DiMarzio pups. School me.

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    smally13
    I'm looking to swap out the generic Duncan-designed Pups on my '99 V-200. I'm thinking the Super Distortion is the way to go. Opinions? How do the Super 3 and the X2N compare/contrast? Inquiring monsters want to know...
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    Gfunk
    Gfunk wrote

    X2Ns are good.

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      KH Guitar Freak
      KH Guitar Freak wrote

      What kind of tone are you after???

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        smally13
        smally13 wrote

        I get a pretty decent organic overdrive from my setup now, but I'd like a little more heat, without putting so much pregain in that I get uncontrollable feedback. Know whatta mean?

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          guitarist1993
          guitarist1993 wrote

          I've got a D-sonic going in to my Kelly sometime next week. I'll give a review on it when it gets here.

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            smally13
            smally13 wrote

            Organic= Guitar + Amp. No effects. I'm chasing the natural, unprocessed distortion that you can only get with passive pickups. Think Kill 'em All.

            No Ethanol was harmed in the making of this post.

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              jus10
              jus10 wrote

              Didn't Kirk use actives for that album? Don't bash me if I'm wrong
              I'm not a Metallica fan what so ever!

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                metalhobo
                metalhobo wrote

                Didn't Kirk use actives for that album? Don't bash me if I'm wrong
                I'm not a Metallica fan what so ever!

                No, but they both used a ProCo Rat, which is a solid-state overdrive (pretty much a preamp). EMGs have solid-state preamps. EMGs are passive pickups with onboard preamps. Therefore if Smally13 calls Kill 'em All unprocessed, I fail to see why you would not be able to get "unprocessed" tone with EMGs. It's not like they're digital or anything.

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                  exhibit-sbt
                  exhibit-sbt wrote

                  i heard duncan invader, from the montys site
                  http://www.freewebs.com/montyjay/jameswhitevcopy.html

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