Seymour Duncan - Brandon Ellis Dyad Parallel Axis

[@IbanezGuy88]

Thanks for watching! Forgot to note I'm in C standard tuning, action set 1.5mm 12th fret bass side, 1mm treble side.

[@weinosby]

Was that a standard action

[@chrollo0427]

this is awesome totally can hear what you meant by the comprehesion and clarity with the palm mute test

[@MajorDook1]

Damn dude! You're a sick guitarist!

[@IbanezGuy88]

Appreciate it! I'll try to be more active with videos here!

[@spiritzweispirit1st638]

Excellent review! Thank you!🎼🎸

[@Ibenhead16]

sweet!!! love the jackson bro

[@theunholyguitaristofficial]

Keep the content coming broski, it's nice seeing what you're looking into these days

[@sir.shreddington]

Hell yeah dude! Sounds brutal + killer chops

[@trevorshear7737]

Awesome chops bro.Iv always felt that Jackson beats Ibanez in tone for metal.

[@fraterlemuele.s.l.d.6435]

I copped a pair in black and gold for my Jackson SLX X series 2020 Lava Orange Crackle which I’ve customized with black and adonized gold titanium pieces. what’s interesting about my set was that I got The neck pickup for a Floyd rose set up where the neck pickup has to have the standard spacing for the narrowing of the strings as they come closer to the finger board the string gap has to match the Pole pieces for those of you who don’t know,and had MJ Set the output for the neck position and also can be flipped on the neck where the crazy 8 north coil is closer to the neck for split coil action on customized wiring.Straight fire,especially if you can play arpeggiated runs or playing triplets really hear that single coil twang. #BUFFALO #NEWYORK

[@vorpalblades]

Pole pieces do not have to line up with strings. Vintage pickups are one size.

[@fraterlemuele.s.l.d.6435]

@@vorpalblades These are not Vintage pickups and String spacing DOES matter,otherwise Pickup companies wouldn’t make a variation of “Floyd Spaced” it’s physics and the pickup is a microphone for the string to vibrate over.

[@brockadcock2735]

Sounds great Alex! Nice Dragonball shirt!

[@anthonydavella8350]

Man, you're a beast. I could listen to you shred all day and seem to be a great guy aswell

[@IbanezGuy88]

Much love dude! I'll try to stay more active here!

[@anthonydavella8350]

@@IbanezGuy88 Right back at you man.

[@IsraelRomeroGuitar]

Incredible playing and tone!!🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@tonycarel1785]

Great review sounds killer!!

[@jimmypennell8831]

😅

[@Dastardly_X]

Nice job !!! 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘

[@kylemcguffin]

Sounds great! I have one in an old japanese charvel and I like it a lot in that! I have a normal axis in an ibanez, so similar construction and theyre definitely different beasts!

[@HighPriestVaticanAssasin]

I have an original, how would you compare the 2?

[@kylemcguffin]

its way more rounded and balanced with a little less punch. Still very articulate and powerful. just in means of comparison to the two@@HighPriestVaticanAssasin

[@incitatus634]

@@kylemcguffin Amazing! Are those very sharp/trebbly pickups?

[@9712vcoalroller]

Tone was amazing. Playing earned a sub!

[@jordandayman1356]

Great review! Do you have any experience with the Dimarzio X2N by any chance? I've been thinking about going for the Dyad as a replacement pickup but your review made me pause as your description of the tone and feel along with output sort of seems similar to how I would describe the X2N. If you know, are they in the same sonic ballpark? Thanks!

[@IbanezGuy88]

I've had an X2N installed on a RG550 for over 10 years now haha. I would say it's similar but, the difference would be in the compression and the X2N doesn't have that top sizzle to it.

[@jordandayman1356]

@@IbanezGuy88 thanks man! that helps a lot!

[@Flickcolt]

I installed this on my Ibanez RGR5221. Went with no neck pickup for full effect. It’s perfect for metal. No boost needed through an EVH 5153

[@IbanezGuy88]

Such a massive sounding pickup, it pairs really well with the EVH for sure!

[@Centipede_Solaire]

Great video

[@mrjoe9308]

This pickup is clearly not made for standard tuning .brandon tunes to C standard , that's why this pickup has plenty of highs.

[@IbanezGuy88]

Yep, that's what the Jackson in this video is tuned to haha. Also the reason he recommends flipping it for standard tuning, and brighter guitars. 👍

[@solarfallmori]

Hi, first of all, very good demo and tone. New sub here. I'm not used to videos showing how the electronics are, I think it's a very positive point for your video. I too have the Dyad and have had it for like a week now. I'm mostly used to ceramic actives and I found Brandon's concept very interesting in terms of studio recording and not having that overcompression and achieving more clarity and cleanliness. What struck me the most when I picked it up is that the notes sound very defined and it seems to throw them in your face 🤣. I just sent an email to SD to see what they have to match the neck 🤘🤘

[@IbanezGuy88]

Appreciate it man! I forgot to mention with it being such a defined pickup, it WILL reflect any improper technique or mistakes made😭so your chops have to be superb haha.

[@solarfallmori]

@@IbanezGuy88 hahaha totally! That´s probably the second thing I thought of 🤣like ``I really need to practice my stuff before I record anything with this´´ Hopefully it can help me become a cleaner guitar player :)

[@incitatus634]

Is it a very sharp, ice picky pickup? How does it compare to the active ones? I want to buy a singing lead pickup for a Mayones Regius, since TKOs are very sharp.@solarfallmori

[@solarfallmori]

@@incitatus634 yes, it’s very sharp, so having the mix in mind, it’s a very good idea playing in low tunings. I mainly use 81s, but this one has a lot of clarity, and I want to use it for recording solos and having some good dinamics too for some riffing and having that clarity among the chaos 🤣

[@admireinspire]

Damn I didn't think I'd like it but I really do. My ibanez came with the fishmann fluence so idt I can just pop one of these in but considering it for my old one.

[@IbanezGuy88]

That's an interesting one. Technically, you can have a guitar with a passive and active humbucker but it's tricky. One problem relies with active pu's usually using 25k pots and passives with 500k. Also the fact that if you try to use both pickups in the center position in a 3 way blade/toggle, most cases the active pu will overpower the passive output. There's potential to wire them independently with their own volume knob, but you sacrifice the tone knob unless you drill a new hole for 3 pots. I believe Seymour Duncan has an awesome article in regards to this topic as well.

[@Earth-Worm-Tim]

Awesome shredding... got a like and subscribe from me bro!

[@Cromsies]

How does this pair with that neck pickup? (looks like either a second Dyad or the standard Parallel Axis) Sick Jackson btw!

[@TheRazorsH]

Awesome playing bro. Can you share the preset please?

[@IbanezGuy88]

I'll have a link soon in the video description!

[@TheRazorsH]

thanks man 🤘😎@@IbanezGuy88

[@joelovatt754]

What would be the closest sounding Dimarzio pickup to the Dyad or regular Parallel Axis ?

[@Tinylittledancer814]

I'm curious about installing this in a HSS strat or one of the regular parallel axis distortions. Do you know if the electronics (volume/tone pots) on a strat would be able to handle this?

[@IbanezGuy88]

It should be fine. Generally, it's the difference in the 250k and 500k pots. HSS with 500k would make the single coils a little brighter, but if you want them a little darker in tone, you can pop a 500k resistor on that bad boy. I also think Suhr has something that allows you to switch between 500k and 250k.

[@josephweiss3931]

Wonder how it compares to a l500xl or a steve's special

[@aneverflowingstream]

Ive been comparing the custom shop humbucker to his signature trembucker and they seem to be a completey different pickup on paper you got any info on if that's the case?

[@IbanezGuy88]

If it's the Duncan Custom you're referring to I would say yeah haha these are two different sounding humbuckers compared to one another.

[@aneverflowingstream]

@@IbanezGuy88 gotchu I just mentioned since his sig is a trembucker and I have a tune o magic style bridge

[@incitatus634]

How does it sound compared to a JB? Does it have icepick like that one?

[@TheGreatBaronOBeefDip]

That Ibanez is pissed you're playin a Jackson haha, but really Dimarzios are meant for Ibanez's, same with SD for Jacksons.

[@Dastardly_X]

Old Ibanez V2 seems hard to beat . 🤘🏻 🌟 🤘

[@TheGreatBaronOBeefDip]

I have heard those are great.@@Dastardly_X

[@IbanezGuy88]

Yeah they pair really well with each other! This Duncan is one hell of a pickup, it's really nice to hear something with a unique voice.

[@PearHellforge]

what are those sizzling noises when you are playing?

[@IbanezGuy88]

It's just the overall noise of the amp/ overdrive/ and guitar. It's pretty hot but I didn't want to gate the overall sound too hard so i didn't lose any of the transients.

[@incitatus634]

You should lower the gain/input to the interface. It's super damn noisy and gainy​@@IbanezGuy88

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