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The Pickup Place / Re: Ibanez PGM301 bridge pickup

« on: June 18, 2018, 11:09:13 AM »

I don't really see myself using EVH/Axis pup since I haven't seen one on sale in Finland. The reason I'm looking for DiMarzio/Duncan pickups is that they're easier to find here than most other brands.

Not sure about AT-1. Found a forum post where it was described as 'similar to JB with 250 pot'. I don't like JB tonally so the AT might not be what I'm looking for.

Finally, DiMarzio emailed me back and they're suggesting Satchur8. I know it's a new on market but have anyone had chance to compare it to Breed bridge?

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The Pickup Place / Re: Ibanez PGM301 bridge pickup

« on: June 17, 2018, 12:23:57 PM »

I've adjusted heights of middle/neck to where I really like them. In comparison Norton sounds bland and weak in output, even playing with clean tone. It doesn't pair well with the middle/neck pickups and that's why I'm looking for a replacement. I might have same problems with AT.

After some research, as I've already tried the Tone Zone and it being way too compressed and muddy to my liking the Breed seems most logical option.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Cruiser Bridge in Bridge position?

« on: June 17, 2018, 11:37:14 AM »

I tried Cruiser in bridge position of my strat for couple weeks, paired with Red Velvet combo. For me the Cruiser isn't quite stratty and seemed darker and humbuckerish compared to RVs.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Ibanez PGM301 bridge pickup

« on: June 16, 2018, 11:51:48 PM »

I've used Nazgul in the past and it's just too compressed and has 'stiff' feel due to ceramic magnet. I considering the Perpetual Burn but don't want to pull the trigger on it just yet.

If the DiMarzio AT has less output than Norton I don't think I'm going with that. However, I haven't tried Breed and it seems very interesting. Even more so than the Duncan PB.

Thanks for all the recommendations so far and keep them coming!

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The Pickup Place / Re: Ibanez PGM301 bridge pickup

« on: June 16, 2018, 04:19:21 AM »

Thanks for the reply! I've been thinking about the Pegasus (which I happen to have in my Ibby 7-string RGD) and although it might be good choice overall tone and outputwise it sounds quite modern to me. I'm looking more vintagey sounding and feeling pickup for the PGM. Been wondering about the Custom too but after trying 59/custom hybrid and hating it's fat split coil tone I'm pretty sure I'm not trying it.

I look into PW Hornet, seems very interesting!

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The Pickup Place / Ibanez PGM301 bridge pickup

« on: June 15, 2018, 09:28:24 PM »

Hi guys! Just joined the forum after reading the posts for years. Lots of useful info around and generally nice ppl.

I bought PGM301 model made in '08 couple years ago which I really enjoy to play. It has become my 'desert island' guitar since it's capable to cover a lot of different genres and playing styles. HSH pickup routing obviously helps with the 5-way switch with auto splits for both hums. I haven't found a perfect bridge pup yet though, have tried all sorts of things from Tone Zone, Paf Pro, JB, 59/Custom Hybrid and the Norton which is in it right now. I've settled to SSL-1 in the middle and Paf Joe in the neck with Alnico II magnet.

I usually play all kinds of rock from blues to shreddy metal but need something with medium output to balance with other pickups and to split well with the middle single. Clean tone should be nice as well so I'm not looking for high output or ceramic magnet pickups. The guitar itself is bright sounding with punchy mid range. Looking for pickup that has little more output and less high end than the Norton which sounds a bit too bright. I really liked the 59/Custom Hybrid in humbucker mode but hated it's split tones.

I'm really interested in the Perpetual Burn since it might be what I want in terms of overall tone. Feel free to suggest other Duncan/DiMarzio pups.