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The Pickup Place / The feel and response of air pickups
« on: April 19, 2021, 07:11:09 AM »
I’m about ready to buy an Air Classic neck and an Air Zone bridge for my alder HH Tele with maple rosewood neck.

I’ve chosen these pickups for a clean and clear neck sound which is lower gain, with a stronger more muscular bridge pickup which is EQ’d to deal with the brightness and thinness of the bridge position in bolt on guitars.

First any concerns with my choices?

Second, what difference does the “air-ing” that Dimarzio does to a pickup make to the feel and response of the pickup? I know they use A5 in the neck but the air process gives it slightly less attack and lower string pull similar to A2 magnets.

Does it also give it the real compressed attack and softness that A2 has? I don’t want that. I want a fairly direct translation of what my pick does to what the pickup outputs. I don’t want it to be too squishy or soft and too low output.

The same applies to the Air Zone bridge. Does it give it a mushy attack or is it still fairly uncompressed like A5s are?

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The Pickup Place / Can the Tone Zone do low gain?
« on: April 12, 2021, 07:48:47 PM »
I've got an alder HH Tele which the Dimarzio pickup selector recommends a Tone Zone, Air Zone, Super Distortion or AT-1 in the bridge depending on some of the variables you input.

This is a bright guitar and I need a pickup that emphasises the bass and mids over the treble. I play more rhythm than lead, so I like a pickup that still has reasonable string separation.

I play into a clean amp using pedals for various levels of gain.

Is the Tone Zone too hot a pick up for this application, even though it has the EQ that I probably need to counter the bright nature of the guitar? Am I better to go for a lower output like the AT-1, or even a Norton? Or can I just roll back the volume on the Tone Zone to help clean up the signal going into my pedals and amp? I've tried PAFs in this guitar but they are too bright for my tastes, so I don't think the low output route will work as those kind of pickups always seem to have an EQ lacking in the bass and particularly the low mids.

I play mainly 60 - early 90s pop and classic rock. Only the occasional metal tune like Metallica Enter Sandman, Judas Priest Turbo Lover, or Motörhead's Killed by Death etc. 95% of the time I'd be in the gain range of edge of break up, low gain 70s classic rock and higher gain 80s classic rock.

Which bridge pickup will work in this situation? I don't mind going for a more high output pickup like the Tone Zone as long as it will do lower gain through my pedals, or by turning it down it still retain its EQ and dynamics but not punch the pedals so hard. If it needs to be at 100% to really be its best, then what lower output pickup in the Dimarzio range would you recommend?

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The Pickup Place / PAF Joe neck and Mo Joe bridge in alder
« on: March 31, 2021, 03:19:43 AM »
What do people think of this set in an alder bolt on guitar with maple neck? Guitar is inherently bright acoustically so looking for a set to balance that up and provide 60s - 80s pop, classic rock and hard rock tones. Typically use pedals for gain rather than an amp.

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I'm thinking of putting this combination into my 7/8 size alder Strat style guitar. Anyone played these two in the one guitar, or use them in one guitar?

My only concern about the two of them is that Joe seems to have quickly abandoned the Satch Track neck in favour of a sustainer, and the Mo Joe seems fairly bright, so I'm not sure it would be the best choice for an alder body 25.5" guitar.

I'm just looking for a single coil size neck pickup to match with a good mid focused bridge humbucker that is not too bright for an alder guitar. Does anyone that's played Joe's combination of pickups think they'll work for what I want?

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The Pickup Place / Anyone use the VV Heavy Blues 2 in their Strat?
« on: November 14, 2017, 05:14:26 AM »
I've got an alder Strat that is a bit bright and I want more mid range from the guitar rather than the mid scoop that single coils often have. The B/M/T readings for the Heavy Blues 2 suggest they have a heavily emphasised mid range. There doesn't seem to be many users or reviews of them. Is there something better for a Strat to get more mid range? Any users experiences?

I'm thinking of using them in the neck and middle with a Virtual Solo in the bridge.

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The Pickup Place / Pickups for my Strat
« on: October 02, 2017, 04:18:54 AM »
Hi all

I have a alder body maple neck rosewood fingerboard Strat which is reasonably bright. I am looking for a more powerful mid forward set of pickups. I have been using Seymour Duncan SSL 2s (no stagger) in the neck and middle and an SSL 6 (SSL 5 with no stagger) in the bridge. I like the SSL 6 for soloing, but I'm still looking to de-emphasize the treble and get more mid range and more oomph. The SSL2s are fairly vintage sounding and emphasize the treble.

I was thinking either Virtual Vintage Heavy Blues 2 in the neck and middle with an Injector bridge or Virtual Solo bridge.

Does anyone with experience in these have any feedback to share?

Thanks!

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The Pickup Place / Pickups for bright guitar
« on: December 04, 2016, 06:44:39 PM »
I have a Tele with HH in it. It is an alder body (a bit on the heavy side), maple neck and pau ferro fingerboard. It has a stop tail through bridge with 6 individual saddles. The pickups in there at present are PAF style.

I find when playing distorted chords, the top 3 or 4 strings sound a bit sharp or dissonant to me in their overtones. I've tried EQing out the problem, or rolling down the tone control to 2 which helps. So I'm looking for a pickup which de-emphasises these frequencies. To make the guitar sound closer to a Les Paul the way the chords sound a bit more mellow than the longer scale guitars do.

What can everyone recommend?

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