Dimarzio tone zone
Dimarzio tone zone
Hy, i know there is an ibanez forum, but i've been a long time lurker here, so i like this board more.
The question is: i bought an ibanez rg550 just the other day and i love it, but there is a shitty no name pickup in the bridge postition on it. So i was thinking of getting a dimarzio super distortion pickup, but there are no left in stores in my town(it's rather small). But there are a few dimarzio tone zones 'round.
I play mostly thrash, heavy metal, rock, and lately i'm playing lots of satch, vai, etc. I'd like to know if the tone zone will suit my needs, or should i say is it hot enough?
Thanks
I put an Evo in my RG550 (1991 DY). A Kent Armstrong custom hotrail in the middle and a Humbucker from Hell in the neck.
The other two pups sounD o.k but the Evolution sounds great. Its nowhere near as hot as an EMG 81 but thats not always a bad thing. The midrange and high mids are amazing and you hardly even need to switch for leads. Everything holds up perfectly.
So I'd suggest a DiMarzio Evolution. Probably two, come to think of it as it would sound nice in the neck too. It works in Jems and you dont have to worry about that tone killing stupid monkey grip either. :)
I have tried one briefly in a top of the line Ibanez a few years ago. From memory it had a very high gain, thick sound. I'd say if you like the SD Distortion or Invader you would probably like the Tone zone.