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Everything you wanted to know about .... / Re: The Tone Zone
« on: July 04, 2010, 11:00:28 PM »You need a Tone Zone.
And a screwdriver...
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You need a Tone Zone.
And a screwdriver...
doesnt alnico 8 have to be overwound?
? what? no?
Anyways odds are you dont see an A8 or Ceramic for that matter in a single coil with poles as the magnets is because of string pull (I'm guessing). A5 has enough pull as it is and Ceramic and A8 are way worse. People complain A8 and Ceramic kills string pull on humbuckers even though the magnets are on the bottom and contact the pole pieces which really dont transfer a lot of the magnetism. I mean yeah it effects string pull but no matter what its way better than a single coil. Those guys must have the poles almost touching the strings (bad idea).
Anyways yea if you have an A8 or Ceramic single coil it would have to be overwound to add output and compensate for backing the pickup up because of the increased string pull. You would want to back it up more than a regular A5 so you dont kill your sustain. I assume thats what jerryjg was talking about.
Now saying all of that if I was a maker I would say its pointless to take those problems into account. A5 and A2 works fine. A5 for most coils and A2 if you are making a model to have more sustain and warmth.
Question: would you guys use the CruiserBridge in the neck position of a Strat with 250k or 500k vol and tone controls? I'm thinking of ordering one just to try it out and see why Timmons digs it so much (his neck pickup sound is awesome). And I'll be ordering a new pickguard and vol and tone controls, not sure what values to get though. Thanks guys
Actually, it took me 20 mins during that day. But....I've had this pickup for almost a year now...Been fiddling with the height since it was installed..
I got lucky with the tweaking, i guess. And it matched my current rig.
For the neck pickup, something for blues, jazz, great cleans, searing lead tones, while can still handle high gain without getting flubby or muddy.
Its funny all the Humbuckers from Hell up for sale on Ebay from people thinking it was an all out brutal humbucker.
Do you guys know of any 7string pickups that sounds similar to a Norton? I'm looking for one to put into my Schecter 7 string bridge.
X2n.
Was that the Green Meanie or some other guitar?
I coulda sworn that the guitar with the X2Ns was a three humbucker guitar.
But then again, you're the resident Vai expert here.
the Fred "lite" as they called it in the 90's was a smkin pickup.
They came in Frank Gambale model Ibanez I believe
If I split an Air Norton and an Air Zone and had both running together maybe I can create an Air Fred