The Tone Zone® is hot enough to qualify as a high-output pickup, but it has a wider dynamic range â hard picking will produce a lot of power, and softer picking will be much cleaner and quieter. You couldn't give me a DiMarzio. Push a little toward the high end. Lot's of bass, pretty tight. 1388 Richmond Terrace LOTS more output and LOTS more bottom end. Nice thick meaty tone! It lacks balls for heavy stuff for sure. Home Forums > Music Gear > The Tone Zone > Seymour Duncan Distortion vs Dimarzio Super Distortion vs Gibson 500T. ... By comparison, the DiMarzio site states that the Tone Zone⦠Does great slabs of wood justice. If you like the scooped sound of a JB, there's no way you would like a Tone Zone. DiMarzioâs PAF Master Neck (DP260) and Bridge (DP261) pickups are quiet, bright and very dynamic hum-canceling pickups. }, (You must log in or sign up to reply here. Use our Dealer Locator to find the nearest authorized DiMarzio Dealer. Compared to the Air Zone, probably my favorite Dimarzio, the AT-1 is more present. I use mostly maple bodied guitars I think the JB is best in Alder (DeMartini) maple is fussy when it comes to pickups. I am looking for a bridge humbucking pickup to put in a tele with single coil spacing. Staten Island, NY 10310 USA, Tech Support: (718) 816-8112General: (718) 981-9286Toll Free: (800) 221-6468Fax: (718) 720-5296. ã¥ã¿ãã 4æ¬ä¾¡æ ¼ å¬ç¨ ã¹ã¿ããã¬ã¹ã¿ã¤ã¤ ãã¤ã¼ã«ã»ãã 225/50R17 ã¢ã¦ãã£A5ã«ããªãªã¬,ã人æ°é©ãã®å¤æ®µã ãéæç¡æãã£ã³ãã¼ã³ãï¼ All three are popular pickups and do what they do well, but they are pretty different. but im sure there are plenty of options out there It's not as over-the-top as the Breed, but similar to it. PO Box 100387 Contact Us; DiMarzio, Inc. 1388 Richmond Terrace PO Box 100387 Staten Island, NY 10310 USA. Many models can be used in the neck position, from the Air Classic⢠to the Air Zoneâ¢; the PAF Pro® and the FRED® are also good choices. Have you ever heard a bridge pickup that made a guitar sound like a giant mosquito attack? JB has lot's. If there were one pickup out there that was misunderstood it would be the Screamin' Demon. Higher-output single-coil replacements like The Cruiser® and Fast Track 1⢠are also recommended. ... personally put the 78 up next to another VH-themed humbucker with over 30% more DC Resistance and the 78 hit the red zone earlier and more often than the other pickup. I've had the DiMarzio Chopper and Tone Zone S in the bridge position too, and both had bags more sustain and more versatility than their comparative SD's. HeHasTheJazzHands, Apr 29, 2014 #3. In the middle of the mids (or to the bass a touch). When I'm on my game, this is the only pickup that can let me put ⦠Joined: Mitchell Pearrow and GuitarIV like this. The Tone Zone definitely kicks ⦠Bass. Home Forums > Music Gear > The Tone Zone > Comparison Clip: Seymour Duncan JB vs Suhr Doug Aldrich. The AT-1 is supposed to be DiMarzio's JB, but with a slightly rolled-off high end and a fuller low end. It makes a great match with an Air Nortonâ¢, PAF Joeâ¢, or PAF Pro®, and split-coil mode produces an excellent single-coil sound as well. JB, moderate bass, not loose, not tight. The JB is crap in my opinion, but I've never played a SD pickup that I liked. But as George explains in The Story of George Lynch's Screamin' Demon Humbucker, the opposite is the case. the dimarzio axis models are a bit hotter again (still not super-hot) and a good bit more modern-sounding (to my ears). Many models can be used in the neck position, from the Air Classic⢠to the Air Zoneâ¢; the PAF Pro® and the FRED® are also good choices. Really cuts in the mix. I had TZs in a Mockingbird, a Heartfield Talon and an RG 570. = 0) && (displayOnPages.indexOf(pageType) >= 0) && (displayOnUser.indexOf(userType) >= 0)) { The SD has TONS of low end, while the JB is quite the opposite. But promptly swapped it out for a Duncan. Seymour Duncan JB Jr vs Dimarzio Tone Zone T Discussion in 'Guitars in General' started by mims2, Oct 9, 2008. I use to have a love/hate thing with the Seymour Duncan JB, but I replaced it with a Norton and never looked back. I've not played a JB in a while, so you may be right, but HD is very clear sounding in comparison. However it's difficult to address one pup as the EVH pup. As does the Jazz with relation to the Alnico 2 Pro. ... All of my guitars are outfitted with Seymour Duncan or EMGs. Michael Roe, Oct 23, 2019 #4. The DiMarzio Tone Zone DP155 certainly delivers on that! Perhaps a wider range of mids than the JB. the JB may come across as a little hot in the mids if you arent used to it. Developed for George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob, Souls of the We), many think that the Screamin' Demon is going to be one hell of a high output humbucker. The Tone Zone and the Super Distortion are definitely hot-rodded pickups. Doesn't cut as much. JB is a basic trad HB w slightly more nasal sound. DiMarzio, Inc. There's no place to hide - the same characteristics that reward subtleties of touch and pick attack, also expose sloppy technique. Discussion in 'The Tone Zone' started by Dave666, Jul 9, 2010. Dimarzio Tone Zone levels out in a strat really well so does the Duncan JB. The highest single notes have depth, and chords sound huge. personally I find the tone zone to be the better fit for a bright strat. If youâve run into this problem, The Tone Zone® is the solution. Go have a look at some upper end Ibanez or the new Charvels if ⦠The first three pickups weâve looked at all boast ceramic magnets. It lacks balls for heavy stuff for sure. Enter the password that accompanies your email address. ... JB, Duncan Distortion... these are all high gain Duncans. Joined: Dec 10, 2007 Location: Georgia. The JB coil does something similar for the Distortion, the Invader, the Metal Fatigue and the Stag Mag. Tight enough IMO. Tone Zone has lots. Im am in a small group of guitar players that use the Dimarzio Tone Zone pickup in the neck position of a guitar but it is also good in the bridge position, as it should be because that was where it was designed to go.. Dimarzio Tone Zone bridge with Dimarzio PAF pro neck. but dropping it down a hair or two will really help round it out. I do realize that, BKP holydiver is sorta like JB but tighter, and what is the guitar at the moment is a stock muddy iteraton of a PAF. DiMarzio Tone Zone. Tech Support: (718) 816-8112 General: (718) 981-9286 Toll Free: (800) 221-6468 Fax: (718) 720-5296 GuitarIV Well-Known Member. Compared to the Air Zone, probably my favorite Dimarzio, the AT-1 is more present. The Tone Zone® is hot enough to qualify as a high-output pickup, but it has a wider dynamic range â hard picking will produce a lot of power, and softer picking will be much cleaner and quieter. ). It's not as over-the-top as the Breed, but similar to it. Anyway I heard the TZ was a smoother JB Has the spongy bass, smoother upper mids and the "awe" vowel sounding mids Dimarzio is known for. The PAF Master Neck has a great balance of full richness with a throaty tone, with smooth and creamy highs, while the PAF Master Bridge Model is ⦠I replaced the TB4 (Seymour Duncan JB for a trem) with a DiMarzio Tone Zone and I have never turned back. I also did a side by side comparison at Sam Ash a few weeks ago when I played a Charvel San Dimas (TB4) and a So-Cal (Tone Zone)....again, for me, the Tone Zone sounded GREAT to my ear. Tone zone is a lot more compressed and metal sounding in comparison. Time for a subtle change as the Tone Zoneâs magnet is an Alnico V, which is known for a warm tone with a nice, fat low end. ... Duncan SH-4 vs Dimarzio Tone Zone. Probably is a tweaked Tone Zone, but supposedly Andy Timmons based it on a Duncan JB, since he's a big fan of it. EQ really helps the tone zone by just cutting some lows and low mids, clears it up really well. Patented dual-resonance coils reproduce more overtones than youâd expect from such a fat-sounding pickup. Sounds more like a Dimarzio, which I prefer. I've not played a JB in a while, so you may be right, but HD is very clear sounding in comparison. Itâs got tremendous bass and low-mid response to reinforce the bottom end and make the overall sound bigger. Discussion in 'Pickups, Electronics & General Tech' started by capac, Sep 27, 2020. In his early days of his carreer he used ash or alder bodied strat mutants with rewound PAF pups, some say the Duncan CCC (which is a C or CC with an alnico 5 magnet) comes very close to his early sound. The Tone Zone will give you a much fatter tone, just make sure you have high enough pot values or it will be muddy. The rumoured Dimarzio pup is not the tone zone, it's the norton bridge pup. Tone Zone. George discovered that a moderate ⦠The TZ is warm, crunchy and articulate IMO. Tone zone is a lot more compressed and metal sounding in comparison. All that is true. Oct 9, 2008 #1. mims2 Member. I use to have a love/hate thing with the Seymour Duncan JB, but I replaced it with a Norton and never looked back. Mids. The Tone Zone came out in 1991 and immediately was known for its vowel like open wah sound. As well as being in the high-output family, this pickup is extremely dynamic and responds well to subtle picking nuances. It sounded great in all of them, but I was using a pretty thick tone at the time. Discussion in 'The Tone Zone' started by GuitarIV, Oct 23, 2019. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-sevenstring_rosbtf_728x90'); }); The JB leans towards treble and the Tone Zone leans towards mid and bass. 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