Dimarzio Ionizer...there's your 8 string single

[Konfyouzd]

Wait... I could go H/S on my 8 w/o any routing if I get a pickguard...

Screw a middle pup...

 

[Koloss85]

but how do the compare to the da8's? I must know. Why can't I be rich so I can have a bunch of 8's with all these different pickups and configurations? I need a better job!

 

[Konfyouzd]

Don't we all

 

[tedtan]

Meanwile 7-string users only have the Blaze single to pick from even though HSH bodies are more common.

Yeah man, don't hold your breath on a 7-string Dimarzio single coil. I asked Steve for a 7-string traditional single coil (not a stacked humbucker like the Blaze) several times a year or two back and he kept saying there were no plans for one. I doubt that will change unless Vai or someone of his stature ask for one.

 

[codycarter]

I don't really like the h-s-h configuration. However I love h-x-s and h-s-s. Problem is, the description of the neck pup is that it sounds like a single coil...soo will I get away with having a h-x-h that sounds like a h-x-s?

I can't wait for all of you guys with money to try these out so I can form an opinion on them

 

[Underworld]

I am the only one thinking about using 2 singles as fanned pickups?!

 

[codycarter]

I am the only one thinking about using 2 singles as fanned pickups?!

Not with that output or scoop

 

[Underworld]

Not with that output or scoop

Wiring both in series might solve the output problem?! Also loads of people use scooped pickups, just think about the Blaze bridge.

 

[codycarter]

Wiring both in series might solve the output problem?! Also loads of people use scooped pickups, just think about the Blaze bridge.

Well yeah that could solve the output, but I like basswood and alder guitars, so if I were to scoop out what little mids I have, with a guitar with that much bass..naa not for me. Great idea though!

 

[Ishan]

That wouldn't work. for two singles to be humbucking in series, you need one of them reverse wound/reverse polarity.

 

[Whammy]

i think it makes sense that they did release an 8-string single as part of the set. I saw AAL a fortnight ago and tosin used the middle single in his new LACS quite a lot, it seems pretty essential for what he was doing. There's also a huge chunk of the 8-string market share serviced by smaller boutique builders who will be able to easily accommodate this pickup into custom builds. And if people want an 8-string SC it will have to be that dimarzio because there are no alternatives. It won't be a huge volume of sales but it's probably a smart move for dimarzio moving into the future

I didn't actually think of it from the point of view as a "set". Makes more sense like that.
And yeah, getting their foot in the door now before everyone else really does open up the market for them. I have nothing against them releasing the set. It looks like it sounds awesome. Nearly makes me want to get an hsh 8-string.
I would have just assumed that more 7singles would have been released by now.
In my head they would have a greater return from that. They obviously have their reasons so I'm sure I'm wrong.

Yeah man, don't hold your breath on a 7-string Dimarzio single coil. I asked Steve for a 7-string traditional single coil (not a stacked humbucker like the Blaze) several times a year or two back and he kept saying there were no plans for one. I doubt that will change unless Vai or someone of his stature ask for one.

Super lame
Hopefully they'll release a new UV at some stage with new pickups now that the UV777bk is discontinued.

 

[Underworld]

That wouldn't work. for two singles to be humbucking in series, you need one of them reverse wound/reverse polarity.

Daahhhhh...! But can still be rewinded I guess

 

[celticelk]

And if people want an 8-string SC it will have to be that dimarzio because there are no alternatives.

There are no *off-the-shelf* alternatives. SD built a single-coil bridge 8 for an SS.org member not long ago, and I'm fairly certain that Vintage Vibe would build you a SC 8 if you asked - he advertises 8-string Stringmaster single-coils, which aren't all that far off. No doubt there are other options as well.

 

[Tom Drinkwater]

8 string Lollars are amazing, I'm sure the Dimarzio's will get the job done.

 

[zimbloth]

My shop has a bunch of these on order, I'll post some clips when we get the first batch in. At least of the bridge and neck models, I don't have an HSH 8

 

[Thep]

whats the purpose of the 3 holes on the tabs?

 

[jsl2h90]

So there I was on the Dimarzio page, searching for an alternative to D-Activators just out of curiosity, hoping for a lower output pickup and possibly some info on the ever elusive PAF 8's. Still nothing on those. Fortunately, I noticed Dimarzio is offering a brand new pickup based on Tosin Abasi's feedback which seems to be a tweaked version of the D-Activators. (I'm going off the last time I talked to him at the LA Custom Guitar and Amp show/Axe-Fx Fest in October)

I asked him what pickups he was using since I noticed he changed the white pickups out of his LACS for a black/white set. He said he couldn't go into much detail, only that he likes the D-Activators, but was looking for a pickup with a slightly lower output which would allow for a greater transparency and was having Dimarzio custom-wind him a new set (he mentioned a desire to hear the wood of the guitar). I'm guessing these pickup traits lend themselves to his thumping material among other things.

Pretty cool if you ask me, I may look at getting a set of these. Pardon if there is already a thread open on this subject, but this is the first time I've heard anything about these pickups.


8-String | DiMarzio

EDIT: Fuck. Well glad to see I'm not the only one wondering what's up with those PAF's.
http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/pi...rzio-ionizer-theres-your-8-string-single.html

 

[Syriel]

Saw this posted by Axe Palace on Facebook.

VERY VERY interested that single coil.

Is this officially Tosin's signature pickup in the same way Vai's Blaze and Petrucci's CL/LF is?

Anyways, great to see more options for 8 stringers out there.

 

[MobiusR]

Oh my god i just saw the 8 string humbucker pickup.... GETTING THESES ASAP

 

[Tranquilliser]

H/S RG8, yes please!