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Jul 22 2009, 04:40 PM
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Soon I'm going to get my new Parker PM-20 (Mahogany body, bubinga top, mahogany neck and ebony fretboard) and when I do, I plan to change the Parker pickups for something good.
At the moment I'm looking at these combinations. Bridge: PAF Pro Neck: Dimarzio Air Norton Bridge: Seymour Duncan Custom Neck: Seymour Duncan Jazz Bridge: PAF Pro Neck: Seymour Duncan Jazz I'm looking for versatile pickups, that are decent for Metal, Rock, Jazz, Fusion, Blues etc, that can do coil tapping. I want a nice fat, warm tone in the neck, and a screamingtone with good harmonics in the bridge. I'm prepared to sacrifice some of these tones though for more versatility. I saw this comparison, and the Dimarzios seemed better for distortion and metal, while the SDs seemed better for clean sounds, so I'm not sure which to get. Also the PAF 36th Anniversary pickup is "Vintage Output". Does this really mean anything? Does it just mean I'll have to roll the drive control a bit further than normal, or will it actually not sound good for metal. Anyway if you have any experience with these pickups, SDs or dimarzios, or just pickups in general, then I'd be very interested to hear what you think I should get. Also if you have any different suggestions for pickups I'd like to hear them too. Finally I'd like to know if the "output" of a pickup actually makes a big difference. Matt 
This post has been edited by Matt23: Jul 23 2009, 02:00 PM |
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Jul 22 2009, 04:46 PM
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Mahogany body, bubinga top, mahogany neck and ebony fretboard.
This post has been edited by Matt23: Jul 22 2009, 04:53 PM |
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Jul 22 2009, 04:53 PM
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Yeh
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Jul 22 2009, 06:07 PM
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Something I forgot to mention. I need coil-tapping. Can all those pickups you mention do coil-tapping?
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Jul 22 2009, 07:47 PM
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Ok, this might be a stupid question, but what is "PAF"?
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Jul 23 2009, 10:44 AM
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So is there any reason not to put a Dimarzio PAF Pro in the bridge, and a SD Jazz in the neck, or should mixing pickups be avoided?
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Jul 23 2009, 01:14 PM
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Sorry for bumping like this,
you might as well write an email to Stan Hinesley, tell him what guitar (wood) do you have and what kind of tone you would like, Stan can even wound custom ones for you. I have his pickups on my custom (have them on Axis as well but I don't play Axis that much) and I'm more than satisfied, hot, high output, great dynamic range etc.
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Jul 23 2009, 01:36 PM
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QUOTE (Matt23 @ Jul 23 2009, 02:31 PM)  I forgot about Stan Hinesley. I'll give him an email and see what I can find about his pickups. Also from what I've heard of them Stan's pickups sound sort of soft, and don't have a hard edge. This does sound good in its own way but it's not really my thing. Is this just peoples amp setting or do they actually sound like that? Hmm, not sure what do you mean by soft, mine are surely NOT soft unless I play softly which explains wide dynamic range. And yeah, you can shape your tone A LOT nowdays using amp, EQs, compressor and other units. Now, I'm not sure what have you heard but if you would like to explain me what is "your thing" then I might record something for you in that direction. Hard edge, you mean less attack or? -------------------- Youtube
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