Finally a good playthrough of these. I didn’t want to hear them just as Bowen uses them and I wanted to see what a proficient player can get out of them. I already got my mirage neck just haven’t wired it yet but this tells me that I made the right choice.
Sounds awesome. Making me think about getting some of these to put in my pacifica. Everything else except for the pickups has been upgraded and these are a very tempting final piece
Hey guess what? I just scored one of these in unused mint condition for $425 USD! A guitar luthier buddy of mine who lives and hour away inspected and picked it up on my behalf and is shipping it to me. The owner wanted door pickup only and I'm 6.5 hours away. This saved me because it was on the market for 3 weeks! I'll be keeping mine stock but white HSS does look good on her.
Hi cameron these new di marzio pick ups are a very great surprise for me and i will love them whenever i will play new songs in van halen style, see you soon, peter
The double blade that's a good pickup, related Cruiser and Chopper are all fantastic in my opinion, along with the Billy Corgan and Satriani variants it's probably best fundamental design in Dimarzio lineup.
Hi 👋 the way you play i need 10 million years to play like 👍 you are so good and I can say outstanding…you are one of the greatest player man keep it up 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Excelent Cameron, thank you. I have a question, i'm looking for a mini humbucker for bridge, the sound of your pick up sounds amazing, what model do you recommend me. The mist I like is the Dimarzio Utopia bridge but there is not the mini humbucker version 😢.
Thank you Charly. I haven't played or owned any mini humbuckers so I'm afraid I'm not much help. It might be worth going through DiMarzio's product range and seeing what mini humbuckers they offer.
Did you mean mini humbucker like the slightly narrower humbucker found on some Gibsons or the single coil sized humbucker like the mirage in the neck and middle?
Ive got the fusion 3 want to upgrade the pickups. That sounds awesome right there. Is the bridge pickup size f-spaced? I went to the web and only fspaced available. Probably your skills made everything sounds good 😎
@@hermanodejesus7264 no there isn't from what I've seen. The Mirage is a fresh new set with a humbucker for the bridge and a rails for the neck. The rail is also designed to be compatible as a middle pickup hence why I got another one for this particular guitar
Dude, tell me which of the new HB's stays in tune the best with the non-Floyd trem and I'll buy it. I already have the Cream (or Double Cream) pickups planned for. Also...thanks. Your videos are such a great help to us.
This 25th anniversary stays in tune well but I'm using pretty heavy strings which seems to be helping that at the moment. All the other Harleys I use are hard tails so my best advice would be pick one you like with a fixed bridge.
Those pickups do sound great but I think it's as much how they're being played as much as being DiMarzios :) What's the neck profile like on that HB? Is it like a Charvel or a Strat?
I'm they are given they're all humbuckers with four conductor wire. Check Dimarzio's website for technical stats. I'm not speaking as an authority when I didn't install them myself :)
Hey man, Am I right that the bridge pickup is a flat white and the single coil covers are a gloss white and a slightly different colour? I just got this set in white and yeah the colours are slightly off from the humbucker too the single coil...
The problem with Harley Benton is that there's no opportunity to try them out. I just wondered if it was truly as comfortable and well made as the Charvel (which I know I really like from trying it in the shop). If you put them side by side, can you tell where the extra money goes? @@CameronCooper
I'm literally confused, I thought 'split' is using switch, and 'tap' is using push-pull. That pickup really gives good clean when in single coil mode. Not a significant volume drop detected to my ears.
I don't know about the pickups, but it's been a while since I've watched your videos and your voice has suddenly gotten a lot lower. Downtuning, I guess.
They sound good but i feel the note definition of the pickups are not quite there. There is a lack of clarity and they seem to pickup some unwanted noice. Also they sound a bit sharp/harsh but that’s a matter of taste. Meaby the guitar or your rig is not a 100% fit with those pickups.
Is it me or does this guy appear to be throwing in the occasional badly spelt words to cover himself up ...pretending to be not an English speaker..do you work for Seymour Duncan haha.
Pickups are only copper wires wrapped up on magnets. There is nothing special about them. No matter what pickups you replace the tone of the sound will remain the same. You might get more or less gain depending on strength of the created signal by the pickup,but the same you can achieve with gain knob .
However these made a very distinct difference to sound of this particular guitar. You can compare the demo I did of it with the original pickups to this video if you want. Same set up and presets in my rig if you're sceptical.
@@CameronCooper I watched Jim Lil video about where tone comes from and I'm very convinced of his scientific approach. I know some pickups are louder and that might effect the perception of the sound but I don't believe that putting different pickups will change dramatically sound of my guitar . that slight possible difference is not beyond what I can tweak on my amp or my pre amp pedal . I like also video of Ola Englund when he compares many amps to different cabinets and reasolt is that the real difference in the sound is in cabinet , not even in amplifier. So my belief is that the real factor of the sound is in the speaker, and pickups are only cosmetic
Your opinion about amps I would say is correct to an extent, however pickups do play a big part in the EQ coming from the guitar and the volume to begin with. If you believe changing the pickups doesn't make a big difference, why would you need to change an amp setting to compensate using the gain or pre amp pedal? You could simply leave the amp settings the same and notice a difference. You're just stating where you prefer to adjust your guitar tone. One assumes that the pickups do change the tone after all then. If your 'scientific' opinion about pickups being solely cosmetic, why don't these brands like Ola Englund's Solar install expensive pickups instead of cheap ones if it doesn't make a difference? Are you saying that Larry DiMarzio, Seymour Duncan, Tim Shaw, Seth Lover, Tim Mills and loads of other brands associated with famous artists in your music collection are all wrong and you're right? I think you'll find changing pickups does change the tone considerably.
Pickups essentially are like anything else in the equation of a guitar setup. They are typically wound for a specific EQ curve and feel. These things of course could also be achieved by EQing your setup, whether it be amps, pedals, etc. Like with many things in life, what you pay for with pickups mostly is ease of use and less time required to achieve a given sound or effect. Some pickups simply get you there quicker or easier if that makes any sense.
I think if someone feels they play generic metal and sounds like everyone else, I guess it's their playing they need to sort out rather than the pickups they choose.
Pickups do not make a guitar scream. A guitar player's fingers control tone and dynamics. (that is, unless you cheat by using a heavy-duty compressor!!)
Man, of all RUclips guitarists, you are the tastiest. Your influences and the way you play really speaks to me. I need more Lake Domain man
Cam is the man 🤘🤘
It's all in the fingers. Just one of my favorite RUclips guitarists. Brilliant
Somewhere, Glenn Fricker is rolling over in his grave with that statement 😂
@@phillipgriego4675 Glen is a fan of being able to actually play rather than overpriced pickups.
@@The_Macaroon A lot of guys who can play better than Glen must not be as good as Glen then.
@@The_Macaroon glen is a fan of saying things loudly for clicks
Yep, in the fingers.Think for a moment just how many types of pickups there are.🥳
That Harley Benton is sick! Also those Pickups sound amazing! Awesome playing too! Dimarzio creates the best pickups I’ve ever played #RockOn 😎🤟🏻
Your licks are sick. Bonkers mate. Well done.
Absolutely brilliant playing from my favorite guitarist!
Great looking guitar and playing is 🔥 like always…🤙🏼
You keep getting better and better
My main, your sounding like Jake E Lee now a days. You’ve come a long way. Keep it up
DiMarzio is hard to beat. Those are definitely sweet, great playing too. I subscribed a few days ago based on your legato style
Another Video from the smartest Guitarist in YT, You are one of my Idols!!!!! Carry on, Cameron!!!!🤘🏻👍🏻
Love DiMarzio I have them in a lot of my guitars these new ones sound amazing and of course your guitar playing always sounds amazing Cameron
Tone Amazing. Guitar Playing, Amazing.
Finally a good playthrough of these. I didn’t want to hear them just as Bowen uses them and I wanted to see what a proficient player can get out of them. I already got my mirage neck just haven’t wired it yet but this tells me that I made the right choice.
That was awesome!
Excellent!
Sounds awesome. Making me think about getting some of these to put in my pacifica. Everything else except for the pickups has been upgraded and these are a very tempting final piece
Superb upgrade my friend .made this guitar sing.👍👍🎸🙏❤🙏❤🙏🎸
Damn Cameron 😮 now that was some of you best playing, phrase city brother!!
Awesome demo
Sounds incredible bro...I wish I had an ounce of your talent Cam 🤘🏼😈🤘🏼🏴
Work hard and you’ll do it man!
phenomenal
Incredible tone 👌
Wish I could still get that guitar. Black pickups would look cool as well. White looks good too. They sound awesome.
It originally came with black pickups. Except the humbucker which was a chrome cover.
Hey guess what? I just scored one of these in unused mint condition for $425 USD! A guitar luthier buddy of mine who lives and hour away inspected and picked it up on my behalf and is shipping it to me. The owner wanted door pickup only and I'm 6.5 hours away. This saved me because it was on the market for 3 weeks! I'll be keeping mine stock but white HSS does look good on her.
Mirage is a great pup! Tossed one in an Ibanez RG652FX. Sounds awesome.
Amazing!
Great backing track and great playing.
Hi cameron these new di marzio pick ups are a very great surprise for me and i will love them whenever i will play new songs in van halen style, see you soon, peter
I agree. I put the $300 ones in my Chipson along with some other upgrades & its killer!
Sounds awesome.
The double blade that's a good pickup, related Cruiser and Chopper are all fantastic in my opinion, along with the Billy Corgan and Satriani variants it's probably best fundamental design in Dimarzio lineup.
What a coincidence, I just installed the Mirage bridge in my Kiesel Vanquish! Killer pickups that haven't gotten enough attention.
They sound rad!
Beautiful!😮
What a lovely solo
It's an Andy James solo from his band wearing scars, the tracks butterfly, killer band and great album.
EXCELLENT.
A top of the bill guitar with a top of the bill guitarist! Rock on! 😊
Sounds good 👍
That intro was pretty impressive.
Nice Wearing Scars Butterfly solo.
The pickups sound nice! But your playing is the star of the show!!
Outstanding Sound!!!😅
That pups sounds HOT🔥🔥🔥
Did you demo the second position with bridge humbucker split? I may have missed it. Great demo. Your playing is amazing!
No I didn't. I just showed the bridge split and that was it.
Thats one of my all time favorite solos by Andy james..!!
Haha I wrote that one but I'm flattered
@@CameronCooper yea one part sounded like butterfly by wearing scars, good stuff !
Ohhh forgive me mate, that was Butterfly. I thought you were referring to the track at the start.
Cant wait for the steve vai pick up on this guitar!!!
The Steve Vai pickups are in another Harley Benton. I'll be releasing that video in the new year.
@@CameronCooper looking forward! Love your videos!
@@silverappegio Thank you!
Killer !!!!
I have Joe Satrianis rails. I can sweep pick and the sound is where I need it to be.
Hey, Cameron! Curious if you're still rocking this set and what your thoughts are on them now, if so?
Yeah of course they were a massive improvement, I like them a lot. I wouldn't pay to get them installed just to take them out aha
Sounds incredible! Can the neck mirage pup be split to single coil or series/parallel?
I'm not sure on that one. Might be worth checking DiMarzio's site for that.
what is that first clean riff you did? It sounds so familiar and is like on the tip of my tongue man and I cant name it lol
Hi 👋 the way you play i need 10 million years to play like 👍 you are so good and I can say outstanding…you are one of the greatest player man keep it up 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Wow 😮
Hello from Indonesia, great and amazing play also sound. Maybe sharing a bit about the FX to get your tone
Just a Blackstar AMPED 3.
@@CameronCooper thank you 🙏
It would be nice to know what are you playing thru. What amp/modeller/whatever.
Excelent Cameron, thank you.
I have a question, i'm looking for a mini humbucker for bridge, the sound of your pick up sounds amazing, what model do you recommend me. The mist I like is the Dimarzio Utopia bridge but there is not the mini humbucker version 😢.
Thank you Charly. I haven't played or owned any mini humbuckers so I'm afraid I'm not much help. It might be worth going through DiMarzio's product range and seeing what mini humbuckers they offer.
@@CameronCooper Thank you any way. blessings Cameron
Did you mean mini humbucker like the slightly narrower humbucker found on some Gibsons or the single coil sized humbucker like the mirage in the neck and middle?
Killer sound but I would have made the connections so that all the pickups could be split... That would have added a lot of possibilities.
True but that would be a lot more than I'd probaby ever want to use
You should do a lesson on how to play this lick one of these days 2:57
In bridge i always prefer SD DP100. Can i pair this mirage neck pickups with SD DP100?
I'm not sure. Try it
Ive got the fusion 3 want to upgrade the pickups. That sounds awesome right there. Is the bridge pickup size f-spaced? I went to the web and only fspaced available. Probably your skills made everything sounds good 😎
The pickups are F spaced here.
@@CameronCooper thanks for getting back new sub here … 👍
Yummy sounding.
Lovely guitar, any issues with it?
How would you compare it (stock) to your Charvels?
Now it's got the Dimarzios in, easily holds up. My needs are simple so I'm happy with both.
What about for SSS guitars? Great improvisation skills btw.
What about SSS guitars?
Thanks, yeah... Is there a single coil for the bridge? I only saw Humbuckers on the website.@@CameronCooper
@@hermanodejesus7264 no there isn't from what I've seen. The Mirage is a fresh new set with a humbucker for the bridge and a rails for the neck. The rail is also designed to be compatible as a middle pickup hence why I got another one for this particular guitar
That's what I was afraid of Chief... thx a lot for your video and fast responses@@CameronCooper
I don't seem to be able to find middle pickups for this sets. It's yours using a different one or neck of mirage
Listen to the video!!! The neck pickup is designed to be compatible as a middle pickup.
Would it be Sacrilege to put them in a Kramer Striker?
Nope
charvel vivaldi?
Nice review and nice guitar bro! Can u tell me the intro's song's name?
It sounds like Martian winter by angel vibaldi
@@kylemcpherson3437Sounds like it but it isn't that. Although that song was definitely an inspiration for this solo. No doubt
Dude, tell me which of the new HB's stays in tune the best with the non-Floyd trem and I'll buy it. I already have the Cream (or Double Cream) pickups planned for. Also...thanks. Your videos are such a great help to us.
This 25th anniversary stays in tune well but I'm using pretty heavy strings which seems to be helping that at the moment. All the other Harleys I use are hard tails so my best advice would be pick one you like with a fixed bridge.
I have this guitar in blue and Wilkinson trem is nice. I use 10-48 gauge
Those pickups do sound great but I think it's as much how they're being played as much as being DiMarzios :) What's the neck profile like on that HB? Is it like a Charvel or a Strat?
I don't know what to compare it to. Charvel sized but a rounder profile. Still comfortable
This is a guitar I hope to gift to me very soon ☺️
Are Pariah pickups still your favorite?
I still really like them! 🤘🏻
Got the same guitar and I would like to change pickups! Are they all splittable? Thanks in advance!
I'm they are given they're all humbuckers with four conductor wire. Check Dimarzio's website for technical stats. I'm not speaking as an authority when I didn't install them myself :)
@@CameronCooper thank you!
Split mode + position 2?
I didn't think of that in the moment
Hey man, Am I right that the bridge pickup is a flat white and the single coil covers are a gloss white and a slightly different colour? I just got this set in white and yeah the colours are slightly off from the humbucker too the single coil...
I am not sure on that one. Mine all match.
Hey Cameron is the stock Volume/Tone pots in the HB guitar or did you change them as well?
They're stock.
So. You're a Charvel guy. Money aside; DK24 or the Harley Benton with fancy pickups?
Whatever floats your boat. HB is better value for money
The problem with Harley Benton is that there's no opportunity to try them out. I just wondered if it was truly as comfortable and well made as the Charvel (which I know I really like from trying it in the shop). If you put them side by side, can you tell where the extra money goes? @@CameronCooper
Can you release the intro as a song please?
I'm afraid I can't
Did you use any pedal 😊
Just the Blackstar AMPED 3
Why not wire it such that all the pups could be split? Seems like positions 2 and 4 are begging for it!
I didn't do it. I like it the way it is 👍🏻
@@CameronCooper ah okay! And fair enough - go each their own man!
@@stug5041 I just let the tech go to work. I didn't ask for any specific wiring configurations. He did a good job! 👍🏻
since ive been following you im asking myself where have i seen you before, well, now i know. Robert Hammond Patrick The Terminator.
I get that a lot!
I'm literally confused, I thought 'split' is using switch, and 'tap' is using push-pull. That pickup really gives good clean when in single coil mode. Not a significant volume drop detected to my ears.
I don't know about the pickups, but it's been a while since I've watched your videos and your voice has suddenly gotten a lot lower. Downtuning, I guess.
Nature's downtuning aha
@@hon8177 I think it's fine
Smokers get this effect over time.
I'm glad a quit all smoking 29 years ago
What if I don't want a screaming guitar?
Then why watch this video?
I didn't. Just commenting on the title of the video.
@@bolt4694 So, you click on videos just to comment on their titles. Sounds fun. Got to get people to watch somehow.
You must play a screaming guitar.
For me, DiMarzios have always been better than that Seymour Duncan thing...
What series of Dimarzio bro….
I say what they are...
copper and roasted neck make guitar hot as a colombian woman!
Esos pickups con distorsion suenan increíbles pero en clean.... suenan demasiado a parlante roto, porque tienen demasiada salida
They can do clean just fine. Given I'm a rock player, l like having a bit of grit in a clean channel so maybe I slightly overcooked it on the gain.
They sound good but i feel the note definition of the pickups are not quite there. There is a lack of clarity and they seem to pickup some unwanted noice. Also they sound a bit sharp/harsh but that’s a matter of taste. Meaby the guitar or your rig is not a 100% fit with those pickups.
My rig is fine with it, I'm just using the lead tone I use for sessions which is has a boosted mid range
Is it me or does this guy appear to be throwing in the occasional badly spelt words to cover himself up ...pretending to be not an English speaker..do you work for Seymour Duncan haha.
Sound good without backing tracks. Ori
It was about time I played to some music on the channel. Make the video more interesting.
Your playing is great but I thought the sound was a bit scratchy ,sorry
That's fair enough. I am playing through the sound I use for session solos which is designed to poke out in a mix
Can‘t hear that, if this were on a record from the 80s through to the 2000s I’d only think ‘great professional guitar tone‘.
Pickups are only copper wires wrapped up on magnets. There is nothing special about them. No matter what pickups you replace the tone of the sound will remain the same. You might get more or less gain depending on strength of the created signal by the pickup,but the same you can achieve with gain knob .
However these made a very distinct difference to sound of this particular guitar. You can compare the demo I did of it with the original pickups to this video if you want. Same set up and presets in my rig if you're sceptical.
@@CameronCooper I watched Jim Lil video about where tone comes from and I'm very convinced of his scientific approach. I know some pickups are louder and that might effect the perception of the sound but I don't believe that putting different pickups will change dramatically sound of my guitar . that slight possible difference is not beyond what I can tweak on my amp or my pre amp pedal . I like also video of Ola Englund when he compares many amps to different cabinets and reasolt is that the real difference in the sound is in cabinet , not even in amplifier. So my belief is that the real factor of the sound is in the speaker, and pickups are only cosmetic
Your opinion about amps I would say is correct to an extent, however pickups do play a big part in the EQ coming from the guitar and the volume to begin with. If you believe changing the pickups doesn't make a big difference, why would you need to change an amp setting to compensate using the gain or pre amp pedal? You could simply leave the amp settings the same and notice a difference. You're just stating where you prefer to adjust your guitar tone. One assumes that the pickups do change the tone after all then. If your 'scientific' opinion about pickups being solely cosmetic, why don't these brands like Ola Englund's Solar install expensive pickups instead of cheap ones if it doesn't make a difference? Are you saying that Larry DiMarzio, Seymour Duncan, Tim Shaw, Seth Lover, Tim Mills and loads of other brands associated with famous artists in your music collection are all wrong and you're right? I think you'll find changing pickups does change the tone considerably.
Pickups essentially are like anything else in the equation of a guitar setup. They are typically wound for a specific EQ curve and feel. These things of course could also be achieved by EQing your setup, whether it be amps, pedals, etc. Like with many things in life, what you pay for with pickups mostly is ease of use and less time required to achieve a given sound or effect. Some pickups simply get you there quicker or easier if that makes any sense.
uh oh gettinng a bit thick are we?
Thick how so?
Definitely didn’t know who he was
Only screams if your name is Cameron Cooper.
who needs a les paul when you can just grab these pickups and throw them on your guitar Lol
Νο 69 like!!!
Yeah for generic metal they'll make your guitar sound like everyone else.... yes they do sound sweet though....
I think if someone feels they play generic metal and sounds like everyone else, I guess it's their playing they need to sort out rather than the pickups they choose.
Pickups do not make a guitar scream. A guitar player's fingers control tone and dynamics.
(that is, unless you cheat by using a heavy-duty compressor!!)
We know! Was just having fun with the title
Youd be a great guitarist if you could just lean to play a lot faster.
Do some spider exercises
Someone's only just found my channel...
@@CameronCooper sarcasm dude. 😎
The joke only works because of your excellence
What albums are you on ? Would like to have some of your music to listen to.
I never get to hear the end result. I just do the job and get paid.