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Guitar Lounge / Re: Why do the high e (1st) strings always break first?

« on: November 01, 2021, 06:13:54 PM »

What gauge strings do you use? I use to snap them all when I was using 8's. Yeah I know they're super flimsy but that problem kinda resolved itself when I moved up to 9's and just started going Eb instead.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Middle pickup suggestions?

« on: November 01, 2021, 06:10:11 PM »

I think you want a reverse polarity one. It won't be hum cancelling in the middle position alone though, only in positions 2 and 4 if you split the humbuckers.

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

« on: November 01, 2021, 06:08:05 PM »

That's awesome! So happy to hear things are back to normal!

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The Pickup Place / Re: DiMarzio PAF Pro in the neck of a LP-type mahogany guitar?

« on: November 01, 2021, 06:07:03 PM »

I use to love the Paf Pro but find it kinda thin these days. Maybe I'm just getting old. On a mahogany bodied LP type guitar, I absolutely LOVE the Air Norton/Norton combo.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Fast Track 2 Bridge. Would like recommendations for 1 &2

« on: November 01, 2021, 06:04:47 PM »

I was just about to respond to this and realized the OP asked this question about 4 years ago!

I still agree with Stephan though. The Cruiser would be a pretty awesome fit with a Fast Track 2.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Stratocaster Wiring - Watch Your Grounds!

« on: November 01, 2021, 06:01:57 PM »

I found that I never used the tone pot in my guitars that had them so I just disconnected them.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Does Decking a Tremolo Effect Signal to Noise Ratio of Pickups?

« on: November 01, 2021, 05:59:50 PM »

I can see it affecting sustain but signal to noise ratio? Any physics experts here explain how that works?

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The Pickup Place / Re: Your help needed: identifying PU

« on: November 01, 2021, 05:56:22 PM »

Looks like it might be an old PAF & Super Distortion set.

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News & New Guys / Re: Upload of Pictures

« on: November 01, 2021, 05:54:29 PM »

Hey man,

I think it might be a javascript thing. When I click on Attachments and other options, I see the check boxes for notify me of replies, return to this topic and don't use smileys and under that I see Attach: Choose file

I'm using Google Chrome. I also don't have problems on edge or on my wife's mac using Safari.

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The Pickup Place / Re: DiMarzio wins double cream trademark battle

« on: May 29, 2021, 08:40:59 PM »

Isn't the trademark only in the US or something?

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News & New Guys / Re: Server outage

« on: February 11, 2019, 07:36:05 AM »

Glad to see this place is back up and running again.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Looking for fat neck humbucker for 24 fret super strat

« on: October 23, 2018, 05:47:11 PM »

Ascension, he asked for a fat not flat.

But seriously, those doom metal pups they came out with: Nazgul, Pegasus, Sentient. They all came off to me as dry and gritty as that average chick at the beach you settle on after having too much to drink and then find out she got too much sand in her bikini bottoms. Then you wake up to realize she has a “I need to speak to a manager” haircut and spells her name all goofy, like Elysse.

LOL Nice description!

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The Pickup Place / Re: Wiring Ideas for AT-1 and Chopper

« on: October 23, 2018, 05:44:53 PM »

Ditching the tone pot is easy. Just disconnect it!

That's not a standard 5-way switch though, I made that mistake and found out that Ibanez also has a cheaper switches that are custom made to offer that wiring without needing the more expensive VLX-91.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Evh frankenstein humbucker - dimarzio equivalent?

« on: October 23, 2018, 05:40:05 PM »

I'd say the PAF models are in the same tonal range as the Frankenstein humbucker. Been a while since I had the EVH Frankenstein but I do remember it being very woody sounding. Last guitar I had with the Frankenstein, it was paired up with a SD Cool Rails which I then replaced with a Cruiser which I thought was a great pairing.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Steve lukather dimarzio pickups

« on: October 01, 2018, 12:59:49 AM »

Transition and Injectors sound like a pretty good combo actually. This just gave me a reason to buy an HSS Strat.