Dimarzio Illuminator

[Anonymous]

These just popped up

http://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/humbuckers/high-power/illuminator-bridge

Looking pretty similar in specs to the Crunch Lab
The neck version also looks about the same as the Liquifire, except it has a Ceramic magnet

Discuss

 

[rokket2005]

My favorite Petrucci tone is on Suspended Animation. I liked the tone on Train of Thought, but Dream Theater stuff since then has been pretty normal and doesnt do as much for me. I like him as a guitar player, but never been terribly interested in any of his sig gear.

 

[Anonymous]

Ok then, I'll just go and post that on jemsite I guess

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

Well, after getting through 1:30 of Petrucci's boring as speed playing and kirk hammetish wah doodling, I thought nothing new, his sound would sound over processed with any pickups! I think that guitar is ugly too I'm a dimarzio fan though, i dig em! 36 anni and super distortion.

 

[Taylord]

They seem pretty interesting, would like to try them out. I will say that I really do like the original dimarzios that came in the early years of his guitars.

 

[lettmusic]

I have a JP6 with the D-sonic and Custom. I also had a Sterling MM JP50 which I put Liquid Fire and Crunch Lab in. The difference? Not much. The tones of these pickups are nice, but they're nothing get excited about.
Petrucci will put out a new product, and he'll promote it, that's cool because he needs to make a living. But I'm willing to bet there's not much difference with these new Iluminators either.
Bottom line: listen to the demo, is the the tone really good? Not to my ears, sorry. As for the new JP13? it starting to look more and more like an Ibanez.

 

[university81]

Well, after getting through 1:30 of Petrucci's boring as speed playing and kirk hammetish wah doodling, I thought nothing new, his sound would sound over processed with any pickups! I think that guitar is ugly too I'm a dimarzio fan though, i dig em! 36 anni and super distortion.

+1 , he's a great guitar player but on the vid tone sounds super compressed and it's uninspired noodling , motorway fretboarding

 

[shadowvault]

That was not a full review so i cant tell anything about the pickups.No cleans no switch in between,lots of effects Anyway crunchlab and liquifire look cooler

 

[IntenseJim]

As they didn't have enough choices to date, Dimarzio needs to offer another humbucker????

 

[Anonymous]

As they didn't have enough choices to date, Dimarzio needs to offer another humbucker????

It's more the fact that the D Sonic became the Crunch Lab, which then evolved in the Illuminator
All those pickups are pretty similar
The Liquifire was a nice addition as a nice addition to the neck pickup lineup, the Illuminator neck is a bit different.
But all in all, it's just another signature pickup to please a signature artist and sell to the fanboys
At least Vai and Satch got their new signature to be different than their older ones

 

[garey77]

Pretty smooth sounding. I'd be interested in hearing it in a less affected context. Sounds good here, though.

 

[kk_rocks]

These just popped up

http://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/humbuckers/high-power/illuminator-bridge

Looking pretty similar in specs to the Crunch Lab
The neck version also looks about the same as the Liquifire, except it has a Ceramic magnet

Discuss

Does anyone know if John used the Illuminator pickups on Train of Thought album?