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The Pickup Place / Anybody know what the Norton DP160 might sound like on the neck of a guitar?

« on: January 23, 2018, 11:55:39 PM »

I know it's a bridge pickup, but I've heard of people pairing up similar pickups in the necks of their guitars, like the Custom with the JB or the Dimebucker with the JB jr. or the Evolution with the Tone Zone, so I'm curious if anybody's ever paired up the Norton DP160 bridge pickup into the neck of a guitar with a hotter pickup on the bridge? If not, does anybody have any input on what you think it would sound like? I'm curious because I have a Norton and I'm not sure what to pair it with or do what with it.

When I bought it, I'd heard it was the closest DiMarzio had to a JB. Now I know that a) that's not true and b) It's not nearly as ballsy compared to a JB (at least not from what I've heard from it in comparison vids. It sounds like a darker, noticeably much more polite, more constrained version of the JB I guess) so I'm not sure what to do with it, as I was going to pair it with my Jazz to have something similar to a Hot Rodded set. So I was wondering what might happen if I paired it off with like a Dimebucker or an Evolution or a Duncan Distortion or Invader or a Gibson Dirty Fingers or something?

Anybody have any thoughts on this? I'd love to her your input!

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The Pickup Place / Anybody know what the Norton DP160 might sound like on the neck of a guitar?

« on: January 23, 2018, 11:50:32 PM »

I know it's a bridge pickup, but I've heard of people pairing up similar pickups in the necks of their guitars, like the Custom with the JB or the Dimebucker with the JB jr. or the Evolution with the Tone Zone, so I'm curious if anybody's ever paired up the Norton DP160 bridge pickup into the neck of a guitar with a hotter pickup on the bridge? If not, does anybody have any input on what you think it would sound like? I'm curious because I have a Norton and I'm not sure what to pair it with or do what with it.

When I bought it, I'd heard it was the closest DiMarzio had to a JB. Now I know that a) that's not true and b) It's not nearly as ballsy compared to a JB (at least not from what I've heard from it in comparison vids. It sounds like a darker, noticeably much more polite, more constrained version of the JB I guess) so I'm not sure what to do with it, as I was going to pair it with my Jazz to have something similar to a Hot Rodded set. So I was wondering what might happen if I paired it off with like a Dimebucker or an Evolution or a Duncan Distortion or Invader or a Gibson Dirty Fingers or something?

nybody have any thoughts on this? I'd love to her your input!

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The Pickup Place / Anyone try the Norton DP160 in the neck?

« on: January 23, 2018, 11:40:28 PM »

I know it's a bridge pickup, and I have seen no indications of anybody trying this anywhere on the net. But I do know that some people put the JB or JB Jr. in the neck of their guitars so I figured why not the Norton?

If anyone has tried it in the neck, what does it sound like there? I'm just asking because I'm thinking of trying that out and I wanna know if I oughtta even bother. What do you guys think?