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Title: The Tone Zone
Post by: CityofBlindingLights on May 24, 2009, 04:16:04 PM
There's a reason this is the go to pickup for many, including a decent number of users here. The Tone Zone is... well, the Tone Zone. Known for its HUGE low end and this GIANT wall of sound, the Tone Zone is great for a large number of applications. Its a thick, meaty, crunchy pickup that can really open up the low end of a guitar.

That being said, the Tone Zone is a finicky pickup that really needs to be adjusted to find its sweet spot. I personally hated this pickup for the longest time, as it had no definition at first, but really had to adjust the height of the pickup for a good two weeks before I found the Zone of Tone. And when I found it, well, let's just say that those two weeks were worth waiting for to find that spot.

Let's finally settle this once and for all...

THE TONE ZONE IS NOT MUDDY!

And lastly, although the Tone Zone was designed as a bridge pickup, it also makes for an awesome neck pickup. This is best displayed in the following youtube clip. Yeah, the guy talks a lot, but hearing the Tone Zone in the neck is worth it.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tydDRNzqKGU&feature=channel_page[/youtube]

Please post accordingly ;D
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: buddroyce on May 24, 2009, 09:59:35 PM
Tonally the Tone Zone is probably the 'biggest' sounding pickup around. Chords sound HUGE when played and there's plenty of muscle in it. However, the tone zone is EXTREMELY sensitive to pickup height and will refuse to sound good if it's not in the right spot. Where the exact spot is varies from guitar to guitar be generally I find that the Tone Zone sounds a bit better when backed off from the strings a little.

It's generally a pickup you want to use in the bridge position but it will also work in the neck position when paired up with another high output pickup. Michael Romeo is probably one of the better known players who use it in the neck positions as well as Paul Gilbert (Mr. big/Racer X) and Akira Takasaki (Loudness). This is usually my goto pickup when I need a pickup for a guitar.

In terms of versatility, it can handle virtually anything where you want your tone to sound beefy/meaty, chunky and warm.
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: Whitmore on May 25, 2009, 05:38:00 AM
Harmonics?
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: CityofBlindingLights on May 25, 2009, 10:58:49 AM
You definitely get some interesting harmnoics, but they're... very meaty.

I wouldn't say the Tone Zone is as harmnoically friendly as, say, the FRED, Norton, or Evolution bridge pickup.
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: JAMESDP100 on May 25, 2009, 02:32:27 PM
What if you put a tone zone in both the neck and bridge?
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: CityofBlindingLights on May 26, 2009, 11:40:27 AM
It's definitely doable, check out the youtube link for what the Tone Zone in the neck sounds like.
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: kareemb0 on May 26, 2009, 04:02:03 PM
Would the Tone Zone (in the bridge) handle thrash metal (aka, fast palmmuted chugga)? And I mean in a mahogany body, mahogany neck, maple top guitar.
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: CityofBlindingLights on May 26, 2009, 05:04:04 PM
Of course! The Tone Zone can really thrash if you want/need to.
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: kareemb0 on May 26, 2009, 05:11:47 PM
Of course! The Tone Zone can really thrash if you want/need to.

I see. I have kind of a phobia when it comes to bassy/low middy pickups after I had Seymour Duncan Invaders (described as high output, huge sounding, bass balls pickup) in my mahogany guitars.

Whenever I palm muted, the sound reminded me of a wet diarrhea fart in a lose pair of underwear, if you know what I mean. With the Evolution I found a great tight pickup, but for versatility I'm looking at other pickups in my other guitars.

Thanks dude!
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: soundgardener75 on June 06, 2009, 01:31:58 AM
This was just perfect for my Epi G-400 through my Peavey VTM 60!

I just felt bad for the stock neck pickup. I thought it sounded good, but after having the TZ on it, it sounded inferior.  :D
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: DocNrock on July 02, 2009, 08:57:10 PM
The Tone Zone....Rocks! :madness:
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: JAMESDP100 on July 05, 2009, 02:34:10 AM
The tone zone in the neck sounds like s*x on fire. I have just one question. If I go out and buy a tone zone form
what I've read and heard here will I want to take it back? That issue with having it at the right height
worries me. But I guess we'll see.   
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: DocNrock on July 05, 2009, 03:16:34 AM
I'll also say that pinch harmonics are effortless with the Tone Zone. 
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: CityofBlindingLights on July 14, 2009, 08:08:23 PM
The tone zone in the neck sounds like s*x on fire. I have just one question. If I go out and buy a tone zone form
what I've read and heard here will I want to take it back? That issue with having it at the right height
worries me. But I guess we'll see.   

Just do it man ;D When you find that height, you'll see what the hype is all about.
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: LuredMaul on July 24, 2009, 11:47:14 PM
CLIPS


http://www.dimarzioforum.com/user_uploads/luredmaul/TZMahoganyJem.mp3
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: DrNewcenstein on July 29, 2009, 05:14:56 PM
I've never been a hige DiMarzio fan. I tried a SuperD and Super3 and a pair of Evos but just didn't like the sound. All that changed recently when I got my 2008 USA Charvel SoCals which come with a ToneZone and Evo neck, and I really do like them! They definitely sound a bit more raw than the Duncans I've been using for years, and I find that to be a good thing.

Am I dropping my Duncans for Dimzos? No.
But I'm definitely a fan of the ToneZone in the bridge.


And I must concur on the height of a ToneZone affecting its tone. On the SoCals, they're cranked almost all the way up - you can clearly see the baseplate just under the pickguard opening - and to me that's the best place for them. They're still a bit under the strings (non-recessed Floyd and all that) but right where I would have set them anyway in relation to the string when fretted at the last fret.

I backed one down a tad and was amazed to discover how much like a Duncan JB it sounded - Holy Wars Intro Tone achieved!

However, the JB is by far my least favorite pickup ever, so the TZ was immediately cranked back up to where it belongs :D

Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: FeinMusic on November 04, 2009, 08:46:20 AM
If I'm not mistaken Buckethead makes considerable use of the tz as a neck pickup in his white les paul if not more guitars.  Meaty, meaty :madness:
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: slugworth on November 05, 2009, 07:35:24 AM
If I'm not mistaken Buckethead makes considerable use of the tz as a neck pickup in his white les paul if not more guitars.  Meaty, meaty :madness:

It's true.  Tone Zone in the neck, Air Norton in the bridge.  He used that combo between 2005 and 2008, during which time he put out some really great work with GREAT tone.  To hear this combo just check out the millions of Buckethead videos on Youtube from that time period.
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: eggsbenny on November 20, 2009, 01:20:06 AM
I've had my ToneZone in my HSS Strat wired up on a strange switched wiring setup (wired it myself  :P), basically wired on a 3 way on off on DPDT switch (with a separate bridge capacitor). Now in Parallel the pickup still sounds quite a lot like what  it is, but the sound is a bit thinker (not like Tele thin but its noticeable), particularly in the high end. With the tone pot rolled down to 1 it has this interesting quaky twang sort of tone, kinda reminds me again of a Tele. In what was supposed to be the single coil position, it seems to be grounding half the signal off, leaving a weaker sound that when turned up with lots of gain and has healthy amounts of reverb added, sounds identical to the guitar in Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress by The Hollies. Particularly useful for doing clean parts on an overdriven amp with no foot switch. Love this pickup so much!!!!!!!!!!!!! :madness:
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: oilpit on March 26, 2010, 09:15:14 PM
I ran across this video the other day, and imo, it is an awesome example of how the Tone Zone sounds when the "zone" has been found (aka not muddy!)

Sounds awesome!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzVSggrhTAw
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: soundgardener75 on April 04, 2010, 12:08:13 PM
Had anyone tried swapping it's magnet for curiosity's sake?
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: wxs3 on April 06, 2010, 12:39:24 PM
I ran across this video the other day, and imo, it is an awesome example of how the Tone Zone sounds when the "zone" has been found (aka not muddy!)

Sounds awesome!


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

Thanks for posting that video.  I almost got rid of a tone zone  but after seeing (and hearing) that video, I'm keeping it now.  1 karma
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: KH Guitar Freak on April 06, 2010, 05:08:07 PM
There are a number of decent Tone Zone clips on Youtube. Unfortunately, some of them have been deleted as well it seems...
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: wxs3 on April 29, 2010, 04:09:51 PM
I ran across this video the other day, and imo, it is an awesome example of how the Tone Zone sounds when the "zone" has been found (aka not muddy!)

Sounds awesome!


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

Thanks for posting that video.  I almost got rid of a tone zone  but after seeing (and hearing) that video, I'm keeping it now.  1 karma

Update on my Tone Zone experience.

I installed  my black and creme TZ in my homemade Malmsteen strat (with an Air Norton S in the neck and Fast Track 1 middle).  At first I was getting a fairly good tone, but it was kind of "buzzy" to my ears.  I adjusted it up and down 1/4 turn each way and still heard the same "buzzy" tone that I really didn't care for.  I was about to pull it out and put in a spare Norton in it's place when I decided to keep working with it,   I lowered the pickup as low as I dared, then raised it a 1/4 turn at a time, letting it set over night so I can have fresh ears to make sure it was going in the right direction (tone wise).  About a week and half went by with me adjusting the Tone Zone 1/4 turn at a time and then I entered the "Zone".  It was one 1/4 turn that suddenly brought the TZ to life.  It was like a cloak was placed over the amp and was suddenly removed.  Everything sounded alive, the "buzzy" tone that I heard in the beginning was gone and was replaced with a very clean (?) type of overdriven/distortion.  All the notes of any chord were very pronounced and huge sounding.  Leads seem to be very FAT and Round in all the right places.  There are some harmonics, but they are nothing like the Norton or Fred, but they are there.  I look back at this and think that I almost pulled this out of my strat and was going to replace it with a Norton.  I can usually dial a Norton in a couple of hours, but the TZ took me a week and half to find the spot.  Once you are in the spot, you will have roughly 1/8 of a turn to play with but you have to find the spot with the TZ first. 

I have been in love with the Norton for quite some time now, and I'm starting to have some of those same feelings for the Tone Zone (I need more guitars!!)  It's a keeper!    :madness:
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: Whitmore on April 30, 2010, 02:48:31 AM
The Tone Zone is literally a beast.

It takes AGES to tame it. Even you think you have got it, its still a monster!

CHAOS IN A PICKUP!
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: damonstewart70 on May 13, 2010, 07:34:28 PM
Definetly,I've got one in my ibanez.I'm thinking bout puttin a super distortion in the bridge o my alder strat.Any suggestions for neck & middle?For neck i love a smooth tone with TEXAS BITE,for middle i LOVE that CHEWY quack.Please help,but they gotta be DIMARZIO
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: Sephiroth on May 14, 2010, 03:04:54 PM
I love mine in my rg,its just so fat, and when i start chuggin sounds thick and in your face! :madness:
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: wxs3 on June 12, 2010, 09:42:58 PM
Man I can't believe how much I love this pickup now.  I was a Norton fanantic until I put the TZ in one of my strats.  Lower the mids on your amp and it becomes very articulate.  I can't believe that I almost sold this on ebay before I saw oilpit's video (thanks again for positng that).  :madness: :madness: :madness: :madness: :madness: :madness: :madness: :madness: :madness: :madness: :madness:
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: Kodzen on June 15, 2010, 07:05:29 PM
Man I can't believe how much I love this pickup now.  I was a Norton fanantic until I put the TZ in one of my strats.  Lower the mids on your amp and it becomes very articulate.  I can't believe that I almost sold this on ebay before I saw oilpit's video (thanks again for positng that).  :madness: :madness: :madness: :madness: :madness: :madness: :madness: :madness: :madness: :madness: :madness:
I also found that's the key with TZ, lower your amp's mids and it will become articulate
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: CityofBlindingLights on July 04, 2010, 11:00:28 PM
You need a Tone Zone.

And a screwdriver... ;D
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: runtimeError on December 24, 2010, 01:27:27 PM
I installed it few days back.

I am looking for nice Heavy Brutal and precise attack sound something like Meshuggah and heavy songs of Opeth (deliverance, or Grand Conjuration) . 

any tips, what adjustment I should do ?

I have adjusted the pickup in such a way that it is just close enough to the string such that I can do palm muted stuff without touching the pickup
Title: After 1 weeks of adjustment
Post by: runtimeError on December 29, 2010, 04:30:16 PM
Its been one week since I started adjusting the Tone Zone's height, and I ended up adjusting a lot of things in my life,  ;D
since I started my journey in search of good tone I ve adjusted action, changed strings, adjusted the bridge, and other pickups too.

this is probably the most retarded setup ever :
Action : (Bridge is making a upwards slope towards the Low E side)
Low E : Fret 0 = 2mm, Fret 12 = 5mm
High E : Fret 0 = 1mm, Fret 12 = 3mm

Pickup Height (When Strings are pressed down on last fret in this case 24 ):
Low E : 6mm
High E : 1mm
 
this is how it looks now:
1 .(https://www.dimarzioforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi55.tinypic.com%2Fru1nva.jpg&hash=e56d184abeb69e9877cbb1c2c0885f428462d8fd)

2. (https://www.dimarzioforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi55.tinypic.com%2Fdcvt48.jpg&hash=b76b02ccb86620e4a1cd4918c50aee115d1f0f95)

3. (https://www.dimarzioforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi55.tinypic.com%2F2r5vvh0.jpg&hash=303c0f63280b0b63a8a81e46614c654c1902ff0c)
Yeah I know That looks retarded. but yeah It sounds better TO ME in that position.

and this is the sound I am getting from it now :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiHkLvGiDw4  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiHkLvGiDw4)

I am loving this new tone searching adventure, its like i am getting a different tone with every  mm of height adjustment

Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: CityofBlindingLights on December 29, 2010, 06:23:30 PM
 :madness: :madness: :madness: Welcome to the  :madness: that is the Tone Zone. Now you see why we love it?  :madness: :madness: :madness:
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: runtimeError on January 02, 2011, 02:45:57 AM
Yuss, Now I totally do.  :madness: 
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: FetherX on January 06, 2011, 03:19:27 PM
tutorial on getting the absolute WORSE tone I've ever listened to please!!
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: acetrouble on January 06, 2011, 07:50:02 PM
tutorial on getting the absolute WORSE tone I've ever listened to please!!

tutorial on getting the absolute BETTER English spelling skills:
http://www.mantex.co.uk/2009/11/17/how-to-improve-your-spelling/ (http://www.mantex.co.uk/2009/11/17/how-to-improve-your-spelling/)
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: FetherX on January 09, 2011, 12:58:56 PM
tutorial on getting the absolute WORSE tone I've ever listened to please!!

tutorial on getting the absolute BETTER English spelling skills:
http://www.mantex.co.uk/2009/11/17/how-to-improve-your-spelling/ (http://www.mantex.co.uk/2009/11/17/how-to-improve-your-spelling/)

I'm not a native English speaker.. Relax......
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: oilpit on February 24, 2011, 07:17:11 PM
A bunch of killer info on making the Tone Zone sound a little less out of control...

http://www.lonephantom.com/2010/11/taming-the-tone-zone/
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: jazzywolf on February 25, 2011, 05:03:03 AM
Have you tryed the Norton? It is not that far from Tone Zone but with a tighter bass and much more presence.
It is a very crunchy and juicy pickup...
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: bluediamond on April 27, 2012, 09:10:08 PM
I just recently put tone zone on my maple/mahogany neck thru RG. It sounds really thick and heavy, with very tight bass..! Sounds like unlikely combination, but I dare say it's almost as tight as a dimarzio evo. Definitely the perfect pickup for chugga chugga..!
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: Marshall Law on May 06, 2012, 01:35:54 PM
For me the TONE ZONE  is right in between a duncan JB and distortion model. just like a norton is between a fred and tone zone. the tone zone has a huge bag fat tone with definition and harmonics.
I like the way it makes a super strat take on the attitude and tone of a les paul. high single notes  just F**Kin BURN with authority adn they sing like  a JB does. IF you want the biggest tone without getting all mush and mud the TZ is the answer.
To those that find the TZ too be too low mid and bass heavy try LONE PHANTOMS cap mod,thisis so much better than setting the TZ 6-7mm's away from the strings or swapping mags and it is safer.
here is his link to TZ mods,   http://www.lonephantom.com/2010/11/taming-the-tone-zone/
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: mertay on December 18, 2014, 07:19:14 AM
Been playing one for almost 20 years, have a lot of modding experience too. Things I experienced which might help if needed;

-I set it up to sound like the middle position of a guitar. On distortion, very light picking should sound like a neck PU but when picked normal or hard it must turn into a bridge sound. If you nail this then only adjust very slightly for your guitar balance.

-To make it sound more aggressive (making it easier to make its "wah" like sound or scream) and a bit more scale run friendly, turn the magnet inside it upside down so the flat side of the magnet is facing the coils from inside. Reduces the low-end a lot.

-To make it super scale run friendly, increase the screw poles noticeable. The "wah" like effect will be gone though.

Update; today for the first time I played a duncan screamin demon, same pickup on 2 guitars (cheap ibanez gio and 20 year old epi LP). It sounded so close to a tonezone thats magnet is flipped as I described, which how I play mine for a while now. The pickup must be a bit away from the strings to achieve that sound even closer. Its really close sounding but the tonezone still has more "wah" like vibe compared to it, a must try if one is into modding PU's.
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: gauchosilvertone on April 20, 2015, 12:27:26 PM
For anyone interested in the Tone Zone in the neck position.

https://youtu.be/_gOL6uatg8I
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: slugworth on April 20, 2015, 05:52:23 PM
There are some other videos out there of the Tone Zone in the neck. Buckethead has used it in the neck on several albums.

The Tone Zone actually works better than the Air Zone in the neck in my opinion. The reason is because of the Tone Zone's bright edge. Some people refer to it as "sizzle" or negatively as "fizzy" but it keeps the notes well defined. The Air Zone doesn't have that sizzle quality, so in the neck under gain it gets muddy unless you run it parallel or split (which sounds killer, but in a different way).
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: jazzfromhell on April 21, 2015, 04:38:30 AM
Sure, the TZ can sound fabulous in the neck. I have a Paul Gilbert clinic from Vancouver 1998 where he plays his blue PGM90HAM which has the TZ in both neck and bridge and its just glorious. Some of the best tones Ive heard from him. Michael Romeo has been using a TZ in the neck for years, all the way back to Twilight In Olympus I believe. Sounds killer.
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: slugworth on April 21, 2015, 12:28:12 PM
Sure, the TZ can sound fabulous in the neck. I have a Paul Gilbert clinic from Vancouver 1998 where he plays his blue PGM90HAM which has the TZ in both neck and bridge and its just glorious. Some of the best tones Ive heard from him. Michael Romeo has been using a TZ in the neck for years, all the way back to Twilight In Olympus I believe. Sounds killer.

Oh that's right. The PGM90HAM came with Tone Zones stock in the neck and bridge. I completely forgot about that one.
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: corypheus on April 30, 2015, 05:09:09 AM
Sure, the TZ can sound fabulous in the neck. I have a Paul Gilbert clinic from Vancouver 1998 where he plays his blue PGM90HAM which has the TZ in both neck and bridge and its just glorious. Some of the best tones Ive heard from him. Michael Romeo has been using a TZ in the neck for years, all the way back to Twilight In Olympus I believe. Sounds killer.

I agree, both the ToneZone and the JB sounds killer in the neck position.

I didn't know Romeo was using TZs in neck, and imho Gilbert's best tone came from the era he used TZs and rack systems. Just my opinion of course.
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: Schneidas on February 26, 2019, 05:01:08 AM
So, I got a Tone Zone to play with after about 11 years of having briefly owned one.

What can I say... again at first I thought: wow this is the biggest and best sound ever! How can anyone not love this?
But the more I played the more I felt overwhelmed by it... it's just too much! And the dynamics are just too compressed. Someone somewhere said that the Tone Zone feels like you have a boost pedal or compressor in there that is always on. And yes, I totally agree with this statement. While I like the basic tone, I feel there's no dynamics whatsoever and it's just pure slegde-hammer all the time.
I fiddled with height but could not come to a dynamic interaction I would love.

So I figured what the hell, and I started reading about the Half-Air mod!

Now I'm not one to fiddle with stuff - in fact I'm a bit incompetent when it comes to technical stuff, but I figured if I ruined the pickup - heck it's just a relatively small amount I wasted. So I gave it a shot!

Lonephantom's guide was easy enough so even a technically handicapped person like myself could easily follow it:
http://www.lonephantom.com/2010/07/modifying-pickups-the-half-air-mod/


So the mod felt super easy to do. Just remove the 4 screws, carefully open the brass plate, use a screwdriver to remove the magnet and the little metal plate that latches onto the screws and put the magnet back in. put the brass cover back on and you're set!

Now I know that lonephantom aired the slugs (magnet touching only the screws). So I figured, why not try it the other way around first - so airing the screws first (magnet only touching the slugs).
So I put the magnet next to the slugs, put the brass plate back on and re-strung the guitar.
Result: The ToneZone felt a touch tamed down, but much fuzzier. There was a fuzzy quality all of the sudden. So that went the opposite direction of what I wanted.

Strings back off, pickup off, opened brass plate, and put the magnet now only touching the screws. Brass plate back on, installed the pickup back, strings back on.
Again, a tamed-down ToneZone but now a brighter tone - clearer and a bit improved dynamics.
I like it much more! (plus LonePhantom had it right from the very beginning)

So the moral of this long post:
If you have a Tone Zone you like but sometimes feel overwhelmed by it, try the half air mod with the magnet touching only the screws. Opens up the Tone Zone and improves the dynamics. It's not night and day - the tone is still "Tone Zone" and the change is subtle - but just enough to be worth doing it.

Btw. I found you don't even need to put anything inbetween the small air gap as the magnet clinches on to the screws by magnetic force, thus keeping it from moving around.
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: Guitar74 on June 06, 2019, 03:48:17 PM
I'll also say that pinch harmonics are effortless with the Tone Zone.

Agreed. I have installed more than a few of these in various guitars and even though this pickup is full and fat, harmonic squeals are pretty easy with this one. Great metal pickup, and I never found this pickup to be muddy. I also find it does a great job with Floyd trems in that it fattens up the guitar (although I have a lot of Floyd equipped axes that I would describe as anything but thin). Kind of does what the old Double Whammy was designed to do in that respect. I think this is going to be the bridge pickup in my all maple hs kahler spyder equipped axe.
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: mertay on July 28, 2019, 04:04:32 AM
So the moral of this long post:
If you have a Tone Zone you like but sometimes feel overwhelmed by it, try the half air mod with the magnet touching only the screws. Opens up the Tone Zone and improves the dynamics. It's not night and day - the tone is still "Tone Zone" and the change is subtle - but just enough to be worth doing it.

Personally never liked that mod. with TZ, but did like it with AN.

For those who want to try this, first try rising the screw poles noticeable. If the PU is direct mounted an angle also can be gives (screws closer to the strings, my ibanez at the time was sold like that).
Title: Re: The Tone Zone
Post by: darkbluemurder on October 25, 2021, 07:53:49 AM
Does anybody have the DC resistance values for the individual coils? Seems that all that is published is the total DC resistance of the coils in series (appr. 17.3k ohms).

Thanks, Stephan