DiMarzio Titan - Looks like it's Periphery week in the pickup world.

[Whammy]

First Misha's BKP Juggernaut and now Jake Bowen's DiMarzio Titan.
Busy week!

Titan Bridge
Titan Neck

 

[jfrey]

too bad there's no demos

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Jake Bowen is one of the new generation of guitarists on the cutting edge of progressive rock, and the Titan™ Neck and Bridge Model pickups were developed for his new signature guitar by Ibanez. Jake's bridge pickup is crucial to his sound. It needs to be dynamic, fast, and very tight, and it’s at home with both standard and dropped tunings.

Goddamn, first the Illuminator, now this... It's gonna be hard picking a new pickup.

 

[Whammy]

Don't know how I missed the "new signature guitar by Ibanez" part

So is this a 6 or 7 string guitar? The pickup seems only to be for 6-string (for the moment anyways).

 

[isispelican]

wow is jake getting a signature ibanez? if so congrats to him and note to self - start saving money

 

[Khaerruhl]

Wow... A lot of new stuff it seems! BKP Juggernaut, Dimarzio Titan, and a Jake Bowen Ibanez Signature??? If it is the one Ibanez you see at his Dimarzio players page, then I think this could be real yummy!

 

[Hourglass1117]

Funny, it looks like the Titan 6 string is more of the "equivalent" to the Illuminator 7 than the Illuminator 6 is.

 

[Stuck_in_a_dream]

Is this it, by that I mean his sig? I found it on Flickr

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

That's his LACS I think. Would be awesome if his sig is based on it.

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

Considering his LACS is based on the RGA, then once a sig emerges, this may bring the RGAs back to the spotlight and more new production models.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Also, this pickup would be perfect for that new gold John 5 Tele.

Good god, now I have to get one.

 

[Thep]

For a while I've been keeping up with all the different Dimarzios, I've personally tested most of their high and medium outputs. But now there's CrunchLab, Dominion, Transition, Titan, Gravity Storms, and more...I just give up! Too much marketing hype that I fall for.

I'll just stick with D-Activators and SuperDistortion/PAF Pro.

Though deep down, I want these badly.

 

[Joh]

Let's all just wait to here from Jake or Ibanez officially. I think you'll be pretty pleased with the announcement.

 

[Daf57]

Also, this pickup would be perfect for that new gold John 5 Tele.

oooh - good call!

 

[Tommy]

So now we have a choice between Misha's "Jugs" or Jake's "Tits".

Seriously though, I wanna hear more about these.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

So now we have a choice between Misha's "Jugs" or Jake's "Tits".

 

[lawizeg]

If the RGA series comes back....I will die. I already want basically every RGA(220, 420, 321, more 121s...)

I'm close to dead with these pickups and the Jake sig...can't wait to see it. This took me by surprise! I was kind of disappointed by the Juggernaut, at least the bridge pickup.

Been a really sweet day for sure.

EDIT: I think the sig will be closer to his previous LACS, which he called the JB1 in his NGD thread(http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/sevenstring-guitars/133254-ngd-ibanez-lacs-rga7-jb1.html). It's pretty close to the TITAN, but a lighter grey finish and obviously no camo pickups, but that's something that one can add for the full look I guess.
What I REALLY want is for it to be a Prestige and not a premium.

 

[5150time]

This pickup set sounds like....more money coming out of my account. It's cool to see some more modern pickups appear on the market, for sure. I'm definitely interested in A/B'ing these against the Juggernauts.

Also, the rosewood option that showed up and then disappeared off the JP Illuminators seems to have resurfaced on these ones...I wonder if this was the pickup they were originally meant to be for.

And +1 for RGAs. Now if only they'd bring a Prestige version back in Wet Rose...

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

The Rosewood thing happened with previous pickup releases. I believe it came up for the Ionizers and the Transitions, but they also disappeared.

EDIT: I think the sig will be closer to his previous LACS, which he called the JB1 in his NGD thread(http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/sevenstring-guitars/133254-ngd-ibanez-lacs-rga7-jb1.html). It's pretty close to the TITAN, but a lighter grey finish and obviously no camo pickups, but that's something that one can add for the full look I guess.

This is probably true. If you see the DiMarzio promo pic, you see a grey guitar.

 

[narad]

And if Jake's getting a sig Ibanez, I'd reckon Misha's about to get a sig Jackson. And I'd buy both! Not even a huge periphery fan...those are just damn nice specs.

What DiMarzios is Jake usually using? /i.e., what are these likely closest to?