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The Pickup Place / Re: Initial Review of the DiMarzio Titan Bridge

« on: January 14, 2018, 01:13:27 PM »

Wow i had no idea! i didnt know dimarzio could make a pickup set that was that mediocre! Are you absolutely sure?!

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The Pickup Place / Re: Initial Review of the DiMarzio Titan Bridge

« on: January 10, 2018, 07:11:39 PM »

Man if you ever get a chance to play a majesty...itll be an amazing experience. That guitar just goes. But playability wise its basically the same as a sterling maj but the sterling pickups are crap. Sterling maj + illuminators = \m/. I used to be in love with floyds but i kinda grew out of it. Im more of a rhythm player so i dont have a need for it except to just have it in 1 to 3 guitars at most. Ive got pretty much no tolerance for trems that arent floyds though, cause whats the point? If ur gonna b dealing with a trem, it better be the most solid trem in existence not that non locking stupid crap 

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The Pickup Place / Re: Initial Review of the DiMarzio Titan Bridge

« on: January 10, 2018, 06:00:21 PM »

I absolutely loved the illuminator, it was just missing something in the lows and low mids when tuned to drop c. However, it couldve been the fact that i was playing the petrucci majesty sig in guitar center with floppy ass strings (probably 10s). I think theyre much better suited to standard tuning than the titans, which makes sense. I might put one in my soloist

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The Pickup Place / Re: Ibanez RG HSH pickup suggestions

« on: January 09, 2018, 09:47:55 PM »

For the neck, if the paf pro is anything to go by, the paf joe is a fantastic choice. Personally i like a bit fuller mids than a paf style pickup provides so id go liquifire or if you want a bit more of a punchy single coily sound then the air norton. Thats just personal preference, i have no objective complaints about the paf pro. As far as the bridge goes, i havent tried the air zone, but the tone zone was awesome. Id go illuminator instead, its just a bit clearer and more defined. I have a titan, which is great down tuned but its pretty light on bass, illuminator is better for standard tuning and is just a tad more versatile.

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The Pickup Place / Initial Review of the DiMarzio Titan Bridge

« on: January 09, 2018, 09:17:05 PM »

I recently installed a Dmz titan in the bridge of my ibanez rgt (hardtail, dual humbucker, 5 way, 5 pc maple walnut neck, mahog wings), replacing the sh-11 custom custom. It was absolutely horrible for anything tuned below d standard, including drop c even. Wasnt tight enough for chuggy stuff, but i didnt expect that from a medium-low output a2 pickup. Im honestly at a loss as to why it was ever installed in a guitar designed for metal (it also has a 59 bridge in the neck...people do weird shit). This was my first pickup install, and to all the guys who have never soldered before and are scared of installing a pickup on their own, just do it, it's the easiest thing ever.

The low end is tight, but dynamic as hell. Your picking needs to be very consistent, if its not, youll definitely hear it. Its very scooped out and i brought the bass up to 6 as opposed to having it at 4 to compensate and theres no mud, even with the artificial bass boost. The midrange very pronounced. I went from having my mids at 7 to having them at 4 is pretty spikey but that can be fixed with a height adjustment. The titan is ridiculously sensitive to height adjustments. Itll go from over the top tight and gainy (super djent) to a bit more relaxed and smooth, but still tight and controlled. I seriously spent about 10 total minutes fucking with the pickup height. The highs are also very pronounced, but less so than the mids. No annoying spikes, not harsh, but very present and clear. All the strings have equal volume, the titan is incredibly clear with big chords under high gain as well as mid gain and cleans. It has the best cleans ive ever gotten out of a bridge pickup (about the same as the bkp juggernaut). Compared to other pickups it's somewhere between a dactivator and an illuminator (or between a nazgul and an omega). Hit me up with any questions and i'll reply asap, i know this review is a bit shite

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The Pickup Place / Re: DiMARZIO RELEASES PAF® 59 NECK & BRIDGE PICKUPS

« on: July 21, 2017, 10:25:38 PM »

Paf 59 vs Duncan 59?

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The Pickup Place / Re: New bridge pickup for Ibanez SZ520

« on: March 07, 2017, 08:31:41 AM »

Specifically DiMarzio? If I had to go DiMarzio, for what you want, definitely not a tone zone. Maybe a crunch lab or a d sonic. If you want a huge brutal humbucker that retains clarity, BKP warpig. The alnico option is better for doomy Sabbath type stuff but if you want a quicker pickup I'd go ceramic.

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The Pickup Place / Re: DiMarzio PAF Pro vs Seymour Duncan Full Shred

« on: November 05, 2016, 01:14:48 PM »

Thanks! Im thinking of maybe replacing the invader with a nazgul or a pegasus, however im a bit worried that the nazgul and the pegasus are too voiced for drop tuning and that breakdowns wont be heavy enough in e standard as they have less bass than the invader. Also i recently heard the sentient and i am probably gonna go with that instead of the full shred because the lows and mids sound more articulate. What do you think?

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The Pickup Place / DiMarzio PAF Pro vs Seymour Duncan Full Shred

« on: October 26, 2016, 08:54:43 PM »

Im changing the neck pickup in my basswood HH Jackson Soloist (Floyd Rose). I have a Seymour Duncan Invader in the bridge position. I play neoclassical metal, thrash metal, death metal, metalcore, deathcore, and some punk rock. I need the neck to be good for fast legato runs, sweeps, tapping, speed picking etc. Which pickup would be better? Thanks!