Phil Collen for DiMarzio Super 3, HS-2 & Super Distortion S 

Hi Phil, Thank you for the kind words. You might also enjoy: www.dimarzio.com/stories/birth-super-distortion All the best, Larry

Nuno is in his own league.

The BEST way to play is WITH a band...imho you feel PART OF SOMETHING as opposed to noodling (which I like but can't do except with a metronome)

I respect your opinion but personally I love his solo playing there’s something unique about it that I like

Agreed. He does tend to over play even live. Trying always to fit four million notes in a small space. I think his best soloing is when he goes for more melodic solos. Plus he can work that sustainor pickup really well.

I just don’t think he’s a great off the cuff player,kinda cringy . I agree though his more written and structured pieces and playing is much better .

He works out alot

Matt Elrod plays aggressive

I totally get what you mean, not like this dude. Some guys in England make Ozzy sound like he should do god damn books on tape!

try to tune Your guitar half step down or a step down, magic starts from there....

I wanna do the same for my epi sg custom but I wanna a paf Joe and a super distortion the best of phill collen and Joe satriani :)

It's a magnificent pickup.

Jerry Garcia also used them, funnily enough. I'm tempted to use one in an HHH guitar for split coil sounds, since they have such crazy output.

@@angusorvid8840 Yep they are..they came stock in the original Fender HM Strats ..I had 5 of those guitars and they were all original and sounded amazing with the Super 3 in the bridge.

exactly, hes got a great vibrato, he could make the notes sing, but when he tries to play fast, it doesnt sound as good

Hi Paul, I always liked basswood with PAF Pro in the bridge and a 36th Anniversary in the neck. Hope that helps, Larry DiMarzio

@@LarryDiMarzio i have a bright sounding mahogany guitar i want way more low end in the tone everything Ive tried so far that's supposed to be warm sounding from other brands have not worked what would you recommend for bridge or neck?

Im not from Dimarzio, but the Chopper pickups are amazing for that sound

He uses it in the video for the Dimarzio Super Distortion - gets great tones with it.

Rob Enriquez Super Distortion S

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DhH-psagiDQ.html Hope this helps.

@@Me37368 Super Distortion S can get kinda close

Phil for sure

Boy Aditya I heard in a rig rundown Phil did that he got into Jackson's because of Charvel. If I remember correctly, someone gave him a Charvel to try and he liked it and he was then later introduced to Grover Jackson, who owned both Charvel and Jackson at the time.

Maybe because a lot of Charvels use the Strat headstock? Fender are also making Jackson guitars nowadays

his is just two dual rails stuck together in thesame humbucker ring thats it😂

Tom Jeeves yes

Tom Jeeves 2 strat rail humbuckers strapped together

It is impressive though

thanks man, been doing that for years....doubling guitar parts on songs with no keys....glad you dug it!

To all the CJ Vanston fans out there, he also mixed the audio on this video starting at 4:07. All the best, Larry DiMarzio

thanks for having me Larry, I really enjoyed this!

oh thanks man! I've been fortunate to work with the greatest guitar players on the planet in the last 25 years...Phil, Luke, Vai, Satriani, Skunk, Dweezil etc etc....always was a frustrated guitarist in some sense hahaha...anyway-Larry DiMarzio has helped most of these guys get the tone they get, so I was honored to get to jam with my buddy Phil for this video.

I'm using MusicLab's "RealEight" plugin with Native Instruments Guitar RIg as my FX

Dude, both guitars are his signature Jackson PC-1 and they both are using Dimarzio pickups. He may have switched guitars but the whole point of this video was about Dimarzio pickups and not about the color or model of his guitar.

Me too.

go to about 1:58 on this link ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DhH-psagiDQ.html

@@VultCult go to about 1:58 on this link ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DhH-psagiDQ.html

How was is it in guitar with a heavier tone wood? Or did it fair better in a lighter alder body guitar?

The di activator is really close to those specs, I have one, it's one of my favorite bridge pups

I don’t think you can use it with the sustainer, but as long as one or the other is off, you’re good to go.

What gauge does he use?

D'Addario .13 - .54/56

He does tune down a half step but still hell

It's easy. Buy a cheap acoustic to get strength.

bernhardtsen74 listen to him during the pyromania tour now that was sloppy. but he’s a great guitar player now

It's a sustainer pickup

As far as I know, it’s a Jackson Custom Shop rendition of an Ibanez Destroyer 2, Ibanez’s take on the Gibson Explorer. When Ibanez first released the Destroyer in the 70s, it looked exactly like an Explorer. They changed the body shape to what you see here in the early 80s after a lawsuit from Gibson. Phil was known for playing Ibanez Destroyers back in the 80s. Another fun fact about the Destroyer: Eddie Van Halen played a 70s Ibanez Destroyer on their first few albums. It’s known as his “Shark” guitar after he hacked a chunk out of the body and painted it in his signature striped color scheme.

It's a Jackson X-stroyer, they still use the body shape for the Phil Demmel signature guitar iirc

Hi, The Super Distortion has a 4 conductor cables and can be easily wired for your application. (LOL, I invented this wiring). The SD is a good starting place since Phil and lot's of other well known guitarists recorded and played with the Super Distortions. Hope this helps, Larry DiMarzio

@@LarryDiMarzio Thanks, Larry. SD is the one.

@@LarryDiMarzio thanks, again. Is the SD the best choice for single coil use? The humbucker sounds is classic and what I'm looking for but nit sure about the split tone. Don't think I've heard this application

size queen I would say the super 3 would be better

@@LarryDiMarzio Hello Larry! I have always loved Dimarzio pickups I wouldn't use anything else! Could you tell me which of the Super Distortion pickups would give me the the most heavy of guitar sounds? Or could you point me in the direction of a similar pickup for that 'dirty' sound? Thank you, and bless you for your time. 🤗❤️👋🤘🎸🔊🔊🔊🔊🎸

hahahahaha

TMoreira I’m confused. What’s humorous?

Alexis Machine regular spaced

I swear it's f spacing because it's a fender guitar, isn't it?

There's a Super Distortion T available. Slightly lower output than the Super3 though

The "F" spacing refers to the Floyd Rose bridge. It's either Floyd or standard.

"F-spaced pickups measure 2.01" (51 mm) center-to-center from the first polepiece to the sixth. Standard-spaced pickups measure 1.90" (48 mm). Although some players believe that F-spaced pickups are only for the bridge position of tremolo bridge guitars, many guitars with fixed bridges (including post-1998 Gibson® and Epiphone® Les Paul®, SG® and semi-hollow guitars) should have F-spaced pickups in the bridge position. Most tremolo equipped guitars that have a nut width of 1-11/16” (43mm) or more should also use an F-spaced pickup in the neck position. If you’re replacing a bridge-position pickup and you're not sure what your string-spacing is, it's usually better to get an F-spaced model. It is not necessary for the strings to pass exactly over the center of the polepieces for best performance, but it is wise to avoid a situation where the E strings are sitting completely outside of the outer polepieces." www.dimarzio.com/faq/how-do-i-know-which-spacing-use

I'm assuming he likes it weak because he uses it to clean up the bridge pickup, rather than stand alone. Notice how in this video he's mostly using the bridge or split. Having a middle pickup that's much weaker can be very useful for adding versatility to a hot bridge pickup. The Super 3 is a damn hot pickup at 435 Output and 25k DC so a clean middle single coil complements it nicely. Like you I prefer a hotter single coil, but for Phil Collen's style it works very well.

He wants it weak for clean tones. He keeps both pickups pretty far from the strings for less pull on the strings and glassy cleans.

The Area-61 IS glassy clean.