dual recto with dime bucker ?

[cheameup]

hey

anyone tried this ? I have a mate getting rid of one from a 2nd hand SG he just bought . It doesnt suit his music style or amp . I can proabably get it off him for a case of beer . My backup guitar still has the stock bridge humbucker which is pretty ass so I know its going to be better .

just wondering if anyone has used one thorugh a dual rec 3 channel

 

[YellowJacket]

Hey! Luckily for you, I have just the experience necessary to comment on this.

My friend whom I have jammed with several times, is terribly infatuated with metal and he has the dimebucker in the bridge of his #1 guitar, which is a Jackson. He plays that with his 3 channel dual through a 2 x 12 rectocab. My impression of it is that it is super tight and thick with a lot of bite. It is thick, articulate, and sounds great with a Dual. Lets put it this way, I had my Les Paul running through my amp with my settings and I was getting a massively phat rock crunch. We swapped guitars and didn't even dial in a new tone. Basically instant metal. Less bass, more focused mids and slicing treble. I mean the clean tone is what it is, but the gain tone just slays. If you like metal, I'm sure it will be worth the beer!!!

 

[cheameup]

Hey! Luckily for you, I have just the experience necessary to comment on this.

My friend whom I have jammed with several times, is terribly infatuated with metal and he has the dimebucker in the bridge of his #1 guitar, which is a Jackson. He plays that with his 3 channel dual through a 2 x 12 rectocab. My impression of it is that it is super tight and thick with a lot of bite. It is thick, articulate, and sounds great with a Dual. Lets put it this way, I had my Les Paul running through my amp with my settings and I was getting a massively phat rock crunch. We swapped guitars and didn't even dial in a new tone. Basically instant metal. Less bass, more focused mids and slicing treble. I mean the clean tone is what it is, but the gain tone just slays. If you like metal, I'm sure it will be worth the beer!!!

sweet man just what I neded to hear .
thanks

 

[msi]

I would agree. I have a Jackson Kelly with a Dimebucker and think it sounds great through my amp.

 

[cheameup]

end to the story put the dime in and it sounds fricken great . More mids than my custom 5 in my other guitar . think the C5 is now gonna get swapped out for something with beefier mids

 

[YellowJacket]

WOOOT ^_______________________________________^

 

[talltxguy]

I had an SH-4 JB at the bridge of my pickup and wasn't getting the crunch I felt I deserved with my Roadster. I'm hesitant about putting an EQ in the loop because I don't wanna degrade the signal, so I looked at pickup possibilities.

Was looking at going with EMG's but did not wanna lose my neck pickup as I feel it's perfect for me and my style. Did some research and settled on a Dimebucker for the bridge. The Roadster loves it!

The cleans belong to the SH-4, but everything else belongs to the Dime. The cleans aren't annoying but are grittier and gainier, which doesn't matter to me because I use the neck in a single coil mode for cleans anyway. And now the "new cleans" that I have might actually come in handy at times.

With my setup, the Dime simply does it better and was a great investment to help crunchify things. It's amazing how much more gain I can use on the Roadster now. It's amazing how $100 can really change up the tone.

 

[screamingdaisy]

It's amazing how $100 can really change up the tone.

Kind of makes you wonder how many dudes are flipping expensive amp after expensive amp because they're still using the same pickups?

 

[siggy14]

I got one of these in a Gibson V, never really gave it a chance, have been thinking about throwing it up for sale, but maybe I will put it in my Ibanez SZ320 now and see how I like it.

 

[YellowJacket]

It's amazing how $100 can really change up the tone.

Something that is even more amazing is swapping out the electronics on a guitar. Get new PIO pots and CTS pots and wire them up 50s Les Paul style. This swaps the solder points on the lugs which results in a much more aggressive and 'in your face' kind of tone. This also makes the volume and tone knobs usable. The tone knob will change the tone instead of removing it. Stock production guitars all sound lifeless to me after upgrading my Les Paul.

Kind of makes you wonder how many dudes are flipping expensive amp after expensive amp because they're still using the same pickups?

Troubleshooting tone can REALLY suck sometimes! I totally can see guys flipping expensive amps because of pickups, electronics, or even the guitar. Some guys get stuck on a crappy guitar and no matter what they stick inside of it, it still sucks massively! You can also see this with speakers. They swap speakers because they hate the cab or swap cabs because they hate the speakers.
I also find it annoying when people try to build a rig starting with an amp. Sorry guys, but I'd downgrade my Recto to an Egnater or even a Bugera before I'd even consider getting rid of my Les Paul.

When working on building a rig, I always thought of it this way.
1) Find a great guitar you like the feel and tone of. This guitar interacting with your playing becomes your voice!
2) Find the proper pickups and electronics to make that guitar sound its best.
3) Find and amp that best cooperates with that particular instrument.
4) Use the best possible cabinet design / speaker to complement the overall tone.
5) Make sure you have quality cables and speaker leads. (I don't follow this one. I really should upgrade all that for less tone suck)

 

[cheameup]

The end of this story is I did like the dime but ended up swapping it out for an alternative 8. The dime was cool for its sound but it didn't have much variation on that good sound. Think Im not a ceramic magnet guy. Alnico 8 mags are a similar sound but a bit smoother in the highs to me

 

[ElectricTurkey4369]

Bare Knuckle Pickups

That is all...
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