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Title: Hi + Need Suggestion: High-output 'bucker like Transition
Post by: Eric_T_Amble on December 07, 2017, 10:48:30 AM

Hi everybody,

This is my first thread at the forum (though I read it regularly), and I need some help!
I'm building a new Ibanez-JS-like guit-fiddle, and here's the situation:

• Guitar: Alder superstrat, maple neck + rosewood board, Floyd (blocked off), 500K vol. pot, no tone pot
• Amp: Axe-FX II, usually boosted JCM 800s and Plexis with Greenback/V30 simulations
• Situation: lone guitarist in "full" hard rock band: drums, bass, keyboard, lead + harmony vocals
• Need: Bridge position, dynamic, hot, thick, "3D-sounding" 'bucker with tight lows and smooth highs that will still cut for solos and cut down on the Ibanez "chainsaw" sound.
• I've tried: Evo 2 (great, want a little less highs), Super Dist (too much bass, too grainy and compressed), Tone Zone (lows are loose), D Activator Neck (trebly, don't like "active" sound), Transition Bridge (absolutely awesome, I just wonder if I can do even better with just a little less low mids?).

I'm wondering about a Gravity Storm Bridge or a Breed Bridge... or whatever everybody thinks is a good choice. What does everybody think? Please help! I want to play one note and have people say "Oh my God, a GUITAR HERO is on the scene!"  ;D

Thanks, best wishes,
Eric

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Title: Re: Hi + Need Suggestion: High-output 'bucker like Transition
Post by: DarthPhineas on December 07, 2017, 12:23:56 PM

when you ask for "bucker with tight lows and smooth highs that will still cut for solos"

I'd start with the Imperium (https://www.facebook.com/darthphineas/posts/1431841283578516) or the Dominion (https://www.facebook.com/darthphineas/posts/973355026093813).


but then you ask for "a little less low mids" than the Transiontion

so how about the Satchur8 (https://www.facebook.com/darthphineas/posts/1361794367249875) or the Illuminator (https://www.facebook.com/darthphineas/posts/906375902791726)

Title: Re: Hi + Need Suggestion: High-output 'bucker like Transition
Post by: Eric_T_Amble on December 07, 2017, 02:08:09 PM

Thanks!

Is it possible, nowadays, to get a Satchur8 or--as I guess they call it now--a Magnetar? I don't see anything about it on the DiMarzio site.

Title: Re: Hi + Need Suggestion: High-output 'bucker like Transition
Post by: darkbluemurder on December 08, 2017, 04:12:11 AM

No real "go to" recommendation but if you found the Tone Zone too loose, stay away from the Breed bridge - it is similar to the TZ but does have a smoother top end, or in other words, has less top end sizzle. No experience with the Gravity Storm.

Cheers Stephan

Title: Re: Hi + Need Suggestion: High-output 'bucker like Transition
Post by: DarthPhineas on December 08, 2017, 06:10:37 AM

Quote from: Eric_T_Amble on December 07, 2017, 02:08:09 PM

Thanks!

Is it possible, nowadays, to get a Satchur8 or--as I guess they call it now--a Magnetar? I don't see anything about it on the DiMarzio site.

The Satchur8 is supposed to be the current official name. 

I ordered mine direct from the company. People there should probably know it by either name.

Title: Re: Hi + Need Suggestion: High-output 'bucker like Transition
Post by: Eric_T_Amble on December 19, 2017, 05:47:48 PM

My Satchur8 (Not "Magnetar", though that's how it was advertised) has arrived and is soldered in! Hang tight for a bit of a review...