Need help with DiMarzio pickups.

[Vip3rFyre]

Hey guys, I would like to get your opinions on the DiMarzio Super Distortion and Evolution pickups.

Just wondering if any of you guys here actually have tried these two and compared them.

Talking about bridge position on a floyd equipped guitar. Hope to get your views,
especially from those tone pro's.

 

[Breen]

From the start these two pickups are pretty different. The Evo is a very high powered dude who needs a very particular player. You gotta control that thing. Unless your just playing jazz on it, which is not the way to go in the first place, it's suited for hard rock guitar wizardry.

A Super D is pretty solid guy for hard rock and chugging. But what do I know I play stuff on the lower end of the gain scale...

 

[fndjufri]

I have a pair of Evos on my RG350DX and a Super Disortion in the bridge on my RGR321EX.
Both guitars have basswood bodies.
The former has a tremolo and the latter is a fixed bridge model.
I play mostly through my Zoom G2.1u and Roland Jazz Chorus during jams.

I haven't tried many pickups so I can only comment on these two based on my own experience.
The bridge Evo sounds really good on the RG350DX.
A really hot, chunky, tight, modern sounding pickup.
Great for leads with the enhanced mids.
Cleans are quite pleasing to my ears, shimmery but not too bright.

The RGR321EX is a brighter sounding guitar.
I slapped on the Super D on it after referring to DiMarzio's Tone Guide, which stated that this pickup has more bass and mids.
I thought it would warm up the sound of this guitar a little but it still sounds bright to me.
Maybe it'd sound better with a 250k pot??
A very hot pickup, great for rock and metal but not as tight sounding as the Evo.
I prefer the cleans of the Evo to this one though, quite bland to my ears.

I might try swapping the 2 pickups and hear how they sound like on different guitars.
If the Evo sound as good on the 321 as it does on the 350 I'm getting myself another Evo and keep the Super D as a collector's item.

 

[jaredmartin13]

Hey guys, I would like to get your opinions on the DiMarzio Super Distortion and Evolution pickups.

Just wondering if any of you guys here actually have tried these two and compared them.

Talking about bridge position on a floyd equipped guitar. Hope to get your views,
especially from those tone pro's.

I have an Ibby GRG270, bridge is Super D and neck is Tone Zone.

have a listen and see if you'll like the sound - http://www.myspace.com/jaredmartin1311

just have to be careful these are high powered pups but passive though..tone zone is very nice for neck specially for doing sweeps and fast legato.

 

[Vip3rFyre]

I have an Ibby GRG270, bridge is Super D and neck is Tone Zone.

have a listen and see if you'll like the sound - http://www.myspace.com/jaredmartin1311

just have to be careful these are high powered pups but passive though..tone zone is very nice for neck specially for doing sweeps and fast legato.

Dude, that is some tight playing from a GRG there. Good metal stuff there.
Who are your influences?

Thanks for the response guys. Maybe I should try them both and see which tone I prefer? I'm more into classic and hard rock at the moment. But I would like my pickups to offer me a little metal ability from time to time. Any other pickups to intro?

I'm thinking of swapping out the stock EMG passive on my bridge. It's just crap.

 

[jaredmartin13]

Dude, that is some tight playing from a GRG there. Good metal stuff there.
Who are your influences?

Thanks for the response guys. Maybe I should try them both and see which tone I prefer? I'm more into classic and hard rock at the moment. But I would like my pickups to offer me a little metal ability from time to time. Any other pickups to intro?

I'm thinking of swapping out the stock EMG passive on my bridge. It's just crap.

Influences - quite a lot, too many good band

Some are:
Pantera, Sepultura, Arch Enemy, Megadeth, Metallica etc.etc

Tone zone is a good pickup for the neck..greatly complements Super D in bridge bro

 

[jerryoc221]

Nice chunky sound pre, looking forward to upgrade my rg too, nag iipon lng, put am itching for sd dimebucker for the bridge, will be exciting if i mix sd & dimarzio

 

[jaredmartin13]

Nice chunky sound pre, looking forward to upgrade my rg too, nag iipon lng, put am itching for sd dimebucker for the bridge, will be exciting if i mix sd & dimarzio

uy - kabayan

yeah it would be a nice combination, let me know how it sounds once you have it installed