Michael Romeo

[Purple Getar]

I actually have two questions...One: Why does M.R. have the tone zone in the neck when it's a bridge p/u. Also, I just noticed that a screw in the back of my Ibanez RG is missing near the nut..Is that a problem? Thanks!

[buddroyce]

1. I actually got to chill with Michael's Guitar Tech once and he told me that Michael is one of the few people that likes the tone he gets from the TZ in the neck. (According to him, M.R.'s almost always on it). On one of his other guitars(the purple ESP I believe) he's got two EMG 81's in it.

Note: M.R.'s new Caparison Dellinger II guitar actually has the X2N/TZ combo again. It's actually not that bad of a neck pickup, but will require the use of an EQ to get rid of the muddyness(I built a passive Low-Cut/Mid-Cut circuit to get rid of the muddy low end).

2. As long as the nut holds, it shouldn't be a problem. If you can move the nut around without the other screw, that's another story.

Hope that helps.

[Purple Getar]

hmm..that's really interesting..I just might have to try that combo of pickups on my next guitar..thanks!

[goth_fiend]

also considering the output of the x2n he uses in the bridge, theres not a huge amount of neck pickups with that high of an output, i also use romeo's setup in my jackson dk-2 and its awesome, but eq is definatly needed for the TZ, not a huge issue, but its an awesome sound, I can see exaclty why romeo uses it!