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Title: 2019 new models
Post by: DarthPhineas on January 24, 2019, 01:35:04 PM
all the ones I could notice were new or appeared to be new for 2019 
pricing is "list"



Humbucker

Dreamcatcher Bridge
DP282F
f-space only
129.99

IGNO Bridge
DP285F
f-space only
129.99

Rainmaker Neck
DP281
standard space only
129.99



Strat

Sugar Chakra
DP427
119.99


Tele

Notorious Neck
DP284
129.99

Notorious Middle
DP284S
129.99


Mini

Notorious Bridge
DP283
134.99


7-string

Dreamcatcher 7 bridge
DP724
139.99

Rainmaker 7 neck
DP723
139.99


edit to add:
Soapbar

Fantom P90
DP278
149.99

Fantom P90 w/ full size hum cover
DP279
169.99

Vintage P90
DP280
129.99

Vintage P90 w/ full size hum cover
DP286
149.99
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: DarthPhineas on January 24, 2019, 01:39:10 PM
IGNO
SCOTTIE LEPAGE of POLYPHIA

Notorious
TIM HENSON of POLYPHIA
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: corypheus on January 24, 2019, 06:26:39 PM
Thanks for the news! Some of these sound lovely as a name, for example Dreamcatcher. I wonder if it's a low to medium output pickup, or a high gainer.

Edit: Following this http://forums.ernieball.com/ernie-ball-music-man-guitars/68550-2019-majesty-goodness-thanks-pete.html#post1043979

It's a high gainer in the vein of Sonic Extasy/Illuminator.
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: 123RnR on January 24, 2019, 10:51:34 PM
all the ones I could notice were new or appeared to be new for 2019 
pricing is "list"



Humbucker

Dreamcatcher Bridge
DP282F
f-space only
129.99

IGNO Bridge
DP285F
f-space only
129.99

Rainmaker Neck
DP281
standard space only
129.99



Strat

Sugar Chakra
DP427
119.99


Tele

Notorious Neck
DP284
129.99

Notorious Middle
DP284S
129.99


Mini

Notorious Bridge
DP283
134.99


7-string

Dreamcatcher 7 bridge
DP724
139.99

Rainmaker 7 neck
DP723
139.99


edit to add:
Soapbar

Fantom P90
DP278
149.99

Fantom P90 w/ full size hum cover
DP279
169.99

Vintage P90
DP280
129.99

Vintage P90 w/ full size hum cover
DP286
149.99


YES!!! THE SUGAR CHAKRA = Dimarzio DP427 is Phil Collen's Signature Pickup!!!
I want more info!!!! :D
Thanks Darth!
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: DarthPhineas on January 24, 2019, 11:04:26 PM
YES!!! THE SUGAR CHAKRA = Dimarzio DP427 is Phil Collen's Signature Pickup!!!
I want more info!!!! :D
Thanks Darth!


Considering a lot of us are still in the dark about last years Pandemonium set, maybe they will get it roger with the 2019 offerings.  LOL!
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: darkbluemurder on January 25, 2019, 04:08:39 AM
Thanks for sharing the info.

Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: darkbluemurder on January 25, 2019, 04:14:47 AM
The Fantom P90 looks interesting - anybody knows whether this is a hum-cancelling design?

Cheers Stephan
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: corypheus on January 29, 2019, 10:31:19 AM
I second the Fantom 90, wanna know if it's dummy-coiled like P100s or real singlecoil.

Also, would be very happy if someone would share any information on the Dreamcatcher and the Rainmaker pickups, like specs and etc, which are supposed to be further refinement of the Illuminators.

Thanks.
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: DarthPhineas on January 29, 2019, 09:38:23 PM

Also, would be very happy if someone would share any information on the Dreamcatcher and the Rainmaker pickups, like specs and etc, which are supposed to be further refinement of the Illuminators.

Thanks.


I like the Illuminators and would also like to know more about the new set, if it’s in the same ballpark.

The only feedback I ever got about the Sonic Ecstasy was that there were back closer to the CL/LF Set, which sort of lost my interest. 
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: buddroyce on February 24, 2019, 12:22:24 AM
Lots of new things to look forward to! :D
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: 123RnR on February 24, 2019, 12:59:26 AM
Lots of new things to look forward to! :D

Indeed!
Banjomikez already has the new pickups in store! Check out his eBay Store!
https://www.ebay.com/str/banjomikez/  :madness:
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: corypheus on February 24, 2019, 08:26:22 AM
Lots of new things to look forward to! :D

Indeed!
Banjomikez already has the new pickups in store! Check out his eBay Store!
https://www.ebay.com/str/banjomikez/  :madness:

I couldn't find Dreamcatcher/Rainmaker there, I thought they will be out for purchase by themselves (they do come in MusicMan guitars) by now. Well, there's to some more hoping.
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: RayBarbeeMusic on March 06, 2019, 06:00:16 PM
I don't see any of those on the website yet.
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: darkbluemurder on March 07, 2019, 04:05:25 AM
Me neither. Very surprising since it is now almost six weeks from the initial post.
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: Mark on March 07, 2019, 05:53:00 PM
Very surprising since it is now almost six weeks from the initial post.

Not surprising at all. Other models (paf 59 IIRC and 2018 models) had a long time from initial news to actual release. IMO, not the next way to manage hype a new model for sale.

I need to know more about the fantom and vintage p90 - not fully happy with any of my p90 in humbucker form pickups. Though I'm resigned to having to wait a long time.
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: darkbluemurder on March 08, 2019, 03:31:10 AM
I still don't get it but then I am not doing marketing as my main profession.
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: 123RnR on March 08, 2019, 10:02:55 PM
I still don't get it but then I am not doing marketing as my main profession.

I definitely would love to work at Dimarzio's Marketing Department.
Sadly no openings for that. :(
So much that can be done...
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: PaulLester on March 10, 2019, 09:08:54 AM
Dream Catcher and Rain Maker are John Pettruci signatures? :D Since they are both in 6 and 7 string , they should be JPs? At least they are super high gain since they are in 7 string.

And this one:

Vintage P90 w/ full size hum cover
DP286
149.99

Is this like Bluesbucker? P90 in humbucker format like Bluesbucker or?

Actually, they are like Virtual P90 upgrade. xD So .... Sry, my bad.
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: corypheus on March 11, 2019, 04:30:25 PM
Dream Catcher and Rain Maker are John Pettruci signatures? :D Since they are both in 6 and 7 string , they should be JPs? At least they are super high gain since they are in 7 string.

Yes, they are, from a video of Petrucci, he says they are a refined version of the Illuminators, so probably similar output. I'm really looking forward to those personally.
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: RayBarbeeMusic on March 12, 2019, 12:14:31 AM

Actually, they are like Virtual P90 upgrade. xD So .... Sry, my bad.

How do you know?  Is there info out there somewhere?
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: DarthPhineas on March 13, 2019, 05:33:41 PM
DiMarzio needs a LOT of help with marketing. Yet they seem to suggest they have been happy with their game plan.

Based on previous years, they mention things at NAMM that might not show up for a few, or even several months. They are not the only one that does that. Keep your pantyhose on.
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: darkbluemurder on March 14, 2019, 10:21:07 AM
Based on previous years, they mention things at NAMM that might not show up for a few, or even several months.

I can only speak for myself. If it were my business I would only say something like "yes, we planned to release some new models this year - stay tuned" when I am not sure of when I actually will be able to release the products. From the OP's post it seems like the new models have already names and numbers which would lead me to conclude they are set and ready to go to market. At such a stage I cannot think of any reason not to put them to market - otherwise it does not make any sense to divulge model names and numbers to the public. You only run the risk that public interest wanes after the initial heads up.

But - as I said I am by no means a marketing expert - maybe this IS good marketing and I just don't understand it.

Cheers Stephan
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: RayBarbeeMusic on March 14, 2019, 03:15:55 PM

But - as I said I am by no means a marketing expert - maybe this IS good marketing and I just don't understand it.

Cheers Stephan

No, it isn't, and you understand it fine. 


You can make a great product, and be destroyed by bad marketing.  Can you say "Hamer"?
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: 123RnR on March 14, 2019, 04:14:59 PM
Based on previous years, they mention things at NAMM that might not show up for a few, or even several months.

I can only speak for myself. If it were my business I would only say something like "yes, we planned to release some new models this year - stay tuned" when I am not sure of when I actually will be able to release the products. From the OP's post it seems like the new models have already names and numbers which would lead me to conclude they are set and ready to go to market. At such a stage I cannot think of any reason not to put them to market - otherwise it does not make any sense to divulge model names and numbers to the public. You only run the risk that public interest wanes after the initial heads up.

But - as I said I am by no means a marketing expert - maybe this IS good marketing and I just don't understand it.

DiMarzio needs a LOT of help with marketing. Yet they seem to suggest they have been happy with their game plan.

Based on previous years, they mention things at NAMM that might not show up for a few, or even several months. They are not the only one that does that. Keep your pantyhose on.


I have an MBA in Marketing and common sense can tell that Dimarzio's marketing has many faults. Once a product is announced, a teaser, and some (or all) product information should be released to support that announcement. Look! This year we have a Phil Collen Signature Pickup, new Petrucci sets, and some other pickups. What we got? The guys from Polyphia. The guys from who? I even had to Youtube them. They seemed like a bunch of nobodies to me, so I had to research them. That's bad!  You need to launch a product, announcing and promoting WHO they're, and what kind of benefits (tones) we can get out of their products. We also need videos, and audio clips where we can hear the pickups in action.
Dimarzio definitely needs a re-marketing campaign, and a new approach to their products launch.
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: jule7625 on September 09, 2019, 05:11:10 PM
Any further information re the Fantom P90s?
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: darkbluemurder on September 10, 2019, 04:37:41 AM
At least not on the website. It shows the Dreamcatcher and Rainmaker as the latest new models, then the Polyphia signature models.

Cheers Stephan
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: BluesJam on September 10, 2019, 10:15:32 AM
DiMarzio may have poor marketing, but Larry does take  some great pictures🤔
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: Guitar74 on September 13, 2019, 12:18:37 PM
If you looked at the marketing from the competition, it would appear, not be an actuality, but would appear that other pickup manufacturers are just the boon of r&d and they have all of these new pickups that will do everything but pick you up (pun intended) from the airport. While Dimarzio announces a few new sets with a couple of guys that I had to Google (just like someone else mentioned).

In this competitive world you really DO have to work to keep your name out there. Otherwise the perception is that your product has become irrelevant no matter how opposite the case may be.
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: Bucksears on October 01, 2019, 12:42:25 PM
WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO RELEASE INFO ON THE FANTOM 90S???
Getting to the point the Mojotone Quiet Coil P90s are a little darker/not as 'open'/raw as I'd like; I have them in my Epi ES-339. (any other solidbody and I'd likely use regular soapbars and the Ilitch system).

Thinking about Kinmans, but holding off until I know more about these new DiMs.
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: darkbluemurder on October 02, 2019, 04:33:21 AM
Getting to the point the Mojotone Quiet Coil P90s are a little darker/not as 'open'/raw as I'd like; I have them in my Epi ES-339. (any other solidbody and I'd likely use regular soapbars and the Ilitch system).

Thinking about Kinmans, but holding off until I know more about these new DiMs.

Interestingly I came to the same conclusion on the Mojotone Quiet Coil P90. I have a neck version. While it is quiet, to me it lacks high mids and openness. I have a Kinman Sweet Clean P90 in a different guitar (I guess this is now the High Def model but I am not sure) which is better in that regard but costs a lot more. Even though the pickups are not in the same guitar, the guitar with the Mojotone is the brighter guitar, and yet with the pickup it sounds duller.

Cheers Stephan
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: Bucksears on October 02, 2019, 09:36:40 PM
Interestingly I came to the same conclusion on the Mojotone Quiet Coil P90. I have a neck version. While it is quiet, to me it lacks high mids and openness. I have a Kinman Sweet Clean P90 in a different guitar (I guess this is now the High Def model but I am not sure) which is better in that regard but costs a lot more. Even though the pickups are not in the same guitar, the guitar with the Mojotone is the brighter guitar, and yet with the pickup it sounds duller.

Got an idea to add a 220K or 270K resistor to ground on the 500K tone pots, extending the range to around 750K. Will do that this weekend if I have the time.
Figured that would be cheaper/quicker than opting for a whole new set.
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: RayBarbeeMusic on October 23, 2019, 11:56:03 AM


Got an idea to add a 220K or 270K resistor to ground on the 500K tone pots, extending the range to around 750K. Will do that this weekend if I have the time.
Figured that would be cheaper/quicker than opting for a whole new set.

Doesn't work like that.   If you add a resistor to lift it off ground, you're just setting a minimum level equivalent to that resistor.  A tone pot is wired as a rheostat, i.e. just a variable resistor.   Better bet is to use no load or 1M tone.
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: RayBarbeeMusic on October 23, 2019, 12:00:12 PM

Interestingly I came to the same conclusion on the Mojotone Quiet Coil P90. I have a neck version. While it is quiet, to me it lacks high mids and openness. I have a Kinman Sweet Clean P90 in a different guitar (I guess this is now the High Def model but I am not sure) which is better in that regard but costs a lot more. Even though the pickups are not in the same guitar, the guitar with the Mojotone is the brighter guitar, and yet with the pickup it sounds duller.

Cheers Stephan

Have a set of mojotones I haven't installed yet.  No opinion on sound, but essentially the quiet coil design is a firebird type pickup. 

The Kinman 90s all got sold because in the end, they didn't feel right.  They were missing something in the high presence range which tended to squelch pick attack, which is a no-go for me since I do a lot of fast picked stuff.  They made the guitar 'feel' very stiff and unresponsive to that type of playing.  They might work for you if you don't do that.
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: darkbluemurder on October 24, 2019, 04:13:53 AM
Even though I am not a fast player by any means (in fact I am rather challenged to play fast - some pieces I had to play in the country rock band got me on and sometimes over the edge of my abilities) I noticed that with some pickups I had the exact same feeling you described - as if a handbrake was put on my hands. No such effect with these Kinmans but then again I am not going that fast.

Cheers Stephan
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: Bucksears on November 22, 2019, 07:31:11 AM
Bumping this since the DiMarzio site is currently 'under maintenance'.

Wondering if they're adding the Fantom 90?
Title: Re: 2019 new models
Post by: darkbluemurder on November 22, 2019, 09:18:25 AM
The support site is under maintenance. The rest works - at least with my PC.