I honestly kind of like the HS3 a tad more. It sounds a lot more Yngwie-ish, specifically old school Yngwie Malmsteen. I really like his old school tone because it still sounds really metal while still retaining that straty vibe.
@@bluwng No, Yngwie used a DiMarzio FS-1 in the early days, then started to use the HS-1, HS-2 then HS-3 sets about the time he landed in Los Angeles in 1983. DiMarzio went to him and offered an endorsement. The FS-1 is a good pickup but can be very noisy because it's not hum canceling.
The DiMarzios have more bite (like a bit of scoop in the low mid) and the Duncans have a fuller sound. Both have great pick attack. Great comparison thank you.
Agreed!!! Ive got seymore duncans in the one i made; thyr just tooo clinical. Dimarzio ive heard; started with the philosophy of bringing out the wood. You can even hear the springs inthe back resonating. Who needs sex when you can make a guitar growl like that!
Holy Cow!!! That is some incredible guitar playing!!! I like the HS-3 tone better. It just seems to have a little extra fullness. I have a 93 maple neck Yngwie and an 89 rosewood Yngwie. Both came with HS3 but sounded completely different from each other. I changed the 93 bridge recently to an HS4. The HS4 sounds better than the HS3 for everything I'm playing. It has added clarity. Thank you for posting this video. It's really helpful and amazing playing!
So is it a dimarzio thing? Cos the fender did the same; but seymore duncan was too clinical. Im confused by this video cos at the end; he concludes that he couldnt hear a diference? Youd hafta be deaf not to notice the diferences??
@@nathangrueber9834 why kept technical ordinary speech like trying to ofend who´s think diferent of your " opinion" ? thats not a mach or a championship....like it was suposed to understand for every, but its ok, you win everything everytime ;) your pick ups also !!
@@TheHugoTubo i didnt understand anything you said?? Do you speak english? Or are you using an english translating programme? All im saying is that people say you cant hear the diference between dimarzio and seymore duncan? Of corse you can?? I have seymore duncans in the guitar i made; and personally i dont like them. Thyr too clinical sounding. Dimarzio has a woody sound that really brings out the sound of wood. Dimarzio company are incredibly helpfull when choosing pickups. They asked me what kind of wood i was building my next guitar out of; and they matched the pickup power and sound to bring out the sound and resonance of the wood. Its well known that malmsteen is a bit of a asshole to work with. Just watch him on stage. While other band members are working together; hes off to the side doing his own thing; posing and trying to look cool. Satriani and vai and petrucci are just humble guys that work together. When i first heard malmsteen it blew my mind; i love baroque music; and to hear someone playing it on guitar. Wow!
I honestly can't hear that much of a difference between the two. The guy in the video does a good job replicating Malmsteen 's style so it basically sounds same-y to me either way. Not including the 63 vintage ones since they do have a more traditional single coil sound to them
For me, there was a little difference between DiMarzio HS-3/YJM and Duncans YJM Fury, being the Duncans a bit clearer and more defined than the DIMarzios.. but the Fender true single coils KICK SERIOUS ASSES!! Dude, what a killer tone!
HS3 are hands down winner for me. They sound exactly like vintage Yngwie (if that’s what your looking for). The Fury’s sound dreadful to me.......I ripped em out of my YJM Strat & put DiMarzios in. Big improvement in tone.
I was listening to a podcast with Paul Gilbert and he said the reason Yngwie moved from the HS-3's is because he was having issues with volume since they are very quiet pickups. (I know ironic that the guy with the loudest amps would say his pickups were quiet) anyway dimarzio decided to design pickups which solved the volume issue but yngwie moved to seymour duncan and he created the fury pickups. Thus paul gilbert was given the injector pickups which are essentially the modified HS-3's. So if you want that classic Yngwie tone with no problems in volume, the injector's are the way to go:)
I put an injector pup in the bridge position of my CS '63 strat. Actually I don't think they're meant at all to be like a normal vintage strat pup minus the hum like the HS-2/HS-3's were, it's a good deal hotter than a normal vintage strat bridge pup, a fairly good deal hotter. Like the pup it replaced probably measured around 5.85-6K output. The injector's up around 11K-12K so... yeah. Hot enough that I lost most of the quack in the bridge-middle position lol. Overall, the Injector (bridge pup) sounds like a really muscular single coil, but definitely still single coil in character, still not in humbucker territory, you won't be doing any djenting with 'em lol.
Adam Cogan the "quiet" pups refers to the low output of the hs3s ..quiet because it kinda dampens he overtones from his playing especially during those alternately picked licks... that what he is referring to as quiet.. not the volume
Interesting. I love the injector pickups. Yngwie licks are actually the most played thing on my fireman so far. I feel like they remind me of a mix between a paf humbucker and single coil, though. I'll have to get a set of fury pickups to figure out if they're the similar.
I can hear the difference, especially when you engage neck pickup. HS3 is more open, wider, organic and defined. The fury is unfortunately ( I have them) more dull. But to be honest this is the smallest difference between these two pickups I have ever heard on the net. You can hear clearly the difference in some other clips. Your work is every time holiday of sound for us...cheers
trilogyopus my thoughts exactly! the Dimarzio HS3 sounds fantastic in the opening of the video in the neck position. very organic and open sounding. I hate high output pickups, they make one dark unusable sound imo. HS-3 all the way.
I agree, they sound the same to me, from a cell speaker anyways, I just got a set of Furys can't wait to put them in my road worn fender, I also built my own Jimi strat, same configuration as the Fender, only I use the EMG DG20 set of pups which sound amazing! !!
After all those years of standing in front of his Marshalls, how can there be any question that his hearing was better 30 years ago than it is now. I'll keep the HS3's in my strat. Yngwie saying he can even "hear" the difference is just dishonest. He is still one of the greatest of all time and you dude, are a great player. Thanks and keep playing.
I think he can't hear the high end more, which is why his tone got fizzy and the Duncans are too strong in the high end for me. Just an old deaf guy who can't hear the difference between glassy and fizzy tone. Essentially his rig has been identical, even if the manufacturer of his overdrive has changed. The only real difference is the Duncans and I think he sounds crap ever since. I like my HS3 a lot more and they are half the price.
I agree with you...no noticable difference between the two after market pups...they sound really close to my ears...but I liked them better than the stock pickups....great vid bro!!!!
My friend, I have a Malmsteen 2008 with DiMarzio...I've tested one with Fury, but I prefer his old timbre! The current one seems to give more enphasis on some low notes. I really love both, but I prefer the old one! But I felt the difference when I played! That's it.
I own several fender YJM and totally in love with the DiMarzio pickups. I think the SD have a little bit more treble compared to the DiMarzio . Anyway, great vid, awesome shredding. Love your last comment on the vid!😉👍✨✨👌🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶
Greetings from Argentina. Thank you very much for sharing your experience and being decisive with your conclusions. Not everyone exposes themselves like this out of fear.
The last axe you grabbed...(Had my eyes closed for the first time I watched it so I could maintain an unbiased opinion)..the Vintage '65. To me, THAT one encompasses the early solo sound (Marching Out) and is the (iMo) best of the 3. The string choice..brand, gauge, height..with whatever pickup in it, p/u height... EVERYTHING... (Oh yeah, the playing was good too, lol😆)
I work in a busy recording studio and I can hear the subtle difference in the low-mids between the Dimarzio and the Duncan. Many modern amp-tones are mid-scooped and distortion adds compression that buries some of the tone. But I could still hear the Duncan was slightly 'fatter'.
After hearing his interview on how he wound up leaving dimarzio i really think there is more than meets the eye with the real story. Yngwie said he was not happy with the dimarzio's? You are not happy with something BUT use it anyway for over 25 years??? WTF? i am supposed to believe that! really yngwie that reason is BS!) He could have had ANY pu maker wind him custom pu's at anytime so why did he wait? I really think he had a falling out with Dimarzio over something that was business related and not that he was not happy with the dimarzio pu's as he claims! he story just does not add up in the real world. Like i said he "Could have" had ANY pickup winder(duncan, fralin,lollar,and the hundreds more!) make him custom pu's at any time!
agree, thats just the people perception, 1 or 2 dBm does not make a whole lot difference, but look at this guy buying 2 guitars just for the pick ups, lol, thats what I call marketing
I agree.. Most of the time it's just business, guys like Greg Howe jump ship all the time. I reckon a LOT of these guys, vai Satch etc have made as much or more money on gear endorsments as they have with their music.
You're the guy with the guitars so I'd trust your judgement. As the great player that you are, I believe your ear and also agree, the searching out story is just marketing. Well done and really really nice playing.
really I went back and back and back .. and I hadn't seen the end of the video at all ... I wanted to make up my mind , to make my choice .. I'd choose DiMarzio Hs3. I believe you're right but if there's a difference ( or may be not all ) it could be in the mid range, probably I'm wrong but I feel that the SD Ysm Fury have a bit of more mid range, but not sure. Your playing is awesome. Cheers
I'm not an YM fan at all but I do think both of these pickups offer players a good opportunity to get shred tones out of a standard start without serious alterations. I thought both sounded cool but really different. Thanks
First off, your playing is exceptional, I have a feeling that this experiment proved more about how much isi in the hands and the soul than the pick-ups. Personally, i felt that when you swapped to the seyour duncans there was more warmth in the bridge pick up, but it might have been a sutbler change in where you were picking. Furthermore, I think if i was going to go for another signature strat, listening to your rendition of Highway Star would remind me that the middle pick-up doesn't really get much use and that guitar just sounded so good, I'd buy the Blackmore, but again, your demo was smoking and in my hands maybe not quite so beneficial haha.
i have to offer up my opinion, the seymours seem a little less muddy in the bridge mostly but overall they seemed that way too! the dimarzios sound great, but when you picked up the duck with the duncans, thats where the sound came more alive, like a blanket had been removed! again thats just my opinion but them fender pups sounded freggin fantastic! thanks for doing this video! awesome playing!
I agree with you. In my opinion i prefer fender vintage 65! Those pups sound more bluesy and warm, but maybe to play as fast as Malmsteen Di Marzio/Seymour Duncan are more suitable.
It goes without saying that the guy in this video is not only a fantastic player but a true Yngwie fan. I love the sound of the HS3. It reminds me of Yngwie’s sound before the Trilogy album. But the SD Fury is a fantastic and very articulate pickup. Excellent video. Absolutely love it.
I can tell the difference. The HS3 sound more strat like but fuller than classic single coils... The Fury's (which I also own) have a bit sharper midrange tone and are hotter. The best way to compare these pickup sets is to play them through a tube amp set to the same volume and eq settings. These pickups are hard to distinguish on solid-state or "amp modeling" setups. Plus with the HS3s you can get a volume pedal or the Radial Tone bone pedal and slam the front end of the amp and get a beautiful tone. Look, it worked for Yngwie for all those albums from Steeler to Alcatrazz and throughout most of his other albums... SD offered him a better endorsement deal. $$$ They are hotter but to me sound thinner and have more upper midrange. not bad. Its why I own both...
I have a '74 Fender Strat, an '82 57 reissue Fender Strat and a '92 Fender American Standard Strat each equipped with DiMarzio HS3 pickups. Yet each guitar has it's own individual tone. I had actually considered trying the Duncans to compare. But after this video I can tell that the difference between the brands are too little too purchase another set. Thanks. Great playing. The thing I got out of this the most is that the output volume from both brands are identical. That (output) was my deciding factor in the first place for getting the YJM set. I find them to be super versatile for most playing situations. They are equally at home playing in the country band or in the blues band or even my classic rock band. And obviously shred too. lol. By the way. My '57 reissue sounds just like Vintage 65 that you demonstrated. Showing that body and neck construction play a huge part in overall tone. Again, great demonstration. Thanks.
Um Yaaa, You ROCK!!! 😅 All Great Pickups.. The Yngwie P/Us dont have as much treble/highs as the HS3... I prefer the Yngwie models to me more balanced and suited for Rock!!!.. I Agree n would have a hard time by just listening too differentiating the difference between the Dimarzio & Seymour pickups..??... Great Job!!! 🍻
Totally agree with you. Tone-wise I feel they're exactly the same, but the Duncans is maybe a little tad hotter. But I am also certain that Yngwie left Dimarzio because of a money issue or something related to that.
Salut madame Nonoooo, esce que par hasard je dis bien PAR HASARD, tu sais ce que tu as comme camera a 2:36 stpppppp ^^ je la trouve très belle la qualité :)
I’m wondering if playing clean or at the onset of break-up could better reveal differences. It should definitely show the difference in output. I also think it would be helpful to then adjust the gain so they break-up at the same time to demonstrate tonal differences. I suggested this latter point elsewhere and was shot down. Nonetheless I think it would be helpful. I’m on the fence as to what to buy for my HSS. DiMarzio specs indicate that the HS-3 has a considerable amount of bass which could go a long way in matching up with a humbucker in the bridge, despite the large difference in output level, especially if the single coils are used to clean up. You can always use an overdrive or high gain channel on your amp to get them to saturate.
seymour for me, i think it has less of that squeeky sound when you move from fret to fret, and it has more thump on the bottom, very good for rhythm too
to my ears, listened thru the cell speaker it seems like the sd s are slightly aggressive or with a tad of bite, while the fury are both rounder sounding and heavier sounding. I noticed this especially on the bending on the 21st fret. I'll take another listen now...
They sound the same. The SD may have a slight bit more in volume in the mix. However them Fender pickups on that Hendrix strat sounds beautiful with the Malmsteen style.
I agree, no discernable difference with the SD Fury or the DiMarzio HS-3's. If you hadn't changed guitars I would have never known. Now, that Hendrix Strat! Wow! Great tone on that beast. Plus- it has real single coil pickups- much more high end and open sounding- both the DiMarzio and SD are stacked hum buckers. I own all of them too and like the single coils in the Hendrix Strat way more then either my DiMarzio's or SD Fury's. Both are warm sounding but lack the big throaty open single could vibe that only a real single coil pickup can deliver. Those Mexican built Hendrix Strats are amazing guitars! It's in my top 5 favorite guitars that I own!
I thought the Dimarzios retained more of the traditional strat sparkle. The Duncans had s stronger mid presence. By the way that stock 65 strat sounded great too! By this sound sample I prefer the HS3. I suspect the cleans are going to more of my pleasing.
I think that with my Edirol monitors I hear that the pickups are almost the same, with DMZs go slightly towards modern sound and SDs towards vintage, but in a very subtle way
Wow my friend!!! Congratulations!!!! First of all, I heard you all this video how you played that amazing solo... At the second time, I recently put attention how different are Dimarzio and Seymour Duncan sound. Well... Here is my opinion: These pickups are different, NOT AT ALL, but different... Dimarzio's pickups are a few bass or middle frequency enhaced than Seymour Duncan. When you did a slide at 6th string with SD pickups (bridge pickup) I listened a clearer sound than DM bridge pickup. DM pickups are a few less clearer than SD. But, I love both models! They are spectaculars! When you compare these models to vintage pickups, you can listen a powerfull sound, which don't loose their presence of frecuency. Vintage pickups are amazing, they can produce a very good distortioned sound, but they are weak, when you compare it than another two models. Hope my opinion would be a little bit usefull to you. Grettings!!!!! Long live rock n' roll!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🍻🍻
Awesome playing. I like Yngwie and Nick Johnstone, and so am thinking of the HS3s or something like the Vintage 65s. What would be your pick to best get the tone from thee two artist? In your opinion. Thanks Alex
Now I'm not a pro and not even close to being able to play like you do. I met Yngwie in 1984 in Dayton Ohio USA and I've been stuck with it ever since. I think he is one of the best and he is still to this day under estimated. I've seen him live at least 25 times and going to see him again in May. I love all of it and I love Fender Stratocasters which is why I own 6 of them, 3 of them being YJM Signature Series models, an 05' .v2, an 07' .v3 and a 2012' .v3. My set up is bare bones. Marshall JCM 2000 - DSL 401 Duel Super Lead Comdo, Fender YJM Overdrive pedal and Boss NS-2 noise gate. Using Fender YJM Bullet strings .008 - .048. My deal is that I can't decide which one I like better. The 05' .v2 is stock with the DiMarzio's. The 07' .v2 come with the DiMarzio's butt I switched it out myself with the Seymour Duncan YJM Fury fully loaded pick plate and then the 2012 obviously is stock with the Seymour Duncan's. I was going to change the 05' out but I just can't bring myself to do it. I love that guitar and the HS-3's. The only thing that I can tell you is that the 07' that I put the Seymour Duncan Fury Fully loaded pick plate seems to be slightly more responsive or active than the 05' and 12', it just sounds a bit cleaner and brighter and don't make any noise at all when I plug in. Now the DiMazios and the complete pick plate assembly I took out of the 07' I dropped right into my Daughter's 2015 American Standard Custom Shop Special and now that's one of the best Strats I've ever played. So I cannot decide which is better or worse or the same even so I choose both. Now I need/want a Jimi Hendrix and a Ritchie Blackmore model. Or a Dave Murray model. Thanks.
The issue I have with the fury pick up is that it sounds too muddy and the notes get really distorted when held for a short period. I much prefer the HS3 and I miss the old yngwie tone
The Duncans got a little more loudness obvious more output and fatness. The Dimarzios tho are clearer especially on the the low strings. Hm I like both hard choice. I currently use the original Dimarzio YJM tho in neck of my strat since like '08 or '09
Agree. Great playing first of all. And...far prefer the sound of the Fender 65 pickups and think they sound closest to early Yngwie tone. Certainly don't hear a big difference, if any, from the first two, but there is a big difference when you switch to the 65s, and a good one. To me, Yngwie's most interesting stuff was with Graham Bonnet on the first Alcatrazz album.
Great playing as always brother!! Awesome video. This is one of ( if not) THE BEST comparison videos between these two pickups. I have a"Duck"project guitar I'm working on and decided in the beginning to use the HS3s.. and watching/listening to your video just reassures me that I picked the right pickups for it. Inner isn't better than the other just different. The HS3s just have more of that early YJM vibe. Great job!!
NeoGeofanatic yeah.. I actually am building from scratch. I have a Warmoth body and neck and all the other parts( including stickers). aiming for a"period correct Duck" from the Trilogy era. Even have the leopard print strap.
For sure they are very similar. I think the SD's had more clarity to my ears but the D's had something in the mids that was really scooped and fuller sounding. Both though are definitely the sound of YJM. The 65's sounded like a Strat, glassy and articulate and really original in tone obviously. Really nice demo.
The different brands sound good, Seymour Duncan and Dimarzio but I especially like the HS-3 pickup, it has a very clear and defined sound without losing that original strat sound. It has that gruff, crunchy sound when switching pickups from the neck to the bridge pickup, plus it has a better harmonic and is very responsive for fast soloing and great definition when playing the higher registers on the fretboard.
I have 2 Michael Kelly Patriot Decree's, same pups, they both sound different. You hear it when you tap the back of the body, they have different resonant frequencies. One ismuch more midrangey and the other one has a big punchy bottom end. You'd really need to swap up to pups to have a correct comparison. Great platying btw.
I forgot he was comparing pickups when he started playing. This guy is awesome. Great job!
Yeah ! Nice playing
kenthelpyou is way way better than this guy on every level.
@@leedemkiw6085 well, they both beat me so there's that...😎🤘
@@leedemkiw6085 well, they both beat me so there's that...😎🤘
Forget the pickups. YOU sound GREAT!
Yep, the pickups are irrelevant when you have touch like this guy, awesome!?
Thisssssss
Totally
naah... pickups make you sound better
@@alanmcleans kenthelpyou is way way better than this guy on every level.
Your playing is absolutely masterful - original, thoughtful, and flawlessly executed. I prefer the DiMarzios.
Thank you so much
Do you teach music/guitar? Incredible improvisation skills 💥@@Neogeofanatic
I honestly kind of like the HS3 a tad more. It sounds a lot more Yngwie-ish, specifically old school Yngwie Malmsteen. I really like his old school tone because it still sounds really metal while still retaining that straty vibe.
Did he always use noiseless single coils. I don’t think they existed early in his career.
@@bluwng yeah they were noiseless. They are stacked pickups
@@bluwng No, Yngwie used a DiMarzio FS-1 in the early days, then started to use the HS-1, HS-2 then HS-3 sets about the time he landed in Los Angeles in 1983. DiMarzio went to him and offered an endorsement. The FS-1 is a good pickup but can be very noisy because it's not hum canceling.
@@bluwng early on he used the Dimarzio Fs1.
The DiMarzios have more bite (like a bit of scoop in the low mid) and the Duncans have a fuller sound. Both have great pick attack. Great comparison thank you.
I love the Duncan's but the Dimarzios win this hands down. Excellent playing!
Agreed!!! Ive got seymore duncans in the one i made; thyr just tooo clinical. Dimarzio ive heard; started with the philosophy of bringing out the wood. You can even hear the springs inthe back resonating. Who needs sex when you can make a guitar growl like that!
who cares bout the pickups, your playing gave me goosebumps !!!
Holy Cow!!! That is some incredible guitar playing!!! I like the HS-3 tone better. It just seems to have a little extra fullness. I have a 93 maple neck Yngwie and an 89 rosewood Yngwie. Both came with HS3 but sounded completely different from each other. I changed the 93 bridge recently to an HS4. The HS4 sounds better than the HS3 for everything I'm playing. It has added clarity. Thank you for posting this video. It's really helpful and amazing playing!
DiMarzios have the classic Malmsteen twang and nuances
So is it a dimarzio thing? Cos the fender did the same; but seymore duncan was too clinical. Im confused by this video cos at the end; he concludes that he couldnt hear a diference? Youd hafta be deaf not to notice the diferences??
@@nathangrueber9834 why kept technical ordinary speech like trying to ofend who´s think diferent of your " opinion" ? thats not a mach or a championship....like it was suposed to understand for every, but its ok, you win everything everytime ;) your pick ups also !!
@@TheHugoTubo i didnt understand anything you said??
Do you speak english?
Or are you using an english translating programme?
All im saying is that people say you cant hear the diference between dimarzio and seymore duncan?
Of corse you can??
I have seymore duncans in the guitar i made; and personally i dont like them. Thyr too clinical sounding.
Dimarzio has a woody sound that really brings out the sound of wood.
Dimarzio company are incredibly helpfull when choosing pickups.
They asked me what kind of wood i was building my next guitar out of; and they matched the pickup power and sound to bring out the sound and resonance of the wood.
Its well known that malmsteen is a bit of a asshole to work with.
Just watch him on stage. While other band members are working together; hes off to the side doing his own thing; posing and trying to look cool. Satriani and vai and petrucci are just humble guys that work together. When i first heard malmsteen it blew my mind; i love baroque music; and to hear someone playing it on guitar. Wow!
I honestly can't hear that much of a difference between the two. The guy in the video does a good job replicating Malmsteen 's style so it basically sounds same-y to me either way. Not including the 63 vintage ones since they do have a more traditional single coil sound to them
That's the real way to test pickups. There is a real difference. And man, you can play that thing. God bless you brother.
For me, there was a little difference between DiMarzio HS-3/YJM and Duncans YJM Fury, being the Duncans a bit clearer and more defined than the DIMarzios.. but the Fender true single coils KICK SERIOUS ASSES!! Dude, what a killer tone!
HS3 are hands down winner for me. They sound exactly like vintage Yngwie (if that’s what your looking for). The Fury’s sound dreadful to me.......I ripped em out of my YJM Strat & put DiMarzios in. Big improvement in tone.
Entièrement d'accord avec vous 👍🏻
I was listening to a podcast with Paul Gilbert and he said the reason Yngwie moved from the HS-3's is because he was having issues with volume since they are very quiet pickups. (I know ironic that the guy with the loudest amps would say his pickups were quiet) anyway dimarzio decided to design pickups which solved the volume issue but yngwie moved to seymour duncan and he created the fury pickups. Thus paul gilbert was given the injector pickups which are essentially the modified HS-3's. So if you want that classic Yngwie tone with no problems in volume, the injector's are the way to go:)
I put an injector pup in the bridge position of my CS '63 strat. Actually I don't think they're meant at all to be like a normal vintage strat pup minus the hum like the HS-2/HS-3's were, it's a good deal hotter than a normal vintage strat bridge pup, a fairly good deal hotter. Like the pup it replaced probably measured around 5.85-6K output. The injector's up around 11K-12K so... yeah. Hot enough that I lost most of the quack in the bridge-middle position lol.
Overall, the Injector (bridge pup) sounds like a really muscular single coil, but definitely still single coil in character, still not in humbucker territory, you won't be doing any djenting with 'em lol.
Adam Cogan the "quiet" pups refers to the low output of the hs3s ..quiet because it kinda dampens he overtones from his playing especially during those alternately picked licks... that what he is referring to as quiet.. not the volume
Interesting. I love the injector pickups. Yngwie licks are actually the most played thing on my fireman so far. I feel like they remind me of a mix between a paf humbucker and single coil, though. I'll have to get a set of fury pickups to figure out if they're the similar.
You are so right. I have the injector (neck) and Area 67 & 61 pickups, and I love 'em. The Injector bridge model sounded terrible though...
The DC resistance has NOTHING to do with the output power of a pickup.
The Dimarzio set up makes me cry, this is heaven to my ears, thanx for posting! ♨️♨️♨️
Those Fenders sound great. Amazing playing dude.
I think they seymour duncans are less 'thin' when compared to hs3 and a little more bottom end. I prefer the fury pickups.
I love the old HS3. I have a Y. M. fender with Di Marzio. I really appreciate the new Fury either.
I can hear the difference, especially when you engage neck pickup. HS3 is more open, wider, organic and defined. The fury is unfortunately ( I have them) more dull. But to be honest this is the smallest difference between these two pickups I have ever heard on the net. You can hear clearly the difference in some other clips. Your work is every time holiday of sound for us...cheers
trilogyopus my thoughts exactly! the Dimarzio HS3 sounds fantastic in the opening of the video in the neck position. very organic and open sounding. I hate high output pickups, they make one dark unusable sound imo. HS-3 all the way.
I agree
You rock bro! I have a 2015 YJM strat with SD's, love the tones, especially the neck pick-up
I agree, they sound the same to me, from a cell speaker anyways, I just got a set of Furys can't wait to put them in my road worn fender, I also built my own Jimi strat, same configuration as the Fender, only I use the EMG DG20 set of pups which sound amazing! !!
hs-3 is better. Hs-3 has different tone and you can note when playing on the 5th and 6th strings.
It's WEAK.
I think you're right on.
About the Hendrix strat... its pickups have more bite, in my opinion. I like the 65 Fender vintage ones better.
Amazing playing dude with any pickups❤
After all those years of standing in front of his Marshalls, how can there be any question that his hearing was better 30 years ago than it is now. I'll keep the HS3's in my strat. Yngwie saying he can even "hear" the difference is just dishonest. He is still one of the greatest of all time and you dude, are a great player. Thanks and keep playing.
I think he can't hear the high end more, which is why his tone got fizzy and the Duncans are too strong in the high end for me. Just an old deaf guy who can't hear the difference between glassy and fizzy tone. Essentially his rig has been identical, even if the manufacturer of his overdrive has changed. The only real difference is the Duncans and I think he sounds crap ever since. I like my HS3 a lot more and they are half the price.
I agree with you...no noticable difference between the two after market pups...they sound really close to my ears...but I liked them better than the stock pickups....great vid bro!!!!
My friend, I have a Malmsteen 2008 with DiMarzio...I've tested one with Fury, but I prefer his old timbre! The current one seems to give more enphasis on some low notes. I really love both, but I prefer the old one! But I felt the difference when I played!
That's it.
I own several fender YJM and totally in love with the DiMarzio pickups. I think the SD have a little bit more treble compared to the DiMarzio .
Anyway, great vid, awesome shredding. Love your last comment on the vid!😉👍✨✨👌🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶
Le fond d'écran m'a tué derrière ^^ Bon boulot as usual ;)
Dans sa prochaine vidéo, Nono nous donnera enfin son avis sur la congolexicomatisation dans le milieu guitaristique.
The Dimarzio and SDs sound great, but wow how about the Vintage 65s? Impressed with all, but the last delightedly surprised me.
Greetings from Argentina. Thank you very much for sharing your experience and being decisive with your conclusions. Not everyone exposes themselves like this out of fear.
Thanks very much
More harmonics in the YJM’s to me.They sound better.They improved my Yngwie Models sound a lot!Great playing by the way!
The instrumental at the beginning sounds terrific. Love it
Anyone who gives your videos and “thumbs down” only do because they wish they could play as good as you! You are awesome!!!
The last axe you grabbed...(Had my eyes closed for the first time I watched it so I could maintain an unbiased opinion)..the Vintage '65. To me, THAT one encompasses the early solo sound (Marching Out) and is the (iMo) best of the 3.
The string choice..brand, gauge, height..with whatever pickup in it, p/u height... EVERYTHING...
(Oh yeah, the playing was good too, lol😆)
I work in a busy recording studio and I can hear the subtle difference in the low-mids between the Dimarzio and the Duncan. Many modern amp-tones are mid-scooped and distortion adds compression that buries some of the tone. But I could still hear the Duncan was slightly 'fatter'.
You are absolutely right! No difference at all!
Amazing! Thank you for your efforts on this.
OMG your technique is so focking great :O You make impossible things looks like it was nothing :O Amazing, bro!
After hearing his interview on how he wound up leaving dimarzio i really think there is more than meets the eye with the real story.
Yngwie said he was not happy with the dimarzio's? You are not happy with something BUT use it anyway for over 25 years??? WTF? i am supposed to believe that! really yngwie that reason is BS!)
He could have had ANY pu maker wind him custom pu's at anytime so why did he wait?
I really think he had a falling out with Dimarzio over something that was business related and not that he was not happy with the dimarzio pu's as he claims!
he story just does not add up in the real world. Like i said he "Could have" had ANY pickup winder(duncan, fralin,lollar,and the hundreds more!) make him custom pu's at any time!
Follow the money
i agree
agree, thats just the people perception, 1 or 2 dBm does not make a whole lot difference, but look at this guy buying 2 guitars just for the pick ups, lol, thats what I call marketing
I agree.. Most of the time it's just business, guys like Greg Howe jump ship all the time. I reckon a LOT of these guys, vai Satch etc have made as much or more money on gear endorsments as they have with their music.
Awesome
You're the guy with the guitars so I'd trust your judgement. As the great player that you are, I believe your ear and also agree, the searching out story is just marketing. Well done and really really nice playing.
really I went back and back and back .. and I hadn't seen the end of the video at all ... I wanted to make up my mind , to make my choice .. I'd choose DiMarzio Hs3. I believe you're right but if there's a difference ( or may be not all ) it could be in the mid range, probably I'm wrong but I feel that the SD Ysm Fury have a bit of more mid range, but not sure. Your playing is awesome. Cheers
I like Malmsteen's early tone best! Both sound the same to me, I thought the best tone was the White Hendrix Strat!
I'm not an YM fan at all but I do think both of these pickups offer players a good opportunity to get shred tones out of a standard start without serious alterations. I thought both sounded cool but really different. Thanks
First off, your playing is exceptional, I have a feeling that this experiment proved more about how much isi in the hands and the soul than the pick-ups.
Personally, i felt that when you swapped to the seyour duncans there was more warmth in the bridge pick up, but it might have been a sutbler change in where you were picking.
Furthermore, I think if i was going to go for another signature strat, listening to your rendition of Highway Star would remind me that the middle pick-up doesn't really get much use and that guitar just sounded so good, I'd buy the Blackmore, but again, your demo was smoking and in my hands maybe not quite so beneficial haha.
i have to offer up my opinion, the seymours seem a little less muddy in the bridge mostly but overall they seemed that way too! the dimarzios sound great, but when you picked up the duck with the duncans, thats where the sound came more alive, like a blanket had been removed! again thats just my opinion but them fender pups sounded freggin fantastic! thanks for doing this video! awesome playing!
I agree with you. In my opinion i prefer fender vintage 65! Those pups sound more bluesy and warm, but maybe to play as fast as Malmsteen Di Marzio/Seymour Duncan are more suitable.
Agreed, I preferred the Fender pickups, they have more dynamics.
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It goes without saying that the guy in this video is not only a fantastic player but a true Yngwie fan. I love the sound of the HS3. It reminds me of Yngwie’s sound before the Trilogy album. But the SD Fury is a fantastic and very articulate pickup. Excellent video. Absolutely love it.
I was really expecting to think the Hendrix pickups were going to suck by comparison but damn; they are sick too!!!
I can tell the difference. The HS3 sound more strat like but fuller than classic single coils... The Fury's (which I also own) have a bit sharper midrange tone and are hotter. The best way to compare these pickup sets is to play them through a tube amp set to the same volume and eq settings. These pickups are hard to distinguish on solid-state or "amp modeling" setups. Plus with the HS3s you can get a volume pedal or the Radial Tone bone pedal and slam the front end of the amp and get a beautiful tone. Look, it worked for Yngwie for all those albums from Steeler to Alcatrazz and throughout most of his other albums... SD offered him a better endorsement deal. $$$ They are hotter but to me sound thinner and have more upper midrange. not bad. Its why I own both...
I have a '74 Fender Strat, an '82 57 reissue Fender Strat and a '92 Fender American Standard Strat each equipped with DiMarzio HS3 pickups. Yet each guitar has it's own individual tone. I had actually considered trying the Duncans to compare. But after this video I can tell that the difference between the brands are too little too purchase another set. Thanks. Great playing. The thing I got out of this the most is that the output volume from both brands are identical. That (output) was my deciding factor in the first place for getting the YJM set. I find them to be super versatile for most playing situations. They are equally at home playing in the country band or in the blues band or even my classic rock band. And obviously shred too. lol. By the way. My '57 reissue sounds just like Vintage 65 that you demonstrated. Showing that body and neck construction play a huge part in overall tone. Again, great demonstration. Thanks.
Seymour Duncan has a warmer sound but the DiMarzio HS3 sounds great too ! I see why you have both lol , nice chops , great video !
Hesitated between both, but the 65 fender sounded best to me. Thanks for adding "classic" single coils to have a comparison base.
Um Yaaa, You ROCK!!! 😅 All Great Pickups.. The Yngwie P/Us dont have as much treble/highs as the HS3... I prefer the Yngwie models to me more balanced and suited for Rock!!!.. I Agree n would have a hard time by just listening too differentiating the difference between the Dimarzio & Seymour pickups..??... Great Job!!! 🍻
c'est toujours un grand plaisir de t'écouter jouer, continue de nous envoyer du rêve!
There's not much difference but your playing is super accurate, and tasty. Congrats Sir !!!
Totally agree with you. Tone-wise I feel they're exactly the same, but the Duncans is maybe a little tad hotter. But I am also certain that Yngwie left Dimarzio because of a money issue or something related to that.
Dude! That playing was amazing! The HS3s for me.
eu particularmente curti mais o dimarzio HS3.
The “63s” sound excellent 💯 and may I say you play very well 👌🏻
Anyone tried theFury bridge & dimarzio yjm neck? DiMarzio hs3 & di marzio yjm are diff..
All of them sounds awsome! Nothing different. Damn sounds amazing.
Salut madame Nonoooo, esce que par hasard je dis bien PAR HASARD, tu sais ce que tu as comme camera a 2:36 stpppppp ^^ je la trouve très belle la qualité :)
Man that USA Vintage '65 guitar sounds so killer man.
With HS-3 the feeling is a good sound but “lack of something “, and with YJM Fury pickups the sound is perfect, amazing!
I’m wondering if playing clean or at the onset of break-up could better reveal differences. It should definitely show the difference in output. I also think it would be helpful to then adjust the gain so they break-up at the same time to demonstrate tonal differences. I suggested this latter point elsewhere and was shot down. Nonetheless I think it would be helpful. I’m on the fence as to what to buy for my HSS. DiMarzio specs indicate that the HS-3 has a considerable amount of bass which could go a long way in matching up with a humbucker in the bridge, despite the large difference in output level, especially if the single coils are used to clean up. You can always use an overdrive or high gain channel on your amp to get them to saturate.
seymour for me, i think it has less of that squeeky sound when you move from fret to fret, and it has more thump on the bottom, very good for rhythm too
to my ears, listened thru the cell speaker it seems like the sd s are slightly aggressive or with a tad of bite, while the fury are both rounder sounding and heavier sounding. I noticed this especially on the bending on the 21st fret. I'll take another listen now...
correction :Di Marzio / Sd Fury.
They sound the same. The SD may have a slight bit more in volume in the mix. However them Fender pickups on that Hendrix strat sounds beautiful with the Malmsteen style.
I agree, no discernable difference with the SD Fury or the DiMarzio HS-3's. If you hadn't changed guitars I would have never known. Now, that Hendrix Strat! Wow! Great tone on that beast. Plus- it has real single coil pickups- much more high end and open sounding- both the DiMarzio and SD are stacked hum buckers. I own all of them too and like the single coils in the Hendrix Strat way more then either my DiMarzio's or SD Fury's. Both are warm sounding but lack the big throaty open single could vibe that only a real single coil pickup can deliver. Those Mexican built Hendrix Strats are amazing guitars! It's in my top 5 favorite guitars that I own!
I thought the Dimarzios retained more of the traditional strat sparkle. The Duncans had s stronger mid presence. By the way that stock 65 strat sounded great too! By this sound sample I prefer the HS3. I suspect the cleans are going to more of my pleasing.
Fury pickups all the way. They have way more bite and harmonics.
I think that with my Edirol monitors I hear that the pickups are almost the same, with DMZs go slightly towards modern sound and SDs towards vintage, but in a very subtle way
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sûr c'est exactement ce que vous dites sur les micros
Great playing !! Awesome comparison !!
We want more content!! You rock!
thank you for posting ... enjoyed the playing . i always wondered what these pcikups sounded like compared. thumbs up
THATS IS A AWESOME BACKING TRACK!!!!
Luivan Santos its on TH-cam. Look up Priest of the Unholy Backing Track Malmsteen.
It's almost like Blackstar
there is a little bit of difference .Hs3 sounds better for me.SD 's are more "crunchy" .
i prefer the "glosy" sound of HS3.
Wow my friend!!! Congratulations!!!! First of all, I heard you all this video how you played that amazing solo... At the second time, I recently put attention how different are Dimarzio and Seymour Duncan sound. Well... Here is my opinion:
These pickups are different, NOT AT ALL, but different... Dimarzio's pickups are a few bass or middle frequency enhaced than Seymour Duncan. When you did a slide at 6th string with SD pickups (bridge pickup) I listened a clearer sound than DM bridge pickup.
DM pickups are a few less clearer than SD.
But, I love both models! They are spectaculars!
When you compare these models to vintage pickups, you can listen a powerfull sound, which don't loose their presence of frecuency. Vintage pickups are amazing, they can produce a very good distortioned sound, but they are weak, when you compare it than another two models.
Hope my opinion would be a little bit usefull to you.
Grettings!!!!! Long live rock n' roll!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🍻🍻
Flaco vos haces sonar hasta a una mesa. Excelente ejecución 😂❤
Awesome playing. I like Yngwie and Nick Johnstone, and so am thinking of the HS3s or something like the Vintage 65s. What would be your pick to best get the tone from thee two artist? In your opinion. Thanks Alex
The Hendrix Strat sounds more like the "play loud" which is a 68 strat, so it would sound like early 80s Malmsteen.
Now I'm not a pro and not even close to being able to play like you do. I met Yngwie in 1984 in Dayton Ohio USA and I've been stuck with it ever since. I think he is one of the best and he is still to this day under estimated. I've seen him live at least 25 times and going to see him again in May. I love all of it and I love Fender Stratocasters which is why I own 6 of them, 3 of them being YJM Signature Series models, an 05' .v2, an 07' .v3 and a 2012' .v3. My set up is bare bones. Marshall JCM 2000 - DSL 401 Duel Super Lead Comdo, Fender YJM Overdrive pedal and Boss NS-2 noise gate. Using Fender YJM Bullet strings .008 - .048.
My deal is that I can't decide which one I like better. The 05' .v2 is stock with the DiMarzio's. The 07' .v2 come with the DiMarzio's butt I switched it out myself with the Seymour Duncan YJM Fury fully loaded pick plate and then the 2012 obviously is stock with the Seymour Duncan's. I was going to change the 05' out but I just can't bring myself to do it. I love that guitar and the HS-3's.
The only thing that I can tell you is that the 07' that I put the Seymour Duncan Fury Fully loaded pick plate seems to be slightly more responsive or active than the 05' and 12', it just sounds a bit cleaner and brighter and don't make any noise at all when I plug in. Now the DiMazios and the complete pick plate assembly I took out of the 07' I dropped right into my Daughter's 2015 American Standard Custom Shop Special and now that's one of the best Strats I've ever played. So I cannot decide which is better or worse or the same even so I choose both. Now I need/want a Jimi Hendrix and a Ritchie Blackmore model. Or a Dave Murray model. Thanks.
Excellent shred. The vintage neck pup is awesome.
🔥 You're amazing! Just picked up one with Fury pickups. Love the guitar! Now I just need to learn how to play it.
the Dimarzio has a bit more stratty attack
both sets sound amazing to be honest the playing was so good I forgot all about the pickups lol
The issue I have with the fury pick up is that it sounds too muddy and the notes get really distorted when held for a short period. I much prefer the HS3 and I miss the old yngwie tone
I see HS3 sounds more vintage like the first YJM discs tones.
Hs3> hendrix > fury , for my ears sound better hs3
The Duncans got a little more loudness obvious more output and fatness. The Dimarzios tho are clearer especially on the the low strings. Hm I like both hard choice. I currently use the original Dimarzio YJM tho in neck of my strat since like '08 or '09
Love your playing,man!
I got 65's in my Strat that I put together myself for less than half the price of a custom shop job and all the parts are Fender made in the USA
Agree. Great playing first of all. And...far prefer the sound of the Fender 65 pickups and think they sound closest to early Yngwie tone. Certainly don't hear a big difference, if any, from the first two, but there is a big difference when you switch to the 65s, and a good one. To me, Yngwie's most interesting stuff was with Graham Bonnet on the first Alcatrazz album.
Great playing as always brother!! Awesome video. This is one of ( if not) THE BEST comparison videos between these two pickups. I have a"Duck"project guitar I'm working on and decided in the beginning to use the HS3s.. and watching/listening to your video just reassures me that I picked the right pickups for it. Inner isn't better than the other just different. The HS3s just have more of that early YJM vibe. Great job!!
Peter Cruz mmmm a Duck strat :p yum yum !
NeoGeofanatic yeah.. I actually am building from scratch. I have a Warmoth body and neck and all the other parts( including stickers). aiming for a"period correct Duck" from the Trilogy era. Even have the leopard print strap.
Salut Nono
Merci pour toute tes vidéos . Pourrais tu stp me dire la différence entre le micro hs2 et hs 3? Merci David
For sure they are very similar. I think the SD's had more clarity to my ears but the D's had something in the mids that was really scooped and fuller sounding. Both though are definitely the sound of YJM. The 65's sounded like a Strat, glassy and articulate and really original in tone obviously. Really nice demo.
Is that actually an HS3 in the neck position or an HS4? Because the pre-SD malmsteen strats came with HS4s in the neck and HS3s in the bridge.
The different brands sound good, Seymour Duncan and Dimarzio but I especially like the HS-3 pickup, it has a very clear and defined sound without losing that original strat sound. It has that gruff, crunchy sound when switching pickups from the neck to the bridge pickup, plus it has a better harmonic and is very responsive for fast soloing and great definition when playing the higher registers on the fretboard.
I have 2 Michael Kelly Patriot Decree's, same pups, they both sound different.
You hear it when you tap the back of the body, they have different resonant frequencies. One ismuch more midrangey and the other one has a big punchy bottom end.
You'd really need to swap up to pups to have a correct comparison. Great platying btw.
hello, are these dimarzio noisy like the typical single coil? or are they quiet like a humbucker?