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Title: 36th neck in bridge?
Post by: joshsuperdist on February 19, 2015, 09:51:54 AM: I have a guitar I though of making a low output guitar. It currently has a 36 bridge and virtual Paf neck. Will a 36 neck go well in the bridge? Match well?
I would put the 36 in something else
Title: Re: 36th neck in bridge?
Post by: rgand on March 29, 2015, 08:37:41 PM: At the recommendation of a tech at DiMarzio, I put a 36th Anniv Neck PAF in the bridge position on my Strat. It works very well and even has that watery sound you expect from a Tele. I'm pleased.
Title: Re: 36th neck in bridge?
Post by: joshsuperdist on March 29, 2015, 09:47:27 PM: Cool. May try at some point.

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Title: Re: 36th neck in bridge?
Post by: Rabelais on July 20, 2020, 09:37:23 PM: Quote from: joshsuperdist on February 19, 2015, 09:51:54 AM
I have a guitar I though of making a low output guitar. It currently has a 36 bridge and virtual Paf neck. Will a 36 neck go well in the bridge? Match well?
I would put the 36 in something else

I have the 36th anniversary neck (DP103) in the bridge position of my PRS SE. I love it. The DiMarzio website describes as a good pickup for both positions. It pairs well with an Air Classic neck.
Title: Re: 36th neck in bridge?
Post by: LPBII on May 21, 2026, 11:10:33 AM: I just put a 36th (DP103) in the bridge position of an all mahogany PRS. Really woke up this guitar. It did the same to an all mahogany strat build several years ago. Read about good results with SGs. It seems to be a repeatable result. This pickup really seems to work well in the bridge position of all hog guitars.
Title: Re: 36th neck in bridge?
Post by: darkbluemurder on May 26, 2026, 04:12:38 AM: Keep in mind that in the 50s when the role model for the 36th was invented (the Gibson PAF) there was no such thing as a "bridge" or "neck" pickup. It is all personal preference.

Cheers Stephan
Title: Re: 36th neck in bridge?
Post by: gregr on May 26, 2026, 08:38:17 AM: Quote from: darkbluemurder on May 26, 2026, 04:12:38 AM
Keep in mind that in the 50s when the role model for the 36th was invented (the Gibson PAF) there was no such thing as a "bridge" or "neck" pickup.
Not to mention the Bridge version of the 36th, with its A5 magnet, 8.6k wind, and virtual vintage tech, was designed to be at the hotter end of the PAF spectrum. I don’t have any data but it seems to me that the neck version is more on par with a typical PAF.

Fun fact: the bridge pickup in Jake E. Lee’s blue burst, the one he used to play Killer of Giants was a Pearly Gates Neck. The Pearly Gates being closer to a more traditional PAF than anything DiMarzio had made prior to the PAF 57 and 59.
Title: Re: 36th neck in bridge?
Post by: LPBII on May 27, 2026, 10:54:34 AM: I do like the 36th bridge (DP223) in the bridge position better in guitars with a maple top or a maple neck, or in a strat/tele type.