[bubs_42]

So his Original Signature Dean had a Dimarzio Humbucker in it. Anyone know what it was?

[BadBen]

He played a MegaDrive for years. Could be that was in that Dean?

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[Marshall Law]

I bought a brand new DMT "Mountain of tone" and it has " Thee" leslie west tone in spades.
Not my cup if tea but for that tone it is the goods.
Bubs_42 i sent you a PM

[DarthPhineas]

picked up a MegaDrive not long ago on a suggestion from someone that played them almost exclusively for years.

did a review on it here:  http://darthphineas.com/2015/11/dimarzio-megadrive-dp107/

[Marshall Law]

picked up a MegaDrive not long ago on a suggestion from someone that played them almost exclusively for years.

did a review on it here:  http://darthphineas.com/2015/11/dimarzio-megadrive-dp107/

I used one of these after finding out Tony mac used it on Maximum security and project driver
It is a really good balanced pu, and FWIW it is similar(dimarzio says too close ) Tonally  to the STEVE's special' model. So they starting offering it as a custom order only like you said.
I own the Steve's special as well and while it does have some similar traits in tone i felt the megadrive
was overall more Juicy,chewy and had more character.
The megadrive is better for post mountain tones for the Old leslie west mountain tone i would go dimarzio Bluesbucker http://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/humbuckers/bluesbucker
 or the dean "mountain of tone"
He used a P-90 back then and both of those are based on a P-90

[DarthPhineas]

I agree that the Steve's Special is not a ringer for the MegaDrive.  I think that it might be that the specs on the 2 are the closer to each other than either is to anything else.

Steve's Special in blue
MegaDrive in red


Output mV
390
350

DCR
18.21
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16.70
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Treble
6.5
=====-
6
=====

Mids
4.5
====-
5
=====

Bass
7.5
=======-
7
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the MegaDrive is a little less scooped and specs indicate it should be a little more open sounding than the SS. 

[darkbluemurder]

It's been a while that I had a Megadrive and I no longer own the guitar it was in. But it definitely felt like a hot pickup whereas the DLX Plus (which is said to be the Steve's Special in P90 form factor) feels medium output to me.

Cheers Stephan

[damonstewart70]

Great review Darth finius!!!Hey it's been awhile. Leslie West is one of my favorites guitarist him & Hendrix. I could play fast runs & SCALES but mountain taught me how to play guitar!!!! Know what I mean not necessarily fast but IMPACTFUL nasty & powerful. Where can I get one,do they have color options & how much??? You guys rock man