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Post by Dr. Cloud on May 4, 2011 17:12:59 GMT -6
Anyone have any xp with it? Just bought one. Dimarzio kept putting it as number 1 on the pickup picker for my ML.
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Post by Shredini on May 9, 2011 1:50:19 GMT -6
Haven't tried 'em yet, but would like to. Love the way petrucci's using 'em. Sounds awesome on the DT album.
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Post by TheLivingDead on May 9, 2011 2:00:22 GMT -6
Might wanna search some reviews on Jemsite or the Duncan Forums... Loads of tips there.
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Post by Blue on May 14, 2011 8:14:03 GMT -6
I know you bought one but just if anyone else is curious.
I think it's great and for those who are looking for a shredder pickup, the LiquiFire is seriously the way to go. It's a bit smoother/darker than the Air Norton but still clear so you can shred with it.
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Post by Shredini on May 14, 2011 22:38:14 GMT -6
Is this pickup designed to work well in a mahogany body & neck guitar? I'm leaning towards an alder bodied guitar with the HWS/Baker setup. But still haven't ruled out the mahogany Liquifire.
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Post by Blue on May 15, 2011 1:34:31 GMT -6
Is this pickup designed to work well in a mahogany body & neck guitar? I'm leaning towards an alder bodied guitar with the HWS/Baker setup. But still haven't ruled out the mahogany Liquifire. Mahogany doesn't really tell anything, there's mahogany guitars that sounds bright and there some who sound very dark. It's so many factors that makes a guitar sound as it does. What wood is the neck made of and what construction is it, neck through or bolt on, or set neck? If it's neck through the neck wood will have bigger impact on the sound. The Petrucci guitar which this pickup were designed for has a mahogany tone-block, it's a piece of mahogany going through the guitar, so the simple answer is yes it's made to work well in mahogany. I would recommend that you try the guitar first and if you think it sounds bright, try the liquifire and if you think it sounds very dark try a brighter pickup with less output, if you then think it sounds too bright, try the liquifire. In the end of the day it's only you who can decide what is good for you. |
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Post by TheLivingDead on May 16, 2011 20:01:48 GMT -6
Is this pickup designed to work well in a mahogany body & neck guitar? I'm leaning towards an alder bodied guitar with the HWS/Baker setup. But still haven't ruled out the mahogany Liquifire. Mahogany doesn't really tell anything, there's mahogany guitars that sounds bright and there some who sound very dark. It's so many factors that makes a guitar sound as it does. What wood is the neck made of and what construction is it, neck through or bolt on, or set neck? If it's neck through the neck wood will have bigger impact on the sound. The Petrucci guitar which this pickup were designed for has a mahogany tone-block, it's a piece of mahogany going through the guitar, so the simple answer is yes it's made to work well in mahogany. I would recommend that you try the guitar first and if you think it sounds bright, try the liquifire and if you think it sounds very dark try a brighter pickup with less output, if you then think it sounds too bright, try the liquifire. In the end of the day it's only you who can decide what is good for you. While the neck construction/material does have a quite bit to do with the overall tone and sustain of the guitar; a mahogany-bodied guitar is going to, inherently, be a dark-toned guitar, regardless of wood quality or neck construction. I have never once heard of a mahogany guitar having any bright traits. I think you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone that will agree with you on that. |
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Post by Blue on May 18, 2011 11:17:28 GMT -6
Mahogany doesn't really tell anything, there's mahogany guitars that sounds bright and there some who sound very dark. It's so many factors that makes a guitar sound as it does. What wood is the neck made of and what construction is it, neck through or bolt on, or set neck? If it's neck through the neck wood will have bigger impact on the sound. The Petrucci guitar which this pickup were designed for has a mahogany tone-block, it's a piece of mahogany going through the guitar, so the simple answer is yes it's made to work well in mahogany. I would recommend that you try the guitar first and if you think it sounds bright, try the liquifire and if you think it sounds very dark try a brighter pickup with less output, if you then think it sounds too bright, try the liquifire. In the end of the day it's only you who can decide what is good for you. While the neck construction/material does have a quite bit to do with the overall tone and sustain of the guitar; a mahogany-bodied guitar is going to, inherently, be a dark-toned guitar, regardless of wood quality or neck construction. I have never once heard of a mahogany guitar having any bright traits. I think you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone that will agree with you on that. Well no. I've owned more than five guitars with mahogany body and some of them were really bright. As I said just body wood alone doesn't affect tone that much on it's own. There's so many other factors that makes to the sound. Neck, top wood (if the body has that), fretboard, fretwire, bridge, bridge saddles, nut, what construction it has, neck through, set neck or bolt on, solid or hollowbody, tremolo or fixed bridge, what material and mass the tremolo block has. Scale length, string gauge and type of strings, material and construction of them. I don't think it's hard to find anyone who agree with me on that. Because you are the first one who don't. Just to take few examples. Sure an all mahogany guitar will probably sound on the darker side but it all depends on if it has a maple top and what the fretboard is made of. I had a Dean Hardtail for example, which was made of mahogany, neck and body but it also had a maple top and ebony fretboard, that guitar sounded extremely bright. I've had a couple of ibanez's with mahogany body which sounded very bright. Pretty much every Carvin guitar sounds bright if you compare them to other brands, even if it's all mahogany. I've had strats with alder body and maple neck which sounded darker than those guitars. |
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Post by S-H on May 31, 2011 8:59:34 GMT -6
I've never viewed Mahogany as dark/bright. I've always viewed it as a "warm" wood (low-mids heavy with a fair amount of bass, though naturally very saggy, and minimal high-end), and I have yet to play an all-mahogany guitar which was anything other than warm, REGARDLESS of the construction- though they do exist by all accounts.
I think you're more likely to find "bright" mahogany on cheaper guitars. There's no way you'll find it on a vintage GLP.
I haven't played the Liquifire, but have heard good reviews. Petrucci doesn't really ***-up his neck tone so I doubt it'd be anything other than good for metal lead playing.
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