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Drew · 04-24-2008, 10:31 AM

Hmm. How close, in millimeters, is the pickup from your strings when you fret at the 24th fret? The Blaze isn't the hottest pickup in the world, but it's certainly quite a bit hotter than your average humbucker.

TomAwesome, Petrucci uses a D-Sonic now, but he's more known for the tones he recorded with a Blaze (Awake) or a Steve's Special (basically he asked Dimarzio to make him a 6-string version of the Blaze, and this is what they came up with - everything after "Awake" up until he switched to EBMM, and even then he was basically using a slightly tweaked version of this pickup). The D-Sonic has only started appearing on his signature model and in live shots within the last year or two.

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Drew Fear the Polo! • Super Moderator • Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Somerville, MA Posts: 29,805 Real Name: Call me Ahab... Main Seven: 1991 Ibanez UV7PWH Main ERG: Sherman 5-string bass Rig: Mesa Recto-verb 50 Thanked: 147	Hmm. How close, in millimeters, is the pickup from your strings when you fret at the 24th fret? The Blaze isn't the hottest pickup in the world, but it's certainly quite a bit hotter than your average humbucker. TomAwesome, Petrucci uses a D-Sonic now, but he's more known for the tones he recorded with a Blaze (Awake) or a Steve's Special (basically he asked Dimarzio to make him a 6-string version of the Blaze, and this is what they came up with - everything after "Awake" up until he switched to EBMM, and even then he was basically using a slightly tweaked version of this pickup). The D-Sonic has only started appearing on his signature model and in live shots within the last year or two. "...and everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the moon."