Inverted11
First Lieutenant   Posts: 10 Registered: 2/5/2009 Status: Offline
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posted on 2/5/2009 at 07:03 |
what's up, josh here. been thinkin about upgrading my guitar. i have a
jackson dk2 with 1 humbucker slot and 2 single coils. in the bridge i have
a dimarzio fred which i love. recently ive been doing some research and
have come to a decision to put a dimarzio x2n in place of it. the dilemma
is that i dont want to get rid of fred. so i decided to drill i spot for it
in place where my middle single coil is. question to all you tech gurus out
there is would that be a good combination: fred in the middle and x2n on
the bridge. i thought fred might compliment x2n with its lasting sustain
and harmonics that satriani is famous for, but primarily i'm just trying to
make my sound more "deathy". anyway, tell me if that's a good or a bad
idea. thanks
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brian
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posted on 2/5/2009 at 12:04, Reply 1 |
Does your guitar have a pickguard? I hope your not cutting into the wood...
ouch.. Do you have a router?
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Inverted11
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posted on 2/6/2009 at 12:46, Reply 2 |
no pickguard. i want to have a guitar tech cut through the middle single
coil slot and make space for the fred pickup. if that works out im
wondering if it will sound good in that position, keeping in mind its
output is like 305 mV or so and i do understand i'd probably need to lower
it from the strings a bit, my main question being if it'll compliment the
x2n or if i should use x2n for rhythm and fred for solos or something along
those lines
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Guitar101
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posted on 2/6/2009 at 14:16, Reply 3 |
I would get another guitar and leave the Jackson dk2 untouched. That's why
I own about 10 of them. If you like to ticker with pickups I would get a
strat with a full routed body and then you can have an assortment
pickguards with different pickup comfigurations. I have 2 pickguards for my
early 80's Fender American Standard.
You can plug and play with only a couple of wires to solder.
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Inverted11
First Lieutenant Posts: 10 Registered: 2/5/2009 Status: Offline |
 posted on 2/6/2009 at 14:45, Reply 4 |
would've loved to mess around with a new guitar but wife + salary of a
military enlisted say: NOPE. 
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Guitar101
Moderator Posts: 481 Registered: 12/22/2003 Status: Offline |
posted on 2/6/2009 at 15:13, Reply 5 |
I heard that. I just can't picture cutting into a perfectly good guitar.
You may not like the results once finished.
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