DiMarzio Illuminator 7 - Metal

Музыка

Signal chain:
Ibanez RG7421 (MIJ 2000 with DiMarzio Illuminators 7) - Kemper profiling amp (Keith Merrow Rhodes amp) - Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 - Cubase
DiMarzio Illuminator tech talk:
In keeping with John’s desire to increase the difference between neck and bridge pickup sounds, the Illuminator 7™ Bridge Model does three things: it opens up the mids, bumps the highs up a notch, and tightens the lows. The open midrange allows overdriven sounds to be powerful without harshness, while the tighter bass response avoids muddy lows.
Links:
Ibanez guitars - www.ibanez.com
Kemper - www.kemper-amps.com/home
DiMarzio - www.dimarzio.com/
Focusrite - global.focusrite.com/
Follow me on Facebook:
/ niclaskarlssonguitar
All music and recordings by Niclas Karlsson.
Thanks for watching! And please subscribe if you like my videos.

Пікірлер: 39

  • @soterion5687
    @soterion56876 жыл бұрын

    Excellent playing. My RG7421 arrives tomorrow, and I was strongly leaning toward installing Illuminators in it. After listening to you, I think it's a no-brainer!

  • @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much. Feels great that my video helped you make your choice! HNGD!

  • @stupidusername38
    @stupidusername389 жыл бұрын

    very strong Jeff Loomis influence in the solo matey

  • @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    9 жыл бұрын

    +stupidusername38 Thank you! Loomis is a big influence!!! :)

  • @arvindpuryag8291
    @arvindpuryag82913 ай бұрын

    I like the sound!❤

  • @zAvAvAz
    @zAvAvAz Жыл бұрын

    great work

  • @666aftershave
    @666aftershave7 жыл бұрын

    great track, playing and demo ImI

  • @gregorylpetrie
    @gregorylpetrie5 жыл бұрын

    very nice playing!!!!!!

  • @diegofuentes1637
    @diegofuentes1637 Жыл бұрын

    Amasing bro!!!!

  • @siddharthkumarnanda3327
    @siddharthkumarnanda33278 жыл бұрын

    nice man..sounds good and awesome playing..keep it up :)

  • @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Siddharth Kumar Thanx a lot! Glad that you liked it! :)

  • @tonymertz527
    @tonymertz5278 жыл бұрын

    gött sound !

  • @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    8 жыл бұрын

    Tackar!!! :)

  • @ericwheeler7948
    @ericwheeler79488 жыл бұрын

    I have the same guitar, I gotta say, those stock pickups suck lol. Bought some new ones for it, looking forward to getting some new fridge magmets out of the old ones lol.

  • @bohdilama
    @bohdilama8 жыл бұрын

    Sounds great! I was hoping to hear the neck pickup?

  • @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    8 жыл бұрын

    +bohdilama Thanx! I use it in one of the solos. :)

  • @Benno828282
    @Benno8282829 жыл бұрын

    Nice guitar and playing. How do you find the play-ability of this guitar compared to say your RGD2127? I coming from a prestige 6 and want a 7. Thanks

  • @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Ben S Thanx! Both are fantastic guitars but I prefer the 25,5" scale of this guitar (the RGD has an 26.5" scale) especially when I play strechy stuff. The quallity of them are pretty much the same.

  • @MacManNr2
    @MacManNr26 жыл бұрын

    @Niclas Karlsson Hej! bra video, gillar ljudet! Tänkte sätta in Illuminator micarna i den 6 strängade varianten av den Ibanez du använder i videon. Var det några problem med installation av micarna eller gick det bra? Vet att jag behöver de micarna som är för 6 strängad :)

  • @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    6 жыл бұрын

    Tjena! Tackar! På just denna gitarren fick jag karva bort lite trä eftersom mickarna var lite för djupa. Dock är Dimarzios mickar för 7-strängat platta i botten till motsats till 6-strängsvarianterna som är av traditionell typ. Jag har Crunchlab/Liquifire på en 6:a och det var inga som helst problem. :)

  • @mlhgurkan
    @mlhgurkan8 жыл бұрын

    hi niclas...are focusrite 2i4 and kemper good match? I have 2i4, should I go for a better audio interface (rme babyface pro or apollo twin usb) or kemper?

  • @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    8 жыл бұрын

    +mlhgurkan Absolutely! You should defenitely go for the Kemper!

  • @desolatecold1019
    @desolatecold10192 жыл бұрын

    Hey man! Right on. Good question!? Got any experience playing a X2N or D-Activator, or any hot Humbucker with single coils for some tight metal? Testament influenced. Got a Jackson H-S-S setup but gutting it today and buying local DiMarzio single coils for Middle and neck...

  • @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have D-Activator in one guitar and they're quite nice. A bit to high output for my taste but pretty flat in the eq so it's easy to dial in a good sound.

  • @desolatecold1019

    @desolatecold1019

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Niclas Karlsson I typed the whole thing wrong multi-tasking at home. I wanted to ask if you, if you tried single coils with any of these Humbuckers. After single coils with my D-Activator and X2N.

  • @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@desolatecold1019 only for clean sounds.

  • @josephbailey7601
    @josephbailey76018 жыл бұрын

    If you had it to do over again would you buy these pickups? If not, what would you suggest?

  • @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Joseph Bailey Actually I'm a Seymour Duncan guy but I wanted green pups in this guitar for the Visuals and it was easier to buy colored DiMarzios instead of Duncans ( custom shop ... ) but they are really good and I like them. Very tight and clear sound. If not I think I would put in SD Custom or Distortion in the bridge and 59 or jazz in the neck.

  • @josephbailey7601

    @josephbailey7601

    8 жыл бұрын

    Niclas Karlsson Nice, I was looking at the Nagzul Sentient set. I have an RG7420 and heard you have to grind out some material in the pickup recesses on this guitar. Do you know by chance?

  • @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    8 жыл бұрын

    I think for some reason the DiMarzios are "deeper" or what you call it but compare the heights on their webpages. If the Nazgul/Sentient are as high as the DiMarzios I'm afraid you have the carve out som Wood... But basswood isn't a hard Wood and I'm sure that pup combo will sound great.

  • @josephbailey7601

    @josephbailey7601

    8 жыл бұрын

    Niclas Karlsson Sweet, well I'm thinking the Duncans may be the way I go. It's come down to the Crunchlab/Liquifire, Titans, and the Nagzul/Sentient set. STill on the fence as I haven't played any of them. Just heard sound bytes.

  • @camazzo8261
    @camazzo82618 жыл бұрын

    There are differences between the actual Ibanez RG 7421 and yours ??

  • @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Cassandra Mannu This one is made in Japan so by todays standards it's a Prestige model. :)

  • @camazzo8261

    @camazzo8261

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Niclas Karlsson ah okay... merci !

  • @James0208
    @James02084 жыл бұрын

    any problems installing those pickups? i wanna change the pickups of my ibanez rg7421

  • @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi! They were a little bit deep so I had to carve out som wood. Maybe if your guitar is one of the new 7421 you maybe don't have to do that. Good luck!

  • @James0208

    @James0208

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe well i don't really know, i just bouth it 3 month ago, it's and indonesian model or something like that...

  • @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    @NiclasKarlssonguitarswe

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@James0208 Well, then it's a new modell so hopefully you don't have chop it out. If you look at the Dimarzio page you'll find the dimensions of the pickups!

  • @James0208

    @James0208

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@NiclasKarlssonguitarswe i hope so, i'm thinking about dimarzio, seymour duncan or maybe emgs pickups (and try to put the battery inside the box with volumen knob) i still don't know which one... Anyways thanks for the answers and good video by the way

Келесі