txbumper57
Enlightened Member
I am currently looking at buying a pair of Dearmond type pickups for one or two of my Guitars. One guitar is a Guild X160 and the other is my 2014 Gretsch Black Falcon. I am curious if anyone here has experience with the TV Jones T-armond or Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Dynasonic pickups and If so what were your impressions of the two? I know the Duncan Custom Shops are more expensive than the TV Jones T-armonds but what is the difference in the two besides that? I have seen the dueling Gretsch Jets video on youtube with each type of pickup in identical guitars on different amps but the actual audio on that video sounds like the room was mic'd and not the actual amp cabinets. Just don't want to base my decision off of the Audio in the video
I currently have a set of Factory 2014 Gretsch Dynasonics on the Falcon and they are kind of thin. The neck pickup sounds good but there is no balance with the bridge pickup and the bridge pickup is absolutely awful. Very thin and tinny with about half the tone and volume output of the neck pickup.
The X160 has the original Dearmond 2000 pickups which are good in their own right but just don't have the punch of the originals they were designed after. These are well balanced unlike the factory Gretsch versions. I have heard some people refer to them as "Dyna Lights" which is a good description.
I have TV Jones Classics and a Classic plus in a 3 pickup Strat and Love them so I know the Quality of the TV Jones Brand. I also have Duncan Custom shop Phat Staples in my 2000 Starfire V and love them as well so I am familiar with the quality of the Duncan Custom shop as well.
I am limiting my options to Single coil pickups so the TV Jones Classics in the Dearmond mount are out of the question for these two guitars.
If anyone has traveled this road previously I would love to hear your insight on the situation, Any and all opinions are always welcome. Just trying to get as much info as I can before I make a decision on which ones to go with. I appreciate your time,
TX.
I currently have a set of Factory 2014 Gretsch Dynasonics on the Falcon and they are kind of thin. The neck pickup sounds good but there is no balance with the bridge pickup and the bridge pickup is absolutely awful. Very thin and tinny with about half the tone and volume output of the neck pickup.
The X160 has the original Dearmond 2000 pickups which are good in their own right but just don't have the punch of the originals they were designed after. These are well balanced unlike the factory Gretsch versions. I have heard some people refer to them as "Dyna Lights" which is a good description.
I have TV Jones Classics and a Classic plus in a 3 pickup Strat and Love them so I know the Quality of the TV Jones Brand. I also have Duncan Custom shop Phat Staples in my 2000 Starfire V and love them as well so I am familiar with the quality of the Duncan Custom shop as well.
I am limiting my options to Single coil pickups so the TV Jones Classics in the Dearmond mount are out of the question for these two guitars.
If anyone has traveled this road previously I would love to hear your insight on the situation, Any and all opinions are always welcome. Just trying to get as much info as I can before I make a decision on which ones to go with. I appreciate your time,
TX.