Guitarist Joe Satriani, plays and talks about DiMarzio Satch Track™ Neck and Mo’ Joe™ Pickups, and his new album, SHOCKWAVE SUPERNOVA. www.dimarzio.com/pickups/hum-... www.dimarzio.com/pickups/medi... www.dimarzio.com/artists/joe-...
I honestly think Joe is the most rounded electric guitar player of all time. Blues, Rock, Effortless Shred, weird whammy bar trick, sweepicking, complex jazz chords, voice like melodies and a great tone. Not to mention he seems like a nice, humble guy.
Robert Noble Music I think Guthrie Govan is the apex predator with all around on the electric. There's that great video of Govan, Satch and Vai alternating on "Smells Like Teen Spirit" of all things. All three guys are unbelievably good, but Joe and Steve keep laughing and smiling at the stuff Govan was playing back at them, as if to say "too good".
Robert Noble Music Jimmy Page for me. Satch hasn't written enough killer riffs to make him the best. Page is unquestionably the master of riffs and riffs are really the holy grail of a lead guitarist. Page also knew how to write classics on the acoustic.
Joe will always sound like Joe. Whether he's using a PAF Pro, or if hes using his new Mo'joe Satchurator Omega Surfing Alien Crystal Tone Maker v3.7, he still sounds like Joe.
Holy shit! You can sense his deep mastery of music just by listening to him talk about it...and then he plays a few licks and they're dripping with style.
The next set for Mr. Satriani should be called the "Satch n' Sniff" pickup set. Best name ever...all yours Mr. Dimarzio and Mr. Satriani. :) Mister Dimarzio, I love you sir, and your wonderful pickups. In the mid 80's I discovered your company while looking for a humbucker to put in a Gibson V2 that I owned, but had these very weak V shaped pickups. I saw a store selling replacement pickups and I was shocked and thrilled. I saw the name "Super Distortion" and I HAD to have one. My Gibson V2 sprang to life! Thank you. I would later ruin that V2 trying to route it for a floyd...I know, I know... but I also had a Charvel and a Gibson SG and they did NOT have Dimarzios in them...so, they were next (I still have the Charvel -- played FOUR necks off of it. I did not know anyone who could replace frets in my area at the time so I just bought other similar Charvels and robbed the necks). I have owned and played EVERY humbucker that you make that is medium to high output. And most of the single coils. Every time I build, or mod a guitar they get Dimarzios. I have tried other pickups and they are NOT as good as Dimarzios. Duncans just sound like an average pickup overwound. I played most Duncans and meh...not for me. EMGs have zero head room and I cannot stand them. Played all of the other brands too, or bought guitars with other pickups in them. All were replace with Dimarzios. I have around 40 guitars now (you can tell which house is mine by the sound of my angry about that wife!) and they all have Dimarzios. My favorite combination is a Crunch Lab (X2N and Titans are runners-up and I own a LOT of those too) in the bridge and a Tone Zone in the neck. I have the Norton, PAF Pro, Breed and Super 3's in some of the neck positions, but I find that if I install a Tone Zone facing in the neck like it would be facing in the bridge, I achieve the best neck pickup sound ever. I play mostly neoclassical metal and nothing can touch those pickups on God's green earth. I just wanted to say thank you sir, even though you will never read this, for 35 years of great tone in my life. If Mr. Dimarzio was to have a line of autographed pickups, I would pay way more to have them. I am sure that a lot of guitarists would. You really should tell Mr. Dimarzio to autograph some stuff and put it up on the website for us Dimarzio junkies to buy. Have a great new year...cannot get worse unless space-alien dinosaurs molest us as the earth hurls into the sun. :)
Satriani's tone, phrasing and note choice is immaculate. Been a fan (putting it mildly) since I was a kid at school and am still hooked on everything he does. Him and Steve Vai made me want DiMarzio pickups on my guitars and they're quite simply the best pickups in the world. Much love and respect.
top notch playing, top notch tone, and top notch in capturing that performance... Wow doesn't cut it... Cant wait for the new album and to try the new Satch Track neck pickup. The new way of video recording you have gone to... keep it, it sounds amazing.
Wendell Laffin Hi, Thanks for noticing, the video was recorded at EastWest Studio in LA. It's a famous room and was used for the Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" recording (check out the new movie "Love and Mercy"). I've been trying to get DiMarzio's video and sound recording to be as good as I can make them. All the Best, Larry DiMarzio
A just bought both pickups a couple of weeks ago and they sound even better than the video!! Every combination of them give a very wide and colorful tone, making a it very rich to play, and enjoy your music! Thanks for putting this video up!
The Mo Joe is my fave pickup of all time and I put it in the bridge of 5-6 of my guitars. Sounds great in my alder Charvel pro mod and equally good in the bridge of my Jackson Soloist pro series. It even sounds great in the bridge of my double cut LP. I`m really diggin` the Satchur8 which has enhanced higher mid range...sings and sustains for days, and cuts through the mix like a champ. Similar but different than the Mo Joe. Also love the PAF Joe and have those in the neck of 6 guitars also...and will soon try PAF Joe in the bridge. The vowelly wah sounds are like having a built in effect pedal when touch and technique are just so...the vowels and the magic come out..the pickup literally speaks. Love Dimarzio products and Joe and I have been fans of both for 30 years!
Thanks Larry!!!thanks Joe satriani!!!! There's a dimarzio forum on fb yall get lots of love....peace & hair grease....p.s. can't wait for new album Joe!!!!
2:21 This is a really true. I previously used treble bleed on the volume control, but the Satch track has sufficient brightness and I decided the treble bleed is not needed. Riding the volume control gives a great range of tone, exactly as demonstrated here. Thanks to Joe Satriani and Dimarzio for a such a versatile pickup.
These pickups, along with the configuration in the JS2410 ad JS2450 probably have the greatest tone I have ever heard. So rich, powerful and tight, like a vintage strat on steroids and beyond.
So many weird negative comments here ! I never tried DiMarzio pickups but after listening to this I will for sure, this sound is insanely good, smooth , full, bold and tasty.
They're the best pickups on earth. I've owned many and still use them, including the PAF Pro and Fred. The Mo'Joe will likely be the next pickup I buy. I tried one in a Satch model Ibanez and it sounded terrific.
They make the best pickups. I’ve had many pickups from many different manufacturers and I always come back to Dimarzio. The PAF Joe and Fred are fucking incredible!
Still love my PAF pro's that satch used to use back in the day. They just get that Scream on the high bent notes when in the bridge spot that i like, almost like a strat.
i still use an old dimarzio "super distortion" p/u from like 30 years ago. max it out and it just kills but back off the volume and it cleans up rather nicely without really getting much quieter. still works great for me 30 years later..
A non egotistical attitude explains his demeanor, and says why he's a phenomenal player and person. His way of explaining and teaching says why he'll be around for a very long time.
sounds amazingI put a Satch Track in the neck of a Strat Ultra with a Chopper in the middle and a Pro Track in the bridge. In the N or B positions, it sounds full like a PAF. amazing pickups.
The DP425 reminds me of the tone that comes from the " Fred " Dimarzio in my strat neck position. It has that wet/fat neck tone to it. But Joe's Mo Joe sounds really thick. In some ways, especially as Joe plays closer to the bridge, that pickup brings out more of the pick sound, simliar to the way Frank Zappa's strat picking sound was.
One thing that brought out FZ's pick in his sound with his strat was that he started using a metal pick around that time. You can really hear it in the 84-88 recordings.
Thanks Joe, I'm still playin my favorite pickup which is one the original first run Dimarzio 'FRED' pu's in the bridge position with a 1meg pot.and an HS-2 in the middle,HS-3 in the neck, no tone controls. Its round 30yrs old an sound fierce when I need fierce and 'nice' when I want nice. I have NEVER NOT been able to achieve any sound that I'm after. Thank you DiMarzio always!!!
I have an old Ibanez S540 with the IBZ USA F2 bridge pick up, and it kinda sounds like a Mo Joe but with less definition (but it's still awesome, good job on that one). I'd definitely go for a Mo' Joe on my new guitar
@@LarryDiMarzio wow, the legend himself replied to my comment! What an honor sir! Thank you for everything you did to revolutionize electric guitars 🤘 I own JS signature guitars and the pickups sound amazing, hence. Joe sounds amazing as always. Thanks again 🙏
All new respect for Joe. While sitting and playing the guitar, he plays with the guitar sitting on his left knee. This makes sure that your left arm never crosses your torso, which allows easier access to to the lower portions of the neck. Not only that, but it also allows for easier vibrato and placing your thumb on the back of the neck well for bar chords. Hell, everything improves. Now, if we can only talk more people into playing this way.
Love Joe! I have a Mo Jo in one of my guitars. It's ballsy but cleans up well. It's probably the most balanced pup I have ever used. It has really good separation, as well. It sounds good split too. Great pup - my new fav (my other fav. is the Breed. The tone chart looks wrong to me on the Dim. website for the Breed bridge pup, though). I may have to try the Satch Track too, but I really like the Area 58s for the single coil sound. Differences between the ST and the A58?
He just throws down riffs like they're nothing. How does he remember all of this. His own catalog is enormous with solo after solo for decades. There is no way I could remember all of this even if I wrote it all.
He's not going to a construction site every day, he plays his notes, every day, that is :). He admitted, some of his material is very hard to play, he tries to avoid them live.
КАКОЕ совершенное владение инструментом.... Гитара - это Любовь на всю жизнь!!! Я очень довольна, что открыла для себя Сатриани....Многие вещи часто звучат во мне....
The placement is important too..... A neck pick up closer to the fretboard gets warmer, and a Bridge pick up closer to the bridge gets treblier to me! Treblier LOL! .... The same is true if you pick closer to the neck or bridge with your picking hand .. Closer to fretboard is warmer, closer to bridge is brighter.
Tried out the Mo'Joe, sounded great for cleans and leads, but not so much for hard rock and metal. Going to be swapping it out with a Norton to see if that would be a good compromise.
I JUST BOUGHT THIS GUITAR FROM SWEET WATER, IT IS INCREDIBLE, I BUILD GUITARS SO IT WAS WIERD SPENDING MONEY ON A GUITAR, I WAS LOOKING ON LINE FOR TEMPLATES FOR A JS AND SAW THE SWEET WATER ADD 48 MONTHS FINANCING NO INTEREST AND COULDN'T PASS IT UP, BEST GUITAR PURCHASE I'VE MADE IN THE PAST 5 YEARS I WOULD DEFINITELY ADVISE INVESTING IN THIS GUITSR IF YOU ARE A SERIOUS PLAYER WHO WANTS A GUITAR THAT DOES IT ALL.
Hi Larry, i've got a question. I'm digging Andy Timmon's neck tones. I know it's a cruiser, but unfortunately the Dimarzio seller available around my area only has the chopper currently. Can the chopper nail Andy's semi clean/break up tones? I'm using a 24 fret super strat style guitar. I'd imagine I'll have to lower it a bit and change the pots to mellow it out just a hair, or even splitting it. Do you think it'll bring the chopper to a cruisier ballpark? Thanks!
Was looking into Ibanez so wandering the web. Superb pups ! - JS probably can make anything sound great ! If only he would have took up singing too ... & dum did da lee. Rock on !
He has a limited range and he sings with his guitar instead. Not sure why you would say " if only" - he's an instrumentalist. Glad he focused on guitar, as is every true fan.
I might have to ditch my charvel so cal. I played one of these satch Ibanez guitars and blew me away! So expressive and musical' and easy to play! Makes my Charvel seem like its dead.
Anti Law Could always try swapping out the pickups to the same Joe uses in his sigs first, a little less costly, and might bring your fiddle back to life.
Would it be ok to use the Satch Track as a bridge pickups with Cruiser (bridge) for middle and Neck positions? 5 way switch, 250k pots. Would this pickup that was designed to be a neck pickup work as a bridge pickup? Thanks.
How would the Satch track do in the middle position? I have a Mo'Joe and Air Norton in the bridge and neck, currently on the stock Ibanez S1 in the middle. Any recommendations for the middle? Strat tones would be nice!
Get the Ibanez AT300 middle pickup. I cant remember it's name but it is the best middle pup ive ever tried. Almost like an acoustic when combined with neck pup, and VERY good sounding on it's own too, which I find to be rare on middle pups.
The whats next album is good but I don't think he's going to top his Shockwave Supernova album, in my opinion it's his best work ever. It's like he's getting better with time.
Along with what the guitar already does, how does guitar hold up for metal riffage?. I am to decide between this and the Ibanez MM1 (Martin Miller Signature) guitar. Thanks
