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  • My Kelly

    I just put a Tone Zone in the bridge position, and an Air Classic Bridge, in the neck. The guy at Dimarzio suggested useing the brige pup in the neck, and I thought he was crazy.

    Boy was I wrong, this thing is so fat sounding both clean and distorted, that it is sickining. When you flip to the Tone ZOne alone, it screams like a Banshee!

    I'm not saying that Dimarzios are better than Duncans, because tone is a subjective thing, but I wasted a lot of time trying alot of Seymour Duncans, only to find that I love the sound of the Dimarzios.
    This is the second set I'm using, the other is an Air Norton and a Tone Zone in my Sl-2,and while they sound different in both guitars , they are both ROCKIN. The Dimarzios just sound a little warmer too me.
    Madness Reigns......... In the Hall of the Mountain King!

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    Re: My Kelly

    sweet! i was thinking of putting a fred and a paf pro on mine. Have you tried them?
    [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

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    • #3
      Re: My Kelly

      Rick, I'm loving the Duncan Custom and 59 pu's in my new guitar, there are a lot of Duncans to choose from, I think you'd like the Custom in your Soloist.

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      • #4
        Re: My Kelly

        Vic,

        I had a custom custom in my soloist, and it was almost what I wanted. The Tone Zone is VERY similar to the custom custom, it was just easier for me to get harmonics with it. Plus I don't like Duncans color choices. Black ,white , or zebra. That's all you can get Trembuckers in.

        The 59, Came in my soloist and it was pretty close the the air classic as well, big and fat.
        Madness Reigns......... In the Hall of the Mountain King!

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        • #5
          Re: My Kelly

          Suck my kiss,

          I have played the Fred and it is a bit midrangy sounding, and the Paf pro wasn't quit brigt enough for me. It was very fat , when playing distorted solos, but I didn't like it clean.
          Madness Reigns......... In the Hall of the Mountain King!

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          • #6
            Re: My Kelly

            I find it hard to compare pickups.

            First, you have to find a place where you can compare the sound of numerous pickups.
            Second, the sound is also very dependent on your guitarbody/shape/woodtype, the amp you normally use and your strings (old worn strings sound dull, brand new strings tend to sound shrill).
            Third, I tend to forget the sound of pickup #1 as soon as I installed pickup #2
            Fourth, I do not even know what I like more: a cold harsh tone, a warm fuzzy tone or something in the middle.

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            • #7
              Re: My Kelly

              Shamgar,

              Sometimes it was hard deciding between a few models I tried, but I ended up having like 6 different ones at one time , so I got to try them all out on my stuff. I put them in myself and after about 20 installs [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] you become a master at it and get it down to about 10 min. HAHA

              Honestly it was harder for me comparing Duncans to each other , than Duncans to Dimarzios.You are right though about the body ,etc. The TOne Zone sounds different in my bolt on Kelly than in my SL-2. The Kelly is poplar and the SL-2 alder.
              Madness Reigns......... In the Hall of the Mountain King!

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              • #8
                Re: My Kelly

                Only 10 minutes? does that include putting on new strings, retuning the blasted floyd, or do you have a stringthru on your Kelly?

                I don't know any shops here that let you install them into your own guitar. Only know 1, that has a guitar specially modified for quick pickup changing, but that is a battered stratmodel guitar

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                • #9
                  Re: My Kelly

                  So where are the pics, Rick?!? [img]graemlins/nono.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
                  I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.

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                  • #10
                    Re: My Kelly

                    I just take the springs out of the back of the FLoyd and it comes off the posts. I leave the strings locked at the nut and when I put it back together, it's still pretty much in tune.

                    I actually had all those pup's laying around my house, to try them. They came from different guitars that I had gotten rid of when I got the USA.The longest part for me , when changing them is getting the screws in the pup with those little springs. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
                    Madness Reigns......... In the Hall of the Mountain King!

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                    • #11
                      Re: My Kelly

                      We want pics!

                      That used to be mandatory remember?
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