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PY38

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Hey All,

So after having my 13 for a week now and really spending almost all the time just playing with the pups I have to say I love em....no fanboy crap here...they are great!

I had the pleasure of calling and speaking to Steve B at Dimarzio the other day about them as well. What a great guy, total guitar nerd moment but im a nerd so....

Even though they are "modeled" after the CL/LF I still stick to my opinion that these are different beasts. Steve seems to think they would get closer to the other set if you took out the preamp as the preamp changes the voicing a tad and some of the EQ.....But to me they are very different in a very good way. Its not just a CL/LF with a preamp.

Clear, precise, open, airy, tight, aggressive and raw are the best words I can describe....Im hunting my next JP now for a purchase in September (Earl Xmas, this way if I spend a ton on me then I wont get the stink eye from the 4 kids under the xmas tree when we compare gifts...lol) and I may just pull the trigger on a fully loaded JP6 but wait for the Illuminators to come in stock and install them on it....they are that good....

I have been a lifetime Dimarzio player. 25 years of playing rock/metal and I have owned just about every Dimarzio there is and these are just the next level.....If you see a 13 near you try it out........
 

yan12

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I played one for about 30min and I agree they are different. I thought the boost was pretty cool as well. They sounded great.
I was a lifetime Dimarzio guy but found BareKuckle to be it for me. The only pickups I have not swapped for BK are the original Axis pickups... Those damn things sound so perfect in my Rosewood Axis I will never swap them. Emg's were never my thing but I always contend the Axis is the crème of the crop when it comes to properly matched pickups in a rock guitar. Not metal, not country, a ROCK guitar. I raise a glass to whoever it was that came up with that final combo! Perfection!
 

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I believe it was Eddie Van Halen. The story goes he had it down to two sets and the one he did'nt pick became the tone zone.
 
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