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The Pickup Place / Re: What is the best pickups to pair with humbucker from hell?
« on: November 01, 2015, 10:29:51 AM »
I have a Fred on its way to pair with my HFH. I will try to remember to update once it arrives.
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The Pickup Place / Re: Super Distortion
« on: November 01, 2015, 10:27:55 AM »
It does one thing really well.
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The Pickup Place / Re: What is the best pickups to pair with humbucker from hell?
« on: October 31, 2015, 12:28:25 PM »
Anything is bright compared to an Air Norton.
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The Pickup Place / Re: What is the best pickups to pair with humbucker from hell?
« on: October 25, 2015, 03:19:06 PM »
I have a HFH in an Ibanez RG. I don't find it particularly bright. A PAF Pro in the bridge is way brighter. It is a bit underpowered compared to most of Dimarzio's high output pickups. That is the obstacle that I ran into trying to find a bridge to match. I found that the Breed, Tone Zone, and the Air Zone overpowered the HFH in a way I didn't like the balance of.
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The Pickup Place / Re: Put Dimarzio Pickups on my old 30 years Ibanez guitar
« on: October 24, 2015, 07:53:37 PM »
Nothing is going to make your Ibanez sound like a Gibson Les Paul. If you are simply looking for big humbucker sounds out of your Ibanez, you have a lot of tones to choose from. If you want classic PAF tones, the Air Classics are a good choice. Paul Gilbert uses these all the time. If you want a hotter, fatter sound, the Breed set is a good choice, if you want a good shred set, the Tone Zone and Paf Pro is great. If you want a super hot set, the Evolutions or Super Distortion sets are great.
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The Pickup Place / Re: Pickups for my new S2 Custom 24
« on: October 05, 2015, 08:44:25 PM »
Seth Lovers are great in PRS guitars. I have an Air Zone and Paf Joe in a 24 fret PRS that sounds great too. I wasn't crazy about the 36th bridge. The neck works pretty good. I have a Jazz neck and a Gibson 498t bridge in another PRS and thats a great rock and blues combo too.
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The Pickup Place / Re: Air Zone and At-1: swappin' and turnin'.
« on: September 18, 2015, 05:22:22 PM »
I've had the Air Zone in a Strat, a Jackson Dinky, an RG and I still have it in a PRS Santana SE. I do like it. It is well balanced, although you have to keep it out of guitars with too much bottom end. It is open and airy, and it doesn't make you work very hard. Sometimes I just want a bit more quirky character in a pickup, which the Air Zone doesn't have. It is very balanced.
I'm using it right now with a humbucker from hell. I like the combo, I just wished the HFH was a little more powerful. Their EQ and character go together well. I'm thinking about replacing it with a PAF Joe.
I'm using it right now with a humbucker from hell. I like the combo, I just wished the HFH was a little more powerful. Their EQ and character go together well. I'm thinking about replacing it with a PAF Joe.
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The Pickup Place / Re: I'm like a throwback to 2006 - Looking for suggestions
« on: September 10, 2015, 11:19:06 PM »
The Virtual Hot Paf sounds nothing like the 36th Anniv bridge.
I've never thought the Pearly Gates set balanced well. The neck is super warm and dark, and the bridge is super bright. Its too much of a jump when switching back and forth.
I liked the Virtual Paf Neck and the Virtual Hot Paf bridge. I see new VHOT PAF's on Ebay all the time.
I've never thought the Pearly Gates set balanced well. The neck is super warm and dark, and the bridge is super bright. Its too much of a jump when switching back and forth.
I liked the Virtual Paf Neck and the Virtual Hot Paf bridge. I see new VHOT PAF's on Ebay all the time.
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The Pickup Place / Re: Air Zone and At-1: swappin' and turnin'.
« on: September 03, 2015, 07:20:16 PM »
I tried to like the AT-1 twice, and was really disappointed with it. I didn't have it in a 25.5 inch scale Ibanez though. I like the Air Zone, but find it a little bit boring after a while. How would you describe the AT-1 in your guitar?
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The Pickup Place / Re: Combo humbucker for Ibanez RG350DX
« on: August 21, 2015, 08:18:40 PM »
I also think the Air Norton is too muddy. I haven't played the other. The Tone Zone/Paf Pro is a great combo for shred. So is the Breed set, and a lot of people like the CrunchLab/Liquifire, but I've never owned those two.
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The Pickup Place / Re: Paf master Vs. Duncan Pearly Gates Bridge
« on: August 09, 2015, 08:55:08 PM »
The Pearly Gates Bridge is certainly not what comes to my mind when I think of a Metal/Shred guitar. I wish I had played the PAF Masters, but I haven't. They sound like the better bet out of those 2 options. There is also the Paf Pro, which is closer to Classic PAF output, and it will certainly shred.
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The Pickup Place / Re: Curiosity kills the cat it seems...
« on: August 06, 2015, 09:30:55 PM »
Yep. Darkblue nailed it. Paf Pro.
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The Pickup Place / Re: Fender DH-1 (Atomic) vs. DiMarzio AirZone
« on: July 31, 2015, 09:08:32 AM »
I have owned a couple of Amer Deluxe Strats with DH-1's and still own a couple of Highway One Strats with Atomic Humbuckers. They don't sound like the same pickups to me. The DH-1 has a harsher grainyness to it and the Atomic is much smoother and screaming in the highs. The EQ and Power may be similar, but the tone and feel is not. The Air Zone is more similar to the DH-1, although not as gritty. It has an open uncompressed tone to it, with a lot of bass and warm highs. It may work well for you, but its going to overpower your single coils if that bothers you. I would also consider what pots your guitar uses. If they are 250k, that may make the already dark Air Zone too muddy.
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The Pickup Place / Re: Please help me identify this USA DiMarzio
« on: June 26, 2015, 03:10:02 PM »
Can you meter it? I think you mean to say it was in the neck, right?