swapped pickups on my mustang - DEMO INSIDE
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:10 pm
since i read about guitar shielding somewhere on the internet, i've grown obsessed with making my guitar as noiseless as possible.
so i decided to treat myself with a christmas gift - i bought DiMarzio Area '58 pickup today. i already had one Area '61 left from my strat. these pickups are essentially stacked humbuckers which sound very much like regular single coils, and have noise cancelling effect. i put '61 in bridge position and '58 in neck.
since i didn't have cash and arrangements to get some celebrity like Hurb to narrate my demo, it is voiceless and humble, sorry about that.
it goes like this:
- CLEAN SOUNDS: CIJ neck, Area neck, CIJ bridge, Area bridge
- CRUNCHY SOUNDS: CIJ neck, Area neck, CIJ bridge, Area bridge
- DISTORTED SOUNDS: CIJ neck, Area neck, CIJ bridge, Area bridge
(each riff is firstly played with stock CIJ pickups and then with DiMarzios).
sorry about sloppy playing, i also have an excuse - it is fucking cold here.
oh well, here it is: DIMARZIO AREA 58 & AREA 61 ON A MUSTANG - DEMO
commenting on the sounds difference, i'd say that dimarzios have more clarity, and maybe a bit more character if you can say that. they also are objectively a little more hotter than stock pickups. and ofc they're much more noiseless
since the difference in sound isn't astonishing, this proves that CIJ pickups are quite OK. and my anti-noise mania is pretty happy with these Dimarzios 
hope this will help someone.
please, comment on the "demo" if you feel like to - it's my first one
P.S.: guys, i have a little problem here. these dimarzio fuckers hum like crazy when i touch the poles. it should be an earthing problem in most cases, but i had perfect earthing before, and i didn't do anything except put new pickups in the place of old. WTF? someone of you electro-gurus should know! help please
so i decided to treat myself with a christmas gift - i bought DiMarzio Area '58 pickup today. i already had one Area '61 left from my strat. these pickups are essentially stacked humbuckers which sound very much like regular single coils, and have noise cancelling effect. i put '61 in bridge position and '58 in neck.
since i didn't have cash and arrangements to get some celebrity like Hurb to narrate my demo, it is voiceless and humble, sorry about that.
it goes like this:
- CLEAN SOUNDS: CIJ neck, Area neck, CIJ bridge, Area bridge
- CRUNCHY SOUNDS: CIJ neck, Area neck, CIJ bridge, Area bridge
- DISTORTED SOUNDS: CIJ neck, Area neck, CIJ bridge, Area bridge
(each riff is firstly played with stock CIJ pickups and then with DiMarzios).
sorry about sloppy playing, i also have an excuse - it is fucking cold here.
oh well, here it is: DIMARZIO AREA 58 & AREA 61 ON A MUSTANG - DEMO
commenting on the sounds difference, i'd say that dimarzios have more clarity, and maybe a bit more character if you can say that. they also are objectively a little more hotter than stock pickups. and ofc they're much more noiseless
since the difference in sound isn't astonishing, this proves that CIJ pickups are quite OK. and my anti-noise mania is pretty happy with these Dimarzios hope this will help someone.
please, comment on the "demo" if you feel like to - it's my first one
P.S.: guys, i have a little problem here. these dimarzio fuckers hum like crazy when i touch the poles. it should be an earthing problem in most cases, but i had perfect earthing before, and i didn't do anything except put new pickups in the place of old. WTF? someone of you electro-gurus should know! help please
I do not think you play sloppy, but maybe you have a higher standard than I have 
Did miss something like an amp tone though. This file shows once again that an electric guitar without a good amp is only half of an instrument somehow.