Hi, I have bought a bunch of vintage Mags for musicians lately.
In one of them there is a promotion for DiMarzio Pick-ups, and ist carrys Brian May as one of their customers.
Simple question - in wich of his guitars did he use DiMarzio Pick-ups.
Your assumptions or maybe someone with proper insight facts ?
Indeed, the 84 Guild BM had DiMarzio Pickups which had been designed to replicate the sound, the Guild, of BM's Trisonics. Some were plain black while others were stamped BHM in gold.
The later 90's Guild BM guitar was fitted with Seymour Duncan Trisonic replica pickups. These were thought to be better than the DiMarzio's as they replicated the original width of the Burns units, which has some effect on sound especially in the out of phase settings. The DiMarzio's were the standard single coil pickup width.
musicland munich · Member since
Ah ok...I wasn`t aware of the usage in the 84`Guild lineup....
I had the tought that he may used DiMarzios in one of his private guitars( acoustics)
So there goes that idea....
Was he ever a official endorser for DiMarzio ?
winterspelt · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]musicland munich wrote:[/b]
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Was he ever a official endorser for DiMarzio ? [/QUOTE]
Indeed. You still can find him in the DiMarzio site:
http://www.dimarzio.com/faq/do-you-still-make
Still, AFAIR he never liked their sound.
musicland munich · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]winterspelt wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]musicland munich wrote:[/b]
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Was he ever a official endorser for DiMarzio ? [/QUOTE]
Indeed. You still can find him in the DiMarzio site:
http://www.dimarzio.com/faq/do-you-still-make
Still, AFAIR he never liked their sound.
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Ha, thanks for that. I never liked DiMarzio`s on a guitar...but on a bass they can do miracles in my opinion.
Sheer Brass Neck · Member since
I have an original series Guild and have often thought of replacing the DiMarzio's but like the look of the BHM pickups and not sure I want to tamper with the original in case I have to sell it to fund my retirement :)
Vocal harmony · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Sheer Brass Neck wrote:[/b]
I have an original series Guild and have often thought of replacing the DiMarzio's but like the look of the BHM pickups and not sure I want to tamper with the original in case I have to sell it to fund my retirement :)[/QUOTE]
The main problem you'd have, if you intended to fit Trisonics, is that Trisonics are slightly bigger than the DiMarzio BHM's. You'd need to cut the scratch plate accordingly. Also the mounting lugs are wider so would require new drill holes for the screws.
The DiMarzio units were voiced to replicate the Trisonics sound and work best in the guitar they were fitted to. The later Guilds and Guytons and indeed BM's own guitar have different construction and tone characteristics to the original Guild so if you fitted Trisonics to your guitar you may still not get as close to BM's as you might think.
