Just picked up a nice Ibanez RG652FX dual humbucker hardtail and I'm loving how well it plays! It currently has a Tone Zone in the bridge and an Air Norton in the neck. I'm looking for something that can give me some really good clean tones. The stock 5 way switch currently gives me:
1. bridge (series)
2. bridge & neck split (inner coils from each)
3. neck & bridge (full humbucker mode)
4. neck (parallel)
5. neck (series)
Once I disconnected the treble bleed capacitor and the tone pot, the guitar really woke up. The treble bleed made it too thin when volume is rolled down, and the tone pot just dampened everything, even when all the way up.
What would be a good set of Dimarzios to use with the same wiring above to get better clean tones? I'm thinking dual PAF Pros. I already have a standard spaced PAF Pro that I can use. I know PAF Pros play nice with singles in an HSH setup, so I'm thinking they should be good in an HH combo especially for positions 2 & 3 above?
I was thinking about possibly Humbucker from Hell in the neck with the PAF Pro in the bridge, but the HFH might be too thin when split or run in parallel.
It's gotta be Dimarzios, as the Prestige humbucker routs have triangular shaped routs for the humbucker legs. Not that I mind-- I like Dimarzios quite a bit, I just don't want to have to mod the legs on a Duncan to fit it in.
1. bridge (series)
2. bridge & neck split (inner coils from each)
3. neck & bridge (full humbucker mode)
4. neck (parallel)
5. neck (series)
Once I disconnected the treble bleed capacitor and the tone pot, the guitar really woke up. The treble bleed made it too thin when volume is rolled down, and the tone pot just dampened everything, even when all the way up.
What would be a good set of Dimarzios to use with the same wiring above to get better clean tones? I'm thinking dual PAF Pros. I already have a standard spaced PAF Pro that I can use. I know PAF Pros play nice with singles in an HSH setup, so I'm thinking they should be good in an HH combo especially for positions 2 & 3 above?
I was thinking about possibly Humbucker from Hell in the neck with the PAF Pro in the bridge, but the HFH might be too thin when split or run in parallel.
It's gotta be Dimarzios, as the Prestige humbucker routs have triangular shaped routs for the humbucker legs. Not that I mind-- I like Dimarzios quite a bit, I just don't want to have to mod the legs on a Duncan to fit it in.
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