PAF Pro/Humbucker from Hell combo

[blueman335]

Re: PAF Pro/Humbucker from Hell combo

"Bright & thin" depends a lot on the guitar, Blue... Listen to my clip - I would call the HFH a lot of things, but "thin" ain't one of them - *in this guitar*.

But everyone doesn't have your guitar. The HFH is going to be thinner-sounding than most neck HB's.

 

[appar111]

Re: PAF Pro/Humbucker from Hell combo

"Bright & thin" depends a lot on the guitar, Blue... Listen to my clip - I would call the HFH a lot of things, but "thin" ain't one of them - *in this guitar*.

what guitar is that in? My strat is an alder hardtail with a maple neck & fretboard.

 

[jtougas]

PAF Pro/Humbucker from Hell combo

A Spector ARC 6... Basswood body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard (in full disclosure, it has been described as "ridiculously bass heavy" before). For an alder strat with a maple neck, I *think* an HFH would sound like a fat single coil.

 

[appar111]

Re: PAF Pro/Humbucker from Hell combo

There is another candidate for neck position that I remember trying years back-- the Dimarzio Air Norton wired in parallel. Had a really nice clean sound and then a full, thick, fluid solo tone when in series. All I'd have to do is wire it up to a push-pull pot for series/parallel. Hmmm.... if I can find a used zebra one, I may go that rout instead of the HFH!

 

[Mr. B]

Re: PAF Pro/Humbucker from Hell combo

I just installed a Humbucker From Hell neck and PAF Pro bridge in an Ibanez RG. I don't like the combo. The HFH is great and really sings with a lot of sustain. I don't find it too bright or harsh at all.

The PAF Pro in the bridge is another story. It is very bright, brash, and stiff feeling in the bridge. It manages to be rather harsh and piercing, and at the same time a bit underpowered. If I EQ the amp to tame the PAF PRO, the HFH sounds muddy. I think it might work in a HSS guitar with two bright single coils, and it occurred to me that it might work better with a 300k or 250k volume pot, but I don't think the Humb From Hell would. It is already a little dark compared to the PAF Pro.

Let me add that I love the PAF Pro in the neck. I have it in another RG.

 

[Demanic]

Re: PAF Pro/Humbucker from Hell combo

Have you tried swapping the positions of them? Might be a cheap solution.

 

[jmcorey]

Re: PAF Pro/Humbucker from Hell combo

I just installed a Humbucker From Hell neck and PAF Pro bridge in an Ibanez RG. I don't like the combo. The HFH is great and really sings with a lot of sustain. I don't find it too bright or harsh at all.

The PAF Pro in the bridge is another story. It is very bright, brash, and stiff feeling in the bridge. It manages to be rather harsh and piercing, and at the same time a bit underpowered. If I EQ the amp to tame the PAF PRO, the HFH sounds muddy. I think it might work in a HSS guitar with two bright single coils, and it occurred to me that it might work better with a 300k or 250k volume pot, but I don't think the Humb From Hell would. It is already a little dark compared to the PAF Pro.

Let me add that I love the PAF Pro in the neck. I have it in another RG.

Thank you! This is the answer I was waiting and hoping for!

 

[SoundAt11]

Re: PAF Pro/Humbucker from Hell combo

Very late here, but YES, they work great. An old friend of mine used this set for years in his main gigging guitar. The HFH neck is very stratty and the bridge PAF PRO had a "modern" sounding crunchy rhythm tone and liquid- y lead tone with that slight Dimarzio "wah" sound to it. Very balanced and versatile.

 

[RayBarbeeMusic]

Re: PAF Pro/Humbucker from Hell combo

500k pots. You can always put a resistor across the volume pot if you find it too thin.

HFH is not all that bright nor thin. Maybe if you already have a guitar that is particularly bright and thin, but not on it's own. The high end is not as bright as a full shred neck, the lows have a woody tone that is not muddy, but it is in no way like the tight thwap of the low end on a single coil, nor are the highs as biting.