve Morse pickup?
Jeremy is right. I don't like to speak negatively but the Steve Morse bridge is about 9k of a very small coil. That means it's not like a 9k P.A.F. wind, which is what I'd hoped it would be. A friend of mine got one on trade and upon examining it, I realized there was very little that could be done with it. (unless you're Steve Morse, of course, then it sounds fine) It's not going to be a good neck pickup wind with a magnet swap, it won't really sweeten up in the bridge with a magnet swap either. It's a smaller wire gauge than a P.A.F. style pickup. Very bright sounding and weak. The big Ceramic magnet they put in there pushes the output up higher, but with a super sharp mid peak. There's more wrong about the way it's constructed than there is right. But remember, this is an art form, so everyone's wrong is someone's right. Steve likes it, and if you like his tone, and you try to imitate the way he plays, and his rig, then at that point I guess it becomes essential.
Jeremy is right. I don't like to speak negatively but the Steve Morse bridge is about 9k of a very small coil. That means it's not like a 9k P.A.F. wind, which is what I'd hoped it would be. A friend of mine got one on trade and upon examining it, I realized there was very little that could be done with it. (unless you're Steve Morse, of course, then it sounds fine) It's not going to be a good neck pickup wind with a magnet swap, it won't really sweeten up in the bridge with a magnet swap either. It's a smaller wire gauge than a P.A.F. style pickup. Very bright sounding and weak. The big Ceramic magnet they put in there pushes the output up higher, but with a super sharp mid peak. There's more wrong about the way it's constructed than there is right. But remember, this is an art form, so everyone's wrong is someone's right. Steve likes it, and if you like his tone, and you try to imitate the way he plays, and his rig, then at that point I guess it becomes essential.
Gplayerzzz
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Re: Sorry to ask, but any info on Dimarzio Steve Morse pickup?
Thanks for the reply. I've been watching his clips and interviews, and the pickup doesn't really sound like what I want. Maybe a D activator or Full Shred. The Shred has the treble, but what are the mids like? All low, or good highs mixed in?
Thanks for the reply. I've been watching his clips and interviews, and the pickup doesn't really sound like what I want. Maybe a D activator or Full Shred. The Shred has the treble, but what are the mids like? All low, or good highs mixed in?
Gplayerzzz
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Re: Sorry to ask, but any info on Dimarzio Steve Morse pickup?
This pup will be going into an Alder Strat. I was using an EVO, and loved the brightness, but it was a little too overbearing/screamy at volume. As for amps, I was using Mesa and Line 6. But I sold them, to try something else. Not sure what I'll get. Whats funny is everytime I hear a tone I like, I find out the guy is either using a JB, or EMG 81. But I found the JB to be picky, and I didn't like the bass. And I don't wanna go active. The Dimebucker would have been great if it had had more mids. But it had a hollow sound, like it was missing a freq. Everybody has told me to go with BKs, but i'm not paying $180 for one pickup. I've tried Gibsons, and most of the high output Duncans and Dimarzios. So, I don't know.
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MonkeyDungologist
Re: Sorry to ask, but any info on Dimarzio Steve Morse pickup?
if everyone's saying go BK i'm guessing you're in the UK?
i won't knock BK as i haven't tried them, used duncans are relatively available in australia
any thoughts on what amp you're likely to go for? i wouldn't expect alder to be too difficult to find a good match for (aside from the JB heh), once you've a better idea of what kind of colour it'll be pushing.
if you like the evo, the evo2 is said to be a big improvement; i haven't tried either though
if everyone's saying go BK i'm guessing you're in the UK?
i won't knock BK as i haven't tried them, used duncans are relatively available in australia
any thoughts on what amp you're likely to go for? i wouldn't expect alder to be too difficult to find a good match for (aside from the JB heh), once you've a better idea of what kind of colour it'll be pushing.
if you like the evo, the evo2 is said to be a big improvement; i haven't tried either though
Re: Sorry to ask, but any info on Dimarzio Steve Morse pickup?
i used to be a total metalhead. charvel model 1 with an emg 81 and pa2 boost, rg550 with a fred in the bridge, floyd loaded hss strat with emg sv,sv,81 spc and pa2, jackson rhodes sh4/sh6b, jackson dinky reverse with emg 85 and 60 were my corral of axes
i used to be a total metalhead. charvel model 1 with an emg 81 and pa2 boost, rg550 with a fred in the bridge, floyd loaded hss strat with emg sv,sv,81 spc and pa2, jackson rhodes sh4/sh6b, jackson dinky reverse with emg 85 and 60 were my corral of axes
Gplayerzzz
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Re: Sorry to ask, but any info on Dimarzio Steve Morse pickup?
Na, the U.S. The BKs seem to be the flavor of the month. The EVO 2 is a thought.
frankfalbo
In Fluence Y'all
Re: Sorry to ask, but any info on Dimarzio Steve Morse pickup?
I think you'd like the Full Shred. Its got the highs, the screaming harmonics, etc. but I find it to have good, strong mids too. The low end is tight. It fits in with your experiences liking players that use JB's and 81's. The Full Shred should come right in where you want it.
I think you'd like the Full Shred. Its got the highs, the screaming harmonics, etc. but I find it to have good, strong mids too. The low end is tight. It fits in with your experiences liking players that use JB's and 81's. The Full Shred should come right in where you want it.
Kosh Naranek
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Re: Sorry to ask, but any info on Dimarzio Steve Morse pickup?
I have put the Steve Morse bridge pickup in a couple of different guitars. But they're both guitars that you might not ordinarily put that pickup in so I don't know if I'm qualified to comment.
One is a bolt on with a plexi glass body. The bridge pickup is also situated closer to the bridge than on a LP or other guitar with bridge humbucker. Becaue the bridge pickup is so close to the bridge and the body is plexiglass, any pickup is going to sound sorta thin or nasally. But I actually like the Steve Morse in that guitar. It seems to have a little bit of twang. I hear that on some of Morse's tunes.
The other guitar I tried it in, and I went back to a JB, was a mahogany 24 3/4" set neck guitar. It sounded hot, fat, and chunky. I also heard a little bit of spank in it when riffing. My theory is Morse may have wanted the pickup to have some of the spank and twang of the Tele he used to play but with a much beefier output.
Of course, the guitar it was designed for is a 25 1/2" scale bolt on plank, and that makes a big difference.
I have put the Steve Morse bridge pickup in a couple of different guitars. But they're both guitars that you might not ordinarily put that pickup in so I don't know if I'm qualified to comment.
One is a bolt on with a plexi glass body. The bridge pickup is also situated closer to the bridge than on a LP or other guitar with bridge humbucker. Becaue the bridge pickup is so close to the bridge and the body is plexiglass, any pickup is going to sound sorta thin or nasally. But I actually like the Steve Morse in that guitar. It seems to have a little bit of twang. I hear that on some of Morse's tunes.
The other guitar I tried it in, and I went back to a JB, was a mahogany 24 3/4" set neck guitar. It sounded hot, fat, and chunky. I also heard a little bit of spank in it when riffing. My theory is Morse may have wanted the pickup to have some of the spank and twang of the Tele he used to play but with a much beefier output.
Of course, the guitar it was designed for is a 25 1/2" scale bolt on plank, and that makes a big difference.
Gplayerzzz
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Re: Sorry to ask, but any info on Dimarzio Steve Morse pickup?
The chart makes it look a little scooped in the mids. But they are full?
uOpt
Something Cool
Re: Sorry to ask, but any info on Dimarzio Steve Morse pickup?
The bridge pickup in the Morse is very smooth and fat. It's probably intended to be used in combination with the other pickups most of the time (note the switch under the strings that allows you to add the bridge pickup to whatever you are currently doing while actively picking). I don't like this pickup at all.
Now, the single coil next to it, that's a really cool pickup. Some fat Strat-like pickup but not compressed like the SSL-5/6. Maybe the position also helps.
The bridge pickup in the Morse is very smooth and fat. It's probably intended to be used in combination with the other pickups most of the time (note the switch under the strings that allows you to add the bridge pickup to whatever you are currently doing while actively picking). I don't like this pickup at all.
Now, the single coil next to it, that's a really cool pickup. Some fat Strat-like pickup but not compressed like the SSL-5/6. Maybe the position also helps.
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MonkeyDungologist
Re: Sorry to ask, but any info on Dimarzio Steve Morse pickup?
they're full IMO. people talk about the C5 like it's a steve's special ie really scooped; i didn't find it that way at all. the full shred is basically a custom 5 with 2 screw coils, it packs a punch like all the customs but has much better clarity
have tried it through a few different amps and it sounded good through all of them too
they're full IMO. people talk about the C5 like it's a steve's special ie really scooped; i didn't find it that way at all. the full shred is basically a custom 5 with 2 screw coils, it packs a punch like all the customs but has much better clarity
have tried it through a few different amps and it sounded good through all of them too
