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The Pickup Place / Re: Bridge HB to tame bright Basswood guitar?

« on: November 13, 2023, 08:57:04 AM »

Breed bridge is great to fatten up guitars that sound a bit bright and/or thin. Unfortunately it is only available as a custom model but at least it is not discontinued. I was lucky to get a black one which one dealer had as remaining stock before the price increase.

Cheers Stephan

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

« on: November 13, 2023, 08:54:52 AM »

If I tried to play that probably both Hendrix and SRV would have broken down on the floor laughing

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The Pickup Place / Re: Revisiting the Super D

« on: November 10, 2023, 03:26:09 AM »

That is so cool when that happens - waking up a guitar that is ready to be sold with the right pickups. Congrats!

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The Pickup Place / Re: Mellowing out Air Norton neck in Charvel So-Cal?

« on: November 10, 2023, 03:24:24 AM »

I also flipped it while I had it in the neck position of one guitar. It made a difference which was clearly audible but it was not night and day to my ears (which may be old by now )

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The Pickup Place / Re: Low output humbuckers for distorted tones

« on: November 02, 2023, 05:40:07 AM »

I have used the following lower output DiMarzio humbuckers in the bridge position:

- Virtual PAF
- Air Norton
- PAF Pro
- FRED
- Mo' Joe
- Breed Neck

OK, some of them touch medium output territory but I found that they all work well for distorted tones.

Cheers Stephan

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The Pickup Place / Re: Virtual Solo for the win

« on: October 25, 2023, 03:25:14 AM »

Fully agree. My VS has been in my MIJ Charvel Strat for years. The Injector Bridge is a good alternative. Both do the hot but still strat excellently.

Cheers Stephan

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The Pickup Place / Re: Bridge HB to tame bright Basswood guitar?

« on: October 18, 2023, 03:13:52 AM »

If you only want a little more drive, Air Zone or Breed bridge (if you can find one) would be a good fit. Gravity Storm bridge could also work well. I am considering replacing an AT-1 with the Gravity Storm bridge at the moment in a bright guitar but I haven't got around to do it yet.

Mo Joe would also be a little less bright and a bit hotter than the PAF Pro but since you said you wanted a lot less highs it would not be my first choice.

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The mini bar (off topic & misc) / Re: Who are the SDUGF members on here?

« on: October 17, 2023, 03:06:03 AM »

Seriously, though...what the heck did I miss on SDUGF?  When you say the "b" word, just how b'd are we talkin'?  Like perma?

Excuse my ignorance but what is the "b" word?

Thanks, Stephan

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Everything you wanted to know about .... / Re: DiMarzio Injectors (Paul Gilbert Signature Singles)

« on: October 16, 2023, 07:48:25 AM »

Do try the Injector without the dummy coil by itself.

Yep - did that in a HSH set up with excellent results.

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Everything you wanted to know about .... / Re: DiMarzio Injectors (Paul Gilbert Signature Singles)

« on: October 11, 2023, 04:15:30 AM »

I am going to split the middle in the bridge/middle combination, together with the bridge split. That will be humcancelling - I have only to use the neckside humbucker coil.

I have never used the neck model in the bridge spot but I am sure it works well with 67/58 in the other positions.

Cheers Stephan

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Gear Closet / MOVED: Are these dimarzios ?

« on: October 10, 2023, 04:45:13 AM »

This topic has been moved to The Pickup Place.
Wrong subforum
https://www.dimarzioforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7114.0

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Gear Closet / Re: Compression?

« on: October 10, 2023, 04:42:52 AM »

I used to hate compressors until I found the Barber Tone Press. The difference is in the blend control which retains the attack of the direct signal but blends in the sustained signal. Love it for clean tones. I don't use compression on overdriven tones normally.

Cheers Stephan

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Everything you wanted to know about .... / Re: DiMarzio Injectors (Paul Gilbert Signature Singles)

« on: October 10, 2023, 04:39:42 AM »

Just set up a HSS guitar with two Injector necks in the neck and middle spots, with 500k audio pots throughout. Bridge pickup is a Bare Knuckle True Grit. The Injector necks sound very full but still stratty. Even the N+M combo has a lot of quack, and individually they scream Blues Rock.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Goodbye HFH

« on: September 21, 2023, 02:46:14 AM »

I second everything that was said about the HFH. I have no idea how the bass rating of 1.5 came about. To my ears it is more like 4-5 ...

I have used the Duncan Full Shred neck in several guitars (and still have one in two different guitars). Its biggest assets are the tight bass response (especially with 3 screws on the bass strings removed) and the single coily bite in the highs. However, If the guitar has piercing highs, the Full Shred neck will accentuate that. I also had it in one guitar where I found it did not sing enough, and I replaced it with a Breed neck. I also don't like its split and parallel modes much as they are kind of thin. Again, this may depend on the guitar it is in and the rest of the rig.

Cheers Stephan

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The Pickup Place / Re: neck humbucker (or BB) to complement PAF type bridge HB

« on: September 21, 2023, 02:38:44 AM »

At least to my ears the Bluesbucker does not sound like a P90. To me it sounds like a PAF type pickup on the lower end of the output scale. I have two guitars with it, in one guitar with a Transition bridge in the bridge and in the other with a Duncan Custom 5, and it balances well with both tone (in particular in the bass range) and output wise. PAF types in the bridge typically have less bass than either of my bridge pickups so I doubt that you will get the bass balance you are looking for with the BB. A mini humbucker would balance better but the fit into this guitar might be difficult.

The Humbucker from Hell does not have the low bass level as the new rating (1.5) suggests - at least not to my ears.

No experience with any of the EJ models but those could also work.

Cheers Stephan