25th Pickups... High Output?

[Hendog]

I was wondering if anyone knows if the pickups in the 25th are high output. The website just says: HH - 2 DiMarzio custom humbucking with chrome cover and Music Man pickup rings


I have become partial to high output pickups and I'm thinking about getting a 25th before they are all gone.


Also, what type of music/playing do you guys think the 25th is best at (I know, broad question! LOL)?

 

[ScoobySteve]

The 25th is hands down the most versatile instrument I have ever played. And to answer your question directly, the 25th can handle as much gain as you throw at it in series mode. Just ask BK, you can melt faces with it.

However, the parallel mode is what I use it most with. You can get nice thick clean tones, some quack, and some chime in the different positions.

You can do anything you want with this guitar. Rock out, Blues, Clean, Overdriven. I can't think of a type I can't play on it.

 

[slucas]

WHAT HE SAID

 

[fogman]

What they said

 

[petruccirocks02]

I'm pretty sure the pickups in the 25th are the same that are in the Axis, and the same pickups that are also in the AL HH. I wouldn't say they're as high output as say a Crunchlab, but they definitely are high output. My AL HH can do the high gain stuff with ease, and the same goes for the 25th.

-Phil

 

[the24thfret]

I was just playing one today. They can handle lots of gain just fine.

 

[RocketRalf]

The stock pickups that are most similar to the ones on the Axis and 25th are the Tone Zone and the Air Norton for bridge and neck, and Dimarzio labels those as high output and medium output respectively, so they should be fine.

 

[beej]

In terms of styles, it's got a pretty broad range of appeal. The parallel positions are great, you get get some grean clean single coil-esque sounds out of it. I'm loving the bridge HB on its own, in parallel.

 

[balance]

The stock pickups that are most similar to the ones on the Axis and 25th are the Tone Zone and the Air Norton for bridge and neck, and Dimarzio labels those as high output and medium output respectively, so they should be fine.

I know this comes up frequently, but the Tone Zone I had sounded nowhere close to the EVH or 25th pickups. Both Basswood/Maple, Maple Neck guitars. The Tone Zone was much higher output than my EVH. Could it be the Air Zone that's closer to the Axis/25th, which appears to be lower output than the Tone Zone?

 

[azazael]

The stock pickups that are most similar to the ones on the Axis and 25th are the Tone Zone and the Air Norton for bridge and neck, and Dimarzio labels those as high output and medium output respectively, so they should be fine.

I believe Dimarzio just say that on their website to sell pickups.

I'd love to hear from Dargin or BP officially that the pickups are in no way like the Air Norton and Tone Zone though.

I personally didn't find them to be anything like the Axis pups when I tried them in a basswood/maple ibanez j-custom.

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

The pickups are Axis pickups with chrome covers, and are high output. Great for jazz!

 

[bkrumme]

The 25th will melt faces in series mode. It will quack in parallel mode. It goes from crunch to clean just by rolling off the volume knob. The tone knob is one of the most musical I've ever heard.

I also concur with Phil. The bridge pickup doesn't have the output that say a Crunch Lab or D-Sonic does, but I would classify it as High Output. I would consider the neck pickup to be medium output.