http://iheartguitarblog.com/2009/12/interview-john-petrucci.html Guitar news, reviews, interviews, videos and lessons Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:38:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://iheartguitarblog.com/2009/12/interview-john-petrucci.html#comment-2951 REVIEW: DiMarzio Crunch Lab & LiquiFire John Petrucci pickups Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:16:38 +0000 http://iheartguitarblog.com/?p=1077#comment-2951 [...] So cut to 2009. A day after my birthday, a brand-spankin’-new set of pickups arrives at my door: The DiMarzio Crunch Lab 7 and LiquiFire 7. Happy belated birthday to me! That night I had a little soldering party, installing the pickups in my black Ibanez RG7620 7-string, a basswood-bodied guitar with a twin humbucker pickup configuration, 24-fret neck and an Ibanez Lo Pro Edge 7 bridge. This is my main stage guitar purely because it’s very solid and reliable, but I’ve struggled with its tone for years. The stock DiMarzio New 7 pickups sounded great for metal, but were too dark for rock. I eventually replaced them with a Blaze in the neck – a sound I still think of as the ‘For The Love Of God’ tone thanks to Steve Vai’s use of it on that classic track – and an Evolution 7 in the bridge position. The Evo is one of my favourite pickups but it’s very loud and powerful, with a distinctive tonal curve and screaming harmonic overtones that make it perfect for lead guitar and very upfront rhythm trakcs but maybe too forceful for some more restrained styles. Can the Crunch Lab and LiquiFire fulfil my requirement for a warm yet powerful bridge pickup and a neck pickup which is simultaneously bluesy and shreddy? And can it make me fall in love with my RG7620 which has been gathering dust for a while due to my love affair with my Blaze-loaded Ibanez Universe? Let’s see. (By the way, you can read my interview with Petrucci about the Crunch Lab and LiquiFire here). [...] [...] So cut to 2009. A day after my birthday, a brand-spankin’-new set of pickups arrives at my door: The DiMarzio Crunch Lab 7 and LiquiFire 7. Happy belated birthday to me! That night I had a little soldering party, installing the pickups in my black Ibanez RG7620 7-string, a basswood-bodied guitar with a twin humbucker pickup configuration, 24-fret neck and an Ibanez Lo Pro Edge 7 bridge. This is my main stage guitar purely because it’s very solid and reliable, but I’ve struggled with its tone for years. The stock DiMarzio New 7 pickups sounded great for metal, but were too dark for rock. I eventually replaced them with a Blaze in the neck – a sound I still think of as the ‘For The Love Of God’ tone thanks to Steve Vai’s use of it on that classic track – and an Evolution 7 in the bridge position. The Evo is one of my favourite pickups but it’s very loud and powerful, with a distinctive tonal curve and screaming harmonic overtones that make it perfect for lead guitar and very upfront rhythm trakcs but maybe too forceful for some more restrained styles. Can the Crunch Lab and LiquiFire fulfil my requirement for a warm yet powerful bridge pickup and a neck pickup which is simultaneously bluesy and shreddy? And can it make me fall in love with my RG7620 which has been gathering dust for a while due to my love affair with my Blaze-loaded Ibanez Universe? Let’s see. (By the way, you can read my interview with Petrucci about the Crunch Lab and LiquiFire here). [...]

]]> http://iheartguitarblog.com/2009/12/interview-john-petrucci.html#comment-1561 Sarssipius Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:37:09 +0000 http://iheartguitarblog.com/?p=1077#comment-1561 I am quite confused... Who was the interviewer and who was the interviewee?? :-) Funny how things can turn!! Great itw Peter. I am quite confused… Who was the interviewer and who was the interviewee?? :-) Funny how things can turn!! Great itw Peter.

]]> http://iheartguitarblog.com/2009/12/interview-john-petrucci.html#comment-1560 Jon Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:06:23 +0000 http://iheartguitarblog.com/?p=1077#comment-1560 New album next year! woot! New album next year! woot!

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