Guest Guest Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Yeah, they've made some junk, but they've made so many pickups, they're bound to have some misses. Seems like some guys look at them as the Crate of the pickup world or something. Seems like corksniffery to me. The Super Distortion is my favorite humbucker ever, and I love my Area's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 Yeah, they've made some junk, but they've made so many pickups, they're bound to have some misses.Seems like some guys look at them as the Crate of the pickup world or something.Seems like corksniffery to me. Seriously? Thats news to me. Dimarzios are just as good as anything else out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V-Type Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 Ive never really heard any bagging on them that wasnt just an isolated case of blind brand dislike.Ive owned nearly every mfg's pickups and as with you OP the one I always come back too is the Super D.I also have a Air Norton neck which easily is on par with any other glassy like tonefull pup out there.I love my Duncan and Gibson pickups as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brunog Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 I have nothing bad to say about them. Agreed on the SD, it's great both overdriven and clean. If I were shopping for a vintage sounding pickup however, Gibson then Seymour Duncan would get the first look with DMZ coming in third or fourth behind some of the boutique makers. That's not to say that they don't produce good versions of those, but I tend not to think about them first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members adastra87 Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 I've never heard a bad word about Dimarzio. Many of the worlds top virtuoso guitarists use Dimarzio exclusively. Personally, i've tried just about all of their popular pickups and they're the best pickup under $100 in my book. When I REALLY wanna go all out (like my last custom), I'll head to Bareknuckle...but for all my other guitars Dimarzio does just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 Dimarzio EJ Customs in this guitar and I play thru Crate amps (vintage clubs)... Nothing wrong with either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rog951 Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 DiMarzio makes great pickups. I've never heard anyone say a bad word about them beyond personal preference type stuff. I will say the newer SDs don't seem to be quite the same as the earler ones, but that's as close as I can come to a complaint. They still sound sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ferdinandstrat Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 I love my FRED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Special J Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 I love their take on the PAF as found stock in the early Hamer guitars. I also love me a Super Distortion. I don't recall anyone on this forum badmouthing them either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pixelchemist Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 i have nothing to say about them... every dimarzio pickup i have tried has been well above expectations... my favorite brand of pickups by far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axegrinder Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 It's because they only make pickups for teh brutalzz. not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tiltsta Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 I've also not heard people ragging on Dimarzio. I have several sets of PAF pros, an X2N, and an evolution...and I like all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rorylawford Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 More love here for Dimarzio - specifically the Super Distortion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marc G Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 i have the Billy Corgan bridge pickup in my G&L Legacy and its AWESOME... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hubert Stumblin Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 Yeah, they've made some junk, but they've made so many pickups, they're bound to have some misses. Seems like some guys look at them as the Crate of the pickup world or something. Seems like corksniffery to me. The Super Distortion is my favorite humbucker ever, and I love my Area's. I've never heard this either. Maybe whatever you drank that turned you green is {censored}ing up your mind. I have a Super D on a guitar that was my very first electric and it's one of the most amazing sounding HBs I've ever heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DIEZELPOWER77 Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 I have nothing bad to say about them. Agreed on the SD, it's great both overdriven and clean. If I were shopping for a vintage sounding pickup however, Gibson then Seymour Duncan would get the first look with DMZ coming in third or fourth behind some of the boutique makers. That's not to say that they don't produce good versions of those, but I tend not to think about them first. ^^^ Agreed. I used to use DiMarzio in my guitars when I started out(eventhough I have moved to Duncan,but that doesn't mean I would never use'em again). I think they make great shred pups, IMO. Again, that's not to say that they don't make great vintage sounding pups. I have used the Super Dist., Tone Zone, PAF Pro, Humbucker From Hell, Chopper, Breed, Evolution, and have always been happy with their sound. Nothing but love for DiMarzio here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Orange Jackson Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 The only bad thing I have heard about Dimarzio is that he sued Kinnman over the noiseless pickups that Kinman invented. That's pretty bad, but I still like Dimarzio's stuff, mostly anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axegrinder Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 The only bad thing I have heard about Dimarzio is that he sued Kinnman over the noiseless pickups that Kinman invented. I had never heard that, but I just read up on it. What a {censored}ty, miserable person to do that, using lawsuits and lawyers to {censored} over the competition. Kinman spent many years of trial and error experiments to develop his noiseless pickups. To have DiMarzios corporate attorneys screw him over is a total pisser. I hope Karma bitchslaps the fat cat in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashasha Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 I've got a set in my Axis and put a set of virtual P90 soapbars in my SG. Both exceeded my expectations and I like them both very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 I've never heard this either. Maybe whatever you drank that turned you green is {censored}ing up your mind. I have a Super D on a guitar that was my very first electric and it's one of the most amazing sounding HBs I've ever heard. I've heard them trashed on TGP, and, wait for it....our very own Open Jam. So I guess the saying "Consider the source" applies here. Yes, green stuff {censored}ed up my mind. But I didn't drink it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BydoEmpire Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 I love the Cruiser and ProTrack in my strat. Great pups, and honestly, I've never heard much bad about Dimarzios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John S. Shinal Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 Some of us choose our pickups very carefully, match them so they compliment each other and work for the guitar and style we want. We're going to be pretty happy with our choice. Other people buy a pickup (or amp or speaker...) because someone said "dOOd those totally rule !" and they are going to be unhappy, not understand why, and say that something "blows." I think the Area 58 & 61 are hugely underrated Strat pickups. My A61s are great, and the VV Blues in the middle slot is also very good, though less sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alecto Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 I had never heard that, but I just read up on it. What a {censored}ty, miserable person to do that, using lawsuits and lawyers to {censored} over the competition. Kinman spent many years of trial and error experiments to develop his noiseless pickups. To have DiMarzios corporate attorneys screw him over is a total pisser. I hope Karma bitchslaps the fat cat in the end. Yeah, that gave me a bad taste for DiMarzios. I have a set of Kinmans in my Strat and they're great pickups. For Larry DiMarzio to do that to Chris Kinman is incredibly {censored}ty, and really put me off his pickups on general principle. I also remember being unimpressed when Larry DiMarzio refused to participate in a pickup shootout Guitar Player put together, making some whiny comments about how GP's testing platform wouldn't give their pickups a fair trial. Unfortunately, GP ended up proving that their system was bang-on, which made DiMarzio look even more like a whiny bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smorgdonkey Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 I haven't had too many but the ones that I have had I've sold and put something else in their place. One was a freaky looking thing and the other 2 were ok to nice but just not exactly what I wanted. I just saw some dude a few days ago on another forum who happens to love DiMarzios say that he hates Seymour Duncans but likes this set of Duncan Designed in one of his guitars. I think he is a boner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr.Grumpy Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 One weird thing about DiMarzio: They apparently have a trademark on "double cream" coil humbuckers. So, competitors cannot legally make a humbucker with both coils bobbins in cream color. Double white or black, no problems, "zebra" style that's legal, but you can't make a humbucker with double cream bobbins unless it's a DiMarzio. Even custom pickup winders aren't supposed to make them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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