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Aceman
Joined: 14 Oct 2009
Posts: 1190
Location: Safety Harbor, even closer to the Motherland of Dean than BTMN
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Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:30 am |
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What are these things like?
Output, eq, any other distinguishing characteristics? |
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BradWorld
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
Posts: 10200
Location: New Jersey USA
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Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:59 am |
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I like them. They are like hot rod super d's. I like the custom shop dimarzio schenkers too. Not too hot. Not too crunchy. Just right. |
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wyd-open
Joined: 15 Mar 2010
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Location: Cornfield Hell, IL
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Thu Mar 29, 2012 2:02 am |
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I have a few. I like them a lot for their strong upper mids and soaring highs with enough low end to keep up. They are very sensitive to pick attack and have tons of harmonic overtones. If you are a 70s/80s rocker and play in std or Eb, you will love them. They definitely have a pronounced upper midrange which does not work as well with drop tunings or if you like the scooped sound.
I am not sure if you heard anyone playing my Razor V in the conference room at DOA but that's what's in the bridge of it. |
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Roboblaze
Joined: 18 Sep 2008
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Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:11 am |
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I played that v a lot, and I liked the sound of the pick attack at high and low NPS, and you get a nice crisp sound when sweeping (i like the sound of the high strings when sweeping). |
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Armitage
Joined: 30 Nov 2003
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Location: Canada
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Fri Mar 30, 2012 4:36 pm |
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I just answered the same question in another thread;
"The Lights Out set is one of the my fav pickup sets, but it does not have the "trademarked wha in the middle" tone... that's a real wha. The closest pickup I'd compare it to is Gibson's wild 498T... a hot rodded T-Top tone." |
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BradWorld
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
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Location: New Jersey USA
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Fri Mar 30, 2012 4:42 pm |
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The 498 is a close comparison, but the lights out doesn't have the thickness of a 498. Otherwise they are similar. I find them to have more crunch as well. But they both have a great sound. I am a big fan of the schenkers, and I am a big fan of the 490/498 gibby setup too. |
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ed hunter
Joined: 29 Mar 2012
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Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:14 pm |
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| Armitage wrote: |
I just answered the same question in another thread;
"The Lights Out set is one of the my fav pickup sets, but it does not have the "trademarked wha in the middle" tone... that's a real wha. The closest pickup I'd compare it to is Gibson's wild 498T... a hot rodded T-Top tone." |
Love the T-top sound so that hot rodded is fine, i noticed you own a custom shop ESP schenker V with a duncan custom/59 set? thats the set he used to use how does the lights out set compare to those? i am real familiar with the duncans |
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I M Evil
Joined: 04 Apr 2005
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Location: Midwest, Sweden
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Sun Dec 16, 2012 2:32 pm |
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sorry for bumping  but I wanna know more about this one.
are there anymore soundclips than the one at the Dean Homepage?
do we know for sure that that's what Michael has in his V's right now etc etc... |
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