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The Pickup Place / Re: An Injector Bridge model for an Yngwie tone?
« on: January 20, 2019, 03:41:08 AM »
I'm using some presets on my POD HD Pro X which pretty much give me the Yngwie tone. I have tried the Virtual Vintage Heavy Blues 2 but what I noticed about that pickup is it sounds like sandpaper. It has kind of a raspy, abrasive tone which leaves me scratching my head.

I was thinking of trying the Injector Bridge. Never owned one of those.

Do you think that would keep me in the ballpark for Yngwie tones? I don't want to sound like Paul Gilbert.

Malmsteen helped develop the Injectors before jumping ships to Duncan afaik he never really played them. I do know he played HS3, HS4 and FS1 models. In turn, Gilbert did use Injectors and at a certain time, he developed his own sound around these pickups.

If you have Furys, then you basically got Yngwie's sound, all the DMZs he used will get you some of his tones as well. I have a mexican strat with 3x FS1 and have no trouble getting Yngwie sound, so it's definitely true that - like the gentleman before me said - his tones aren't so picky about the pickup, it's more in his amps which he dimes out and obviously his hands.

HTH

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The Pickup Place / Re: Alnico 3 Magnet Fred or Breed Neck
« on: January 19, 2019, 04:26:29 PM »
A3 is, to my ears, the weakest in output of the magnets I ever tried. It makes any pickup sound very vintage, and adds a sweet treble on top. A3 is probably the best magnet for clean humbucker playing specifically, if you're after great balanced vintage tones with a sparkling treble on top.

So if you want to tame some boomyness, don't mind some treble on top, yeah, for sure give it a try. The one thing you will lose, however, is a portion of the A5 output, A3 is definitely much weaker magnet. You will also get a bit less squash/compression and the pickup will tend to exhibit the difference between louder and quieter picking more.

HTH

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To be fair, I think most of people that dis on DiMarzio and their vintage line, don't like the aggresiveness/punch that DMZ pickups have, it's a common quality that all posess. It's the way how they react to pick attack, as opposed to for example Duncan which reacts more like a vintage pickup. And it is largerly a matter of taste. No good or bad, no worse or better, just different.

I tried PAF Master and just couldn't gel with them. They definitely felt more "PAF" then 36th anniversary, more old school, but that aggressive feeling to them made them feel like they were trying to be something else. FWIW, I do like 36th anniversary a lot, and recently started rolling it into most of my guitar's necks, as I generally find it more versatile and musical then what was there before - a Paf Pro. I have a les paul that previous had A2P which went and gave room to 36th anny set now, and I could swear it can still nail those GnR tones, to a T. But I digress.

There's a lot of different "PAF" sounds, and alot of qualities that people tie to that name, it's good to see there's more then one model catering to specific tastes. I hope DiMarzio will continue to add models in their vintage lineup (which is imho currently weakest/least developed).

So yes, thankful for the reviews and happy to see people dig them, they are great (if different) offerings in PAF pickup arena in the sea of custom shop replicas (a whole ordeal that is kinda getting silly already).

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The Pickup Place / Re: Duncan Custom 5 but with more mids?
« on: January 02, 2019, 11:30:02 PM »
Swapping magnets is probably the easiest and cheapest mod you can do.

Also, one cheap possibility is sourcing Gibby 498T, people seem to hate on that one, but it's actually very closely voiced to the Custom line of the Duncan, in fact it's in between C5 and regular Custom, but it's closer to C5, except it's not as clean/precise and it has more mids to my ears. If you look hard enough, you can find one for a decent money - more then a magnet, sure, but still a steal for a Gibby pickup. And if you like Custom, chances are you'll like 498T as well.

Used to be a time when one could find these for 30 bucks, back when Gibby had putting them in almost every guitar they were selling...

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The Pickup Place / Re: Pandemonium
« on: December 22, 2018, 05:10:36 PM »
It's one of those pickups that would have gotten a lot more sales if the cover wasn't mandatory(thereby making it more affordable at the same time).

Maybe I should reach out to the folks at DiMarzio for a test sample.

I agree and I'd be (and I'm sure many others) very thankful for a full review of someone experienced such as yourself.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Pandemonium
« on: December 21, 2018, 05:23:36 PM »
I hear ya both, and I agree. That's some bad marketing decisions done and all, I just wondered how are they in terms of sound, is all. I wasn't aware it's mandatory with those covers on them, that's just hideous... maybe if they allow them in normal looking version or with normal covers and I can hear a proper demo of them, I might buy them and try them, the way it is now, I'm not holding my breath.

Thanks for answers, guys.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Low-output bridge humbucker suggestions
« on: December 21, 2018, 07:26:09 AM »
I'd try the regular 36th anniversary in the bridge (not the bridge model, that one is overwound and not that much less loud then a Paf PRO), and would lower it a tad bit to get more sustain out of it. The output should be right at the sweet spot like that, not too feeble, but definitely not too loud for a PAF either.

Good alternative will be Paf Joe, while tad louder - will be slightly thinner too when you lower it down a bit into the body.


I personally wouldn't go with HFH, that thing is singlecoil thin in the neck, I can't imagine how it will be in the bridge.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Pandemonium
« on: December 21, 2018, 07:20:40 AM »
No one ever tried the Pandemonium? Really?

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Look at transition neck, specifically flipped like Steve uses it, really woody acoustic sounds out of it, I like it for cleans better then even the 36th anny. Alternatively, Paf Joe will do that as well, it's imo underrated DiMarzio. As a third option, already mentioned 36th anniversary on the neck.

As for the medium output bridge, Paf PRO is good but I always felt Norton is better. Give it a go, it has a good bottom end, melodic mids and warm (but not muddy) highs with a slight hint of grit (character) to the sound. I felt it was the closest to a typical Les Paul pickup a Gibson would put in, but cleaner smoother and nicer.

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The Pickup Place / Pandemonium
« on: December 20, 2018, 07:12:36 AM »
So anyone tried the Pandemonium? While I'm a fan of Nita, and think she's an amazing player, from the limited demos she did for the pickup, I didn't dig the sound of it, seemed slightly muddy and nasal. I am wondering if that's representative of the sound of those, or if it was the mixing to blame.

I want to know if anyone tried them, specifically the bridge pickup, and how does it compare to some other models?

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The Pickup Place / Re: Equivalent to Super Distortion but with an A5 mag
« on: December 17, 2018, 07:54:54 AM »
You can get a new bottom plate and therefore fit a regular size alnico 5 bar underneath it too. I had it for a bit while in Super Dee and found the sound similar to Duncan's Custom 5 albeit not as smooth, you'd want nickel bottom plate to get some more articulation too as brass attenuates some of the pickups presence.

If modifications are off the table and you don't want a Duncan, try out the Norton, it's in the ballpark of A5 S-Dee.

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The Pickup Place / Re: DP155 history
« on: December 12, 2018, 01:18:26 AM »


There's a slim chance it's OEM (Fender) Paf PRO (as they came with adjustable+slug instead of two rows of hex) with baseplate swapped for ToneZone's, however just like in the other thread in my knowledge, Paf PRO was never released with three hole on front bobbins, and tbh the screws look totally funky,

I'd agree with marc here, I think it's not a real DMZ at all, but another neck pickup altogether.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Help with pickup identification
« on: December 10, 2018, 09:59:10 AM »
While DC resistance is in the ballpark, DiMarzio never used 3 hole bobbin tops with Paf Pro model.

So my best guess, it's not a real DiMarzio PAF Pro.

Sorry.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Help with pickup identification
« on: December 10, 2018, 08:23:25 AM »
Hi,

I could be wrong but from the bottom plate, it looks like an G&B MIK pickup to me.
They produce most of the Epiphone pickups for Gibson, as well as alot of pickups in Fender
 lineup (also Gretsch, example Fidelitron). It could also be real DiMarzio that someone
 swapped the bottom plate to another pickup's. Maybe a picture of the front side of the
pickup might help in further indentification. What's the resistance rating of it?

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The Pickup Place / Re: Guitar pick ups
« on: August 25, 2018, 04:24:38 PM »
Hi,

Never met someone that played a Tone Zone and thought "bright", curious. :D

At any rate, at the very early, 'tallica actually used Invaders (not very known, I think), then they switched to 81/60 set (Hetfield) and 81/81 set (Hammett). If that's the sound you're looking for, then I have to repeat the fine gentlemen before me on getting an EMGs.

Indeed, if you don't wanna hassle with the batteries etc D-Activators have that "active" stiff feel to them, they're also incredibly tight, just like an 81.

As for which Duncans, well Blackouts are Duncan's take on the active pickups, with some fiddling (dialing out some mids, they have aplenty compared to your typical 81), you can get a very similar sound. I also liked Dave Mustaine Livewires for trash when I tried them out in my buddy's guitar, which is like a JB on steroids.

As for the X2N, I wouldn't personally go there if you like the sound of the EMGs, X2N have a very specific sound which is unlike the active pickups (or most passive pickups, for that matter), and it's either a love-it-or-hate-it.

Lastly, if you're after those tones, you probably wanna use far less gain then you might think you would need, and to tighten the sound up even further, use an OD pedal set to boost (without drive).

HTH,
Cory

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