Can I show off my guitars here?

[Seshmeister]

The "lead brick" won't cost that much to ship slow-boat, and the brass ones are inexpensive to begin with - give 'em a try!

I've never been a fan of the Tone Zone...lots of people swear by them, but all my friends and I hate them...lol
You might want to consider a Duncan Custom Custom instead...?

Fuck I missed this post and ordered one already based purely on shit I've read on the interweb and the fact I used to buy Dimarzios years ago when I used to know more about things like this.

Oh well if I hate it too I'll stick in in one of my shitty spare guitars or try it in the neck position.

[jhale667]

Fuck I missed this post and ordered one already based purely on shit I've read on the interweb and the fact I used to buy Dimarzios years ago when I used to know more about things like this.

Oh well if I hate it too I'll stick in in one of my shitty spare guitars or try it in the neck position.

Or perhaps if you don't like the stock Tone Zone a magnet-swap might make it more to your liking...

[Diamondjimi]

I'll post some pics later I took this weekend of some clutter in storage for insurance purposes.. I didn't take the plastic all the way off so if you see something you like I'll grab it and take more pics for you.

[Seshmeister]

Or perhaps if you don't like the stock Tone Zone a magnet-swap might make it more to your liking...

What is it you don't like about it?

You've got me worried now. I was in a rush as I'm playing my first gig on about 12 years on Friday...

[jhale667]

What is it you don't like about it?

You've got me worried now. I was in a rush as I'm playing my first gig on about 12 years on Friday...

Hey some people (including Paul Glibert, IIRC) swear by them, so please don't let my opinion dissuade you! In my friend's guitar it sounded dull, unfocused and muddy; but this was an alder bolt-on with a rosewood fretboard, maybe not the best wood types for it. YMMV.

[Seshmeister]

Hah muddy is exactly what I didn't want.

I liked the idea that it was advertised as being high output but not buzzy or fuzzy with a lot of middle. I'm going to be using a POD thing DI'd into the desk for this gig so that seemed like a good thing. I'm not hugely reassured by Paul Gilbert swearing by them as I think people like him and Vai and so on tend to sacrifice rhythm tone for lead and unless you a doing their widdle music then most people spend 95% of their time playing rhythm so to me that should be the priority.

There is a pickup picker tool on the DiMarzio site which actually recommended it too.

http://www.dimarzio.com/site/#/pickuppicker/

I'll maybe record my tone once it's in later in the week and see what the view is.

[Seshmeister]

Just read another 20 opinions which did me no good at all since they were split 50-50 between 'it's amazing' and 'its muddy, boring and shit'. Just need to see what it's like through my stuff I gues...

[The Flag]

It nails the later EVH sound pretty good, if that's what you're going for.

[Diamondjimi]

Run along Buttnugget, this forum is for musicians....

[Hardrock69]

Gee, GarFuckle sure loves to kiss ButtFag's ass!
Wonder what part of Garfuckle ButtFag likes to kiss?

[Seshmeister]

It nails the later EVH sound pretty good, if that's what you're going for.

Surely you mean 'pretty well' counseller?

Or even better 'quite well'.

I blame the teachers...

[jhale667]

Blame the fact that he's an idiot who created an alias because he couldn't bear the thought of not being able to log on and give GARfail his daily reacharound...

[Cato]

bump!

this is my new guitar. The Fender Custom Shop 1960 Strat with gold hardware, in LPB! (made in 1997)

[Igosplut]

Shit Cato, you got a lot of nice lookin gear....

[jhale667]

Cato's collection IS quite impressive.