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The Pickup Place / Re: Tone Zone Air Norton combo
« on: October 01, 2022, 11:42:42 AM »
Many woods are marketed as "mahogany" but they are not the same species. You will find

- Swietennia macrophylla, which is equivalent to the original Honduras mahogany
- Khaya ivoriensis, which comes from Africa and looks similar to mahogany
- I think there is also an Asian variant but I forgot how it is called

Even among the same species the wood varies wildly. As a result, it is almost impossible to say "mahogany sounds like ...".

Cheers Stephan

Well said!

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The Pickup Place / Re: Tone Zone Air Norton combo
« on: September 28, 2022, 04:01:43 PM »
TZ/AN works in a ton of wood combos. It excels is just about everything including alder, basswood, poplar, ash, etc. Also, the whole "TZ is mud in mahogany" thing is definitely a massive blanket statement (usually plagued by user error) and should not be taken as dogma. Sure, in some pieces of wood it sounds bloated/muddy, but a lot of mahogany guitars work just fine with it.

It really depends on whether your particular piece of wood is dark or not. I have a few mahogany axes that sound awesome with that combo (alder as well).

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The Pickup Place / Re: Titan in Bridge of Les Paul?
« on: July 22, 2020, 04:45:47 PM »
Good stuff. Thanks for the replies, guys. :)

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The Pickup Place / Re: Titan in Bridge of Les Paul?
« on: July 22, 2020, 11:57:25 AM »
what is this Titan supposed to do exactly?  I am not hip to the latest cool DMZ pups.  But I do dig a righteous Les Paul.  speaking of which, exactly what sort of Les Paul are we talking about?  Year, neck size, etc...

Well, it's marketed as a high output pick up with a tight low end. The guitar it would go in is actually more of a LP style. It's a Warmoth Regal body (mahogany/maple top) with a Rosewood neck and Ebony fretboard.

What I want out of a bridge pickup, is a tight low end with a sweet/warm high end for leads. One thing I have noticed a lot with modern pickups, is that it's often hard to find those mutual attributes. It's either tight in the low end and shrill in the high end OR it's warm/smooth in the high end and flabby in the bass.


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The Pickup Place / Titan in Bridge of Les Paul?
« on: July 22, 2020, 09:50:04 AM »
Anyone try a Titan in the bridge of a Les Paul? Thoughts? How is the low end, high end, overly dark, bright, etc?

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The Trading Post / Re: WTB: DiMarzio Heavy Blues 2 DP409
« on: February 03, 2019, 01:59:46 PM »
Found one already. Thanks anyway. :)

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The Trading Post / WTB: DiMarzio Heavy Blues 2 DP409
« on: January 15, 2019, 06:55:24 AM »
Looking for a Heavy Blues 2 virtual vintage in good shape.

Thanks!

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The Trading Post / FS: Like new DiMarzio FS-1 DP110
« on: January 14, 2019, 05:08:15 PM »
Like new Dimarzio FS-1 DP110 with plenty of lead left. Black cover.

$38 shipped - Continental US.

Thanks

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Yup. Been saying it for years. The Tone Zone is killer. My favorite pickup of all time. A ton of user-error surrounds the stigma of this pickup, so take any negative opinions with a grain of salt.

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Tone Zone.

/thread.

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Great pickup!  Sounds amazing in the neck position of a bright guitar! (I call it the Tone Zone for the neck)

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