Will this neck fit?

[Guitar_crazy_dude]

let me know how you like that dimarzio sd. ive been thinking about a new bridge pickup in that white soloist.

great looking top on that guitar

The Dimarzio Super distortion sounds great!It sounds different than my EMG actives and the SD JB.It actually has a nice "crunchy" sound when palm muting single strings or barre chords,and it's very articulate,something i've never heard in any other pickup i've played through.One thing i noticed though about the Dimarzio,is that the coil bobbins have a flat finish to them,compared to the shiny finish of the stock Duncan designed pickup.So you will see a difference between the 2 pickups.Plus the Dimarzio uses allen type pole pieces as opposed to the solid pole pieces used on most other pickups.I would definately recomend this pickup,kinda wished Dimarzio would make all there pickups to look like EMG actives,cause i love the look of them in any guitar.

[MartinBarre]

The Dimarzio Super distortion sounds great!It sounds different than my EMG actives and the SD JB.It actually has a nice "crunchy" sound when palm muting single strings or barre chords,and it's very articulate,something i've never heard in any other pickup i've played through.One thing i noticed though about the Dimarzio,is that the coil bobbins have a flat finish to them,compared to the shiny finish of the stock Duncan designed pickup.So you will see a difference between the 2 pickups.Plus the Dimarzio uses allen type pole pieces as opposed to the solid pole pieces used on most other pickups.I would definately recomend this pickup,kinda wished Dimarzio would make all there pickups to look like EMG actives,cause i love the look of them in any guitar.

You can buy cheap plastic covers to fit over your pickups and make them look like EMGs. This has a BLUSA 500XL in the bridge and, IIRC, the stock Duncan Designed in the neck. 20150412_134333 by stormwatch1977, on Flickr

You can get single coil covers too. These are all regular, non-active pickups (JBJ, stock single, Ibanez INF3 I think in the neck, can't remember!)

Guitars april 2012 012 by stormwatch1977, on Flickr

[toejam]

Plus the Dimarzio uses allen type pole pieces as opposed to the solid pole pieces used on most other pickups.

That's only on certain models, though.

[MartinBarre]

That's only on certain models, though.

He has the Super D, think that's what he's talking about Joe.

[Guitar_crazy_dude]

You can buy cheap plastic covers to fit over your pickups and make them look like EMGs. This has a BLUSA 500XL in the bridge and, IIRC, the stock Duncan Designed in the neck. 20150412_134333 by stormwatch1977, on Flickr

You can get single coil covers too. These are all regular, non-active pickups (JBJ, stock single, Ibanez INF3 I think in the neck, can't remember!)

Guitars april 2012 012 by stormwatch1977, on Flickr

I have these pickup covers on my ESP LTD Deluxe,but i noticed that they actually reduce the output of the pickups.I have the SD JB in the bridge and the SD 59 in the neck.That's what came stock in this guitar.I will most likely have to remove them if i want the full output of the pickups,it does look cool though

[MartinBarre]

There's no reason plastic covers should affect the output. I can only imagine it's because they're set further back from the strings?

[Guitar_crazy_dude]

There's no reason plastic covers should affect the output. I can only imagine it's because they're set further back from the strings?

Yeah,you might be right.BTW could i ask ya for a favor?I need to know the width of the single coil cover you have on your guitar.The reason i ask is because i seen a 3 pack of the covers on Ebay,and they give the dimension of 2" 1/16,just want to make sure i get the right size.I'll be covering up the Duncan designed single coils in my DK2 when i get it.Thanks

[Newc]

There's no reason plastic covers should affect the output. I can only imagine it's because they're set further back from the strings?

This is definitely a phenomenon worthy of scientific study IMO. In theory, the most a pickup would have to move to accommodate the extra thickness of a cover is 1/64", but also recall that the magnetic field is a physical force, and therefore is influenced by solid objects.

As many people hear a difference as do not, even in blind testing where someone only hears the guitar, and doesn't have the touching "cheat" to feel if it has a cover or not.
Among those who hear a difference between covered and uncovered, as many hear a difference between plastic and metal as do not.


Given the fact that an unpotted pickup feeds-back easily (microphonic) it's safe to say that the coil wires do resonate, and are not merely passing electrons down a copper pipe. Ergo, it's logical to assume that covers put pressure on the coil wires, however slight, thus dampening the resonance of the wires, which results in a detectable loss of higher frequencies and/or an accentuation of the upper mids. The stiffness of the material may be a factor. Most plastic covers I've encountered are stiffer than the metallic covers I've encountered.