How gross is the Seymour Duncan Dimebucker?

[DrewJD82]

Years back a buddy asked me to recommend a high output pickup for him, this was probably in ‘01 and I recommended the Dimebucker, thinking “There can’t be a crazier pickup than that out there” just because Dime used it.

He put it in an LTD Viper and I was pretty shocked at what I heard, especially comparing it to my JEM w/ Evolutions. Thin, scratchy and not nearly as much output as I thought it’d have. I haven’t recommended that pickup since.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I am honestly so stuck on the D-Activator I can't even venture outside of it. I am very utilitarian with my tools. I know I buy wayyyyyy too much stuff but the stuff my ears like is a pretty specific, narrow list.

 

[Eagle]

Nuno has used that BL-500 in used Sig N4s for years..... hasn't he?

Yes .

 

[la szum]

I am honestly so stuck on the D-Activator I can't even venture outside of it. I am very utilitarian with my tools. I know I buy wayyyyyy too much stuff but the stuff my ears like is a pretty specific, narrow list.

But @TheTrueZoltan! loved D-Activators, too.

Until he put them in a PRS.

 

[JiveTurkey]

But @TheTrueZoltan! loved D-Activators, too.

Until he put them in a PRS.

I'm gonna need details, TZ!

 

[Warmart]

I am honestly so stuck on the D-Activator I can't even venture outside of it. I am very utilitarian with my tools. I know I buy wayyyyyy too much stuff but the stuff my ears like is a pretty specific, narrow list.

D-Activator X?

 

[JiveTurkey]

D-Activator X?

Seriously! I have rolled that thought around a time or two. Despite assuming there is like a 2% tonal difference between the two. Just so I could say I have a diverse array of choices on hand!

 

[la szum]

 

[Warmart]

You sure about that?

Umm, did you see yesterday's results in Eagle's thread? Easy peasey, a caveman could've --- umm DID do it.

I was setup with the previous used set I tell yah! But maybe they'd work in my RG, direct mount?

 

[Warmart]

Seriously! I have rolled that thought around a time or two. Despite assuming there is like a 2% tonal difference between the two. Just so I could say I have a diverse array of choices on hand!

'Xactly! They are supposedly much "improved" but I haven't tried them. They may have taken out just the "thing" you liked the most!

 

[JiveTurkey]

Found this comparison. For the dirty tones; I prefer the originals over the X.

I have a set of them I pulled from my second Ibby V which currently has a 500t and 498r in it. I think I might be putting those back in place of the Gibby pickups

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

I'm gonna need details, TZ!

I had D-Activators in a couple of guitars and loved them. But when I put them in my PRS SE McCarty, they just didn‘t suit that guitar. Pretty simple. It needed the EMG treatment.

 

[Mongillo19]

Years back a buddy asked me to recommend a high output pickup for him, this was probably in ‘01 and I recommended the Dimebucker, thinking “There can’t be a crazier pickup than that out there” just because Dime used it.

Did you lose a friend that day?

 

[DrewJD82]

Did you lose a friend that day?

That’s the dude who introduced me to smoking weed out of a bong attached to a gas mask, that’s a friend for life.

 

[KHAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!]

That’s the dude who introduced me to smoking weed out of a bong attached to a gas mask, that’s a friend for life.