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The Pickup Place / Re: Can the Tone Zone do low gain?

« on: April 12, 2021, 08:53:07 PM »

 Have you considered the Air Zone ?

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

« on: April 10, 2021, 06:35:32 PM »

 I've heard some people say that the Norton isn't bright enough and I've heard people say that it is too bright. I think that how bright or dark the Norton sounds depends on the guitar it is in. I have a Norton in the bridge of a Ibanez RGT42FM and wish the Norton was a little brighter and a very tiny bit more open sounding but, I think that lack of brightness is due to the neck thru construction of the guitar. I like everything about the Norton, the output is just right for the music I play(all kinds of rock) and the tone balanced with enough bass to sound full but not muddy. I need to try the Norton in a bolt on neck guitar made of a bright sounding wood like swamp ash before I say for sure that the Norton is bright enough or not.

 I posted a couple of questions in the stickied DiMarzio Mods thread but, I'll ask them here too. Has anybody swapped the A5 magnet for a ceramic magnet ? Has anybody half aired a Norton ? I'm putting a Paf Pro in the neck of the same guitar(RGT42FM) and wondered what would happen if I swapped the hex head pole pieces of the Paf Pro with the screw head pole pieces of the Norton .

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The Pickup Place / Re: Any chance of a stickied DiMarzio Mods post?

« on: April 09, 2021, 03:35:35 PM »

 Has anybody tried swapping hex/allen head pole pieces for screw pole pieces in any pups ? I'm going to put a PAF Pro in the neck of my Ibanez RGT42FM,I have a Norton in the bridge. I finally got the Norton dialed in to be bright enough by, lowering the pickup height and raising the pole pieces but, started wondering what would happen if I swapped the the neck side allen head pole pieces of the PAF Pro with the screw pole pieces of the Norton. I'm also thinking about swapping the  a5 mag of the Norton for a ceramic magnet, has anybody tried this ?