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Lordathestrings
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Lordathestrings
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12/11/2002 3:52 am
I can recommend the DiMarzio Super Distortion from personal experience, but I get the felling from your previous posts that you might find the Tone Zone more satisfying.

I haven't been impressed by any of the active-pickup guitars I've tried. The pickup seems to dominate the sound, so that any guitar with an EMG (for example) in it sounds like any other EMG-equipped guitar. This is fine if you want to emulate the sound of someone who uses them, but I think passive pickups, especially lower-output ones, have a more personal 'feel' to them, allowing your own touch to show through.
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