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Everything you wanted to know about .... / Re: Everything you ever wanted to know about the Norton

« on: May 22, 2009, 08:34:34 AM »

I've installed a Norton in my strat, replacing the fast track 2 that was in there.  After some tweaking, I found the sweet spot for this pickup and I have to say it reminds me of old Van Halen brown sound.  It's very harmonically friendly and balances well with the Pro track in the neck and fast track 1 in the middle.  I'll be playing the last gig with my band of butt heads this Sat with it and I plan on having a lot of fun with it (hope it pisses them off).  To me and my gear it's a great fit.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Explain to me the Tone Zone

« on: April 16, 2009, 09:02:36 AM »

I played another tone zone in an alder bodied the other day, it certainly is a muddy pickup when pushed..... Sadly....

Not really, something else might not be right then. For example, pickup heights...

There's a vid of in that thread of someone with a Hamer Diablo II USA that has a Tone Zone/HS2/Air Norton combo...

http://www.dimarzioforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=741.0

+++1

I have seen the ToneZone get the "muddy" rap before and I have to ask myself a couple of questions which are:

1.  Did the user adjust the height of the pickup
2.  Did the user adjust the screws on the pickup
3. and more importantly, did the user re-eq his amp? (ex. turned down the GAIN)

On another pickup forum the Tone Zone gets this very same bad rap only to find out that the person on the other forum  had a dual recto, with the gain on full and pushing it with a boss mega distortion pedal.  My response to that user was that I could get a 62 strat to sound like mud with those settings.  Too many folks believe that the tonal heavens will open and angels will sing by just swapping out pickups and not adjusting the amp and effects (if any).

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Everything you wanted to know about .... / Re: Everything you ever wanted to know about the Norton

« on: April 03, 2009, 08:14:09 PM »

I have heard that Reb Beach from Winger used a Norton when he played with Dokken.  Here's a couple of vids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FFzMdyAZdk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y41SCE-JjDA&feature=related

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The Pickup Place / Re: PETITION TO DIMARZIO: PLEASE BRING BACK THE VIRTUAL PAF SET!

« on: January 23, 2009, 09:00:42 AM »

Given that Dimarzio had been the pickups of choice for the Musicman Axis guitars for Van Halen, I find it interesting that there is now a new wolfgang guitar being released.  The clips that I have heard, it sounds very PAF-ish.  Could it be the VPaf and VHPaf are the new pups in the new wolfgang?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2k8bTa6jrs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwd7B16VjXw

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The Pickup Place / Re: PETITION TO DIMARZIO: PLEASE BRING BACK THE VIRTUAL PAF SET!

« on: January 13, 2009, 02:05:06 PM »

how about bring them back with A2 magnets instead of the A5???  I have swapped out the magnet in mine for an A2 and they sound great!!   to me it sounds as good if not better than the duncan 78 model imo which will cost you $160.00

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The Pickup Place / Re: PETITION TO DIMARZIO: PLEASE BRING BACK THE VIRTUAL PAF SET!

« on: January 04, 2009, 12:59:24 PM »

Count me in.  I thought it was strange that Dimarzio discontinue what I thought was one of the best sounding PAFs on the market.  Bring back both the VPAF and VHPAF.