DiMarzio Vs EMG Vs Seymour Duncan

[@phreak1118]

I like that ESP man!

[@Meme86ful]

i like tb-5 so much... very tight and with a lot.of clarity

[@MovieMomentsReviewFilm]

thanks for the comparison man, i appreciate you're playing different kind of music in this video, all sounds good to me, just different character

[@RyRyTheBassGuy]

I threw a Tone Zone in the neck of my old Ibanez SZ. Great neck pickup for standard tuning. Even better with the split coil!

[@wayne2150]

I actually liked the SH-6 Duncan Distortion best.

[@AlanKaruzo]

one of the best comparisons I've ever seen

[@RolandBieri-dk2zg]

Wow! What a comparison and siiiick playing \m/

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

@@RolandBieri-dk2zg Thank you! 😀

[@haydendraycott7897]

Thanks so much for making this video! Very helpful! My EMGs are good, but to me the DiMarzios eat both them and the Seymour Duncans for breakfast! Time for a switchout I think!

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

Bill Day Thank you for watching. I'm glad the video did something Good for you! 😊

[@akshayseller73]

EMG 81 is hands down the best for metal and live playing. Tone Zone is a great pickup too and is less tight. It’s very sensitive to circumstances I.e amp, modelling etc. It doesn’t have enough highs and too bassy so straight into a Marshall it’s ok and not as tight. But if you use it with modelling it’s perfect because modelling inherently tends to have a lot of highs.

[@ShaneStoneOfficial]

Damn, thanks for the wisdom…. I have a Schecter reaper 6 and a Katana 100MkII. Been thinking about the tone zone for a minute because a lot of folks say it tames the highs of a swamp ash body… considering I have a modeling amp, your comment made me feel a lot more confident about this purchase

[@robertwatkins8220]

Thanks! i like Dimarzio tone!

[@kiketor]

I have an rg652 as well, but mine has a floating b. Yours has the most beautiful Birdseye fingerboard I’ve seen in these models though. I switched my stocks to sd -59/custom... this video just made me realize my mistake, thx man!

[@saberlynx]

I had been thinking about getting the RG652 but now I am for sure!

[@stringdoc]

Nice comparison, but DiMarzio Super Distortion should have been included. Eats EMGs for breakfast

[@zsaz4453]

It does

[@ShaneStoneOfficial]

I’ve been a Seymour Duncan man for over a decade… I am really wanting to try a super distortion though

[@zsaz4453]

@@ShaneStoneOfficial its a monster

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

@@ShaneStoneOfficial I just ordered one to try. Been using mainly Duncan JB for decades. I found an unopened FRED in a box of parts and put it into the neck of my guitar. It’s pretty awesome. Figured I’d try a full Dimarzio setup with SD in the bridge.

[@mattlillis6152]

Thanks for the video! I’m trying to decide what pickups to put in my guitar and this video is helping

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

Thank you! I'm glad to hear that!!! :)

[@larsheuker]

I dont neccecarily hate how EMG sounds. But i hate how the dynamics work on it. Everything seems boxed. As if you have no freedom to express alot from them

[@shredboy9163]

Have you tried the X series from EMG? They have the feel of a passive pickup. I don't mean to say that EMG is superior, nor that I have a set installed in my guitar, but from the multiple KZbin comparison videos I watched, they sound more responsive than the regular actives that EMG makes. Then again, it's up to preference.

[@nicholasjansen5601]

I have EMG 81/85 in my Epiphone Les Paul. I play mostly metal and hard rock and they're great for that. But yeah they aren't the most versatile so if you play lower gain stuff I probably wouldn't recommend them.

[@claudevieaul1465]

That's probably because he's using a Kemper. They're more dynamic on a proper tube amplifier (even with my old EMG81)... Kempers / Helix style software suck every bit of life out of your time.

[@InfamouslyCantankerous]

Dont use them. There are alot of great pick ups out there for any ones taste.

[@juventinos81]

yes the emgs doesnt allow to fully express yourself...me on the other side i am a simple man.i hear emgs i like em.

[@Timanator]

Thanks for the review, not a Dimarzio fan but the crunch lab sounded great.

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

Timanator Thank you for viewing! 🙂

[@DesertScorpionKSA]

I can't decide between the Dimarzio Crunch Lab or Tone Zone. The Tone Zone is more open but the Crunch Lab is tighter and more defined.

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

DesertScorpionKSA The Crunchlab is quite versitale actually.

[@LucasDCorro]

Dimarzio Tone Zone to the bridge and Liquifire to the neck, my options to upgrade my economic guitar haha awesome video!! Regards

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

Thanx mate!!!

[@joshhill5932]

I'm with you. The tone Zone has a lot more definition and just sounds 80s metal as hell.

[@benzesp]

They all sounded good for the most part. I found myself liking more of the EMG passages. All very good though.

[@7senza]

81/60 cleans are the best, even if these are active pickups, they sound amazing

[@hannuak]

For me Crunch Lab was among the best in every category. I think I'm not biased because I haven't ever played them, only SD's.

[@ThBraveBraveSirRobin]

Think I like the SD SH-6 Mayhem Distortion set best. I'm thinking of replacing DM Air Norton/Tone Zone with a set of these.

[@bjrnerik1768]

great comparison and great playing.

[@michaelray5023]

Duncan Distortion bro! Had one on a Jackson Soloist & it’s a Solid Rock Machine. I loved the Custom too. They sound very cool!

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

I think my absolute Duncan favourite is the Pegasus/Sentient combo! JB is great as well. Can't go wrong with a Distortion or Custom though! :)

[@nededs1114]

I played a Charvel for the first time the other day with DiMarzio. Never played either the pickups or guitar. I was shocked by the harmonics and crazy output. At first I was so in disbelief I thought it must be the amp. Loved the guitar and pickups. Need to find a good Charvel for my collection. This one was orange which is a little loud for my taste. Very fun though

[@EmmanuelGonzalez-pw5eu]

Hey what kind of pickups did you use before then?

[@lfader]

I have the Orange Charvel pro San dimas w TB4/ 59s 🌟🌟🌟 LAF !!!

[@MrFtothelo]

nice comparison. liked the dimarzios tone most. i've always played on seymour duncan by now

[@coverdrive7509]

Thanks for this. We can definitly hear about the signature of the various pick ups. then it is a matter of taste and personnally I have a preference for the di marzio sound - EMG sounds great in metal rythm - Duncan too much in the mediums for me.

[@sguerilla6142]

The main reason why I sold my SD Dimebucker is the one you mentioned, it is too medium. I bought it even though I never liked Dime's sound live like, say, the sound of Gary Holt with SD JB (especially at the 2008 Wacken concert, maybe the best sound I've ever heard, after Cannibal Corpse, of course). Here in Serbia, SH 13 is not cheap, it costs around 160 euros new. DiMarzio SuperDistrorsion costs 100 euros new!! I only have BC Rich guitars, on the Jr V NJ Deluxe I have an EMG 81 active but it's tuned in A so it sounds great (I believe that with every pick up it sounds great in A tune hahaha)... For now, I'm going with DiMarzio, I have them on 2 guitars and they sound phenomenal.

[@ryant3600]

the first clean chords sounds like Ryche.. and love the Loudness/Akira riffage.. perfect for what I was wanting to hear

[@SpartanLaserCanon]

The more I hear emg pickups in demos like this, the more I realize that there more modern pickups the X series and some of their other modernish sounding pickups are very interesting and cool to me. If you want to hear some good modernish sounding emgs with good clean tones, I recommend checking out Chris Letchford"s album lightbox. Idk which brand of pickups I would go with on my dream guitar, but I will for sure check out some newer emgs when I have money for my dream guitar and maybe lots more will be available at that time.

[@Sauronapocalypse]

The EMGs sound really nice.

[@STREETSSTREETS]

I really liked the tone zone and air norton bro..ive never played anything with dimarzio pickups in it but i thought the had a great modern metal sound...id really like to see Fluence up against a set of Lace up against Bare Knuckle. Anyway great video..great comparison and GREAT playing! Thanx!

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

STREETS101 STREETS101 Thank you very much! 😊

[@johnnyh64]

When you do the stereo clips the guitars are out of phase with each other making it sound extremely thin. I’m assuming you did the fast delay trick panned which can do that. If they were truly double tracked then I’m not so sure, but the solo guitar stereo tracks were definitely out of phase. Nice comparison though! Very helpful.

[@rddayjr]

Just finding this video... Great work... Yes Killer of Giants Rocks!!! Cant believe no one knows this song!! Keep Rocking man!!! Oh and Back in Black One of my Favorites also.. Great Job

[@brendanhayward7577]

Nice gats bro. Tight playing too

[@MANS4ON-Ce137]

I have the feeling that people use too much volume on the EMGs and it ends up "clipping" the sound.

[@SHouseRecords]

Crunch Lab smoked everything else on that ACDC riff.

[@brucetungsten5714]

I had an EMG81 installed and swapped it for a Seymour Duncan(Detonator based) and latter sounds totally strange - it has a weird harshness to it. The EMG appeared superior to me.

[@destruction5434]

👍❤

[@shaft9000]

i have a '15 652AHM prestige..am more of a jazz/prog freak than a metal guy so the tonezone is just OK, but that air norton is excellent at the neck with sweet harmonics. middle position is outstanding, too oy, those EMGs sounded like sheer boredom on steroids lol the Crunchlab and TB-5 sound like they're hammering with no regard for humanity

[@luxcifer4739]

Nice. I got ESP LH-150's and they sound OK to me! I'm looking for that dimebag sound

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

Maybe you should try the Dimebucker.

[@luxcifer4739]

@@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe yeah they are what I want next

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

@@luxcifer4739 Good luck! I think you will be happy with that!!! :)

[@luxcifer4739]

Thanks man! I'm currently using the boss MT2 metalzone and MXR Fullbore metal (mainly MXR lol) as my distortion and a Jackhammer for some OD,vlike a clean boost max volume low gain etc! Then an EQ pedal, then into a mixer for more EQ the amp lol

[@loosegoose9647]

I think we can all agree that there was one clear winner after all those tests. The Kemper sounds amazing

[@destianpatrianagara1119]

Lol

[@image30p]

That riff you play is great! I'm assuming that's yours. I like EMGs better. They seem easier to play. It's a little cleaner with compression so the notes are even. But they all sound cool.

[@lichobend]

Wow.. Nice.. And great playing guitar... Salam musision from indonesia..

[@georgestavris6679]

Dimarzio's are overall better tone wise at least here played in the particular guitars.the others are missing something i can't determine.

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

george stavris Thanx for your input. Plz watch my video with Crunchlab/Liquifire for a much better mix and sound. 🙂

[@KatieNavarro-bx3dr]

I still love seymour duncan it's so warm

[@TomGoldsmithguitar]

Wish ibanez did a guitar with both. would be an inovation!

[@minnos78]

Good job, big effort, bravo

[@HevyDev]

It would be awesome to hear all the DI recordings)

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

HevyDev Unfortunately I didn’t do any DI tracks.

[@andrius.79bass88]

I'm like very EMG....👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

Now we need one to compare Bare Knuckles vs Lundgren vs Fishman

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

I wouldn't mind doing that if someone sent me those pickups. ;) :)

[@JD-im4wu]

SH-6 for me, everybody is EMG obsessed. They must be deaf! EMG is over rated way too old school compared to some of the others u got. Di Marzio not bad either!

[@corn1078]

I don’t really like the Duncans very much. I really like the di marzio for distortion but I think that my ears prefer the emgs

[@wolfgangrittner6637]

EMG all the way. Great video that shows how they sound. Probably the best

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

Thank you very much for your nice words... 😊

[@wolfgangrittner6637]

@@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe No, thank you! lol It's finally a video about pick-ups without any bull. Absolutely to the point with help from your awesome guitar playing. I will check in on your channel from time to time. keep up the great work.

[@torchlord11]

Dimarzio's are crunchier and seem to be louder in the recordings, so they seem to be over the bass and drums in the mix because of this, so they are featured more. The Seymour Duncans seem to allow the bass guitar frequencies to fill up the guitar tone due to them being a bit more scooped in the mids compared to the Dimarzio's. The SD seems to be lower in the mix a bit due to this feature or design. Emg's sound bad in my opinion, but are somewhat redeemable in a mix.

[@seanknot]

seymours too fluffy for me, emg no tone and demarzio are creey as hell. Love them!

[@pietrasa666]

crunch lab sounds really good here when it comes to distortion... Sh6 is good too... IMO tone zone lost the battle. I have a tone zone in charvel so cal and it kind of makes me mad :P 81 in my JH-600 is quite ok so I can't complain too much... thinking about a switch to a 57/60 set. Never tried crunch lab so I may change from a Dimarzio Fusion Edge.... do you think it's a good idea and worth it?

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

I think you should keep your Dimarzio Fusion pickups. They are good and Ibanez actually puts them on some of their J. Custom models! :)

[@pietrasa666]

@@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe aight ;) that's what I'll do ;) thanks mate!

[@mcfek7575]

EMG has the best clean sound

[@Stretchwreckedem469]

I'm surprised that the EMG's sounded good for hard rock, i figured you'd have to work a little bit for crunch tbh. Also, you should look into bareknuckle if you get the chance and see if you like them. I think they could compete with any other big name pickup brand any day.

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

I wouldn't mind testing some Bareknuckles. They're quite expensive though...

[@Stretchwreckedem469]

Niclas Karlsson i've thought about getting some bareknuckle alnico war pigs for high gain playing, plugged through an old marshall tube amp i'm sure they'll sound incredible!

[@positiveguitarworks3433]

actually, the ideas come from your music tones, and finally you will select which pickup are suits for you..mellow goes to seymour duncan and dimarzio, heavy goes to emg ...

[@jmcsquared18]

I think that, regardless of your preferences, this proves that EMGs don't sound bad at all, and their stigma is simply unfounded. In fact, I think that, specifically on the clean tones, they smoke everything else.

[@Pain-mr2hn]

I wish you kept the text still instead of moving lol hard to read and remember what is what. Other than that, solid video. You used all of the pick ups I wanted to compare 🤘

[@chrisbrake9815]

I'm a drummer and am playing guitar here and there. I don't really have that much knowledge when it comes to guitar tone. I usually like playing black metal and some death metal and want to have a good tone. I have a Jackson Randy Rhoad V (it's not a neck-through) but I feel like it's too light weight to hold or sustain a note for a long time and I wanted to get pick ups for it. I'm liking the Dimarzio ToneZone pick ups from what I've heard, but the problem I'm wondering is since my guitar feels VERY light weight, would it not hold/sustain notes for a long time including divebombs & pinch harmonics. Please, any help is appreciated.

[@EmmanuelGonzalez-pw5eu]

The difference isn't bug dude don't worry about it

[@xtakerux]

EMG on basswood is actually not bad!

[@beanman2206]

there was a small difference but it seems like emg is always the best

[@angusorvid8840]

The Duncans take the cake.

[@Sighdaball]

I have a Duncan TB-5 in a Charvel San Dimas, and this video confirms how much I don't like it. Thank you

[@slimpicks2570]

That was great!

[@MegaWumba]

I have yet to hear a neck humbucker I like more than the EMG 60

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

In my opinion the EMG 60 is EMG's best neck pickup! :)

[@mperialis]

Seymour Duncan all the way

[@jesterraj]

Will the EMG 81 used on a modler be able to hear the diff as compare to a tube amp?

[@mottosierra1372]

I have a jackson guitar that i use to play old school thrash i want to upgrade the pickups but cant decide between the crunch lab/liquid fire or emg 81/85

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

I would choose the Dimarzios but the best thing is to try 2 guitars with those pickups and see which you like the most.

[@luisfernandorojasvelasco4731]

None for crunch rock or AC/DC stuff, for metal EMG are more articulated, better note separation, more clarity less dynamic, but your amp can handle,esterile=clear? I´m not sure, you can dirt with your valves

[@mikestorationtv2295]

For Clarity and best tone EMG!

[@TheMrLoucrazy]

EMG > SD Distortion > DM Tone Zone and Air Norton > SD Custom TB-5 > DM Crunchlab and LIquidfire. IMO

[@21stcenturymetal31]

I'll take one of each. lol To me its all in the fingers. If i had to pick hmmm I say fishman fluence modern lol Great video

[@foxybrown2]

i don't know if you turned down the amp on the Duncans but they sound way lower in sound than the DiMarzios .

[@fidelrio8235]

What comparison tester is this? Different guitars sound different.

[@sigmarietis]

Great job Nic, I'd say all of them have AMAZING sound. As a musician depends what you're looking for and wish sound you like just best. Factors like Amp Cab, pedals, and good musician like you make them sound great. As a Metalhead I like Dimarzio X2N, EMG Martyfriedman's and last but not least Seymour Duncan Thrash Factors... and their sound is SUPREME! They all have differences like is obvious. 🤘

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

Thank you very much for the kind words!!! :)

[@jairgarcia5769]

EMG ALL THE WAY !

[@youngstary54]

8:31 duncan 7:09 emg

[@timjenkins502]

Wow I did not like the crunch lab at all!!! All the rest were great though

[@airgunplanet]

THUNDER IN THE EAST !!!!!!!!

[@timeiseverything4]

DM tone zone for the win for me

[@deathm3t4l1]

LOUDNESSSS!!!

[@witherfallfanpagebrazil]

Good evening, I have a Guitarra Tagima - "TG530" and would like to know if I buy a DiMarzio Super Distortion Dp218 pickup for the bridge, will it meet the requirements for playing Demons & Wizards or would it be a Seymour Duncan JB JR SJBJ-1B to withstand the aggressiveness of the picks?

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

I haven't tried the Super Distortion but a SD Distortion has a lot of bite and aggressiveness. Dimarzio Crunchlab or D-activator also have agressive tone.

[@witherfallfanpagebrazil]

Tnk,s

[@toemasmeems]

Sounded like you were clipping with the higher out out pickups

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

I had a little to high input signal at that time unfortunately. :( I know better now though... 🙂

[@toemasmeems]

@@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe no worries gj

[@markl1221]

Sounds almost like Killer of Giants.

[@Lavietto]

Tjena Niclas kan du dela b tracken som inleder videon ! Lät ju förbenat bra! Matt /Black Crow Busker

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

Tack. Det är en gammal inspelning men detta är länken till vidoen! :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKHTaGapqauJna8

[@Lavietto]

@@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe Thx :)

[@amanofconviction600erodedo5]

qUESTION IF YOU EVEN MONITOR THIS VIDEO ANYMORE BUT WHAT IF YOU HAD AN IBANEZ WITH THREE POSITIONS AND YOU PUT ANY OF THOSE IN THE NECK POSITION OR SAME GUITARS HERE WITH TWO BRIDGE PICKUPS IN NECK? DO ANY OF THEM SOUND DIFFERENT IN A NECK POSITION? THANKS I APPRECIATE.

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

I don't know but there's a reason to why they are labeled bridge and neck pickups. You want to have a bit lower output on the neck to balance it with the bridge pickup. But you CAN have a bridge pickup in neck position and the opposite but you have to match the pickups output so they sound harmonic together. It depends on playing style also what you want to achive. But if you are satisfied with a certain combo then it is good! :)

[@joelmenezes1797]

Which model of ibanez guitar is that?? Please reply..

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

It's in the description...

[@jaychen2000metal]

2nd phases of the crunch lab. Can you do one using the d activators, evos and seymour black winter and parallel axis?

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

Unfortunately I don't have the other pickups.

[@MichaelDespairs]

EMG 81: 9:24 tonezone: 9:56 crunchlab: 2:04

[@MountMonty]

Nice Shredz

[@pavelzemanek]

SH-6b total metal beast, clear winner

[@whip689]

I was about to start singing "Killer of Giants😉

[@thephilosopher2720]

What song was the One you were playing when doing the 80s and 90s heavy metal?

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

Crazy nights w. Loudness. :)

[@countingsheeple2428]

Video starts at 0:39

[@Bioxidus85]

in the end its all about the fingers

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

Bioxidus True! 🙂

[@purefps1]

Wonderfully thorough! I caught the trem though ;P sorry

[@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe]

purefps1 Haha! I did a retake but I forgot to change the video... 😀

[@nathanwebster9851]

Active by far then dimarzio then seymour duncan

[@mandythomas4976]

I put emgs in a warmoth velocity to warm it up..love it. Check it out at Rescue Road band