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The Pickup Place / Re: Which Pickup Features Which Technique

« Last post by darkbluemurder on March 17, 2025, 05:45:42 AM »

Transition bridge - Dual Resonance
Transition neck - Dual Resonance

For completeness sake, here are the patent numbers:

Dual Resonance: 4,501,185
-Airbucker: 5,399,802
-Virtual Vintage: 5,908,998

I think there is a slight incorrect info here. Transition set has Virtual Vintage patent, not dual resonance

;From old website;

Wiring: 4 Conductor
Magnet: Ceramic
Output mV: 390
DC Resistance: 11.05 Kohm
Year of Introduction: 2012
Patent: 5908998
Pickup Dimensions

Many thanks, I updated the first post.
Cheers Stephan

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The Pickup Place / Dimarzio Transition Bridge Review

« Last post by nienturi on March 14, 2025, 06:10:10 AM »

Hi. This is my review on Transition Bridge that covers tonal specs, comparisons with Al DiMeola Bridge& Norton, and why they deserve more credit. Hope you like it;

https://www.tonejourney.com/post/dimarzio-transition-dp255-review

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The Pickup Place / Re: SSS Strat Pickup Combinations

« Last post by gregr on March 13, 2025, 01:52:19 AM »

This is just a brief update on the Fast Track 1 in the neck position.

While the pickup produces a good amount of treble it is devoid of chime regardless of which pot values you choose. I had hoped that I could partially split the pickup and combine it with an Area 58 in the middle for position 4 quack. Unfortunately it does not have enough top end to keep from sounding muffled. Favoring the red/black/north coil provides a slightly brighter tone over the white/green/south coil but it was still inadequate. So in place of neck + middle, I am combining the Fast Track 1 with the full humbucker in the bridge, which I find more useable.

I imagine position 4 would sound better using the full pickup with another Fast Track 1 in the middle, though I can’t imagine it will sound as good as a pair of Cruisers which already isn’t my cup of tea. I like the tone of the bridge Cruiser in the neck position by itself, but I don’t care for the diffuse sound that results when you combine it with another pickup. So in keeping with the context of this topic about SSS combinations, I would really only recommend the Fast Track 1 for the bridge position unless you’re willing to forego traditional Strat sounds. I still think it is a good choice if you want single coil-esque sounds that can keep up with a humbucker in an HSS or HSH configuration.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Which Pickup Features Which Technique

« Last post by nienturi on March 12, 2025, 06:56:16 AM »

Updated Transition bridge - I bought one new and it had all three patents on the label. However, I did not take it apart to verify airbucker and virtual vintage.

EDIT: edited the update again as the label reads: "This pickup features one or more of the following patents ...". That means that the label in itself does not tell which patents are used.

Cheers Stephan

I havent seen that post. So double post. Anyway, For old pickups, it better use wayback machine since old website reveals the patent(s) that was used for them. And i measured the pickup and Transition does not have dual resonance or airbucker

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The Pickup Place / Re: Which Pickup Features Which Technique

« Last post by nienturi on March 12, 2025, 06:53:04 AM »

Transition bridge - Dual Resonance
Transition neck - Dual Resonance

For completeness sake, here are the patent numbers:

Dual Resonance: 4,501,185
-Airbucker: 5,399,802
-Virtual Vintage: 5,908,998

I think there is a slight incorrect info here. Transition set has Virtual Vintage patent, not dual resonance

;From old website;

Wiring: 4 Conductor
Magnet: Ceramic
Output mV: 390
DC Resistance: 11.05 Kohm
Year of Introduction: 2012
Patent: 5908998
Pickup Dimensions

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The Pickup Place / Re: SSS Strat Pickup Combinations

« Last post by gregr on March 07, 2025, 01:41:23 AM »

I’m diggin’ the Fast Track 1 so much that I just swapped out a VVHB2 for one in the neck of my HSS.

I’m in the midst of wiring, so nothing is final, but I’m treating it differently from the way I’m using it in the bridge in terms of loading and voicing.

Because it has so much output and treble it can be sculpted to work with weaker single coils in various ways. And because it has so much output it keeps up with the humbucker in the bridge much better than the VVHB2, saturating much more easily; and like the VVHB2 it isn’t getting muddy.

I also liberated the VV54P from the middle position so that I can use it and the VVHB2 with a Virtual Solo on a future project. The VV54P was replaced with an Area 58, wired so that only the top coil is active for the two quack positions. It is a better match for the screw coil of an A2-loaded JB, also allowing me to split the Fast Track 1 fairly aggressively, though still not completely.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Dimarzio/IBZ Bridge Review

« Last post by nienturi on March 03, 2025, 04:32:33 AM »

...and this is link for the neck version;

https://www.tonejourney.com/post/dimarzio-ibz-neck-review

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The Pickup Place / Re: Accuracy of DCR values

« Last post by nienturi on February 24, 2025, 03:02:58 AM »

Still, there’s one thing that really puzzles me. Years ago, Rich from Ibanezrules shared a post on Jemsite, showing the DCR values of some PAF Pros installed in older Ibanez models.

Jem Pickups
I haven't moved things back from storage yet, but this should make an interesting comparrison.
87' LNG
Bridge 11.5
Neck 12.5

92 GMC
Bridge 12.5
Neck 13

00' FP
Bridge 12.5
Neck 12.5

93' Donnie
Neck 12.5

 I found this very strange because the values were extremely high. I have DiMarzios from different decades, and even the oldest one has a very consistent DCR value. Has anyone here ever seen a 12K PAF Pro?

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The Pickup Place / Re: Accuracy of DCR values

« Last post by darkbluemurder on February 21, 2025, 08:19:14 AM »

Ambient temperature has a huge effect on the DCR measurements, particularly on higher wind pickups.

This is also what I experienced.

Anything +/- 10% is inconsequential to me.

Cheers Stephan

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The Pickup Place / Re: Accuracy of DCR values

« Last post by nienturi on February 21, 2025, 06:10:07 AM »

Ambient temperature has a huge effect on the DCR measurements, particularly on higher wind pickups.

https://www.lollarguitars.com/blog/2010/04/temperature-and-guitar-pickup-dc-resistance/

I don't get it too serious. No matter if it is 9 KOhms or 9,5 Kohms (i mean same pickup model).

Generally Dimarzios are pretty consistant. I have some pickups that from late 70s, 80s and 90s and newer ones and most of them are pretty close to the catalog values. Contrastly the DCR values od Duncan is more inconsistant, compared to Dimarzios. Even their catalog values change in time.