The Ultimate Tom Delonge Pickup Shootout (X2N, Invader, Dirty Fingers)

So heres the rundown. i used 4 different tones on my axe fx 2 going from cleanest to dirtiest. none of the settings changed at all between the guitars. i even used the same strings, kept the pickups at the same height to keep it as consistent as possible.

MY personal opinions are as follows. the detonator was much better than i could have expected. i always assumed since it was just a cheap (presumably) chinese invader knockoff that it would be bad but it was surprisingly good. the x2n surprised me greatly as well. i think it was a really nice pickup overall. that being said, i think that it would have shined a bit more if the amp setting were a bit more in its favor. still a pickup i'd recommend. the Invader bridge pickup really just nails that delonge tone. whether its early stuff, to new stuff. its a hard one to beat. same goes for the dirty fingers pickup although the invader is a bit fatter sounding. 2 good choices either way. my least favorite was the invader neck pickup. it sounded out of place (which it is) and somewhat tinny for some of the riffs. the EQ was just "off" in a lot of ways. so my personal best to worst would be as follows

1. tied between invader bridge and dirty fingers (both have nice overdriven tones and decent cleans. just different flavors)
2. dimarzio x2n
3. detonator
3. invader neck.

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