Wow! Thank you for this video! It was highly informative, and now I can make a better decision based on these pickups that were already on my short list. Thanks again!
Great vid I have the S570 and the Dimarzio Air Norton/Tonezones greatly improved the over all punch and warmth at the same time. Its got aftermarket wiring and orange drops. I also have the RGXXV3 again a great guitar.
haha. They both win in my opinion- I have had a long standing battle in my head about which is better because I'm having a love affair with both companies. I tend to use SD's for a sound where I'm using a lot of effects, and also when I'm playing softer stuff. Dim's always work for me when I'm looking for more bite and I think Dim's retain much more of the guitars acoustic all round sound. Both have beautiful sustain. Neither is better. Though I do prefer Dim's hotrails, particularly the cruiser.
They are very close, but the tone zone has a more pleasing harmonic quality and the jb tends to be harsh when you dig in. Some people like the harsh. I guess it depends on your style. Either set is great for a wide array of styles and both sets are very versatile. I prefer the Dimarzio's, but I'm also an Ibanez guy and I am probably more used to their particular flavor of sound.
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With effect and high gain sd is eventually better, dim is some warm and fuller sound but you can make similar sound from sd. you can not make brightness and transparency but can make warm tone from bright pickups.
I don't have a tone zone (it sounds amazing) but I do have a Jackson with a JB and that pickup is fantastic. It can do anything Metal, rock, cleans. IMO you can't go wrong with either. The Tone Zone is a bit warmer and the JB has a bit more bite. It's all about personal preference. Both of these would be an upgrade over any stock pickup.
It's amazing how much of an EVH style sound that you're pulling out of that gear. It proves that style and technique are as important as the gear. Great demo. I look forward to more videos in the future.
Those are 4 of my favorite pickups, which is why I had a hard time deciding. I have the JB & Jazz in a Gibson LP and the Tone Zone & Air Norton in an Ibanez RG. For me, the JB & Tone Zone were tied and I didn't prefer one over the other (which doesn't surprise me at all). For the neck pickups, I'd say the Jazz had a slight edge over the Air Norton, but not by much, which actually DID surprise me because the Jazz in my LP sounds quite a bit better than the Air Norton in my Ibanez. So that means in the same guitar, the Air Norton & Jazz sounded almost equally as good (to my ears).
@@skrete I think that would sound pretty good. Can't really go wrong with any of these 4 pickups in this demo. DiMarzio Evolution in the bridge & SD Jazz in neck might sound even better, depending on your tonal preferences. Evolution bridge is actually my favorite DiMarzio bridge pickup.
I think it depends on the guitar. I use a JB on my strat and it sounds like the Tone Zone. It cuts through the overtone of the strat nicely. But a JB on a guitar where the pickups are directly mounted instead of floating on a pick guard the JB is going to sound real gritty and nasal. The Tone Zone has more of that open spongy sound that works with guitars where the pickups are directly mounted.
I used to have the JB/Jazz combo in a Washburn Cs780 and found the JB to thin on that guitar, I replaced it and now I have the Tone zone and the Jazz, those pickups seems to be a weird good combo to me.
I always preferred seymour duncan... till these very last days. When I switched my prestige’s stocks(tone zone/air n) with SD (59/custom) I cannot express how disappointing it was to get my tube amp, pedals and all, just not cut through anything. Am switching back to stocks, since my rg652 is made with “ash” as well. Ty very much for uploading this, and i feel so lucky I found it b4 I threw my stockies.
I am going down a simmilar path - I've been putting Ducnans into everything, and a few years has passed. Now I tried the Dimarzio Evo that were stock on my JEM and let me tell you... They are something. :)
I have watched so many Dimarzio vs Seymour Duncan videos lately as well as tried my Jackson with Dimarzios vs my Jackson with Duncans played clean through a Fender amp. My conclusion is that Dimarzios usually have more pronounced lows and highs, as well as sounding louder and more clear, but less dynamic. They also seem to jump out of the amplifier more than the Duncans. In every comparison, this usually initially makes me like the Dimarzios more, but after a lot of comparisons, I choose Seymour Duncan. The reason for this is that the Duncans sound more like the guitars should sound in my head and like they do on my favourite albums. They are often closer to the sound of the stock pickups of for example Fender and Gibson while still adding a flavour of "more", which I think is a good thing. When playing a power chord with overdrive and distortion, the Duncans sound sharp and growling, and you can hear every string with clarity. The noise is placed behind the sound of the strings. On the Dimarzios, however, there is a lot of muddiness from the extra low end, and it is very hard to hear the strings with clarity. You get a fat sounding chord that is bassy and trebly, but there is not as much detail. On TH-cam the Duncans can sound like they have a blanket over the amp compared to the Dimarzios but in real life it feels more like a smoothness while the Dimarzios are bit sharp to the ears as well as a bit muddy from the extra low end. Personally, I have never wanted to add low-end to a guitar recording. It is usually more about cutting out low-end to sit well in the mix, and the Duncans are just more record ready in that aspect. With that being said, they are both great choices. Get a good eq pedal on your board, and you can achieve any sound.
these vids are really helpful, thanks! I'm considering upgrading the pickups in my JS100. they're currently the Axis set. i really like them but i feel they're missing some depth and warmth. the clarity is really good, though! any suggestions?
Ive played a custom hill guitar from Cleveland for 30 years with a screamen demon in the bridge and a jb in the neck can get any tone from jazz to metal i love the duncans. That said ive played a jackson pc1 with the super distortion 3 and loved it too.
I found the demo had way too much Seymour Duncan and not near as much time with the DiMarzio video clips ... and I would not have included the s1 in the video if you are supposed to be comparing the neck and bridge pups
Randy Rev Right. I thought so too. plus SD lines were more interesting than Dimarzios. I have all of them and they are all good pickups. Just a matter of taste and need.
reza khan I have both sets but on this guitar the SH2 sounded more warmth then the Air Norton but in the bridge I like the dynamics of the Tone Zone better
i had jb/jazz in my rg1570 and just hated the feel of the pickups and the tone was very lacking. i switched to D activator in bridge and Air norton in neck and it just feels and sounds so much better. The d activator is alot more musical then i thought it would be as i didnt buy it but traded pickups.
This demo is what i was looking for the Duncans cleaner in clean mode they sounded pretty much the same in distortion mode in the bridge. But the Duncan blew the Dimarzio out the water in the neck pick up, But altogether these are only a few pick up by both companies.
All my guitars have a Dimarzio DP-100 super distortion in the bridge. The bridge PUP'a very, Super 2, Super 3, PAF Pro. Like I said it depends on the guitar, but the SD is always in the bridge due to it's versatility. If it's good enough for Adrian Smith, Phil Collin, and Paul Gilbert just to name a few. They were the first after market replacement. You get the cleanest distortion, and when you dial it back it cleans up nice.
The Tone Zone and the Air Norton sound really good on that Ibanez. I think that guitar is naturally a bit bright so the Seymour Duncan pickups were a little too brittle sounding. On a warmer guitar, like a Les Paul, I would probably prefer the Seymour Duncans.
Mr Scorpion - you cannot be more accurate, I had the completey same experience! The SH4 in my Les Paul sounded focckin awesome. In my RG550, it has unbearably too much high. :) Considering to swap back the V8 - or to put a tone zone in it :D
JB absolutely rocks with gain, and sounds less congested tone in the cleans too. Air Norton neck is not for everyone, but its sounds ok when you play it. IMO, the Jazz has a better tone all round. Your demo is very good. Thanks!
rjonsolo1 and depends on guitar used and eq settings. change trebles in eq and both probably sounds the same as far as rlc resonant frequency is similar.
i think that there is no special magic in pickup itself. just the output and resonant frequency if the build quality is ok. rest is guitar construction, bridge, wood type -density and thickness of the body, strings thickness and spring tension. each of them make small difference but when summed up the change is gigantic.
I like the SD better but I think you would really only tell the in a side-by-side comparison. If I picked up a guitar on its own with those DiMarzio's I don't think I would feel bad one bit.
Hello! I'm giving a new upgraded life to my first guitar (Ibanez GRG270), so I got just one question: What Single Coil to pair with DiMarzio Tone Zone (Neck) & DiMarzio X2N (Bridge) in HSH configuration? Cheers
I've had the tone zone for 10 years (and hot rails before then), but I prefer the super distortion to them both. They're all capable of great things though obviously
That Tone Zone is incredibly articulate. IMO a pickup is defined by how clean, articulate, and tight a chord is....what kind of not separation do you get when you play a power chord. Playing a lead style where you're just focused on one note at a time (and usually a lot of notes) is very easy to make sound full. Chords are completely different. That Tone Zone is killer for that. I didn't hear enough chords with the JB to tell, but generally speaking it wasn't quite as tight. Still sounded very good though. I'm late to the party, but wanted to say thank you for posting.
Dimarzio ftw in my opinion! They sound great, nice lows and fullness all around in both Dimarzio pickups, whereas, the SD's seem to have a thinner more shrill sound, and also less forgiving when you make mistakes.
The Dimarzios have a really buzzy noise on the clean channel whereas the Seymour's give a warmer sound and no noise. However, on the dirty channel I can't hear much of a difference to be fair. That would make me choose SD for overall sound adaptability.
That buzz wasn't the Dimarzio at all. It sounds like a ground wire is the problem. Either that or it was the stock Ibanez S-1 single coil in the middle causing 60 cycle hum from something in the room. Notice the videos weren't shot at the same time, so any number of things might have changed in the room to cause that hum. When I record into my computer, if I turn the monitor a couple inches the wrong direction, single coils will pick up the frequency and start buzzing.
Seymour Duncan pickups, on average, have a slightly more organic tone. Dimarzio tend to be more electronic or boosted (if that makes sense). Trying to think of another word to describe that tone, but cannot. I like both, depending on what I’d be playing. Obviously there’s different shades in each pickup manufacturer, so hard to generalize. But if I were to, that’s what I would say. One pickup from Seymour Duncan that has shades of Dimarzio is the Pearly Gates. A mighty fine pickup for a good PAF style tone boost. Joe Satriani used that one on his guitar “Pearly” that got stolen some years ago. A player who otherwise always used Dimarzio.
I would not say they’re more organic. Some may sound more organic due to having a ceramic magnet as opposed to Alnico, but overall, I don’t think so. But maybe your experience is different than mine. There are many experienced pros who prefer Seymour Duncan. It’s about 50/50.
For the Clean parts you could hear the guitars by themselves with no backing tracks, but when it came to playing the pickups distorted, you used a backing track, which for me and probably many others, distracts from listening to the distorted pickups by themselves...which is what we want to hear in the first place.
How did you wire the JB? This way: black to red red/white to white green to black This is how I wired and this guitar sounds very thin compared to 6 other guitars I have (Charvel, Jackson, Kramer). Wondering if it's the wood or perhaps you went black/black and green/red.
AT 1:23 you can hear the difference between single notes. Duncans have more attack, almost like little musical plops at the beginning of each note. DiMarzio's don't, the notes start without this percussive transients. Both sound really good and musical, it depends on what you want.
I agree. I've used both pickups in many live situations and the JB performs a lot better. I think DiMarzios try to do too much while not focusing on the tone. Duncans feel more natural and get through a mix better. I find there are few pickups as harmonic as a JB. Duncan's Custom range is also fantastic, and the Screamin' Demon, Pegasus, Full Shred, Pegasus, Pearly Gates, and Alternative 8. For any pickup to sound optimal you have to dial in the right EQ on the amp or with a pedal. When I gig I take one guitar with fresh strings which are less likely to break and I make sure the amp is EQ'd for that particular guitar. This is one thing I never mentioned in demo vids.
Dimarzios are better in general. I'll still purchase a Duncan Distortion though, because it compliments my play style better. If you compare a Nazgul or Pegasus to a Titan, a Titan will always win. That's just where I got my idea from. You can get Black Winter and what not but in the end somehow Dimarzio rocks the tone perhaps just because of the individual note clarity. It's just so resonant, each note that is, that each and every minute details of the riff are somehow crystal clear. It's almost as if Dimarzio has an inbuilt compressor in all its pickups lol. Although for cleans, I prefer SH-1 '59 in the Neck position. It's so melodic I haven't found a beat for it (yet).
I have seen you compare the Jem JR with the Jem . Can you campare the Jem JR to the S670QM? I have a Jackson with Floating double locking trem now but just wont make the tones I was hoping for. I am going back to my roots with Ibanez and on a budget. I really like body styles of Jem jr and the S series. I have for sure decided on HSH set up and 5 way blade. I am just in debate on the sound difference of the two.
I just foun dyour video.. ( im a guitar player and a dj ) and i couldnt tell the difference between them.. they really sounded very much the same to me. and i didnt like either of them. BUT!!! I really enjoyed your phrasing and melodies! AND want to encourage you to make youre own instrumental guitar album, if you havent already!!! ( and if you have? i would like to know where i can get it! ) ~ Happy New year!
I dunno if anyone else thinks this way but dimarzio pickups are great for what most people use them for (shredding) but everyone always uses that typical tone with them and if you look on the website you can see why dimarzios are like how they are.. Nearly every single pickup has mids as their highest characteristic. Just ordered a custom 5 and a jazz for my ibanez RG2620 in hope of a less mid-heavy tone that dimarzios would only amplify in most cases.
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The winner is clearly... you. You have great taste! Great note choices. That was a delightful comparison, one could enjoy this video for the music only
I have a Charvel Pro-Mod DK24... Love the SD Full Shred humbucker but hate the middle SD Custom Flat Strat SSL-6 single-coil... way too thin and nasally!
Have used DiMarzio, Seymour Duncan, and EMG pups for years. Was a die hard EMG 85/81 set fan for over 15 years. Wanted something that was warmer sounding. My 1987 B.C. Rich had DiMarzios in it as did my 1996 Ibanez USRG30 from the factory. I have had SD Screamin' Demon in B.C. in the bridge since that pup was released, or just after it was and a Cool Rail in the neck, and a SVR Vintage Rail in the middle. The Ibanez now has SD Black Winter in the Bridge and will soon have a '59'/Custom Hybrid in the neck with a Mega switch Model P 5-way. SD just suites my ears and style of playing. Can't go wrong with either Di Marzio or Seymour or even EMG all are great pick ups with pros and cons. Just go to decide which one suits you. BTW Good demo vid jem555bkk keep up the good work. Like how you didn't bias toward either pup and let viewers make up their own minds.
Which Ibanez model and year is this? I have a 2011 Ibanez RG471AH that looks very similar to this, except it has the more modern, rounded neck joint, and shark tooth inlays. The body looks identical though.
Funny My Ibanez has the Norton/Tone zone set up. I have used Dimarzio for the past 15 years or so. That Ibanez has been in it's case and put away for nearly two year now. Why? I took got a wild hair and decided to try the Jazz/Jb. I have two guitars with that set up and that's all I need to play.. :) No disrespect to Dimarzio cause I feel like I'm cheating, but I love my Duncans..
Yeah, I think the Tone Zone can get a bit thick-sounding in some guitars. One with a fixed bridge I like, though, is my Epi Goth SG; it was sounding a bit harsh with every other pickup I tried, though instead of a JB I only had a Duncan Distortion to try from SD. The Tone Zone sounds perfect for that guitar IMO. I like Duncan Distortions more in other fixed bridge guitars, though.
And that's a proper comparison video! No bullcr*p " Hello, I hope you are having a wonderful day" bla bla bla. Straight to the sound, I didn't had to skip a thing in your video bud. Well done and thank you!
I can't say which I pickup I preferred. They all sound great in there own way. Great vid man. :)
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Mr. Big
thanks a lot.. I've been trying to remember what that song is for the last 20 min
Such a great tune!
Wow! Thank you for this video! It was highly informative, and now I can make a better decision based on these pickups that were already on my short list. Thanks again!
Glad you found this useful. Thanks for watching!
you are the master of these type of videos mate, well done!
Thank you for watching mate!
Great vid I have the S570 and the Dimarzio Air Norton/Tonezones greatly improved the over all punch and warmth at the same time. Its got aftermarket wiring and orange drops. I also have the RGXXV3 again a great guitar.
haha. They both win in my opinion- I have had a long standing battle in my head about which is better because I'm having a love affair with both companies. I tend to use SD's for a sound where I'm using a lot of effects, and also when I'm playing softer stuff. Dim's always work for me when I'm looking for more bite and I think Dim's retain much more of the guitars acoustic all round sound. Both have beautiful sustain. Neither is better. Though I do prefer Dim's hotrails, particularly the cruiser.
They are very close, but the tone zone has a more pleasing harmonic quality and the jb tends to be harsh when you dig in. Some people like the harsh. I guess it depends on your style. Either set is great for a wide array of styles and both sets are very versatile. I prefer the Dimarzio's, but I'm also an Ibanez guy and I am probably more used to their particular flavor of sound.
Great playing. They all sounded good, but my preference would be the tone zone and air zone
Sounds like the DiMarzio in the bridge position isn't grounded well enough on your setup.
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not only you did a great comparison between the pickups, your riffs are awesome too. gr8 work bro
The riffs are all from Mr. Big songs.
Andersen Fowler the intro of Green tinted sixties mind by Mr.big
Fabulous vid. I love the Ibanez with natural ash bodies!
With effect and high gain sd is eventually better, dim is some warm and fuller sound but you can make similar sound from sd.
you can not make brightness and transparency but can make warm tone from bright pickups.
I don't have a tone zone (it sounds amazing) but I do have a Jackson with a JB and that pickup is fantastic. It can do anything Metal, rock, cleans. IMO you can't go wrong with either. The Tone Zone is a bit warmer and the JB has a bit more bite. It's all about personal preference. Both of these would be an upgrade over any stock pickup.
Os dois são excelentes. Both are excellent.
It's amazing how much of an EVH style sound that you're pulling out of that gear. It proves that style and technique are as important as the gear. Great demo. I look forward to more videos in the future.
Also sounds kinda like (Mr Big era) Paul Gilbert since that's what he is actually playing.
Those are 4 of my favorite pickups, which is why I had a hard time deciding. I have the JB & Jazz in a Gibson LP and the Tone Zone & Air Norton in an Ibanez RG. For me, the JB & Tone Zone were tied and I didn't prefer one over the other (which doesn't surprise me at all). For the neck pickups, I'd say the Jazz had a slight edge over the Air Norton, but not by much, which actually DID surprise me because the Jazz in my LP sounds quite a bit better than the Air Norton in my Ibanez. So that means in the same guitar, the Air Norton & Jazz sounded almost equally as good (to my ears).
@@skrete I think that would sound pretty good. Can't really go wrong with any of these 4 pickups in this demo. DiMarzio Evolution in the bridge & SD Jazz in neck might sound even better, depending on your tonal preferences. Evolution bridge is actually my favorite DiMarzio bridge pickup.
I think it depends on the guitar. I use a JB on my strat and it sounds like the Tone Zone. It cuts through the overtone of the strat nicely. But a JB on a guitar where the pickups are directly mounted instead of floating on a pick guard the JB is going to sound real gritty and nasal.
The Tone Zone has more of that open spongy sound that works with guitars where the pickups are directly mounted.
I have both pickups, the Tone Zone and the TB4 but on your guitar the Tone Zone has a little edge over the TB4
I used to have the JB/Jazz combo in a Washburn Cs780 and found the JB to thin on that guitar, I replaced it and now I have the Tone zone and the Jazz, those pickups seems to be a weird good combo to me.
All great pickups. Can't go wrong.
are 2 and 4 position splitted humbuckers + single coil?
Thank you for choosing a Jazz instead of a '59.
Sh-18 or Sentient for neck. Instead of Jazz.
I always preferred seymour duncan... till these very last days. When I switched my prestige’s stocks(tone zone/air n) with SD (59/custom)
I cannot express how disappointing it was to get my tube amp, pedals and all, just not cut through anything.
Am switching back to stocks, since my rg652 is made with “ash” as well.
Ty very much for uploading this, and i feel so lucky I found it b4 I threw my stockies.
I am going down a simmilar path - I've been putting Ducnans into everything, and a few years has passed. Now I tried the Dimarzio Evo that were stock on my JEM and let me tell you... They are something. :)
@@DragisaBoca Oh yeah evos definitely don't have a problem to cut through mix :)
I have watched so many Dimarzio vs Seymour Duncan videos lately as well as tried my Jackson with Dimarzios vs my Jackson with Duncans played clean through a Fender amp.
My conclusion is that Dimarzios usually have more pronounced lows and highs, as well as sounding louder and more clear, but less dynamic. They also seem to jump out of the amplifier more than the Duncans.
In every comparison, this usually initially makes me like the Dimarzios more, but after a lot of comparisons, I choose Seymour Duncan.
The reason for this is that the Duncans sound more like the guitars should sound in my head and like they do on my favourite albums. They are often closer to the sound of the stock pickups of for example Fender and Gibson while still adding a flavour of "more", which I think is a good thing.
When playing a power chord with overdrive and distortion, the Duncans sound sharp and growling, and you can hear every string with clarity. The noise is placed behind the sound of the strings. On the Dimarzios, however, there is a lot of muddiness from the extra low end, and it is very hard to hear the strings with clarity. You get a fat sounding chord that is bassy and trebly, but there is not as much detail.
On TH-cam the Duncans can sound like they have a blanket over the amp compared to the Dimarzios but in real life it feels more like a smoothness while the Dimarzios are bit sharp to the ears as well as a bit muddy from the extra low end.
Personally, I have never wanted to add low-end to a guitar recording. It is usually more about cutting out low-end to sit well in the mix, and the Duncans are just more record ready in that aspect.
With that being said, they are both great choices. Get a good eq pedal on your board, and you can achieve any sound.
these vids are really helpful, thanks! I'm considering upgrading the pickups in my JS100. they're currently the Axis set. i really like them but i feel they're missing some depth and warmth. the clarity is really good, though! any suggestions?
Just a thought. Why don't you try the Satch's Dimarzio set like those in JS1200? Thanks for watching!
Ive played a custom hill guitar from Cleveland for 30 years with a screamen demon in the bridge and a jb in the neck can get any tone from jazz to metal i love the duncans. That said ive played a jackson pc1 with the super distortion 3 and loved it too.
I loved your demo! I prefer the super distortion personaly, vintage ones. An I demoed both jb and sd and I couldn't agree more! Excellent playing sir!
Thank you for watching!
I found the demo had way too much Seymour Duncan and not near as much time with the DiMarzio video clips ... and I would not have included the s1 in the video if you are supposed to be comparing the neck and bridge pups
Randy Rev Right. I thought so too. plus SD lines were more interesting than Dimarzios. I have all of them and they are all good pickups. Just a matter of taste and need.
true true
I don't like SD's midrange usually and I find DiMarzio's more dynamic.
I use Dimarzios on all my Mahagony and Basswood guitars. Rest I use Duncans.
reza khan I have both sets but on this guitar the SH2 sounded more warmth then the Air Norton but in the bridge I like the dynamics of the Tone Zone better
i had jb/jazz in my rg1570 and just hated the feel of the pickups and the tone was very lacking. i switched to D activator in bridge and Air norton in neck and it just feels and sounds so much better. The d activator is alot more musical then i thought it would be as i didnt buy it but traded pickups.
This demo is what i was looking for the Duncans cleaner in clean mode they sounded pretty much the same in distortion mode in the bridge. But the Duncan blew the Dimarzio out the water in the neck pick up, But altogether these are only a few pick up by both companies.
Nice demo mate! Also cool playing!
Thanks for a nice comment.
All my guitars have a Dimarzio DP-100 super distortion in the bridge. The bridge PUP'a very, Super 2, Super 3, PAF Pro. Like I said it depends on the guitar, but the SD is always in the bridge due to it's versatility. If it's good enough for Adrian Smith, Phil Collin, and Paul Gilbert just to name a few. They were the first after market replacement. You get the cleanest distortion, and when you dial it back it cleans up nice.
Beautiful!
What about the middle pickup? Is there anyone you recommend?
that green tinted sixties mind initial riff tho! gj
They both sound great! I suppose it's up to personal preference
The Tone Zone and the Air Norton sound really good on that Ibanez. I think that guitar is naturally a bit bright so the Seymour Duncan pickups were a little too brittle sounding. On a warmer guitar, like a Les Paul, I would probably prefer the Seymour Duncans.
Excellent point. The sonic characteristics of the guitar should be taken into account when choosing pickups.
Mr Scorpion - you cannot be more accurate, I had the completey same experience! The SH4 in my Les Paul sounded focckin awesome. In my RG550, it has unbearably too much high. :) Considering to swap back the V8 - or to put a tone zone in it :D
i'm kinda new to this - love the sounds on these guitars. can you make a Fender Player sound like this? why/why no? thanks
JB absolutely rocks with gain, and sounds less congested tone in the cleans too. Air Norton neck is not for everyone, but its sounds ok when you play it. IMO, the Jazz has a better tone all round. Your demo is very good. Thanks!
Thank you for watching!
I thought that the SD's were warmer and rounder, the dimarzios were bright and crisp. Guess it's just a matter of taste.
rjonsolo1 and depends on guitar used and eq settings. change trebles in eq and both probably sounds the same as far as rlc resonant frequency is similar.
i think that there is no special magic in pickup itself. just the output and resonant frequency if the build quality is ok. rest is guitar construction, bridge, wood type -density and thickness of the body, strings thickness and spring tension. each of them make small difference but when summed up the change is gigantic.
Opposite for me, I thought the SD's were thinner and more hollow/ tinney sounding.
I like the SD better but I think you would really only tell the in a side-by-side comparison. If I picked up a guitar on its own with those DiMarzio's I don't think I would feel bad one bit.
En 0:50 se escucha ruido blanco en la dimarzio
Hello! I'm giving a new upgraded life to my first guitar (Ibanez GRG270), so I got just one question: What Single Coil to pair with DiMarzio Tone Zone (Neck) & DiMarzio X2N (Bridge) in HSH configuration? Cheers
I think it's up to you what kind of tone you're looking for. I remember Dimarzio website has a pretty good guide. Thanks for watching and good luck.
The tone zone is the best sounding bridge pickup i have ever heard
What about the crunch lab and the super distortion dp100
I've had the tone zone for 10 years (and hot rails before then), but I prefer the super distortion to them both. They're all capable of great things though obviously
can you how the wiring is? the dimarzio one
The JB is more talkative. It's got the 'neeow' sound. Great pickup.
That Tone Zone is incredibly articulate. IMO a pickup is defined by how clean, articulate, and tight a chord is....what kind of not separation do you get when you play a power chord. Playing a lead style where you're just focused on one note at a time (and usually a lot of notes) is very easy to make sound full. Chords are completely different. That Tone Zone is killer for that. I didn't hear enough chords with the JB to tell, but generally speaking it wasn't quite as tight. Still sounded very good though. I'm late to the party, but wanted to say thank you for posting.
Dimarzio ftw in my opinion! They sound great, nice lows and fullness all around in both Dimarzio pickups, whereas, the SD's seem to have a thinner more shrill sound, and also less forgiving when you make mistakes.
The Dimarzios have a really buzzy noise on the clean channel whereas the Seymour's give a warmer sound and no noise.
However, on the dirty channel I can't hear much of a difference to be fair. That would make me choose SD for overall sound adaptability.
That buzz wasn't the Dimarzio at all. It sounds like a ground wire is the problem. Either that or it was the stock Ibanez S-1 single coil in the middle causing 60 cycle hum from something in the room. Notice the videos weren't shot at the same time, so any number of things might have changed in the room to cause that hum. When I record into my computer, if I turn the monitor a couple inches the wrong direction, single coils will pick up the frequency and start buzzing.
Duncan's sound more old school
I love both and have both sets.. But really love you choose to do some Mr. Big tunes to show the difference.. Very cool
Thanks for watching!
Seymour Duncan pickups, on average, have a slightly more organic tone. Dimarzio tend to be more electronic or boosted (if that makes sense). Trying to think of another word to describe that tone, but cannot.
I like both, depending on what I’d be playing. Obviously there’s different shades in each pickup manufacturer, so hard to generalize. But if I were to, that’s what I would say.
One pickup from Seymour Duncan that has shades of Dimarzio is the Pearly Gates. A mighty fine pickup for a good PAF style tone boost. Joe Satriani used that one on his guitar “Pearly” that got stolen some years ago. A player who otherwise always used Dimarzio.
I would not say they’re more organic. Some may sound more organic due to having a ceramic magnet as opposed to Alnico, but overall, I don’t think so. But maybe your experience is different than mine. There are many experienced pros who prefer Seymour Duncan. It’s about 50/50.
For the Clean parts you could hear the guitars by themselves with no backing tracks, but when it came to playing the pickups distorted, you used a backing track, which for me and probably many others, distracts from listening to the distorted pickups by themselves...which is what we want to hear in the first place.
if I were wanting a humbucker that most resembled single coil brightness and chime/clarity what should I choose?
A push/pull pot with coil split functionality.
How did you wire the JB? This way:
black to red
red/white to white
green to black
This is how I wired and this guitar sounds very thin compared to 6 other guitars I have (Charvel, Jackson, Kramer). Wondering if it's the wood or perhaps you went black/black and green/red.
to be honest, I forgot. It has been years since I did that, but I think it was the most common wiring. Thanks for watching.
Beautiful Ibanez Guitar!..subscribed!
Thanks for the sub!
Seymour Duncan wiring diagram please help?
AT 1:23 you can hear the difference between single notes. Duncans have more attack, almost like little musical plops at the beginning of each note. DiMarzio's don't, the notes start without this percussive transients. Both sound really good and musical, it depends on what you want.
I agree. I've used both pickups in many live situations and the JB performs a lot better. I think DiMarzios try to do too much while not focusing on the tone. Duncans feel more natural and get through a mix better. I find there are few pickups as harmonic as a JB. Duncan's Custom range is also fantastic, and the Screamin' Demon, Pegasus, Full Shred, Pegasus, Pearly Gates, and Alternative 8. For any pickup to sound optimal you have to dial in the right EQ on the amp or with a pedal. When I gig I take one guitar with fresh strings which are less likely to break and I make sure the amp is EQ'd for that particular guitar. This is one thing I never mentioned in demo vids.
Do you still kept JB/Jazz in there? I have a similar ash guitar, tried the JB in bridge and mine is almost cardboard sounding.
I've sold the guitar for years, but I still keep the PUs.
Wow the neck sounds so bright.
If you want thumping low end the Tone Zone is the winner. If you want searing upper mids buy the JB. They’re both good pickups.
What song you are playing?
Mr. Big's Just take my heart clean intro and Green tinted sixty miles. Thanks for watching!
TZ & AN a win to my ears... I'll be getting those. For all my humbucker guitars
Ok clean i liked the duncans! Durty i liked the jazz better but on the bridge i like them both the jb and the ibanez pickup
i like the dimarzios better in every position
Dimarzios are better in general. I'll still purchase a Duncan Distortion though, because it compliments my play style better.
If you compare a Nazgul or Pegasus to a Titan, a Titan will always win. That's just where I got my idea from. You can get Black Winter and what not but in the end somehow Dimarzio rocks the tone perhaps just because of the individual note clarity. It's just so resonant, each note that is, that each and every minute details of the riff are somehow crystal clear. It's almost as if Dimarzio has an inbuilt compressor in all its pickups lol.
Although for cleans, I prefer SH-1 '59 in the Neck position. It's so melodic I haven't found a beat for it (yet).
I like tone zone bridge + jazz neck
That's illegal
@@noswearing8708 just like playing Paul Gilbert on seymours
They both sound great but the Seymour Duncan sound cuts through better than the DiMarzio
I have seen you compare the Jem JR with the Jem . Can you campare the Jem JR to the S670QM? I have a Jackson with Floating double locking trem now but just wont make the tones I was hoping for. I am going back to my roots with Ibanez and on a budget. I really like body styles of Jem jr and the S series. I have for sure decided on HSH set up and 5 way blade. I am just in debate on the sound difference of the two.
I have already sold the Jr. and I never have S670. Thanks for watching!
I just foun dyour video.. ( im a guitar player and a dj ) and i couldnt tell the difference between them.. they really sounded very much the same to me. and i didnt like either of them. BUT!!! I really enjoyed your phrasing and melodies! AND want to encourage you to make youre own instrumental guitar album, if you havent already!!! ( and if you have? i would like to know where i can get it! ) ~ Happy New year!
I liked them both, for different reasons.
I dunno if anyone else thinks this way but dimarzio pickups are great for what most people use them for (shredding) but everyone always uses that typical tone with them and if you look on the website you can see why dimarzios are like how they are.. Nearly every single pickup has mids as their highest characteristic. Just ordered a custom 5 and a jazz for my ibanez RG2620 in hope of a less mid-heavy tone that dimarzios would only amplify in most cases.
What is the Model of That RG?
I really want to buy it.
It's RG670AH. I think they no longer produce it. The one I got was a used one. Thanks for watching.
It's late at night and neither one of us is sleeping
I can't imagine living my life after you're gone
Wondering why so many questions have no answers
I keep on searching for the reason why we went wron
I want ask where is the clean tone links from?
answer myself, that's mr.big
The winner is clearly... you. You have great taste! Great note choices. That was a delightful comparison, one could enjoy this video for the music only
I tried to play Paul Gilbert's stuff so it definitely was not my note choices but thank you for a compliment. Cheers!
@@jem555bkk Still good taste and choice for the comparison, keep rocking!
The dimarzios are brighter but that’s not always preferable. Both sound good.
Which song did you play in the beginning?
The clean part was from Mr. Big's Just Take My Heart. Thanks for watching.
Your playing is what it’s about
You sound like a futuristic melodic guy with great feel
Like both dinarzio and Seymour
love my tonezone...
I have a Charvel Pro-Mod DK24... Love the SD Full Shred humbucker but hate the middle SD Custom Flat Strat SSL-6 single-coil... way too thin and nasally!
Have used DiMarzio, Seymour Duncan, and EMG pups for years. Was a die hard EMG 85/81 set fan for over 15 years. Wanted something that was warmer sounding. My 1987 B.C. Rich had DiMarzios in it as did my 1996 Ibanez USRG30 from the factory. I have had SD Screamin' Demon in B.C. in the bridge since that pup was released, or just after it was and a Cool Rail in the neck, and a SVR Vintage Rail in the middle. The Ibanez now has SD Black Winter in the Bridge and will soon have a '59'/Custom Hybrid in the neck with a Mega switch Model P 5-way. SD just suites my ears and style of playing. Can't go wrong with either Di Marzio or Seymour or even EMG all are great pick ups with pros and cons. Just go to decide which one suits you. BTW Good demo vid jem555bkk keep up the good work. Like how you didn't bias toward either pup and let viewers make up their own minds.
Thank you for watching and sharing
Hi, please is it a Normal JB or a TremHumbucker ? 😊
I think it was a normal JB. Thanks for watching.
Dimarzio or Seymour Duncan?...
Both of them...
No discussion!!!
Which Ibanez model and year is this? I have a 2011 Ibanez RG471AH that looks very similar to this, except it has the more modern, rounded neck joint, and shark tooth inlays. The body looks identical though.
This is RG670AH Genesis made around 2012-13. Thanks for watching.
jem555bkk Thank you! So does this model have the “Super Wizard” neck then? Great playing by the way! :) I subscribed.
@@jonathankeith524 Yeah right. Thanks!
I preferred the dimarzio it sounds more natural..the Seymour is more pronounced but i like how dimarzio flows together..both sound really good
play the same thing on an Ibanez universe 7 string with all blaze pickups.
Funny My Ibanez has the Norton/Tone zone set up. I have used Dimarzio for the past 15 years or so. That Ibanez has been in it's case and put away for nearly two year now. Why? I took got a wild hair and decided to try the Jazz/Jb. I have two guitars with that set up and that's all I need to play.. :) No disrespect to Dimarzio cause I feel like I'm cheating, but I love my Duncans..
What is the name of the song that starts at 1:24?
Mr. Big's Green tinted Sixties Mind
jb hands down over the tone zone. the necks were much closer. they both sounded a bit muddy in the lower registers but sounded good up high.
Damn that is close!
What was the music you played here ?
green tinted sixties mind by mr. big
Both sound great it's really personal preferance, i prefer the Seymour Duncan
I can feel the difference, but i like the Tone Zone more hehe
i have the tone zone and the jb on two differents guitars, like both, but in a specific sound, tone zone on a floyd an jb on a tune'o matic,
Yeah, I think the Tone Zone can get a bit thick-sounding in some guitars. One with a fixed bridge I like, though, is my Epi Goth SG; it was sounding a bit harsh with every other pickup I tried, though instead of a JB I only had a Duncan Distortion to try from SD. The Tone Zone sounds perfect for that guitar IMO. I like Duncan Distortions more in other fixed bridge guitars, though.
Who is who??
funny that the pickups look the same?
And that's a proper comparison video! No bullcr*p " Hello, I hope you are having a wonderful day" bla bla bla. Straight to the sound, I didn't had to skip a thing in your video bud. Well done and thank you!
Thanks for the nice comment!
Out put wise a air classic is more reminiscent of a SD Jazz. Tone zone is ok but not my favorite Dimarzio mid to high output option.
the duncuns sound thicker, but the dimarzios have a bit more clarity. both sound great,for me its the duncans.
Think u have it backwards
Clean neck ?
What guitar is this MAAAN???!!! beautifull... It must be some RG
It's RG670AH Genesis. It's a reissue of the model from the 90's. ibanez.wikia.com/wiki/RG670AH
Thanks for watching.
Great and very informative demo. What is that cool song at 1:25?
I tried to play Mr. Big's green tinted sixties mind. Thanks for watching!
@@jem555bkk Thank You. Great playing.
Who name model this ibanez
I don't know who name the model but the model name is RG670AH. Thanks for watching!