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The Pickup Place / Re: my experience with two Dimarzios and maybe advice

« on: November 30, 2020, 07:28:43 AM »

I really like the Norton, but it does have somewhat of a particular mid hump that you have to dig, for it to work for you. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like the JB, but it has a bit of that same characteristic.
For a hotter PAF-y character, I would suggest the Breed Neck in the bridge. It is my, quite simply, my favourite bridge PU. To me it has enough mids to cut without getting honky, enough bass to add weight, without getting flubby and enough highs to sparkle without getting piercing. Add to that an output that is just a bit higher than a 36th Anniversary and you have an extremely flexible bridge PU that will work great in most settings.

Cheers

Eske

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The Pickup Place / Re: HSS Pickups Wiring

« on: December 22, 2015, 04:31:08 PM »

My favourite HSS wiring is as follows:

1) Bridge in series (traditional humbucker tone)
2) Bridge in parallel (to me more stratty than a split humbucker - no hum)
3) Bridge in parallel + middle (traditional Knopflerish tone)
4) Middle + neck
5) Neck

I essentially ommit the usual position 3 option of the middle PU by itself (as I never use it) and add a viable stratty bridge tone in its place.

With the PUs you've chosen, I would simply go with a 500kOhm logarithmic volume. Moreover, I only have one tone tone control on my HSS guitars and I always wire it to the neck PU. I usually use a 250kOhm no-load pot for this application.

Cheers

Eske