Great job on a comparison! My Seymour Duncan jazz neck is a bit bassy and after watching this the Dimarzio 36 Ann neck sounds like what I'm after. Glad you posted this!
I just put a JB/Jazz set in my LP last week, never liked the BB Pros. I haven't had a JB since the 80s and the new one seems a little brighter. I didn't consider the 36th Anniversary set but I definitely like the sound. Trying to get close to the sound of the US Tremonti pickups, may just have to get a set of those for my LP but seriously considering the DiMarzios for my SE ZM! Thank you for the great demo!
Hello Marb I have heard the PRS pickups are excellent. I had a McCarty Korina for a bit. But they are quite expensive. I think the JB is a good pickups if you like the focused mids. I find that the Dimarzio set is more versatile, which helped me playing a lot of different cover songs. I now play an SG standard with a 490R/498T set and I like them a lot. The Zach Meyers seems like a great guitar and I was set to buy one before I got the deal on the SG. Of course the SG and the SE Tremonti are all mahogany without the maple cap so that may change your pickup choice. Thank you for watching the video and leaving a comment!
DiMarzio better across the board. Honestly loved them on the crunch setting. They sounded HUGE. Made the JB/Jazz sound tinny and small. The 36ths were a “forever” pickup duo in that guitar from what I heard. Great demo.
@@jacksguitarplanet oh man, well playability is important! If you ever throw those dimarzios back into anything else would love to hear another sample of how they sound in a different guitar as I am heavily considering them for my Les Paul Custom for which every pickup I try sounds way too bright in the bridge and way too wooly in the neck.
My biggest takeaway from this video is that we all like to tinker with our guitars for the sake of tinkering. I think the clean tones are most revealing. Even though I can definitely tell that Jazz in the neck has more boomy bass, it would be imperceptible to a civilian, and non-existent in a band setting. The distorted tones are horrible across the board, but that's on the video maker, not the pickups. With a couple EQ adjustments on the amp/modeler both pickup sets can produce great tones.
I think this was an excellent comparison!. I'm swapping the stock 85/15's in my CE 24 to a 36th anniversary neck PU and a SD JB in the bridge. I love the clarity and high end response of the Dimarzios, and the JB cuts like no other in your high-gain bridge tones, but still holds its own in the cleans.
Thank you Aaron. The CE 24 is a great guitar. What body wood do you have? The early ones were alder. Alex Lifeson played one of those. Then they were mahogany. I had one in copper. I think they now make them in mahogany with a maple cap. Mine had the HFS in the bridge which was high output. The JB is a legendary pickup for sure. Do you have the 5 way rotary switch? Will you replace that? Let me know how it works out and thanks for watching!
@@jacksguitarplanet Mine is a 2016 in Trampas Green with a 3 way switch and coil tap with the "resistor mod" type circuit that partially cancels the slug coil. Im keeping the current circuit and just changing the pickups. I'll let you know how it turns out
Bit of a humbucker guy here.. have the dp103 in the neck of my epi Les Paul Classic … it’s nice. It’s paired with a super distortion. Just bought the dp223 36th PAF bridge though, it’ll be my hot PAF pickup. Trying it in another epi Les Paul. Also have a Seymour Duncan invader, JB, pearly gates and 59. Mainly a bridge humbucker guy but that’s where I’m at. 59 is going in an epi 50’s standard this weekend. So far my fav is the pearly gates but it’s not that loud. It’s still very nice but I need to try out the JB, 59 and dp223 still. I want to try to dp103 in the bridge spot but might need to sell that guitar before I can try it. I think between the pearly gates, the 59 and this new dp223 coming, I should be okay haha. Sorry for my rambling. Thanks for the video.
Cool information. Thank you for the reply. I find that each guitar is different even if they are the same model so you need to experiment. Also, different amps will sound different. I also make adjustments depending on if I am the only guitar player or not. It is easier to cut through when you don't have another guitarist in the band. I now play an HH partscaster with a single volume and Gibson style 3 way toggle. I had the Air Norton/Tone Zone combo in there, but it was not clean enough. So I bought an Air Classic for the neck and moved the Air Norton to the bridge. I will be trying that out in a band setting tomorrow. Have fun and thanks again!
I think the bridge pickups sound closer than the neck pickups do. I like both sets. The JB is great for heavy rock but I think the 36 set is more versatile. Thank you for your comment!
Thought I would like the Seymour Duncan set better but honestly the DiMarzios seem to have more character to my ears. Without a comparison the Duncan set would sound good but after listening to both they seemed a bit sterile. So many things to factor in though when it comes to a signal chain. I bet if I heard this same comparison again with a slightly different set of variables I would hear things differently.🙄
Yep. It probably would also sound different if you were playing instead of me. Tone is in the fingers as well. The JB does a focused mid real good but that is the only sound you will get in my opinion. The jazz is a bit dark, but that works well with the JB. I think the 36 set does a good job of amplifying your guitar, amp, and pedals, whatever that may be. I used to go after a "sound", but after joining a cover band, I needed many "sounds". So for covers, I would prefer the 36 set. If I was writing my own music, I could make the JB/Jazz work. The same goes for my Mesa DC-5. It nails the early Santana lead tone. But it is not versatile enough for a cover band. At least not for me. My current setup is a 2004 Gibson SG standard (490R/498T) > Fractal FX8 > Quilter ProBlock 200 > custom cab with a Celestion NEO 250 copperback. Is it the same as a tube amp? No. But it sounds good. And the advantages are a light weight rig, 80 + effects, a super clean sound, easy tone switching, no battery/power supply/patch cables to fail, direct out for front of house, and I can program all my song settings in the set list order. Plus I find that (unfortunately) most folks in the audience can't tell the difference between solid state and tube amps anyway. And I know it is possible to get many sounds from just a guitar and amp but I find that difficult to do "on the fly" in the middle of a song. Back in the day, all I played was Allman Brothers and Black Sabbath so that mid punch crunch worked well. Now I am playing Amy Winehouse, The Archies, Steely Dan, a bunch of country tunes, etc. in addition to heavier music so I needed something different. I say all that to make this point, to me it comes down to do you want a sound from the guitar > amp and that's it? Then the SD set can work. Or do you want to control the tone with the amp and fx? The 36 set is more transparent in my opinion. Thank you for your comment!
I have same guitar, but a 2012. Re weird it like a DTG and put in the Saturday Night Specials, nickel. The original bridge got replaced with a Man Made. I like the sound you got out of the DiMarzio's better. These guitars kind of remind me of a L.P Junior for some reason.
Nice! Those SNS are alnico 3, right? I have heard good things about them. The LP jr makes perfect sense to me because of the wrap around bridge. Mann Made makes good products. The Dimarzio 36th anniversary set are a good all around set in my opinion. I bought the PRS because of the light, all mahogany body and neck. I wanted something like an SG (I owned one back in the 90's). But it had a wicked neck dive (like an SG). Does yours have bad neck dive? I ended up selling it and I bought a 2018 Gibson SG standard but it had bad dive as well so I returned it (thank you GC). Well this January, I picked up a 2004 standard. I read that the models made before 2010 were better. I really like this one. I hardly dives at all. I guess it depends on the wood. And it has a wider fretboard than some of the newer models which I prefer. It had Gibson Tony Iommi signature pickups in it which I had never even heard of. They were very high powered so I could not use them for the music I am playing right now. But apparently they are super rare. I got $250 for the set! I probably could have got more. They sold on Reverb in a day. I found the original model Gibson pickups (490R and 498T) used on CL for $120. They have mixed reviews but I like them a lot in this guitar. Thanks for your comment!
I have Gibson LP goldtop 57 reissue with classic 57 pickups and I would Like to put dimarzio 36th pickups for versatile and clean - crunch sound . What do you think Thanks ! ;-)
Hello I have an SG with the 490R/498T set. Lots of folks don't like them (I think they suit that guitar well) and they suggest swapping them for your classic 57 set. My experience with the 36th Dimarzio is they are transparent and nice and "open". I have not played the 57 set though so I cannot give my personal opinion on them. I think this is more important with an all mahogany guitar because they tend to be dark and a high output pickup can accentuate that. I believe that is why they put the maple cap on the LP, to brighten it up. So the 36th set works well in that case. Tha 57 set costs more, if that tells anything, I don't know. I would say if you have the extra dough, buy a used set. You may like them better but my guess is that they are close to what you already have. Of course wiring, capacitors, covered vs non-covered, amplifier, can all make a difference too. I hope that helps and thanks for watching!
Strange - prefer Dimarzio PAF across the board - fully expected to like the duncans more but did not - the were weaker and more trebly than the dimarzios which had stronger more balanced sound - interesting! thanks for the comparison
For the music your playing , stick with dimarzio. They sound appropriate to your style. The jb makes you sound like an amateur covering up their sloppiness. Also I believe your using 10s and you were consistently bending flat. So either give your bends more umphh to hit pitch or go to 9s of maybe 9.5s that way you got pitch with less effort.
More over this is one, if not the only video, displaying the difference between pafs and high output pickups. Most are just one high out put vs another. So 10 stars for the great vid!
Great job on a comparison! My Seymour Duncan jazz neck is a bit bassy and after watching this the Dimarzio 36 Ann neck sounds like what I'm after. Glad you posted this!
I just put a JB/Jazz set in my LP last week, never liked the BB Pros. I haven't had a JB since the 80s and the new one seems a little brighter. I didn't consider the 36th Anniversary set but I definitely like the sound. Trying to get close to the sound of the US Tremonti pickups, may just have to get a set of those for my LP but seriously considering the DiMarzios for my SE ZM! Thank you for the great demo!
Hello Marb
I have heard the PRS pickups are excellent. I had a McCarty Korina for a bit. But they are quite expensive. I think the JB is a good pickups if you like the focused mids. I find that the Dimarzio set is more versatile, which helped me playing a lot of different cover songs. I now play an SG standard with a 490R/498T set and I like them a lot.
The Zach Meyers seems like a great guitar and I was set to buy one before I got the deal on the SG. Of course the SG and the SE Tremonti are all mahogany without the maple cap so that may change your pickup choice.
Thank you for watching the video and leaving a comment!
DiMarzio better across the board. Honestly loved them on the crunch setting. They sounded HUGE. Made the JB/Jazz sound tinny and small. The 36ths were a “forever” pickup duo in that guitar from what I heard. Great demo.
Thanks for your comment. It is fun to switch pickups and see what you get. I seem to prefer the cleaner ones the older I get. 😁
@@jacksguitarplanet what did you end up with in the guitar?
I kept the Dimarzio set in it. That guitar was so nice except for one thing: neck dive. It had it bad. So I put the SD set back in and sold it. 😕
@@jacksguitarplanet oh man, well playability is important! If you ever throw those dimarzios back into anything else would love to hear another sample of how they sound in a different guitar as I am heavily considering them for my Les Paul Custom for which every pickup I try sounds way too bright in the bridge and way too wooly in the neck.
@@crazytrain591 sounds good. I will help if I can. I play my tele mostly now. I have an air classic in the neck and a chopper T in the bridge.
My biggest takeaway from this video is that we all like to tinker with our guitars for the sake of tinkering. I think the clean tones are most revealing. Even though I can definitely tell that Jazz in the neck has more boomy bass, it would be imperceptible to a civilian, and non-existent in a band setting. The distorted tones are horrible across the board, but that's on the video maker, not the pickups. With a couple EQ adjustments on the amp/modeler both pickup sets can produce great tones.
I think this was an excellent comparison!. I'm swapping the stock 85/15's in my CE 24 to a 36th anniversary neck PU and a SD JB in the bridge. I love the clarity and high end response of the Dimarzios, and the JB cuts like no other in your high-gain bridge tones, but still holds its own in the cleans.
Thank you Aaron. The CE 24 is a great guitar. What body wood do you have? The early ones were alder. Alex Lifeson played one of those. Then they were mahogany. I had one in copper. I think they now make them in mahogany with a maple cap. Mine had the HFS in the bridge which was high output. The JB is a legendary pickup for sure. Do you have the 5 way rotary switch? Will you replace that? Let me know how it works out and thanks for watching!
@@jacksguitarplanet Mine is a 2016 in Trampas Green with a 3 way switch and coil tap with the "resistor mod" type circuit that partially cancels the slug coil. Im keeping the current circuit and just changing the pickups. I'll let you know how it turns out
@@WalkerRichmondRanger The Trampas green is so nice. I have been wanting a Zach Myers in that color.
Bit of a humbucker guy here.. have the dp103 in the neck of my epi Les Paul Classic … it’s nice. It’s paired with a super distortion. Just bought the dp223 36th PAF bridge though, it’ll be my hot PAF pickup. Trying it in another epi Les Paul. Also have a Seymour Duncan invader, JB, pearly gates and 59. Mainly a bridge humbucker guy but that’s where I’m at. 59 is going in an epi 50’s standard this weekend. So far my fav is the pearly gates but it’s not that loud. It’s still very nice but I need to try out the JB, 59 and dp223 still. I want to try to dp103 in the bridge spot but might need to sell that guitar before I can try it. I think between the pearly gates, the 59 and this new dp223 coming, I should be okay haha. Sorry for my rambling. Thanks for the video.
Cool information. Thank you for the reply. I find that each guitar is different even if they are the same model so you need to experiment. Also, different amps will sound different. I also make adjustments depending on if I am the only guitar player or not. It is easier to cut through when you don't have another guitarist in the band. I now play an HH partscaster with a single volume and Gibson style 3 way toggle. I had the Air Norton/Tone Zone combo in there, but it was not clean enough. So I bought an Air Classic for the neck and moved the Air Norton to the bridge. I will be trying that out in a band setting tomorrow. Have fun and thanks again!
Playing Rush is always a good idea...Thanks for this. I will go for the Dimarzio's......
👍 Thanks for the comment!
I like the Dimarzio 36th anniversary set! 😎🤘
Me too. Thanks for watching!
Is it me or do both bridge pickups sound nearly identical?
I think the bridge pickups sound closer than the neck pickups do. I like both sets. The JB is great for heavy rock but I think the 36 set is more versatile. Thank you for your comment!
I liked 36th bridge and mid. Jazz neck.
Thanks for the comment! I think the JB has a real focused sound that is good but not as versatile.
Thought I would like the Seymour Duncan set better but honestly the DiMarzios seem to have more character to my ears. Without a comparison the Duncan set would sound good but after listening to both they seemed a bit sterile. So many things to factor in though when it comes to a signal chain. I bet if I heard this same comparison again with a slightly different set of variables I would hear things differently.🙄
Yep. It probably would also sound different if you were playing instead of me. Tone is in the fingers as well.
The JB does a focused mid real good but that is the only sound you will get in my opinion. The jazz is a bit dark, but that works well with the JB.
I think the 36 set does a good job of amplifying your guitar, amp, and pedals, whatever that may be.
I used to go after a "sound", but after joining a cover band, I needed many "sounds". So for covers, I would prefer the 36 set. If I was writing my own music, I could make the JB/Jazz work. The same goes for my Mesa DC-5. It nails the early Santana lead tone. But it is not versatile enough for a cover band. At least not for me.
My current setup is a 2004 Gibson SG standard (490R/498T) > Fractal FX8 > Quilter ProBlock 200 > custom cab with a Celestion NEO 250 copperback. Is it the same as a tube amp? No. But it sounds good. And the advantages are a light weight rig, 80 + effects, a super clean sound, easy tone switching, no battery/power supply/patch cables to fail, direct out for front of house, and I can program all my song settings in the set list order. Plus I find that (unfortunately) most folks in the audience can't tell the difference between solid state and tube amps anyway.
And I know it is possible to get many sounds from just a guitar and amp but I find that difficult to do "on the fly" in the middle of a song. Back in the day, all I played was Allman Brothers and Black Sabbath so that mid punch crunch worked well. Now I am playing Amy Winehouse, The Archies, Steely Dan, a bunch of country tunes, etc. in addition to heavier music so I needed something different.
I say all that to make this point, to me it comes down to do you want a sound from the guitar > amp and that's it? Then the SD set can work. Or do you want to control the tone with the amp and fx? The 36 set is more transparent in my opinion.
Thank you for your comment!
I have same guitar, but a 2012. Re weird it like a DTG and put in the Saturday Night Specials, nickel. The original bridge got replaced with a Man Made. I like the sound you got out of the DiMarzio's better. These guitars kind of remind me of a L.P Junior for some reason.
Nice! Those SNS are alnico 3, right? I have heard good things about them. The LP jr makes perfect sense to me because of the wrap around bridge. Mann Made makes good products. The Dimarzio 36th anniversary set are a good all around set in my opinion.
I bought the PRS because of the light, all mahogany body and neck. I wanted something like an SG (I owned one back in the 90's). But it had a wicked neck dive (like an SG). Does yours have bad neck dive? I ended up selling it and I bought a 2018 Gibson SG standard but it had bad dive as well so I returned it (thank you GC). Well this January, I picked up a 2004 standard. I read that the models made before 2010 were better. I really like this one. I hardly dives at all. I guess it depends on the wood. And it has a wider fretboard than some of the newer models which I prefer.
It had Gibson Tony Iommi signature pickups in it which I had never even heard of. They were very high powered so I could not use them for the music I am playing right now. But apparently they are super rare. I got $250 for the set! I probably could have got more. They sold on Reverb in a day. I found the original model Gibson pickups (490R and 498T) used on CL for $120. They have mixed reviews but I like them a lot in this guitar.
Thanks for your comment!
SD best for band mix
Yeah good point. That mid range punch isn’t the best for solo but would probably cut through in a band. Thanks for your comment!
I have Gibson LP goldtop 57 reissue with classic 57 pickups and I would Like to put dimarzio 36th pickups for versatile and clean - crunch sound . What do you think Thanks ! ;-)
Hello
I have an SG with the 490R/498T set. Lots of folks don't like them (I think they suit that guitar well) and they suggest swapping them for your classic 57 set. My experience with the 36th Dimarzio is they are transparent and nice and "open". I have not played the 57 set though so I cannot give my personal opinion on them.
I think this is more important with an all mahogany guitar because they tend to be dark and a high output pickup can accentuate that. I believe that is why they put the maple cap on the LP, to brighten it up. So the 36th set works well in that case.
Tha 57 set costs more, if that tells anything, I don't know.
I would say if you have the extra dough, buy a used set. You may like them better but my guess is that they are close to what you already have.
Of course wiring, capacitors, covered vs non-covered, amplifier, can all make a difference too.
I hope that helps and thanks for watching!
@@jacksguitarplanet Thanks , awesome 👍
Strange - prefer Dimarzio PAF across the board - fully expected to like the duncans more but did not - the were weaker and more trebly than the dimarzios which had stronger more balanced sound - interesting! thanks for the comparison
6:45 - 9:13 JB
7:15 - 9:36 36th
The wood of the guitars body?
Mahogany neck and body.
For the music your playing , stick with dimarzio. They sound appropriate to your style. The jb makes you sound like an amateur covering up their sloppiness. Also I believe your using 10s and you were consistently bending flat. So either give your bends more umphh to hit pitch or go to 9s of maybe 9.5s that way you got pitch with less effort.
More over this is one, if not the only video, displaying the difference between pafs and high output pickups. Most are just one high out put vs another. So 10 stars for the great vid!
Cool. Thanks for your comments!
Rush!!!
You know it! Thanks for the comment.
@@jacksguitarplanet Just put the 36th anniversary set in my V. They sound great.
@@mdavis2703 They are a great all around set in my opinion.
Jb win