Pickups

[blinkie]

Hey, just wondering if any of you guys as ever tried a DiMarzio pickup for telecaster, I was thinking about getting the seymour duncan little 59 but the store doesn't have it on stock, tell something about Dimarzios please...


thanxs.

 

[Guitarzan]

What sound are you looking for? Vintage? Modern? are you a traditionalist? or do you like progressive tones? Answer these then we'll chat.

 

[blinkie]

I love blink 182 tone, but I also like petrucci tone, I dont know, I have a single coil (seymour duncan) and I feel I need more power, a more full sound. I wanna have my own sound, not a copy from anyone else's. But have you had any experience with DiMarzio pickups for telecaster ?

in particular with these:
DiMarzio Tone Zone T
DiMarzio Fast Track T

thanxs.

 

[ytse_jam]

you'll never reach the tone of a full-size humbucker (used by delonge and petrucci) with a mini-humbucker, and it is so both dimarzio's and duncan's... however i think the Tone Zone T would help a lot in fattening the tone, and in a tele it wouldn't be so muddy as happens with the full-size humbucker in my opinion. The Fast Track T hasn't got an high output and i think it won't be very suitable for the genres you mentioned. Take a look at dimarzio's site and you'll discover that all mini humbuckers for telecaster have got an enphasis on the high frequencies, all except the Tone Zone T and the Super Distortion T. So i think these last two would be the best choice for a big and powerful distortion tone, but if you want a more versatile pickup (if you also like having decent cleans) i would go with the Chopper T model.

 

[Guitarzan]

I like the Chopper T. I think that will work for your needs.

 

[blinkie]

Well I went for the tone zone, hope it's good.
It arrives tomorrow, I'll try to post samples of it...

bye. and thanxs...