Duncan Sentient and Custom 7 vs Dimarzio PAF Pro and Blaze 7: Clean and Distorted Lead (Suhr Modern)

Jump points:
Sentient: Clean: 0:05 Distorted: 0:42 Custom: Clean: 0:28 Distorted: 0:58
PAF Pro: Clean: 1:28 Distorted: 2:02 Blaze: Clean: 1:48 Distorted: 2:27
A video comparison of a Seymour Duncan Sentient 7 and Custom 7 vs a Dimarzio PAF Pro 7 and Blaze 7, in a swamp ash Suhr Modern 7 with a maple top. Clean and dirty, through a Mesa Mark 5 in Fat mode with the gain around noon for the clean and Mark IV mode with the gain around 2 o'clock for the distorted sound. the guitars were tracked with a Shure SM57 and a Sennheiser MD421, both slightly off axis but in phase, with the MD421 about 2db behind the Shure, through a BAE1073MP. There's a bit of light compression on the guitars, some stereo delay, and some volume maximization on the master bus, but no other effects were used on the guitar.

[@JoshuaKulwant]

DiMarzio sounds better

[@drewpeterson7]

Yeah - I like both sets, really, and the Custom is an absolutely punishing rhythm pickup which this comparison doesn't really get into, but for my taste, the Dimarzios work a little better.

[@jordansjournal3077]

The Dimarzio has a very buttery and fluid characteristic, which is typical of them. The Duncan has a more organic feel. Not sure which I prefer for this sample.

[@chocolatecookie8571]

The Dimarzios sound better when playing single notes and leads, but yeah we miss the rythm chugga chugga parts for complete comparison.