Ok, I wanted to create a thread for this because I found a few interesting things that I think are deserving of mention. My Jackson Adrian Smith has a DiMarzio DP100 in the bridge (super distortion) and a pair of Jackson single coils.
The DP100 has enough string pull to induce an oscillation (Wolftone) at anything less than 11/32" from the strings. It is noticeable on the g/b/e from about 14th fret upward on single notes. The same is true with the Jackson single coils. They need to be almost flush with the pickguard in order to eliminate the wolftones. The main issue here is that when set this low, they have very little punch and require much higher gain settings. If all you do is play power chords, you won't notice a problem from the high pickup setting. But, if you play the intro to "Still Got The Blues" by Gary Moore, the Wolftones make the intro a complete and total sonic mess.
Other than the pickup anomalies, this Jackson just has to be one of the best guitars out of the box that I have ever brought home. You cannot make it go out of tune.
My plan is to install some 10-15 year old pickups I have laying around here and see if I can get closer to the strings without getting the wolftones.
As far as single coils are concerned, I think I am going to build a pair just for this application, with adjustable pole pieces and a dummy coil like Hackmaster likes to use. I need a very low magnetic pull to be able to get within 4/32" of the strings.
The DP100 has enough string pull to induce an oscillation (Wolftone) at anything less than 11/32" from the strings. It is noticeable on the g/b/e from about 14th fret upward on single notes. The same is true with the Jackson single coils. They need to be almost flush with the pickguard in order to eliminate the wolftones. The main issue here is that when set this low, they have very little punch and require much higher gain settings. If all you do is play power chords, you won't notice a problem from the high pickup setting. But, if you play the intro to "Still Got The Blues" by Gary Moore, the Wolftones make the intro a complete and total sonic mess.
Other than the pickup anomalies, this Jackson just has to be one of the best guitars out of the box that I have ever brought home. You cannot make it go out of tune.
My plan is to install some 10-15 year old pickups I have laying around here and see if I can get closer to the strings without getting the wolftones.
As far as single coils are concerned, I think I am going to build a pair just for this application, with adjustable pole pieces and a dummy coil like Hackmaster likes to use. I need a very low magnetic pull to be able to get within 4/32" of the strings.
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