Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: stratfeelblues on July 30, 2012, 12:49:46 PM
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Hello
I have a AM STD Strat having a Dimarzio Protrack (neck) and Tonezone S (bridge). At the moment I have a single for the middle (Lace Sensor Hot Gold) but I want to change this, it is not really adapted (volume difference, and even in 2 and 4). So I was OK at the beginning but not now.
I have the idea to mount a Trilogy on middle, all with 500K pots. I think it should be OK. Has someone experience on this kind of configuration.
Actually, I have another Strat with 2 Trilogy (Neck / Middle) and a Crawler in bridge and 500K pots , it works really very well.
So I think it could be good with the Dimarzio, but I am interested to know if someone has experience with that or something similar
Best regards
Stephane
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The TS looks like the obvious choice, unless you want something more vintageclean from the middlepickup. Why not change the bridge too? I had a Tonezone T in my tele and it was undefined and muddy, but that's just my opinion.
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The TS looks like the obvious choice, unless you want something more vintageclean from the middlepickup. Why not change the bridge too? I had a Tonezone T in my tele and it was undefined and muddy, but that's just my opinion.
I tend to agree (a sinner would be great in the bridge)
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When I installed Trilogy Suites in my Jackson I really wanted stacked humbuckers so I seriously looked at a number of DiMarzio options but I eventually went BKP because I felt I'd always be left feeling I'd settled for second best if I didn't. Even a guy on the DiMarzio forum told me that! However, if you really like the existing pickups that you have in there, the Trilogy Suite is never a bad option to add to it.
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Thanks for your advises.
I think I will process step by step, first the middle with a Trilogy and maybe after I will change the bridge.
For this next step, I wonder if the Stockholm could be a good option, looks OK in terms of output, P90 sound should be nice with the other pickups and in that case I have just the pickguard to modify.
Stephane
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One problem might be the different output levels. Many DiMarzio unfortunately are very loud and compressed, whereas BKPs tend to be on the quieter side.
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Yes that is correct , BKP are very defined unlike a DiMarzio Tonezone. That is why maybe I would go to change it with a Stockholm in a next step. Actually maybe after adding the Trilogy I will not be happy the Tone zone S. However, at the moment, I really appreciate the Protrack, very different, warm on clean , nice crunch and lead sound also
Let's see...
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When I installed Trilogy Suites in my Jackson I really wanted stacked humbuckers so I seriously looked at a number of DiMarzio options but I eventually went BKP because I felt I'd always be left feeling I'd settled for second best if I didn't. Even a guy on the DiMarzio forum told me that! However, if you really like the existing pickups that you have in there, the Trilogy Suite is never a bad option to add to it.
Which DiMarzio humb (single sized) you'd choose on neck with holydiver bridge?