[lttoler]

I am considering these two pickups for the bridge of my Tele.  I want a thicker tone but still need a great clean tone.  I play in a cover band and do a variety of styles.  Can someone describe how these two pickups sound clean and dirty?  Thanks a lot!

[SavingAtlantis]

I don't see the Air Norton T anywhere on the Dimarzio site. If they do make it, the AN-T would probably sound a lot warmer than the Chopper but the Chopper would probably have better crunch. They're both probably just as versatile but one would give you more of a les paul like tone.

[bluesman]

I would go with the Chopper T my friend. What's the point in buying a Tele only to get it to sound like a Les Paul?

[Kodzen]

Kotzen use chopper in the bridge of his tele, that would give you an idea.
I haven't tried air norton T, so I don't know how it's compared to the humb size.

[CityofBlindingLights]

I would go with the Chopper T my friend. What's the point in buying a Tele only to get it to sound like a Les Paul?

+1

[laughing kookaburra]

The Chopper T is killer.  Wired in series, it has a great crunch, w/a great high end kick.  I had a push/pull on my tone pot, w/a paralle option.  In parallel, it had a nice spank, sort of a generic stock Tele tone.  Very nice!

A person at DMZ advised against splitting it, saying it might be too glassy, and recommended the paralle option.  It was good advice.

[lttoler]

So it should cover clean and lightly overdriven tones well?  I'm also considering the Area Hot T.  Which would you go with for what I'm doing?

[purple_voodoo]

Depends on if you want your tone brighter or darker. I like my tone darker sounding in general so I would go with the AIr Norton T. The Chopper T is just too bright for my personal preferences.

The Area Hot T is definitely an interesting pickup. In fact, I'd say it's probably the most versatile pickup of the ones you're considering.

[CityofBlindingLights]

Depends on if you want your tone brighter or darker. I like my tone darker sounding in general so I would go with the AIr Norton T. The Chopper T is just too bright for my personal preferences.

The Area Hot T is definitely an interesting pickup. In fact, I'd say it's probably the most versatile pickup of the ones you're considering.

+1, Area Hot T almost makes me want to buy another Tele just to drop one of these into the bridge.

[buddroyce]

Any reason to buy another guitar is always a good reason

[FuzzyJazzChuck]

I just switched from using Chopper T to Air Norton T. It is paired with Virtual Vintage humbucker in Neck and they work well together. It is slightly less bright and a bit warmer than the Chopper T was but I am happy with the change. I use 5 position switch and use neck series or parallel and then neck and bridge parallel, then inner coils parallel and lastly bridge series. I really like the inner coils parallel sound and even more so with the AirN T. I also have PP for both pickups in series that works well too.

[darkbluemurder]

I did not see the Air Norton T as a regular model on the website. I remember having seen one on ebay (about two years ago) but I passed as I was (and still am) very satisfied with the Chopper T. But good to know that there is something between the Chopper T and the hotter T models, even though it may only be available as a custom order.

Cheers Stephan