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DiMarzio DP213 PAF Joe Satriani Pickup
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Joe wanted a neck position humbucker that combined the best qualities of the DiMarzio PAF Pro with those of a late '50s Gibson humbucker. Joe described this tone as being "tubular". Through the use of Virtual Vintage technology, clear-sounding low frequencies are blended with warm-sounding mids and high frequencies, which makes the PAF Joe equally good for chords and...
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Creamy and well balanced. Very nice when split. 
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THis pup was installed in a 2 peice alder RT450 in the neck position. Set up to split coils.
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In an alder body, the tone that I was able to get from this pickup was supreme. I can't say anything bad about it.
When split and used with clean, it had a vowel like funk tone and with a very nice natural compressed tone. When you add fuzz or distortion in humbuck mode, it delivers exceptional creamy tones. Very smooth and well balanced while still being well pronounced.
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I would love to be able to grab this in a traditional nickel covered casing. I honestly can't find anything negatice to say about this other than it may not be ideal for metal heads? sounded great when distorted though. One thing is that the tone was quite powerful and it was a little difficult to match the volume/output when paired with the mo joe in the bridge.
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5.0 |
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Paf Joe
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This is the sequel to the Paf Pro pickup by Dimarzio. I use it as a neck pickup and it performs very well but it may also be used in the bridge. I have mine backed away from the strings and when coil tapped, I get excellent vintage tones. It's got a little more output and treble response than the Paf Pro which lets chords ring through nicely at all but extreme distortion settings. I use this pickup on my JS1200 a lot more on clean settings or when I'm doing rhythm work. It does not bite the way the Fred does, but it has a great open sound that is perfect for blues and blues based rock. With the gain notched up, it sings with great sustain, giving lead work a distinctively darker tone but still able to cut through the mix.
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1. Increased treble response keeps things from getting too muddy if playing with distortion.
2. Love the vintage bluesy tones that it can get.
3. Very responsive to volume and tone knob settings. You can pull a lot of sounds out it.
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1. I definitely prefer it coil tapped on clean sounds. It just seems to give more "character" that way.
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4.0 |
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