DrKev
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Custom backup #2? I had never heard of these backup guitars. Anyone got a link to photos online somewhere?
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kestrou
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DK,
Info on the DiMarzio custom-built backups is THIN as it was pre-internet times - but check this out for a pic of him with "the blue backup": ~*STEVE MORSE*~ \FAN PAGE/ | Steve Morse with Blue Telecaster - late 1980's | Facebook
Oh yeah, and it says "late 1980s", but we all know Steve was opening for Rush late 85 to early 86.
Kevin
tbonesullivan
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Oh wow, so sorry to hear about the injury. It really sucks that it will significantly affect your ability to play. Those are some INSANE guitars you have. My daily drivers are a Steve Morse and an Ibanez RG652AHMFX (hardtail). Just love hardtail super strats. Those dark lord guitars have always interested me though. Do they have the same pickups as the regular Morse guitars?
kestrou
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The three pickups in the Y2Ds, including the Dark Lords, are the same as the "regular" Morses - DP-205 humbucker by the truss rod adjusting wheel, Proprietary single coil in the middle, DP200 Humbucker by the bridge.
Of course the Y2D is missing the DP-108 "slanted single coil" as found on the "regular" Morse.
I believe all are made by DiMarzio (Larry being a good buddy of Steve's), but the "proprietary single coil" used on the "regular Morse" might be made by EBMM?!
Kevin
tbonesullivan
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From the specs I read them as being made by Dimarzio, probably only available on the Morse guitars, as they are designed specifically to be right next to the bridge pickup. The Y2D of course gets the fancy ones with the Gold Morse logo. I had thought about a Y2D years ago, but honestly I love flipping all the switches to get different sounds, and I think I'd miss the "extra" single coil in the middle.
