Tone Zone S vs Super Distortion S

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Tone Zone S vs Super Distortion S
« on: December 09, 2019, 08:39:21 AM »
It is really hard to look up info on these pickups because of how the "S" doesn't really factor into the search well.

How close is each one to its full-sized counterpart and how are they compared to each other, if anyone knows?

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Re: Tone Zone S vs Super Distortion S
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2019, 10:35:10 AM »
I can only give you a rough comparison between Super Distortion and Super Distortion S, and even though I had them in different guitars to my ears they sound nothing alike. The S version has a lot less power and none of that sizzle that the full size model has (and which in some guitars can manifest as an annoying buzz). On the other hand, I found the S to have a nasal quality to it. However, the guitar it was in may well have attributed to that factor as the Chopper showed and now the Kinman Big Nine-O shows a similar nasal quality (all with 500k pots) which for example the Virtual Solo in my other strat does not show in the least.

Never played the Tone Zone S.

Cheers Stephan
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Re: Tone Zone S vs Super Distortion S
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2019, 02:49:59 PM »
Thanks.  I am noticing that there are lots of review of the FT2 and a fair amount of the TZ S, but very few for the Super Dist S.  That might say everything that there is to say considering it isn't a new pickup.