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The Pickup Place / Re: Air Classic Neck Review (DP190)

« on: June 11, 2024, 10:37:17 PM »

Having used the Air Classic neck, and the bridge model, and AC sets in a wide variety of guitars, I agree with just about every aspect of your review. 

I installed an air classic neck in an all mahogany, hard tail, strat with rosewood board, for somebody, so a fairly close match to your test guitar. We used the 36th neck in the bridge. The perfect set for that particular guitar. The AC neck in neck gave a lot of clarity and tonal balance. Plenty bright, but not in a bad way. Not a hint of mud or boominess. It balanced out well with the 36th "neck" used in the bridge.

A lot of people over look the ACs maybe because they don't think they will have enough power based on the published specs? In my experience they don't play weak though. And you would be hard pressed to find a pickup set more responsive to picking dynamics.

This looks like an interesting combo, especially the 36th "neck" in the bridge. Did you find the outputs of these two pickups matched well? Or did you have to adjust them to match?

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The Pickup Place / Air Zone vs Super Distortion?

« on: November 29, 2021, 02:56:10 AM »

Anyone have any thoughts on how these two pickups compare?

They're both doing that 'PAF on steroids' thing, and the EQ tone guide on the Dimarzio site is very similar for both pickups. I currently have a SD stock in my guitar (with stock 1meg pots), I like it, but I'm not crazy about the feel of ceramic pickups. I know the AZ has a ton of bass, I'm wondering if it's comparable to the SD in the low-end.

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The Pickup Place / Has anyone ordered direct from Dimarzio lately?

« on: September 02, 2021, 02:31:27 PM »

I know there were some backlogs from Dimarzio in regards to the pandemic, since a lot of dealers are still having trouble getting stock. But since they are offering pickups direct, has anyone ordered from Dimarzio lately? Do they ship right away, or is there a long turnaround time?

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The Pickup Place / Anyone use a neck 36th DP103 in the bridge?

« on: March 04, 2021, 10:16:58 PM »

Wondering if anyone has tried a DP103 neck 36th in the bridge, and if so, how did you like it? I'm wondering how it would match up with a DP103 in the neck.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Dimarzio tech support MIA?

« on: January 10, 2021, 12:56:05 AM »

I've heard that they stopped production for a few months, but have been getting back to work recently, slowly fulfilling orders. A bunch of dealers have been backordered for months.

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The Pickup Place / Super Distortion vs 36th Anniversary bridge

« on: January 09, 2021, 05:41:28 AM »

Wondering if anyone has tried both of these in the bridge, and can compare them? I have a 36th in the neck, and the SD in the bridge. The SD is alright, not as hot as I thought, maybe cause I've set it rather low, but it's got a ceramic quality to the top end which I can't get used to.

I know the 36 bridge is a PAF style, and different than the SD. But from what I read they may actually be somewhat similar? I hear the 36 bridge has quite a bit of mids (some say too much?) and can really rock. I'm just worried it might be too middy/bright, since my guitar has 1meg pots. Curious how it compares to the SD.