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The Pickup Place / NECK Pickup in BRIDGE - Illuminator/Charvel San Dimas Demo

« on: December 20, 2017, 02:20:45 AM »

Hey guys

Thought it would be interesting to see how the Illuminator neck works in the bridge of my San Dimas Pro Mod MIJ so I recorded this video demo. Please check it out and let me know what you think of the results. Please share and subscribe if you don't mind 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijF8M_8wXQ0

P.S. The pickup is standard spaced, not F. The guitar had a JB in the bridge from the factory but I didn't like it's tone.

Thanks!

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The Pickup Place / Re: Crunch Lab alternative for Ibanez RGA121

« on: December 19, 2017, 04:11:51 AM »

Try a D Activator X. I have one in my RG470FM and the guitar is currently tuned to drop B and holds that tuning very well with enough tightness and clarity to cut well. The normal D Activator will sound brighter if you want something a bit brighter than the CL or DAX.

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The Pickup Place / Charvel San Dimas with Evo Bridge - Pickup too BIG

« on: December 19, 2017, 03:17:16 AM »

Hi guys! Love DiMarzio very much. My favourite pickups are made by them.

So on to the issue I am experiencing. 2010 San Dimas Style 1 made in Japan. Came with SD '59/JB. '59 was nice but JB did not suit this guitar well to my taste. Just didn't complement it I believe. Sold the set. Swopped in my chrome Illuminator neck into the bridge to play around with and it worked well. Now I decided to put an Evo F spaced in the bridge and put the Illuminator in the neck. To my surprise the Evo is way too chunky in size to give me enough string clearance since the cavities are so shallow! I had to raise the bridge quite a lot to clear the pickup just enough to sound good. And boy does it SOUND GOOD!!!!! Amazing tone actually, love it. Problem is it can't stay like this lol... sigh. I am looking at getting the matching Illuminator bridge to complete the set but am wondering whether it will be similar in profile to the neck version? Any other pickups you recommend I get that will fit nicely and sound amazing with the Illuminator in the neck? My style is rock/metal, EVH to Vai, Maiden to 'Tallica and lots in between. This is my Eb guitar and has a very present '80's shred machine hot rod vibe to it, Jason Becker, etc.

Thanks!