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The Pickup Place / Neck Single to match Illuminator bridge

« on: June 12, 2017, 11:32:32 PM »

I want a powerful neck pickup in my HS guitar to match the Illuminator I'm about to put in the bridge. Not really sure what to get. Pro track? Air Norton S?

I've had a regular air norton. It sounded too boomy to me. Too tubular and rounded.

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The Pickup Place / Pickup recommendation for an RG565

« on: June 07, 2017, 11:14:22 PM »

This is a bit of an odd one. Bridge humbucker and neck single.

Planning to use the guitar for 80s shred mostly, nothing brutally heavy. Just standard tuning stuff.

I already have an HH config RG with an air zone and air norton. Love the air zone. Air Norton is just decent. Not a huge fan of the boomy bass on the AN. I'm thinking I need something slightly hotter than the air zone in this guitar. No clue on the neck pickup. Heck, I may even want something more stratty.

Recommendations?

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The Pickup Place / Air Norton in the neck is too boomy, hot, round, and tubular

« on: March 22, 2016, 08:16:52 PM »

I know that's a lot of words to describe my situation.

Allow me to elaborate.

I have an RG920qm that is my #1 by a mile.  I mean, a real dream to play. 

The Air Zone I have in the bridge is bar none my favorite pickup of all time in this guitar.  It NAILS overwound les paul PAF tones in this guitar.  An amazing thing for sure.  Oh, and it splits amazingly, too.

I've had an air norton in this guitar for a while, and I've kept it in the guitar for one reason.  The parallel wired tone of it is amazing.  The pickup wired normally just sounds butt in my particular guitar.  The leads sound way too boomy and round.  It's a bit too hot as well.

My concern is, I know these pickups sounds great split BECAUSE they are unmatched coil designs.  Unfortunately I just can't live with the booty lead tones of the air norton anymore.

Is there a pickup that has the unmatched coil thing that the AN does, but also is a bit less hot and a touch less bassy?