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The Pickup Place / Dimarzio PAF 36th vs. 59 PAF?
« on: September 16, 2021, 09:01:47 PM »
Hi folks, been awhile since I been on here, hope everyone is well.
So I have a real nice Warmoth semi hollow 2 humbucker 335 style guitar. I have a Gibson Burstbucker  in the neck and it is fine, sounds great and real warm even in the Treble.
For the bridge I  am looking for something classically   PAF in output and and sound character, and the the guitar itself is very bright sounding, so the Duncan PAF Pearly gates in the bridge now is just  pretty harsh sounding.
What do you think of my postulation  that a lot of the  boutique pure exact  replica PAF's out there may be fine for an original  59 Les Paul or 335  with it's warm sounding aged old growth wood, but are way to bright for a modern guitar?
Well that is why I am going for a Dimarzio. Larry and Steve seems to have taken into account that they slightly need to tweak the treble on their to make it smoother for most guitars .
Now, I like the fact that the PAF 59 is not potted. I'm good with that, and I don't play high gain and   also think it adds to the richness of the tone as is a pretty common conception.
Anyway, which would you say is a smoother high end between the 59 PAF and the 36th PAF? What other differences between the two PAf's?
Anyone have any experience with both pickups and could give me some insight?
Thanks!!!

EDIT-
Well thanks for nothing... tee hee..but I've decided to err on the side of caution and try an Air Zone in the bridge. I do want o stay in the sort of PAF domain. THis way, if it works, I can try and swing back to a PAF 59 or 36th, and if it still doesn't work ( the guitar needs serious help with being overly bright) , I can try a Gravity Storm.

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The Pickup Place / my experience with two Dimarzios and maybe advice
« on: November 16, 2020, 10:17:43 PM »
Just getting back into serious playing , and I have two Floyded Jacksons, one is a FGlame DK2 , and one an old Performer.
In the Performer I have a Transition set. In the Flame DK2 I have a PAF Master. Well, this is mostly regarding bridge position on both.
First off, I play with a lot of controlled, or at least attempted controlled sustained feedback. On the Flame DK2, with the PAF Master, the feedback is absolutely glorious.
ON the PS4 Performer, the feedback is very muted. ( worth mentioning neither gets vaery good feedback above the 12th fret).
Both guitars have very good treble bite, and I am pleased with that. However the PAF Master bridge, as nice as it is, lacks a certain weight that the Transition set has.
I guess what I'm driving at is that is there a Dimarzio that has the weight of the Transitions and also the sweet mid focused feedback of the PAF Master, or is it a case of you can't have your cake and eat it too? IDK. Thank\s, nice to see you all again here.

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The Pickup Place / Sugar Shakra questions
« on: September 18, 2020, 10:46:22 AM »
Hello
The Sugar Shakra is a designated bridge pickup. Would it also be usable in the middle position of a Superstrat ( Floyded) with a hot normal sized bridge Humbucker?
 Also, do ALL the Dimarzio twin blade pickups have 'low string pull' with the side by side coils, or is it only the specific twin rail pickups Dimarzio specifies as having this property?
 TIA

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Anyone Using or have used a Transition Neck in the bridge? I contacted Dimarzio Tech and they said it would work fine, and that players are doing this.

I lean more towards classic heavy Metal and hard rock, and don't do much Modern extreme metal ( if I do, I have dedicated guitars and amps for that).

Anyone have any direct experience on what to expect vs. the Transition Bridge in the bridge? I am considering this Transition Neck in the bridge with something like a PAF36th in the neck.

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The Pickup Place / Transitions in a Les Paul?
« on: May 30, 2017, 07:53:19 PM »
Yes or no?

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The Trading Post / WTB- Dimarzio Transition Bridge F Spaced Black Used
« on: February 26, 2016, 08:33:45 AM »
WTB- Dimarzio Transition Bridge F Spaced Black Used at reasonable price.

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The Pickup Place / Pictures of my DiMarzio Equipped Jacksons
« on: February 24, 2016, 01:06:43 AM »
The Flame Jackson has a PAF Master Bridge, and a Chopper neck

The Maroon Jackson has a Breed Bridge and a Pro Track neck


The Black Jackson has a Duncan Custom ALnico 8  bridge and I forgot what in the neck;



I have a Walnut Superstrat not pictured that has a Gravity Storm bridge.

Damn, I really want another guitar with a Transition! Also maybe a guitar with a Air Zone.

I'm all about different flavours of Dimarzios.

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The Pickup Place / In Praise of the Dimarzio PAF MASTER
« on: February 12, 2016, 09:58:48 PM »
 :madness:

One of the greatest bridge  pickups, if not THE greatest  I have ever ever had.

Now, I have a lot of Superstrats. One is Walnut, and the Graviy Storm was perfect- really gave the harsh edge of the Walnut a sweet and buttery sound, but sitll having a famous Dimarzio  cutting edge.

Then for my other Jackson, an Alder MIJ, the Breed Bridge gave it a raw and aggressive sound, , but in no way strident.

And now, for my other Jackson Alder MIJ, the PAF MASTER is astonishing. Very percussive note immediacy for noodles and shred riffs. Sweet
and cutting sound  but with the glorious PAF tone underlying.A masterpiece of a pickup.

Man-O-man, I'm just a huge huge Dimarzio Fan Boi!

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I have a nice DK2 Jackson, and just  got the PAF Master Bridge, and got a Satchtrack Neck. I have a dummy middle, so it's a 3 way switch  with the H-S.

How do you think this pairing will work?

I also considered the BC-1, and the also the Injector.

I kinda surmised just from pouring over decriptions on the web, that the Gilbert Injector neck was a little tighter and the more modern sounding , whereas the BC-1 Corgan was woolier, whereas the Satchtrack seemed like it was just right between.

Is this a fair assessment?

No matter, I'll have to live with it now. :-\

I still am intrigued by the Corgan Strat set. Could be in my future for a different guitar .


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The Pickup Place / What Dimarzio gets Angus Young Tone?
« on: November 25, 2015, 09:12:28 PM »
There are two schools of thought on nailing Angus' tone  , from what I have learned

First, use a regular normal PAF , and crank the living **** out of a NMV Plexi.

More practical, is to use a higher output PAF style pickup  to drive the front end of a Marshall style amp.

What do you think?

I'm going then second route- do you think the PAF Master could get me there? The Master seems like a great intermediary pickup that could do both things-NMV cranked and master volume.

I do have a JCM 800, and and an old MMV Marshall( 72 Superlead), so my bases are covered amp-wise.

How do you find Angus' tone with Dimarzio?

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I have a set of the first Strat  vintage replica yickups made by Dimarzio in the 1970's, called the 'VS-1'.  The DC resitance readings on these that I have are; One is 5.98. One is 5.79, and one is Dead. The Dead  was just working fine in the guitar, but i guess something snapped.

 I also have a set of  the next issue Dimarzio Strat vintage replica pickups after the Vs-1's, called the 'Class of '55's'. They are supposed to all be 5.75 as advertised when they were manufactured; One is 5.75, one is 5.79, and one 5.94. Crazy!; is there supposed to be that much variance, and why?

As you can see, like old vintage Fenders, there is considerable variance in the DC resistance measurements  on these old pickups.

 Is there also  that much variance in readings of modern cnc wound  pickups, or are the DC resistance readings all the same now?

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The Pickup Place / Most Alnico sounding Dimarzio Ceramic pickup
« on: August 26, 2015, 03:56:04 PM »
I'm familiar with the Bill Lawrence ideas of the magnet itself having no tone , at least in theory  , on the pickup, but in general they do, I think everyone could accept that.
If you could pick out the most organic ( which Alnico is famous for that) sound form a Dimarzio, still giving some of the more compressed , and tighter dynamic edge of the Ceramic tone, what would it be?
I'm thinking the Transition, since historically Lukather went for the less dimensional and 'hi- fi'(?) tone of the EMG's, I would guess that the Transition would give him more dimensional richer tone, but with the edge of the ceramic magnet that could still give him some of what he liked about the EMG's at higher gain setting?

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The Pickup Place / Paf master Vs. Duncan Pearly Gates Bridge
« on: August 07, 2015, 01:07:42 AM »
They seem kind of on par. I am looking at installing it in my Jackson Dinky Floyd Rose equipped guitar.

My first instinct is that the PAF Master would be a more suitable fit for a dedicated  metal /shred axe.
Another voice in my stupid fucking head  is saying to get a Transition.

I have two other Jackson Dinkys I am really please  with. They go the traditional hot output pickups- one has the Air Zone bridge, and the the other  has the Duncan Custom with an a8 magnet. They both murder.

I am looking for somthing more traditional PAF classic output  on this new Dinky i got.

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The Pickup Place / Neck SC Rails to pair with a Transition Bridge
« on: July 10, 2015, 08:37:30 PM »
I am putting the finishing touches on a jackson Dinky guitar that will be two way  H-S (with a dummy middle pickup cover) .
A transition will be going into the bridge, but what do you think a good match neck rails Dimarzio single coil sized humbucker to sound somewhat similar to the Transition?
If all else fails, I was thinking the venerable Pro Track would be the best overall humbucker sounding SC rails.

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What neck Single Coil to Pair with a Transition Humbucker in the Bridge  ? Something that would sound similar to the Transition, or have kinda then same vibe? Also would prefer a relatively even volume match.

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