Air Zone as bridge PU - anyone using this?
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Reckless Abandon
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Re: Air Zone as bridge PU - anyone using this?
I like the cleans. Thick but chimey enoughIt is my main pup. It has a nice sustain it doe snot sound like 17k with the clarity it has. It does not have the OD sound the TZ has. Take you CC. Add bass and a little sizzle.
I like the cleans. Thick but chimey enoughIt is my main pup. It has a nice sustain it doe snot sound like 17k with the clarity it has. It does not have the OD sound the TZ has. Take you CC. Add bass and a little sizzle.
ErikH
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The Air Zone "IS" a bridge pickup. One of the best I ever used. And I agree with RB, don't look at the 17k and think it's hot. It's actually classified as medium output. It's got a really sweet open quality to it for a pickup of its type. The airbucker technology has to be lending a big hand in that. Pair it up with an Air Norton or Air Norton S in the neck and you've got a killer setup.
The Air Zone "IS" a bridge pickup. One of the best I ever used. And I agree with RB, don't look at the 17k and think it's hot. It's actually classified as medium output. It's got a really sweet open quality to it for a pickup of its type. The airbucker technology has to be lending a big hand in that. Pair it up with an Air Norton or Air Norton S in the neck and you've got a killer setup.
SoCalSteve
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Have you guys split one with good results?
Have you guys split one with good results?
LesPaulRules
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Perfect review of it. I really like this pickup in guitars that need just a little extra of everything.
Perfect review of it. I really like this pickup in guitars that need just a little extra of everything.
Karmadog777
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both are great pickups though, maybe the difference in guitar woods? mine is a mahogany body with maple cap, the CC is reccomended for bright guitars ,but I like in in my SZ.
I dont play much clean or split so I'll let others advise you on that.
??? I swapped my AZ for a CC because I liked the bottom end better on the CC, palm mutes with the AZ just dont have the "umph" that the CC has
both are great pickups though, maybe the difference in guitar woods? mine is a mahogany body with maple cap, the CC is reccomended for bright guitars ,but I like in in my SZ.
I dont play much clean or split so I'll let others advise you on that.
ErikH
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Yep, and I'm not a huge fan of split humbuckers but the AZ splits REALLY well.
Yep, and I'm not a huge fan of split humbuckers but the AZ splits REALLY well.
Dave Z
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OK, this is sounding like it *should* work...more bass or less, that'll make or break it. Anyway, I should have one in a week and then I'll know if it works in this guitar. The CC is great, except for some mushy, boomy lows, not tight at all down there. I'd go C5 but I expect it would be a bit bright - this axe turned out brighter than I expected. Pao ferro board maybe to blame....
OK, this is sounding like it *should* work...more bass or less, that'll make or break it. Anyway, I should have one in a week and then I'll know if it works in this guitar. The CC is great, except for some mushy, boomy lows, not tight at all down there. I'd go C5 but I expect it would be a bit bright - this axe turned out brighter than I expected. Pao ferro board maybe to blame....
_Guitarzan_
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Try an Air Norton in the bridge! They come stock on Page Hamilton's LTD/ESP's.
Try an Air Norton in the bridge! They come stock on Page Hamilton's LTD/ESP's.
Butch Snyder
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I had my AZ (bridge position) wired to split with a push/pull pot. I had the hot coil (slug) toward the neck. I think that's a major issue players get into when splitting. They wire them with the hot coil toward the bridge and there's too little string movement there. It usually ends up sounding thin and brittle. With the hot coil toward the neck, I get a really nice, bright tone that's reminiscent of a Tele bridge pickup. Another wiring method is series/parallel. Splitting is cool, however you lose the hum-canceling. If you wire in parallel, you retain hum-canceling, yet you get a nice clean, bright tome that's very much like that of a single coil.
Personally, I didn't like the AN in the bridge position. Now the neck position? That, to me, is what is was meant for....
I had my AZ (bridge position) wired to split with a push/pull pot. I had the hot coil (slug) toward the neck. I think that's a major issue players get into when splitting. They wire them with the hot coil toward the bridge and there's too little string movement there. It usually ends up sounding thin and brittle. With the hot coil toward the neck, I get a really nice, bright tone that's reminiscent of a Tele bridge pickup. Another wiring method is series/parallel. Splitting is cool, however you lose the hum-canceling. If you wire in parallel, you retain hum-canceling, yet you get a nice clean, bright tome that's very much like that of a single coil.
Personally, I didn't like the AN in the bridge position. Now the neck position? That, to me, is what is was meant for....
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