Let's help a newbie out! Re: Duncan Distortion vs. Dimarzio D-Activator I've only tried the D Activator neck pickup, but the cleans were great - though easy to distort your amp. I'm looking to buy a new pickup, a humbucker, but I cant decide on which one to choose? Some prefer CTS, some Bourns, some Alpha. I've narrowed it down to the Seymour Duncan jb or the dimarzio super distortion. I'm looking to upgrade the pickups in my Schecter (Mahogany body / ebony neck). Dimarzio Evolution vs. Seymour Duncan Full Shred I ask because I recently picked up an RG 2610e Prestige and was thinking of swapping out the Full Shred for the Evolution but am not completely sure if I'm actually gaining anything here. They OK in the neck, pretty flat sounding elsewhere. Thanks to its ceramic magnets, it offers around twice the power of a typical PAF-style pickup, enough to drive the input stage of any guitar amp harder – making it hugely popular among hard rock, metal and shred players. DiMarzio Ultra Jazz vs. Seymour Duncan 1/4 Pounders Discussion in 'Pickups & Electronics [BG]' started by Slackerprince, May 17, 2010. I am on the fence between the DiMarzio Super Distortion and Seymour Duncan Hot Rails. Problem is DiMarzio and Duncan don´t produce them, they have to buy what´s on the market, CTS I guess. daveyh Frets: 520 ... Gotta love the Hot Slag for classic rock/metal and the Jailhouse Rail which is a bit ... the magnets' field will still pickup (pun intended) the strings' vibrations, I regularly use old 70's dimarzio 50mm on floyd rose equipped guits with no audible difference. They are here to help. Dimarzio, Seymour Duncan or EMG??? Seymour Duncan has a wide variety of neck pickups to help you find that perfect match. Aug 7, 2008 Tampa via PDX. Also, you can still get really great metal … Re: DiMarzio X2N vs. which Duncan? and, shredding gets mushy really easily. Dimarzio X2N vs. Seymour Duncan JB? Or just a whole different kind? First up is the wood of the guitar - do you have a bright guitar like alder and want to warm and fatten it up, or do you have a warmer guitar and want to make take it out of the darkness and give it some crunch and bite? Pertinenza-Mike- Looking to replace the bridge single coil in my American Strat. I wouldn't get too caught up in it, they all make really good ones. A relative newcomer to the Seymour Duncan lineup, the Black Winter is an extremely brutal pickup designed for the type of extreme metal typically created in Scandanavia. I agree Dimarzio's website presents their products better than SD's. I am looking for a bridge pick up that suits metal any suggestions? "The TZ sounds thicker and fatter, but the AZ seems to have more bite while retaining the basic sound." Dec 28, 2003 #1. tplyons. Seymour Duncan SH-6 Distortion vs. Dimarzio Super Distortion, which pickups are better for metal? SD does have more product categories, but yah, it's still not as easy to digest. I just dropped them in my RGR421 yesterday and they are a big improvement from the stock V7/V8's I took out! Seymour Duncan used to have CDs you could request that had playing samples of all their pickups under semi-controlled conditions: same guitar, amp, dirty and clean. I play rock and metal through a Marshall JCM 2000 DSL. Doesn´t change sound at … The DiMarzio is the one for hard rock / classic metal. Dimarzio Model P vs. Seymour Duncan Vintage P Discussion in 'Pickups & Electronics [BG]' started by tplyons, Dec 28, 2003. Re: Dimarzio vs. Seymour Duncan I can't say that I perfer one over the other but since my RG's body is Mohogany/maple I decided you really can't go wrong with a SD Hot Rodded set! (bridge position) Click to expand... As soon as you tell me which is better, Blondes, ... Is it for metal? As a result, they give cleaner sounds and more understandable distortions. Hey all, I have an epiphone Les Paul classic and I am looking to replace the pickups with some good high output metal pickups that can be used for rock and blues when I need to play something that has a bit of a vintage sound (love to play Cream once in awhile, go clapton ) I … Dimarzio X2N or Seymour Duncan Invader Dimarzio X2N or Seymour Duncan Invader. I play in A standard and have an Invader and it loses clarity rather quickly.I'd say 85 #10 Rupturemetal, May 8, 2008. I play progressive metal, so Im looking for versatile (bridge) pickups that have very high gain, but also sound good at lower output / clean. I've been primarily a Seymour Duncan user for a long time, but about a year ago I bought a mahogany body Tele with dual DiMarzio humbuckers - Air Norton/Tone Zone. 9 risposte. I'm wanting to get a set of pickups that will give me an 80s hair metal/80s hard rock sound similar to ratt, skid row, warrant, motley crue, etc. What do you tune too? The DiMarzio PAF Pro has NOTHING to do with a PAF except the marketing tie in name. But that sounds about right to … Share Followers 0. ... hard-tail Jackson Kelly, and I my main genres are Thrash Metal, Death Metal, and Groove Metal. The Seymour Duncan 59 Custom Hybrid is a unique creation with an interesting backstory. I have heard them a few times, but never actually played. Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next > May 17, 2010 #1. Rispondi Salva. 23 posts Along with the Seymour Duncan JB, the DiMarzio Super Distortion is also one of the O.G. It gives me that thick, sustaining Santana-type sound I go for. Dimarzio Titan vs Seymour Duncan Nazgul Pickups Comparison (Video) March 20, 2017 by Nathan Last week I ended up buying an Ibanez RG752 off of Craigslist (I had zero plans of buying another guitar so I’m still not sure how that happened). Bright and tight and excellent sound for modern day Heavy Metal. Dimarzio vs Seymour Duncan pickups? Hey, I plan on swapping the bridge pickup on one of my guitars (Ibanez GSZ120, basswood body). Introduced in 1972, the Super Distortion was one of the first aftermarket pickups in production and effectively put Larry DiMarzio on the map. Should I get Dimarzio's or Seymour Duncans? It is one of the best guitar pickups for 80s metal, and Paul Gilbert, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, and Phil Collen are a few players who have made great use of this model. metal pickups, and it has seen considerable playtime on many records in the last few decades. ! Greetings! Some Duncans don't (like the neck zebra 59 humbucker) but most do. With the right balance of bass, midrange and treble, the Black Winter can go from devastating riffs … Apr 6, 2003 Madison, NJ. Re: DiMarzio Tone Zone vs. Air Zone Not so intimately familiar with the AZ. Eventually one of the forum users mixed the Seymour Duncan 59 with the Seymour Duncan Custom. Tech experts from Seymour Duncan are regularly on this forum, and are clearly labeled as employees of Seymour Duncan. What will help you the most is your amp and settings and your own playing for getting a certain sound. There are many things to consider when you're looking for a a neck pickup. Slackerprince. I do own, and like, my ToneZone. Dimarzio or Duncan? I am looking to upgrade the bridge pickup in my Epiphone g-310 SG. So let’s compare and contrast these two sets of pickups. Some members of the Seymour Duncan forum started experimenting with putting the best of two pickups in one by combining two coils from different pickups. I only use the bridge pickup for high gain distorted leads, and for that the Tone Zone is amazing. I'll give 10 points to the best answer! I mostly play shred metal, hard rock and blues rock. ... Bill Lawrence L500XL is better than a Duncan or Dimarzio IMO. I've also used both Distortion bridge and neck models which I thought were good for old school Heavy Metal. you want something like the dimebucker, or maybe an active pup for most "modern metal" Seymour Duncan: Black Winter vs Nazgul vs Pegusus. EMG has been found commonly in many "metal" guitars and so has Seymour Duncan. By MyEmergency, April 21, 2011 in Electric Guitars. The Dimarzio Model P/J set is pretty much the inverse of the Seymour Duncan set. I have a schecter with a EMG and when playing with a real amp doesnt sound so good as seymour duncan but in the mix, sounds so much better that´s not even funny and I dont have to cut even half of the shit that I use to cut with seymour duncan and the most important, the top end with the EMG it´s smooth while with seymour it´s too agressive and harsh. The Dimarzio set have less highs (without sounding dull) and have a lot going on in the mids. Seymour Duncan SH-PG1; Seymour Duncan Hot Rodded; DiMarzio Crunch Lab (bridge) DiMarzio Super 2 (neck) DiMarzio Super Distortion (bridge or neck) Passive, medium output: These have mildly lower power than high output humbuckers. x2n in my lp is a very warm rounded 80's tone. which pickup has a better sound for metal. I usually go Dimarzio simply because they don't say DIMARZIO on them like most Duncans do. Warm, thick but not muddy, good high end but not harsh. Years and years ago. Looking for some help deciding. The SD Quarter Pounder pickups are scooped sounding, with a pronounced high end and extended low end. IronGear vs Seymour Duncan. What's Hot. Gibson vs Seymour Duncan vs DiMarzio : di Guitarspit [user #46128] - pubblicato il 03 agosto 2017 ore 12:15. Salve a tutti i chitarristi di accordo. Seymour Duncan JB vs Duncan Distortion vs DiMarzio Tone Zone as a bridge pickup. 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