Any thoughts on this Combination?

[Stone]

I kinda wanna change my pickups in my Charvel DK22, as ive mentioned im not too fond of the SD hotrail
so might swap out all 3 for Dimarzio rail in the bridge some classic Noiseless for neck and mid

Bridge = Super Distortion Dp218 or tone zone DP189
Neck and Middle = Area 67

Any thoughts

Cheers

 

[metropolis_4]

My suggestion would be to go with the Area 61 instead of the 67. The 61 has more oomph in the mids that will help it balance with a hot bridge better than the 67. The 67 is bright and might be more challenging to balance with a thick bridge like the Tone Zone

 

[Stone]

My suggestion would be to go with the Area 61 instead of the 67. The 61 has more oomph in the mids that will help it balance with a hot bridge better than the 67. The 67 is bright and might be more challenging to balance with a thick bridge like the Tone Zone

Thanks Met, yes that would be a much better balance, now either SD or TZ for bridge

 

[FuzzyAce]

I have a strat with Area 58, 58, and SD. I think it balances well for my needs. Yes, the SD is hotter and to get it right you have to really hone in the height to the strings, so I have it favoring the treble side because it is a darker sounding pickup. I've not tried the TZ.
Fwiw, I wire my pots differently. Master volume, then 1 tone is a low-cut and 1 tone for high-cut. The low-cut cleans up the bottom end and lowers the gain somewhat which is useful.
Before the 58's I had Fender Gen4 singles in the neck/mid. Even these sounded good with SD, although much brighter than the 58.

 

[metropolis_4]

Thanks Met, yes that would be a much better balance, now either SD or TZ for bridge

Personally, I’d go SD. I’ve never liked the TZ. Either the rail or the full size version.

I tried the rail version TZ in the bridge with a rail Air Norton in the neck and a 61 in the middle. But it wasn’t working for me, so I tried swapping the Norton into the bridge and I really liked it a lot better there. So I put another 61 in the neck and really liked that combination. I used that setup for several years

This was probably 10 years ago so my memory is fuzzy as to what I liked / didn’t like at the time