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The Pickup Place / Re: PAF Pro Review
« on: March 11, 2024, 02:06:54 AM »
Nice review.  Always wanted to try a Super Distortion and wondering what to put in the neck of my HH Ibanez, found the answer.

Thank you. I hope review helps you to find right pickup :)

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The Pickup Place / Re: PAF Pro Review
« on: March 11, 2024, 02:06:13 AM »
I could be wrong, but seem to recall that originally the PP was developed for Jazz/Rock guitarist Bill Connors. 

That is correct - that was mentioned in one of the 80s catalogues.

Cheers Stephan

Those catalogs... Finding them was hard to me but now it gets more difficult. We (dimarzio fans or users whatever) should scan what we got sometime...

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The Pickup Place / Re: PAF Pro Review
« on: March 07, 2024, 03:15:20 AM »
I could be wrong, but seem to recall that originally the PP was developed for Jazz/Rock guitarist Bill Connors.  Connors played with all the fusion heavy weights, such as Return to Forever, during the 70's usually using a Les Paul Custom.  But during the 80's he started using Charvels. He had a brown sunburst single Hum Charvel strat, with a vintage style trem, and ebony finger board. He needed a pickup which could drive through a lot of processing, but still retain clarity and pure harmonics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX7F3n8kuOA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40XNBq-vPXo
Buddy, seriouesly what he had done in the 1984 was awesome. I need to listen the whole album. Very impressive.

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The Pickup Place / Re: PAF Pro Review
« on: March 07, 2024, 03:08:25 AM »
I could be wrong, but seem to recall that originally the PP was developed for Jazz/Rock guitarist Bill Connors.  Connors played with all the fusion heavy weights, such as Return to Forever, during the 70's usually using a Les Paul Custom.  But during the 80's he started using Charvels. He had a brown sunburst single Hum Charvel strat, with a vintage style trem, and ebony finger board. He needed a pickup which could drive through a lot of processing, but still retain clarity and pure harmonics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX7F3n8kuOA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40XNBq-vPXo

I haven't heard him and his relation with PP but i've been checking the videos you'd sent and he is hell of a player. Such a music.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Dimarzio PAF 57
« on: March 05, 2024, 12:23:28 AM »
I did a couple of down and dirty demos of the new DiMarzio PAF 57 set. All guitar sounds courtesy of a Fractal FM3 Plexi 50 6CA7 patch with Ownhammer OH MRBW+MRCB BR IR.

DiMarzio PAF 57 Review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXyBRd7-PpU&ab_channel=SlamoCustomGuitars

DiMarzio 57 Redux: 36th vs 57:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPs6oO0HwqI&t=307s&ab_channel=SlamoCustomGuitars

Please like and subscribe if you enjoy this content, thanks!

At last we could hear some sound of them. Thank you very much, my friend.

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The Pickup Place / PAF Pro Review
« on: March 02, 2024, 01:41:43 AM »
Hi,
I posted a fresh dimarzio review, but could be good action for forum :) It's about PAF Pro as a neck humbucker, a gem from Dimarzio. Hope you like it.

https://www.tonejourney.com/post/dimarzio-paf-pro-review

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The Pickup Place / Re: Air Norton Bridge Position
« on: February 17, 2024, 12:42:32 AM »

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The Pickup Place / Re: Dimarzio PAF 57
« on: February 15, 2024, 03:17:31 AM »
Anyone tried???

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The Pickup Place / Re: Dimarzio IGNO review
« on: February 15, 2024, 03:16:57 AM »
Thanks for your review!
For me it's interesting, because I bought a Dimarzio Satchur8 that (maybe) is almost the same pickup
https://darthphineas.com/2020/06/dimarzio-igno/
(all the technical data are very very similar). I'm still building the guitar I will put it in, so it will take some time before I really test it. And I hope it has nice clarity and a good dynamic response.

Thank you so much :) The only difference between them Satchur8 has virtual vintage tech. So that it must have little bit more inductance.

The interesting fact is about this "compression" effect, that - as far as I know - does not happen in a passive pickup, but anyway it's often perceived in the sound.
There is this excellent post here:
https://www.tdpri.com/threads/pickup-compression.678985/
with thought-provoking information from a member who always gives very useful and good technical details.

I know Antigua guy and i've been following his researches for a long while. I've learned so much from him. But while i do understand his point on compression, i will keep using the term "compression".

I can provide my experience as an example under the same guitar and amp settings. Previously, I had a PATB-3 on my guitar. Later, I installed an Igno. Therefore, I was able to make a proper comparison. With the PATB-3, when I decreased the volume pot, I would get different levels of drive and a cleaning reaction in the tone. This was the case even with relatively small adjustments. On the other hand, with the Igno, there is no significant change in the tone even when the volume pot is decreased to serious levels. To clean the tone, it is necessary to decrease the volume pot very seriously, and at that point, the tone is neither very clean, nor clear, nor meaningful to me.

Furthermore, at he "just after breaking the amp" overdirve levels you can manipulate the tone by hitting the notes hard or softer. If you hit soft it is clean and hit hard you jum over the overdriven sound. That's not happing with Igno and other powerful humbuckers. You get an overdriven sound at all.

That's what happens when you have a compressor in your chain. Doesn't matter if clean or dirty amp setting, when you have a compressor that opened sufficiently, you go in a place that no matter how you hit the strings or if you drop the volume pot down. In the extreme settings, your pickups start to behave like active; volume pot turns into on/off switch :) Anyway, that's why i call that character of the pickups as "compression". It sounds better than "compression-like behaviour that is technically not a real compression that you get from a compressor" :)

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The Pickup Place / Dimarzio IGNO review
« on: February 01, 2024, 07:53:31 AM »
Hi,

So this is my humble review for Dimarzio IGNO, the signature model for Scott LePage from Polyphia.

https://www.tonejourney.com/post/dimarzio-igno-dp285-review

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The Pickup Place / Re: Dimarzio PAF 57
« on: January 26, 2024, 08:43:30 AM »
I'm excited :)

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The Pickup Place / Re: Air Classic Neck Review (DP190)
« on: January 24, 2024, 12:24:38 AM »
I’m waiting on your AN review, and coincidentally, the Air Classic is what I’ve picked for the neck.  Nice review, and confirms what I’ve gathered up to this point.

Thank you a lot for your trust. If you can find, try Virtual Hot PAF :) Thats my favourite Dimarzio bridge humbucker :)

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The Pickup Place / Re: Air Norton Bridge Position
« on: January 24, 2024, 12:23:35 AM »
Looking forward to that nientui!
I'm looking forward, too :) It's been straight 12 years since the last time i'd played an Air Norton and all of my experience depends on its in the neck position. I deleted everything i know about AN and looking for its potential for moderate output bridge humbucker.

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Guitar Lounge / Re: Custom guitar
« on: January 23, 2024, 05:36:54 AM »
They look awesome

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The Pickup Place / Air Classic Neck Review (DP190)
« on: January 23, 2024, 05:33:46 AM »
Hi,

I posted a new dimarzio review. It was about Air Classic Neck, a true secret gem from Dimarzio. Hope you like it.

https://www.tonejourney.com/post/dimarzio-air-classic-neck-review-dp190

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