DiMarzio Cruiser vs. Seymour Duncan Little ´59 test

[@theshredguitarist25]

Cruiser cleans up a bit more in my opinion sounds a bit nicer too, bassier. The duncan is a bit messy and reckless sounding more treble too. Both great pickups though! Its about preference of course.

[@billycarter4832]

One of the best demo videos I've seen !!! I mean all videos

[@misakul]

Thanks, You are very kind.

[@tornadofire1454]

Nice comparison vid. Been trying to find a video like this for ages and here it is! Thanks!!!

[@misakul]

Thanks 🙂

[@andrerudgebarbosa9854]

Great video and playing. Both are great pickups, I like the hot SD for soloing, and the Dimarzio for the better clarity in the rhythmic parts. thanks for sharing! Awesome video

[@eugenyfilimonov2114]

Nice playing. Pups are cool both of them.

[@paj1015]

I've had a Dimarzio Tone Zone S in the bridge and it sounds really good. Both as a humbucker and when split to single-coil.

[@eugenyfilimonov2114]

I've got fender delux pups. Ideal sound for me.

[@frantisca]

Awesome demo ! The 2 are very close, the JB Jr being a bit more spanky with the middle PU, and a bit fatter by itself. Thx for uploading :)

[@misakul]

Spank with middle pu is 'cos' is splited. DM not.

[@riccardobasso5578]

With the middle pickup the DM Is still noiseless?

[@Mister_Greg]

I have a Lil’ Screamin Demon and swear by it. It has an aggressive bite with a nice blend of harmonic content. Their JB Jr. neck pickup sounds nice as well. I’m not finding the Little 59 all that impressive. While the top end crunches up nicely there isn’t any meat, not even in the mids. I really like the DiMarzio rail pickups. They have a beautiful even tonality and a vocal like quality. You hear more note and less texture, in contrast to the Seymour Duncan line. I’ve used a Fast Track 1, Satch Track, Chopper and a BC-2 among others and love them all. If you want the sound of a powerful humbucker in the bridge but your guitar is routed for a single, the BC-2 is your answer.

[@Afterasimplelife]

Great comparison test!

[@mrthunder8190]

Good demo, nice playing.

[@misakul]

Thanks bro 🙂

[@pastorkev777]

This is a good comparison between the two, I bet in person and there was even a bigger difference. I grew to hate the Little 59 after nearly a decade of using it, mids were the focus, not much low end or treble clarity. The cruiser is more single coil focused, i woukd recommend a Dimarzio Pro Track to get clarity, punch with moderate output.

[@misakul]

Thanks👍, yes you are right, Cruiser is little more single coil. I like both, but now I have stacked pickup (from.my friend Kingpickups) in bridge position, and I think I finally find the right one.

[@blessedheavyelements8544]

Thank you for the work you put into this! Best Regards and Best Wishes!

[@misakul]

Thanks 🙂

[@georgejaimes7297]

As with all Seymour's I was expecting the Little '59 to be on the bright side. Like when I've scrapped a JB humbucker and swapped it out for a Super Distortion or a Tone Zone. I'm hearing quite the opposite here with the DMZ Cruiser sounding brighter than I prefer..

[@misakul]

Yes, and DMZ should be brighter, because its rail and less powerfull. This combination usually do pickups sound brighter.

[@russellcrea9701]

The cruiser is possibly the brightest voiced of the Dimarzio single coil size rail pick ups. Most people would use it in the neck position.

[@Mister_Greg]

@@russellcrea9701 DMZ makes both a neck and a bridge version of the Cruiser. They sound a little different from one another. The neck version is much thinner and sounds brighter as a consequence. That said I prefer the Fast Track 1 in the bridge with a Cruiser neck in the middle and a Cruise bridge in the neck, but this Cruiser bridge in the bridge sounds very nice. If bridge + middle quack is important then I’d opt for stacked singles. The Virtual Vintage Blues sounds great in the bridge. It’s tough and has a mellowed top end so it sounds great with distortion. The Injector Neck in the bridge is the next step up and works really well. Quack suffers a bit but you can get a nice amount if you use something thin and bright in the middle.

[@PatrickDehm-f1x]

I think the sample at 4:00 shows that with a fair bit of tone cut and a mid boost from say, a tube screamer, you can still get the strat-sounding Cruiser to sound warm. It's a trade off between the lil 59 sounding inherently fatter but ruining the position 2 out of phase "Knopler" sound demonstrated earlier, which to me is a sound the other classic guitar designs do not do convincingly. I have nevertheless been impressed with the way Suhr Classic Strats manage to get a good humbucker /single coil combination to sound nice in position 2, by cleverly tapping the humbucker and wiring things so that the untapped coil sees 250K in position 2 but 500k in position 1 (on the volume control). For that I think you need a super switch and an extra 500k resistor which connects in parallel to the 500k volume potentiometer when single coil positions are engaged. All said, let's remember how Jeff beck got sounds from the back pickup of a Strat!

[@misakul]

Nice and in depth comment 👍🙂 I used both HB for some time, but now I'm using hum canceling pickup from King pickups and this is the right way for me 🙂

[@NikolausBrocke]

Great Video. I want to upgrade the neck PU from my Strat now. That's why I found your video. Mine has too much from this bad 1500 kHz. I liked the clean sound (middle position) with the diMarzio coil splitted. How did you decide?

[@misakul]

I Don't split Dimarzio. It's quite weak pickup so try not to split and maybe little lover than the neck and bridge

[@alexbooyse9053]

Enjoyed that

[@thenowherestairs]

Seymour sounds more middy over Larry. IMO the Duncers sounds hammers.

[@misakul]

Yes, also SD has higher output.

[@dukeravenshadow5532]

Do you have 250k pots, 500, or a mix?

[@misakul]

250

[@dukeravenshadow5532]

@@misakul Awesome, ty

[@ELI5Money]

Is the bridge+middle wired for full humbucker + middle or split humbucker + middle?

[@misakul]

Hi, Dimarzio wasn't SD was. Because SD has bigger output.

[@arturolinares6565]

How's the volume difference between these 2 and the original bridge pickup/ in comparison with the neck and middle pickup?

[@misakul]

Not a big difference. You can adjust it to fit with the others by move pickup bit lower or higher.

[@thomaskriwens1114]

Danke für den guten Test. Ich finde beide klingen doch ziemlich ähnlich ...... der Cruiser vielleicht mit etwas weniger output and "balls", wie immer entscheidet der persönliche Geschmack. Ich denke beide sind passende Partner für die restlichen Singlecoils und nicht so mittig z.B. der JBjr. oder Hotrail ...... wobei die für die Brettsounds auch ihre Berechtigung haben 😉

[@misakul]

I need to use translator :) Thanks, actually now I´m testing new pickups from Kings pickups (my friend company) he made "HB" but with coils one above the other.

[@KaduGiovannini]

Did you use 500k or 250k POT?

[@misakul]

250k 🙂

[@filtousik]

Kulatej DiMarzio a špičatej Seymour. No chtělo by to dvě kytary :D

[@RobertoLillo]

Cruiser is splited on position with mid pickup?

[@misakul]

No, because cruiser is quite low output pickup. Only SD 59 is splited.

[@n8dawg85]

Great demo! 2 quick questions..are you using 250k standard strat pots and how does the cruiser bridge balance with the single coils volume and character wise? Cheers 🤙

[@misakul]

Thx. Yes it is 250k standard strat pot. Cruiser is quite low output pickup, so it fits with singles Very well. I have to Find right height for it, and after that it was great.

[@lee8org]

Oba dva zni trochu jinak a zalezi na tom co od toho chces. Ja bych nechal Seymour Duncan on...Par let zpatky jsem v sekaci zkousel podobny setup 80's Strat s DiMarziem a nakonec jsem koupil Godin SD.

[@misakul]

Jj, ten cruiser jsem tam měl teď tak rok, takže zkusím '59 a uvidíme.

[@bustanorms2028]

Dimarzio sound better here

[@DSilvergun]

Which do you like better?

[@misakul]

Don't decided yet. Actually I have SD59 in the guitar. Both have something. SD is better for more crunch and Dimarzio is for less distored tones.

[@fusoperso]

dimarzio win

[@ginovella]

Seymour Duncan!!!

[@rockingstar3534]

No significant difference.