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Pure sweet tone...
Posted by Jacob Rodriguez from Logan, UT on Sep 20, 2009
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Active Christian Musician
Reviewer's Play Style: Blues, Jazz, Rock, Rockabilly, Funk
I want to start by saying I love these pickups. I have an '07 Gibson Les Paul Standard (non-chambered) and switched out BurstBucker Pros for these lovely pups. Not that the pros are bad pickups I just did not care for the sound. They were too bright, a bit muddy, and too dirty for my liking. I love my Gibby but have loved the sound of a Strat so I wanted to get more of that sound without actually getting one. I read reviews about these and read how they were low output and things so I figured why not try them? I was debating on these or Gibson Classic '57s but figured I would try these out instead. I came so close to buying the Classics and had even heard them but got these instead and I do not have any regret in doing so! I use a Fender HotRod DeLuxe tube amp mic'd up to a PA system. The clarity of these are incredible. I can strum a chord distorted and here every note that is strummed and not have it be dirty. I was hesitant with how the amount of treble in these is high and I like more the low end tone but they still have plenty of mid and low end. Beautifully crisp and balanced tone with a more compressed clean sound! For being low output they still deliver plenty of punch and add a touch of percussive pop to them much like that of a Strat. The guys at DiMarzio know what they are doing when it comes to tone! I would highly recommend these for anyone with any playing style!
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All I can say is WOW!
Posted by Wannabe from Phoenix, AZ. on Aug 29, 2008
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Active musician - Studio owner
Reviewer's Play Style: Rock - Hard Rock- Metal
I am a hard rock guy at heart, and build my own guitars. They stay very similar to Ibanez presige models. I have tried about every pickup combination that is common. I built a new guitar and wanted something a little different, so tried the Eric Johnson pickups thinking I would probably replace them with something else. NO WAY IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN!! I wired them with push pull volume knobs to tap the coils, and a simple channel select 3-way with no tone controls. These pickups are full, warm, and precise. I was in awe, but thought that they may have missed the Eric Johnson feeling. Then I played with turning down the gain on the pickups with the amp on full tilt. WOW! These pickups can clean up the heaviest, muddiest, distorted sound to a great simple blues drive just by turning down the pickups gain. I instantly went into the studio to try some of these new sounds out and nailed things I have been searching for for years. None of my other guitars can do this like these pickups. Then tapping the coils. I am so blown away by the sounds that these pickups can produce that I am out of words It is a total amazement that these are not much more common. If I were Dimarzio these would be a flagship along with the Evolutions. These pickups need to be in some of the big dogs arsenals and some of the serious high end guitars.
If you have different guitars for different sounds, try these for one and you will find it difficult to put down. If you want a wide range of sounds out of one guitar- these are your new pickups.
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Add some life to your guitar!
Posted by Sandman from California on Aug 5, 2008
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: active musician
Reviewer's Play Style: Christian, rock, country
I dropped an EJ bridge and EJ neck into my Ibanez RG2EX2. My guitar had been muddy sounding even on the clean channel and now has clear notes in chords and it still has plenty of punch. Installed a DPDT switch for the neck pickup to have the option of series or parallel wiring. I also installed a DPDT switch for the bridge pickup to have the "out of phase" option. With the EJ pickups and the two switches I mentioned you will be able to get virtually any tone.
If you want clarity and sparkle without giving up some punch if needed then these are your pickups!
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I found the puckup I always wanted
Posted by jay08641 from Trenton NJ on Jul 3, 2008
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: professional
Reviewer's Play Style: Southern Rock/Blues
I've been playing 29 years, and this is the tone I've always wanted. DiMarzio hit the nail right on the head. I slapped one of these in the bridge of my Epiphone G-400 and it now sounds better than any Gibson I own.
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Delivers as promised
Posted by Burning Tree Dave from St.petersburg, FL on Apr 4, 2008
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Guitarist - 6 years
Reviewer's Play Style: reggae/ rock
I bought this pickup to replace the Duncan Design pickup in the bridge position of my Schecter. I don't play metal but this schecter guitar had all the features I wanted with an unbeatable price. My main guitar before this guitar was a telecaster and I love the twang of single coils. That led me to this pickup. These pickups are great. They're very balanced from lows to highs and they are crystal clear. Exellent definition between the notes when cords are strummed (clean or overdriven) Of course they're much lower output than the duncan, but that's what I wanted. My coil tap is pretty much useless now but I think I'm going to get some concentric knobs and get rid of the tap. I don't get enough control with one volume and one tone knob. Overall this pickup gets a big thumbs up from me. The only problems i've had is that it's hard to keep it clean and shiny, and a little discoloration has shown up on the nickel finish. I think it may have been caused by the string cleaner I use. Way to go dimarzio!
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