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Stock Gibson SG vs. Dimarzio Model One Mudbuckers SOUNDCLIPS

Whick Pickup Do You Prefer?

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Mark Olson

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#1
So I switched the pickups on my SG Bass and I've recorded both the stock and replacement pickup (a Dimarzio Model One) with the same settings on everything. Take a listen and let me know which one you prefer!

Here is the stock Gibson pickup:

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and here is the Model One:

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Personally I wanted more beef and less top end than the stock pickup, and I think the Model One does deliver more beef. You can also hear it overdriving things quicker which is cool (I normally play with a distorted tone). And remember I use this pickup with the bridge pickup on my SG so I have enough mids and highs with that pickup added to fill things out nicely. So let me know which you prefer!
 
#3
Model one is deeper and hotter while the stock sounds more Mids and "in your face".

Can't really choose just one, like both sounds and would use each one according to the situation.
Stock with flats should be a nice combo. Model one with rounds and a bit of dive…

Congrats!
 
#6
Thanks for the input guys! If I happen to put some flats back on my bass maybe I'll do clips with those as well. I'd at least really like to do some clips with the amp good and distorted (I play a Marshall, all tube, that's where the distortion is coming from) and do some Cream and Mountain riffs.
 
#7
Here's how the Dimarzio sounds with the bridge pickup going as well, and I've turned up my amp for some more overdrive.

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Old Mountain riff (Never In My Life, Climbing!, 1970).

I am really curious as to how this would sound with flats so I think I may put some on sometime soon and give that a whirl too.
 
#13
Mark Olson said:
Well I conceivably may go out and buy the Curtis Novak handwound remake of the EB-0 mudbucker, and if I do I'll do clips of that as well, but if I do that I won't be doing that until after I get new speakers in my cabinet (my rig is constantly evolving, you understand).
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Has anyone noticed that the vintage EB-O basses don't even go for that high a price? Seems to me they're available for less than a latter-day gibson reissue plus boutique humbucker, making such projects more about the "fun" - am I wrong here?

Mark Olson said:
Put some Rotosound RS77M flats on my bass. Soundclips should happen today.
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NOW we're talkin
 
#14
Here's the same settings as the last clip, but with the Rotosounds:

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Also Mountain (Climbing!, Mississippi Queen, 1970).

I've had my SG modified quite a bit, it has just a pickup selector, master volume and tone (the tone knob has been improved to be more dramatic) and I've also got a Kahler 7410 vibrato bridge on it which is a lot of fun. Vintage EB-0 or EB-3 would be nice though.
 
#16
Yeah the Rotosounds are cool. Here's kind of a palm muted British Invasion sound using just the Model One, but playing Stir It Up. I play this one a little different because live we do this as a three piece so I have a lot of space to fill. My guitarist gets confused if I don't play the V chord on the verse (which the bassist doesn't on the original recording).

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#19
In my humble opinion the stock SG pickup is no mudbucker. The mudbucker in my 67 could only be reproduced with an Acoustic 360 back in the day. It had tons more bottom and measured about 28k ohms. The Model one measures around 11.5 and I'll bet the stock SG pickup measures even less. It sounded wimpy. I voted model one. In the early 70's I installed a model one to tame the thunder.
 

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