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The Pickup Place / Re: DiMarzio Transition A4

« Last post by HeyNorton! on May 20, 2024, 08:23:30 PM »

Very cool.

I love these pickups as is.

The bridge is, IMO, is the love child of a super d and a 36th bridge.  I lowered the treble side alot to balance the highs.  It's pretty tilted, but sounds tits.

The neck is another beast.   I love the depth of it.  I like it better than the 36th.

The middle position needs some help though.  I can't seem to get a sound as good as either the neck or bridge by themselves.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Air Norton Bridge Position

« Last post by kookaburra on May 16, 2024, 04:58:28 PM »

Looking forward to that nientui!

https://www.tonejourney.com/post/dimarzio-air-norton-dp193-review

I liked it a LOT! and hope you like it, too

I fell off the earth for a while, but I’ve now read your review, well written!

I think I could like the pickup, as vintage hot seems to suit me well these days.  I have some ok pickups in a Hamer right now, but a pair of cream Dimarzios would suit it well, I think.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Dimarzio LiquiFire Review

« Last post by nienturi on May 13, 2024, 01:32:01 AM »

As always, thank you for your reviews!

Pleasure is all mine

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The Pickup Place / Re: Dimarzio LiquiFire Review

« Last post by buddroyce on May 08, 2024, 08:30:10 PM »

As always, thank you for your reviews!

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The Pickup Place / Re: Dimarzio LiquiFire Review

« Last post by nienturi on May 04, 2024, 01:49:43 AM »

I know it's designed for the neck position, but it might be an interesting bridge pickup if you want a bit more power than the 36th bridge without the typically more congested lower mids of many higher output pickups, and you find the PAF Pro too bright in the bridge position. Maybe the regular Norton fills that niche, though?

After i see the results from the Air Norton in the bridge, yes, LF has great potential for the bridge. I'll definetely try someday.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Dimarzio LiquiFire Review

« Last post by LPBII on May 03, 2024, 10:56:52 PM »

I know it's designed for the neck position, but it might be an interesting bridge pickup if you want a bit more power than the 36th bridge without the typically more congested lower mids of many higher output pickups, and you find the PAF Pro too bright in the bridge position. Maybe the regular Norton fills that niche, though?

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The Pickup Place / Dimarzio LiquiFire Review

« Last post by nienturi on May 03, 2024, 08:35:29 AM »

Hello.

I've published my Dimarzio LiquiFire Review on my blog. I hope you like it;

https://www.tonejourney.com/post/dimarzio-liquifire-review-dp227

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Everything you wanted to know about .... / Re: Area 58, 61 and 67 Strat Pickups

« Last post by gregr on May 02, 2024, 04:04:59 PM »

I’d like not to have to make additional corrective adjustments while playing. In fact, I use series and parallel resistors to ensure I can make use of  the entire sweep of a control when necessary.

I find that shunting the dummy coil in order to coax additional brightness out of an Area pickup sounds better than unloading it. If I want extra brightness on tap I’ll dial it at the amp rather than have the pickup sound uneven.

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Everything you wanted to know about .... / Re: Area 58, 61 and 67 Strat Pickups

« Last post by darkbluemurder on May 02, 2024, 07:22:59 AM »

Yep - but when you get to the point where it's too sharp, simply go one step back.

And I agree it is guitar dependent.

Cheers Stephan

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Everything you wanted to know about .... / Re: Area 58, 61 and 67 Strat Pickups

« Last post by gregr on May 01, 2024, 11:02:33 AM »

It largely depends on the guitar and application but raising the Q by reducing the load can sound sharp. You might want to try this instead…