Anyone recorded a Dimebucker pickup?

[Kellii]

So I recently put a dimebucker in my FR320 to try it out. It seems to have the most piercing high end I've heard from a pickup (gets painful at times)but has more stable low end and less mud than the original FR pickup.

Here's a wee clip(Updated Clip)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/epki4bb2argvvto/Simple Metalcore Riff 4.mp3?dl=0

Any of you had experience recording a dimebucker? And have you managed to get a good usable sound?

 

[lanky noob]

Yep, I absolutely love my dimebucker equipped guitar, it's my go-to for recording alongside my Jackson Kelly professional with some pickup I can't identify for the fucking life of me in it...

Does tend to need a sizeable low pass on it though, lots of fizz and like you said, piercing high end off the Dimebucker. Such a tight low end though....

 

[Kellii]

I Quite like the low end, I need to get more of it to shine through in my guitars.Shame about all the high's, they make it hard to work with. I find it sounds better with scooped tones , adding mid's muddies it up.

Had a look on the internet and it doesn't seem to be too popular because of the high end. Found it hard to find any commercial recordings that use a dimebucker. Apparently Dimebag never used it he just helped design it.

 

[DougRosander]

I have one and hated it until I flipped it around. I read that he flipped his original pickups, and had the Dimebuckers made with that flip. Much less brittle in the highs.

 

[Kellii]

Flipped it around? I wasn't aware that would change the sound of a humbucker, might as well try it out though haha.

 

[dir-en-grey44]

Love that dimebucker but often ran into the same problems as you. Today I use the blackout ahb-3 emty pickup which is everything I wanted my dime bucker to be. I'd recommend it seeing how your asking the same questions I was asking back than haha.

 

[Kellii]

I might invest in a set of blackouts in the future. I'm currently building a Les paul style guitar that I plan on putting EMG's in. It may become my go to recording guitar. Another Pickup I have lying about in an old guitar is a Seymour Duncan Invader pickup that I might switch too at some point.

Any opinions on the Invader in a Mahogany guitar body?

 

[dir-en-grey44]

If you have a trem spaced id recommend the synyster gates version of the invader. For some reason it has a bit more high end than the regular spaced version of the invader and sounds great in mahogany.

 

[Kellii]

Great I may give the invader a go soon. It isn't the Gates version unfortunately but I'm sure he used to use the original version.

Update the dimebucker test clip by the way.