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The Pickup Place / Re: Help me select a neck pickup

« on: September 09, 2019, 02:40:11 PM »

Thanks for all the suggestions and help guys! I did some more experimenting and discovered that by turning my Transition around in the bridge with the screws facing the neck, I got a thicker tone that I'm happy with and that makes my neck pickup choice much easier to make. PAF Pro it will be! ☺️

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The Pickup Place / Re: Help me select a neck pickup

« on: September 06, 2019, 08:10:14 AM »

Would you guys say that the bluesbucker has a similar aww type vocal quality to the Pro? The Bluesbucker output would match well with the Air Norton I think. I AB'd the AN and a Transition last night again in the bridge and to me the Transition sounded somewhat hollow and thin compared to the AN. It was broader wheras the AN seemed more focused, thicker, and really crunchy but still tight. Ideally I would just use the Transition in the bridge and get a PAF Pro for neck but I have to go with the AN in the bridge after hearing the difference. Dang tone chasing is a sickness! lol

Chris

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The Pickup Place / Re: Help me select a neck pickup

« on: September 05, 2019, 01:57:51 PM »

Thanks so much for the help!

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The Pickup Place / Help me select a neck pickup

« on: September 04, 2019, 11:18:35 AM »

Hi guys. I've been having a bit of trouble getting a tone I like in the neck position of my JP100D. It originally came with a liquifire in the neck which lacked the attack I wanted for fast picking. I replaced it with an Air Norton which is even worse, lol. It's just too smooth in the neck and the attack is not very prominent through my DC-5. I have a Pacifica with Duncan Alpha and Omega pickups in it and on the neck it just has that perfect "click" attack that makes picking fast feel effortless and I'd like to get a similar tone in my 100D. Interestingly enough I tried the Air Norton in the bridge position and it sounds extremely good to me, which is surprising considering many of the posts I've read about that pickup in the bridge. Anyways, I've been trying to decide between the HFH and PAF Pro for the neck. I do really like a neck pickup with that vocal or vowel like sound and a very clear and defined attack when single notes are picked for faster runs. What concerns me is that the Pro is a bit hotter than the Air Norton and might not match well for that reason. Does the HFH have a vocal quality to it as well? If so it might work better. Or perhaps another of the Dimarzio PAF type pickups like the Master? Paul Gilbert was getting some great neck tones from those. Any suggestions or info on either pickup would be helpful and thanks!

Chris