Air Norton SUCKS

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TheLizardKing

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I have an air norton neck humbucker in my american schecter and it seriously sounds like my bridge pickup, a tone pro humbucker, with the tone knob turned absolutely down. This pickup is practically useless unless I want to try to communicate with my dog or something. What can i do to liven it up or what should I replace it with? Evolution, 57, burstbucker, EMG 85? What guys? think neck humbucker shred-bright-single coil sound. Any ideas, masters of tone?
 
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I think it's a great pickup, but it greatly depends on what type of guitar it's in. I had one in a mahogany bodied RG and it was alright, but it really came to life in a basswood body axe I tried it in. Can you tell us more about the guitar?
 
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the guitar is swamp ash, pretty light. I think the neck pickup just runs out of mids or something because it honestly sounds like a bass pickup.
 
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I'm not really sure it's a great match for a swamp ash body. Out of curiosity, what cap values are in your axe, and how are you EQ-ing your amp?
 
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The air Norton is a bridge pickup so it is obvious that in the neck it's gonna be too hot and dark !
You could try it in the bridge where it belongs and put a real neck pickup or change it for a neck p-u .
 
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fab.regnaut said:
The air Norton is a bridge pickup so it is obvious that in the neck it's gonna be too hot and dark !
You could try it in the bridge where it belongs and put a real neck pickup or change it for a neck p-u .
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I think the vast majority of Air Norton users use it in the neck. :rolleyes:

But anyway, if it's in a mahogany/rosewood or similarly dark guitar, I can see how it might be too dark for you.
 
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Akrin said:
I think the vast majority of Air Norton users use it in the neck. :rolleyes:

But anyway, if it's in a mahogany/rosewood or similarly dark guitar, I can see how it might be too dark for you.
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Yes but some people's tastes are strange ; hot and fat neck humbucker , what for ? for fat and lazy music probably ...
 
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fab.regnaut said:
Yes but some people's tastes are strange ; hot and fat neck humbucker , what for ? for fat and lazy music probably ...
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lmfao -- I think this may go in my sig.
 
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The AN rocks in my guitar...I think that the wood your guitar is made of isn´t that good for this one but I dunno which pup will suit you better.

What tone are you looking for? (music genre)
 
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fab.regnaut said:
Yes but some people's tastes are strange ; hot and fat neck humbucker , what for ? for fat and lazy music probably ...
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The Air Norton is a neck pickup first and foremost. DiMarzio's site makes that pretty clear:

"Combine the Air Norton™ with an Air Zone™, The Tone Zone® or Steve's Special™ in the bridge position for a perfect blend of power and tone, or use an Air Norton™ in the bridge position with an Air Classic™ bridge model in the neck position for a distinctive medium-output blues-rock sound."

Plus, it's not even "hot" really, it's low or medium output compared to many.
 
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its yur personal and subjective taste man and really doesnt matter what other people keep saying bout yur guitar ´s caps and body not being that good.just sell it and get either a duncan 59 or a dimarzio virtual paf neck.
i too do not like the air norton´s tone,look into a thread by wildstar regarding the dimarzio v v pafs it has sound clips of various neck and bridge piickuyps including yours.:offtopic:
 
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If you want bright and shredding in the neck, the Bill Lawrence L-500C is the only choice IMO!!!!! Its brighter, has more clarity, and more of that certain something I have not heard in Duncans, Dimarzio's, EMG's etc!
 
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It's down to the Virtual Paf, Evolution, and Humbucker from hell. If anyone has soundclips please let me know other than wildstar. The Dimarzio website only has a clip from Steve Vai's evolution pickup on one of his songs ;( The Virtual Paf sounds a lot brighter than the Air Norton, but I don't know if it sounds justifiable to spend 70$ when I get better cleans out of my bridge or similar.with the tone pro humbucker. I'm really wanting to hear the Humbucker from Hell as it is even brighter from what I hear. Any soundclips?
 
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Guys...I've decided to go with the L500C Bill Lawrence pickup in the neck for a clean sound the L500XL in the bridge. Thanks everyone. Any sound clips?
 
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