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The Pickup Place / Re: Bridge pickup for Strat

« Last post by RayBarbeeMusic on February 01, 2026, 02:43:23 PM »

Chopper, or Air Norton S (darker).  Never cared for the Duncan little series, and I've heard them all.  They don't sound like full sized pickups; the DiMarzios do.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Which Pickup Features Which Technique

« Last post by RayBarbeeMusic on February 01, 2026, 02:41:53 PM »

The bobbins are normal sized (for DiMarzio) and not overflowing.  10.8k of 43 is roughly equivalent to 8.5k of 42, number of turns wise, which would be ballpark correct for A5 and the stated output.  Might be and in-between gauge, hard to say.  Why they would have gone with 43 instead of 42 for that number of turns, who knows.  The Duncan "Screamin Demon" is wound with 43 but #turns roughly equivalent to an 8k ish 42.  No idea why they did that.

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The Trading Post / 2 Air Norton 7s black for sale

« Last post by wxs3 on January 30, 2026, 11:32:16 PM »

I have 2 Air Norton 7s like new condition one played about 4 hours, the other brand new (box never opened), leads full length (never cut my leads) just not my thing for my seven string.  $75 each or $140 for the pair.

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The mini bar (off topic & misc) / The Trading Post - Clearing Action

« Last post by darkbluemurder on January 27, 2026, 05:59:46 AM »

I removed some old threads in this section (older than 2020) as I assume they were no longer relevant. If I inadvertently removed something which you as OP deem still relevant please feel free to repost.

Cheers Stephan

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The Pickup Place / Re: Bridge pickup for Strat

« Last post by darkbluemurder on January 19, 2026, 04:03:52 AM »

From the rails/blades type pickups I played the Super Distortion S and the Chopper, the Chopper being my clear favorite of those two. No experience with any of the Duncan models in the bridge position.

Cheers Stephan

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The Pickup Place / Re: Bridge pickup for Strat

« Last post by gregr on January 16, 2026, 01:09:56 PM »

The Seymour Duncan Lil’ Screamin Demon is the best I’ve played and the best I’ve heard. The Chopper is my runner up, but it really isn’t all that close.

Others that I’m familiar with in the bridge position and am prepared to comment on include the following:
Fast Track 1
BC-1
BC-2
Fast Track 2
Little 59
JB Jr.
Hot Rails

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The Pickup Place / Bridge pickup for Strat

« Last post by aselix on January 16, 2026, 10:52:13 AM »

I want to replace the bridge pickup in my strat, from a single coil to a humbucker.

Looking for an 80's type lead sound.  Which single coil sized humbuckers should I look at? 

Not necessarily high output, just enough for a strong lead sound.

Thanks

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The Pickup Place / My Humbucker from Hell REview

« Last post by nienturi on January 09, 2026, 02:48:24 AM »

Hello. This is my review of "Humbucker From Hell". Hope you like it

https://www.tonejourney.com/post/dimarzio-humbucker-from-hell-review

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The mini bar (off topic & misc) / Re: Spam

« Last post by darkbluemurder on January 06, 2026, 05:12:56 AM »

From time to time I see spam threads on this forum, and these are so far the only instances where I exercise my moderator power - such threads will be invariably removed with no exception.

Cheers Stephan

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The Pickup Place / Re: Neck Position: Fast Track 1 vs. Injector bridge vs. Virtual Solo

« Last post by gregr on January 03, 2026, 03:15:01 PM »

Generally speaking, my tone control simply removes presence and does little to nothing in a band context when playing anything heavier than mild distortion.