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The Pickup Place / Re: Anyone have experience with Ibanez Super 70s?

« on: June 03, 2016, 07:43:37 PM »

use your vol pot?

The Ibanez on 5 is the same volume as the PRS on 10. Since I ride the volume anyway, this is more about getting similar range on the pots than anything else.

No experience with the Super 70s but the AT-1/Air Norton combination will sound quite different from the VPAFs, probably significantly less bright.

Cheers Stephan

I'm ok with that. The Super 70s aren't as bright either. I'm more looking for matching power than anything else.

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The Pickup Place / Anyone have experience with Ibanez Super 70s?

« on: May 27, 2016, 12:43:29 PM »

Last month I bought a 1980 Ibanez Artist with original Super 70 pickups to backup my PRS Custom 24 with Dimarzio Virtual PAFs. I'd like to match the output between both guitars, and the Ibanez is a monster. Raising the VPAFs in the PRS doesn't do enough.

I do have an Air Norton/AT-1 set in a beater Ibanez that I can put into the PRS. I feel like the output will better match the Super 70s, but I'm not sure the tonal profile will match up. I'm also open to buying a set of Super 70s (if I can find them).

Thoughts on how to match up these two incredible instruments?

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The Pickup Place / Re: Advice for pairing with a Virtual Hot PAF (DP214) in a HH Superstrat

« on: May 23, 2016, 09:15:03 PM »

Thanks guys.  Just going to roll with it and enjoy.  Excited for the project.  Just struck a deal on a good used Fender Blacktop HH Strat to use as my modding base.  Should be fun!

DON'T DO IT 

Hi there fancy seeing you here. ;-) do you mean use that pick up, or is this more about your traditional dislike of strats? 

#fuqastrat 

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The Pickup Place / Re: Advice for pairing with a Virtual Hot PAF (DP214) in a HH Superstrat

« on: May 23, 2016, 10:56:02 AM »

Thanks guys.  Just going to roll with it and enjoy.  Excited for the project.  Just struck a deal on a good used Fender Blacktop HH Strat to use as my modding base.  Should be fun!

DON'T DO IT 

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The Pickup Place / Re: I'm like a throwback to 2006 - Looking for suggestions

« on: September 10, 2015, 05:46:07 PM »

The PG bridge is relatively hot for a PAF, and it is bright. It has some cut. I had to use 250k pots with a PG bridge on a strat.

 The PG neck is warm. The PG set are like opposites on the same guitar, and that provides for a wide range of possible tones from warm to bright.

From the specs, it doesn't seem any hotter than the Virtual PAF, which is my reference. It just has a different tone profile.

At this point, I'm leaning towards the Dimarzio. The set is $30 cheaper. That's all I got to go on.

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The Pickup Place / Re: I'm like a throwback to 2006 - Looking for suggestions

« on: September 10, 2015, 11:09:43 AM »

You owe it to yourself to try the Air Classic.  There's not a more musical pickup made and its not too hot.

I'm down to the Air Classic set and the SD Pearly Gates set. I dunno...

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The Pickup Place / Re: I'm like a throwback to 2006 - Looking for suggestions

« on: September 08, 2015, 01:43:37 PM »

I have to admit, I'm totally confused about the PAF Master set. Is it hotter than the 36th set? Reviews say yes, specs say no. And I'm shying away from the 36th set because they're hotter than my VPAFs.

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The Pickup Place / Re: PETITION TO DIMARZIO: PLEASE BRING BACK THE VIRTUAL PAF SET!

« on: September 07, 2015, 09:04:32 PM »

I guess I'll post this here too. Consider this my entry into the petition!

Greetings, Earthlings! This is my second post on your fine forum. (I also started a thread if you'd like to post there)

I have a 2005 PRS Custom 24. I've owned this guitar for 10 years. It's #1 and always will be. Complete with it's matched Virtual PAF humbuckers, installed in '06. Not even the Hot. Straight up VPAFs. For nearly 10 years! At the time, I also modified the McCarty switching. Each pot is a push/pull, which puts a pickup into parallel. So there's a lot of combinations here.

I've always played another style of guitar as a backup. Usually a Tele or Ric. But I've started using a lot of alternate tunings and so I'm contemplating a custom build. Think Fano LPjr if that helps (and if not, just think LP without the maple top).

I need pickups! And Dimarzio doesn't make the VPAF anymore. What I love about them is they're balanced and clear sounding. There's not a lot of gain, which allows my amp and pedals to do the work (Skreddy Hybrid Fuzz Driver -> GGG Red Llama clone -> Catalinbread Echorec -> Allen Encore).

I've used the Air Norton in the bridge of an old Ibanez RG, and that sounds cool. But I think it might be too hot, and have too much bottom end for a mahogany hardtail. The Air Classic was the pickup I passed on way back in '06, though it's a consideration.

What recommendations do you young whippersnappers have for an old Rip Van Winkle like me?

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The Pickup Place / I'm like a throwback to 2006 - Looking for suggestions

« on: September 07, 2015, 08:59:34 PM »

Greetings, Earthlings! This is my first post on your fine forum.

I have a 2005 PRS Custom 24. I've owned this guitar for 10 years. It's #1 and always will be. Complete with it's matched Virtual PAF humbuckers, installed in '06. Not even the Hot. Straight up VPAFs. For nearly 10 years! At the time, I also modified the McCarty switching. Each pot is a push/pull, which puts a pickup into parallel. So there's a lot of combinations here.

I've always played another style of guitar as a backup. Usually a Tele or Ric. But I've started using a lot of alternate tunings and so I'm contemplating a custom build. Think Fano LPjr if that helps (and if not, just think LP without the maple top).

I need pickups! And Dimarzio doesn't make the VPAF anymore. What I love about them is they're balanced and clear sounding. There's not a lot of gain, which allows my amp and pedals to do the work (Skreddy Hybrid Fuzz Driver -> GGG Red Llama clone -> Catalinbread Echorec -> Allen Encore).

I've used the Air Norton in the bridge of an old Ibanez RG, and that sounds cool. But I think it might be too hot, and have too much bottom end for a mahogany hardtail. The Air Classic was the pickup I passed on way back in '06, though it's a consideration.

What recommendations do you young whippersnappers have for an old Rip Van Winkle like me?