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The Pickup Place / Re: Recommendation for S-H guitar?

« on: October 09, 2019, 09:01:34 PM »

I have an air Norton s in an ibanez HS.  I like it better than the full sized version. It parallels well too.

I like the norton alot, but the air zone or tone zone makes the eq easier to balance with the air norton s

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The Pickup Place / Re: Plz tell me about the Air Norton S

« on: July 06, 2019, 05:39:32 PM »

It is probably the closest single coil sized humbucker to it's full sized counterpart.

I have an air Norton in my rg520qs and an ANs in my rg3xxv (HS config like yours)

The ANs is about the same output as the AN.

The ANs is a bit brighter and tighter, but still not what I would call a bright pickup.  More warm but clear. 

I have only used it in this guitar and love it. It may be to warm/ muddy for a 22fret neck position.  24 feet is great.

Since I like the Norton in the bridge, I wouldn't hesitate to use it there too.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Ultimate Strat Sound Rail Pickup Configuration?

« on: April 19, 2019, 12:19:53 AM »

50 k is the volume pot.  Powered, low impedance systems need the 50k ( or 25k)

The Clapton setup uses:
A 50 k volume pot.
A 250k/1meg tbx tone control (can also be a regular 250 or 500k tone pot)
A 250k LINEAR taper pot for the midboost.


I believe the dimarzio rails are designed to work with the standard 250k pots that come in strats, so you should be good to go with what you have.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Recommend me some pickups

« on: July 11, 2018, 02:11:13 PM »

Titans you say? 

Lemme  heck those out.

Thanks!

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The Pickup Place / Recommend me some pickups

« on: July 09, 2018, 03:39:17 PM »

Hi guys, I am looking for a set of pickups for an esp Ltd eclipse (les paul basically). I have one with a pair of 36th anniversaries in it.  The other has the stock POS still in it.

First off, I love everything about the 36s.
What I am looking for is the next step or two hotter for the bridge pickup.  I want to cover some harder rock and older school metal type of stuff.

I will most likely put some sort of paf type neck pickup in it.

Thanks in advance.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Tightest and most percussive bridge Humbuckers for chugging rhythms?.

« on: April 28, 2018, 10:26:48 PM »

SD fill shred.  Tighter than tight.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Pickup recommendation for an RG565

« on: June 18, 2017, 03:53:45 PM »

I have an rg3xxv, which is sorta the reissue of your rg565.

It came with an air Norton s/ d'activator  combo.  Those coupled with the unique Ibanez switching have never given me a reason to switch them.  All I did was add a treble bleed.  The air Norton s sounds great in parallel.  Inner coils sound very fender, sort of a mix of position 2 and 4 on a strat.

I love the versatility of this setup and I don't even play metal.  I know, a shame right?

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The Pickup Place / Re: Dimarzio comparable to Carvin H22?

« on: February 07, 2016, 01:15:28 AM »

I've nothing to add.

I just dropped in to say that the h22 pickups are pretty darned nice.  I have a set that went in my rg520qs for a while and sounded killer.

Why not just pick up another h22t?

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The Pickup Place / Re: True single coil that is loud but still bright?

« on: June 21, 2015, 03:19:17 PM »

Loud and still bright sounds like harmonic design vintage plus.  They are as loud as a standard output bucker.  They add some bass and mids to the usual strat bright.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Crunch Lab or Dominion?

« on: June 17, 2015, 06:59:45 PM »

I have an rg3xxv, which is the quasi reissue if the 565.  It has a d'activator/air Norton s combo

I actually like the air Norton s better than the regular one. 

The DActivator bridge matches really well with it and is an amazing metal pickup. 

Since I run my amp in triode mode, the bright and articulate tone works with the squishy, less bright amp tone I have.

It want to try an air zone and a Norton in her eventually though. The dominion sounds interesting too.  The breed as well.

I want another Rg3xxv so I can put a lower output bucker in the bridge and a true single coil in the neck for a more classic rock vibe

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Everything you wanted to know about .... / Re: The Norton

« on: July 28, 2009, 05:50:53 PM »

Hey guys! I just wanted to add some info here.  I Have had  a Norton in my RG520QS for 9 years or so.
During this time I had it set so I could do a full trem pull-up and was "rewarded" with a bright articulate sound.
Today, I raised it up to where it would normally be for a hardtail (about 1/8") and Whoo-Hooo!!!!!
Now, I have a Huge, Thick, Lower Midrangey sound!! 

The Norton is very sensitive to pickup height.  Probably as much as the Tone Zone.

All that time wasted....................