Answering your question, if you found the Tone Zone to have that WHA feel, then the Air Zone will have it, too. The AZ's based on the TZ, the only difference I think is that "Air"-trick in the pickup, that's similar to lowering the TZ under the strings. But you could ask this from the company itself, DiMarzio has a very quick e-mail customer support. For me, the Tone Zone and the Air Zone are my favourites in my two el.guitars.