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The Pickup Place / Wiring Dimarzio Pickups with VLX91 Switch

« on: February 07, 2017, 10:04:53 PM »

Hi all! I recently acquired an Ibanez RG3521 and I replaced the neck pickup with a Dimarzio PAF Master. The stock Tone Zone is still in the bridge position. I just never use the Neck + Bridge middle position so I was hoping I could rewire it wherein the middle position is the Neck + Bridge Inner Coils. Can someone help me with the wiring diagram?

Stock wiring:

1 Neck
2 Neck Parallel
3 Neck + Bridge
4 Neck + Bridge Inner Coils
5 Bridge


Proposed new wiring
1 Neck
2 Neck Parallel or Neck Split
3 Neck + Bridge Inner Coil
4 Bridge Parallel or Bridge Split
5 Bridge

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Gear Closet / Show Your Rig!

« on: December 12, 2011, 11:43:27 PM »

Here's mine:

Fernandes TE1 Telecaster - Twang King neck/Stock bridge
Ibanez RG321MH - Air Classic/Tone Zone
Blackstar HT-20 with TungSol 12AX7 and EL34
Lava Cables Clear Connect
TC Nova Repeater

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The Pickup Place / Re: I just lowered the height of my Tone Zone....

« on: March 26, 2010, 11:30:51 AM »

Really glad to hear that you managed to find the sweet spot for your tone zone. Once you find it, it's MAGIC.

As for the neck pickup, the Air Norton Split (slug side active) produces a very nice single coil tone. The Paf Pro, Air Classic, and PAF 36th are also good options.

Thanks Bud. I'm still waiting for some more gear to arrive (cables, pedals, etc..) then i think i might have to find the spot again. Really diggin the Air Classic right now. I hope it won't get muddy under high gain.

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The Pickup Place / Re: I just lowered the height of my Tone Zone....

« on: March 25, 2010, 08:12:59 AM »

I'll look at Air Norton and Air Classics...Air CLassics look interesting.

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The Pickup Place / Re: I just lowered the height of my Tone Zone....

« on: March 24, 2010, 11:08:55 PM »

Actually, it took me 20 mins during that day. But....I've had this pickup for almost a year now...Been fiddling with the height since it was installed.. 

I got lucky with the tweaking, i guess. And it matched my current rig.

For the neck pickup, something for blues, jazz, great cleans, searing lead tones, while can still handle high gain without getting flubby or muddy.

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The Pickup Place / I just lowered the height of my Tone Zone....

« on: March 24, 2010, 11:11:39 AM »

Once again, i fiddled with the pickup height of my Tone Zone. It was said that the pickup has to be adjusted to find that "zone"...

My current rig sounds bassy, and figured the planet waves cable was the culprit. Dimarzio cables pawn the Planet Waves cable. Cleans were big and boomy, middy and crunchy. So i lowered the Tone Zone's height....

raised it again....lowered....raise....raise....lowered....BOOM! I found the spot. It took me almost 20 mins to find this spot. Cleans were good enough. Bass was not boomy anymore. I also got rid of some of the crunch. Distorted....man, that's were it really shines. Tight, defined, and clear. Before adjusting the height, it sounds huge, loose, bassy, middy, but has that sweet lead tone. After adjusting, it still has the lead tone, but the rhythm....Tighter and more defined notes.  

Right now, it's set low...away from the strings...but it doesn't lose that high output compression. Thinking of a neck pickup to pair with it...Air Norton perhaps? of should i go for PAF Pro?

Waiting for my Lava cable, then i'll adjust the pickup height again...  

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The Pickup Place / Re: Explain to me the Tone Zone

« on: April 15, 2009, 11:19:32 PM »

i intend to put it the bridge position together with an Air Norton or Air Classic. for blues to shred, how is the Tone Zone compared to the D Sonic or Evolution?

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The Pickup Place / Explain to me the Tone Zone

« on: April 15, 2009, 01:54:35 PM »

hi. it's been a while since i last logged in.

i've been looking at the Tone Zone. and i'm really digging it a lot, especially since Paul Gilbert uses them.
what are the pros and cons of this pickup? and compared to the Air Zone, which is more versatile (from sparkly cleans, blues to heavy rock)?