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The Pickup Place / Re: alnico 8 strat single coil?

« on: June 13, 2010, 10:39:28 PM »

doesnt alnico 8 have to be overwound?

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Everything you wanted to know about .... / Re: Humbucker From Hell

« on: March 12, 2010, 03:02:17 AM »

Its funny all the Humbuckers from Hell up for sale on Ebay from people thinking it was an all out brutal humbucker.

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Everything you wanted to know about .... / Re: The Norton

« on: March 12, 2010, 02:58:21 AM »

I was looking through sound clips in this thread, and I noticed that there were no clips of what IMO the Norton does best, a medium gain, lead sound....so I set about fixing that.


The clip is a Norton, in the bridge of a 2004 Gibson Les Paul standard, into Guitar Rig 3.  I used the Brian May Lead patch, with the delay turned down just a bit, to try and preserve the sound of the pickup. 

I have to say, just for my ego, that I had a bit of trouble with latency, so there are a few more mistakes than I would like, but regardless of how good or bad my playing is, I do think the clip does a pretty good job of showing what this pickup sounds like, under this kind of application.

I should not that in the middle I briefly switched to the PAF Pro in the neck, just to give an idea of the balance between the pickups.
Hope you enjoy!

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8812815

Thanks for that Clip. I really like that tone a lot. Now I want a Norton.Thanks a lot.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Vintage Dimarzio PAF Pickup

« on: February 09, 2010, 07:34:56 PM »

Good thread people. In the democratic spirirt, it is not so much as who is right or wrong, as the free exchange of ideas that is important. By the way...you are wrong!!  

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The Pickup Place / Re: Vintage Dimarzio PAF Pickup

« on: February 07, 2010, 06:59:33 PM »

I don't know how much of a premium you would fetch for the older dimarzios. No idea if there's anything special about them. I mean I'd assume that a Super Distortion from the 70's would sound the same as a Super Distortion that was just freshly wound by dimarzio.

Well, it wouldnt sound the same, that much I'm sure of. Every pickup undergoes changes with aging, and mostly for the better in regard to vintage PAF's..

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The Pickup Place / Vintage Dimarzio PAF Pickup

« on: February 07, 2010, 04:09:49 PM »

As far as I know, these pickups ar very good, but not widely regarded  to be anything extra ordinarilay  special ?
Pity it is, because the 70's models  by now may be aged to perfection, just like real vintage Gibson PAF's.
I do know the Old Dimarzios seem to finally be going for a premium, including the older Super D's and PAF's.
I do happen to have a set socked away of the earliest Super D and an early Dimarzio PAF aiting for the right guitar one day, so I'm wondering if anyone mught have any input on this?

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The Trading Post / Re: Awesome Traders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

« on: February 04, 2010, 04:38:26 PM »

ErikH is a Good person to deal with here. I also picked up stuff from him over on the Duncan forum.
I bought the Air Norton S  pickup Tuesday, and it arrived Thursday. Do not hesitate to deal with him.Thanks again ErikH

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

« on: October 13, 2009, 03:41:12 AM »

no.

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The mini bar (off topic & misc) / Re: your first guitar idol?

« on: September 29, 2009, 10:45:46 PM »

in the folowing order;
Hendrix, Page, Clapton, Beck, Townshend,
Van Halen was always a wanker compared to them. Not to diminish his skill at all, but at the end of the day he doesnt make the top 5.

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

« on: September 25, 2009, 12:59:25 AM »

Decline. 36th Annv.  supercedes it IMHO.
Hopefully it can be orderd, but i don;lt see any real reason for the company to go in retrograde  for the whim of 6 or 8 people.