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Two guitars with the same bridge pickup sound completely different, why?
I have a Jackson RR3 with a DiMarzio x2n in the bridge and the stock Seymour Duncan in the neck, as well as an 80's Barrington (ESP parts, USA mfg) with an x2n in the bridge and a Bill Lawrence jazz in the neck.
I play in a death metal band and have only used the bridge pickup in the Jackson. It sounds mean and punchy with downtuning through my 5150. I just had an x2n put in the Barrington and it sounds very thin and ear piercing. It seriously sounds terrible. Any idea why this could be? Were the pickups in that guitar wired differently? I'm at a loss.
None of the pickups are covered. I already made sure the pickups were the same distance from the strings on both guitars. My buddy's dad wired it up for me, I think he said he wired it in series. Sounds amazing clean, but I never play clean so it's useless.. lol. I guess I'll just call him back.
3 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
You might check the distance between the pickup and the strings; if they're too close together you can get some horrible sounds. Compare the two guitars, see if the distances are drastically different.
Also make sure that the pickups are both wired in the same fashion; presumably you want them wired as "normal" humbucking humbuckers, instead of in series with the neck pup or some other way.
It might even be a lousy soldering job on the inside, or a busted pickup. It'd probably be worth a call to DiMarzio if you can't figure it out.
- 5 years ago
Pickups can have big differences in output, but that's so extreme it could only be because of a problem. It may be shorted out, have a damaged coil, or may be wired improperly. Take it back. They'll probably be able to repair it for you. Or return it.
- 1 decade ago
well yes they could have been wired differently, there is also the possiblility that the pickups on one guitar were covered, and on the other they were not covered.
