Comments on: DiMarzio CrunchLab and LiquiFire Review

By: Den

Den — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 02:09:37 +0000

In reply to Patrice.

Hi Patrice,

The CrunchLab and LiquiFire Pickup set is excellent for all genre. It is actually a very versatile pickup. For a beginner I would recommend the Fender Standard Stratocaster if you have the budget or the Fender Squire Stratocaster if you need a cheaper guitar.

Thanks for the comments,

Den

By: Patrice

Patrice — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 18:40:01 +0000

Nice review of John Petrucci's signature pickups. This must be a very good set if he used it for a long time. This is a really good read. You also mentioned this pickup is good for coil splitting which even make this pickup and all rounder. Great detailed information for someone who is just now starting out. Which guitar do you feel is a good buy?

By: Den

Den — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:49:51 +0000

In reply to bill.

Hi Bill,

Shipping a guitar is very expensive, so it is better for you to have the pickups installed by a local guitar technician as there is nothing to it actually. Changing guitar pickups is very easy, a lot of guitar players are doing it themselves.

Thanks for the comments,

Den

By: bill

bill — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:22:56 +0000

Hi Belden I am novice but really found the information here very informative.My brother on the other hand has been playing for around 40 years. I will be sending him a link to this site. I know he will enjoy the article. My daughter is a drummer and my mom played accordion. So I have been around musicians all my life. My question is do you do the upgrades if so can we send you a guitar to have these pick ups installed?

By: Den

Den — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 22:07:00 +0000

In reply to Jason.

Hi, Jason!

These pickups are good for the Strat. The distortion would be much better because these are humbuckers. You will also eliminate the hum. The good thing is you can still have that Strat tone by coil splitting these pickups using push pull potentiometers. Now you have a Strat tone plus a fat sounding Strat due to the pickups in humbucker mode. You need to change the pickguard to H-S-H. Humbucker-Single-Humbucker configuration.

Thanks for the comments,

Den

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 20:23:30 +0000

If it's good enough for the legendary John Petrucci then who am I to argue it's merits. The only guitar I have owned is a Fender Stratocaster which I play every once in a while. I am just a novice. One question, what improvements in the sound when you have both of these pickups on the Strat? Is the distortion better? Thanks

By: Den

Den — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 07:58:36 +0000

In reply to Marley Dawkins.

Hi, Marley!

John Petrucci is a living legend and he used this pickup set for the longest time. He must have liked a lot this pickup set. This has been my favorite ever since. This is a very well rounded pick up set ideal for all genres and very good when split coiled. My favorite mode for this pickups is the CrunchLab in parallel humbucker mode.

Thanks for the comments,

Den

By: Marley Dawkins

Marley Dawkins — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 23:06:25 +0000

Cool, sounds like an awesome pick up set, I like thet fact that these pickup sets have the reputation for being the longest John Petrucci ever used, what a legend! Being that i have a Fender Stratocaster, its good to know that this Dimarzio pick up is compatible, becaue your right the stock one is a bit dodgy lol. Any guitars that this pick up set wouldn't work with?

By: Den

Den — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 09:02:34 +0000

In reply to Steve.

Hi Steve,

These pickups when split coiled are not noisy but remember that when you split the humbucker coils into single coils you will get the hum on high gain setting.. That is the disadvantage of single coils. These pickups are very good as full humbucker, parallel humbucker or as single coils.

Thanks for comments,

Den

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 22:34:23 +0000

That’s a pretty good endorsement if it comes from John Petrucci! I’ve never really experienced single coil. I’ve only owned guitars with humbuckers. Do you find that in single coil mode that these, whether they’re in series or separate, are particularly noisy? At least, are they an improvement over stock single coils in the noise department?

Excellent review, Den.