Which dimarzio PAF for a RG?

RG player · #1 09-16-2002, 01:25 PM

What dimarzio paf pickup compliment these guitars the best? with thier thinner necks and basswood bodies?also the locking trs trem affects the tone so is the a certain dimarzio or duncan that gives these guitars the fullest,best tone?
What i am really after is the old EVH first record tone or at least that type of tone? I tried a Tone zone and it is NOT at ALL old EVH

Reachwind · #2 09-16-2002, 01:57 PM

What type of tone are you looking for?

RG player · #3 09-16-2002, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Reachwind

What type of tone are you looking for?

A full,tone without any nasal midrange,crisp.clear articulate.
I tried the EVO by dimarzio, it is not for me? the tone zone sounded artificial and the paf pro came the closest of these? Like the first record by VH

sniperfrommars1 · #4 09-16-2002, 04:13 PM

Seymour duncan dimebucker. NO nasally midrange, and its clean sound is telecaster clear. LOL

BZ Beetle · #5 09-16-2002, 06:17 PM

Seymour Duncan makes trem buckers too. they basically just have a beefier bottom end to make up for where the tremolo bleeds off bass. you could try pearly gates by duncan, i dont know of any really nice clean pickups from dimarzio, but im positive they make them. I didnt think the JB was too nasal either. sharp bite to it, but it was nice. the custom 5 and custom custom, and the duncan custom are all nice pickups. I was impressed with all 3. personally I think you should try the Blues Trembucker from duncan. see how you like it.

sniperfrommars1 · #6 09-16-2002, 06:46 PM

The trembuckers are the same bz, they are just wider so they pickup the wider string spacing. Otherwise identical

and the dimebucker and invader are already that wide, since they use oversized pole peices and rails

darren wilson · #7 09-16-2002, 07:53 PM

You need to be clear when you're talking about Duncan Trembuckers, because they have specific "Parallel Axis Trembucker" models, whose model numbers begin with PA- and Trembucker ("F-spaced") versions of their regular line, whose model numbers start with TB-.

Regular, "Gibson" spaced passive humbuckers have model numbers starting with SH-.

rty13ibz98 · #8 09-16-2002, 11:42 PM

if you like the paf pro's, you might look into the FRED or the norton. not as hot as the tone zone, but hotter than the paf pros. the fred is a great pickup. really vintage sounding and decent output, but the coolest part is...a ton of weird harmonics all over the place. if you want a little bit more agressine tone, look at the regular norton. right between the fred and tone zone as far as tone, but is not as "artificial" as you put it(i personally love the TZ).

rich

BZ Beetle · #9 09-17-2002, 01:35 AM

Sniper,

Im not entirely amazed. I was actually told that by some dude on the duncan forums waaay back when. Then someone quickly told me he was wrong, followed shortly by some guy who said he was right. So i figured it was 2 to 1

RG,

for sheer versatility I think I just settled on perhaps a Duncan SH-14 custom 5 and a 59' for the neck. choosing pickups is trial and error. one mans garbage is another mans treasure

nuno · #10 09-17-2002, 08:18 AM

well said, Ken.

RG player · #11 09-17-2002, 11:06 AM

Thanks for all the replies,i want to add that i tend to like the P.A.F lower output types the best overall,the duncan custom-5 is medium hot?
The paf pro is just about perfect like i said but has a "wah in the middle tone"
all the time,but all in all a very nice toned pu

So with that in mind,how about thier(dimarzio) virtual paf or air classic?

mike777 · #12 09-17-2002, 02:56 PM

I LOVE the PAF Pro. It drove the amp wonderfully and cleans up nicely as well. I like it with both solid state and tube amps. I never found it "honky" sounding it all. I get very smooth results from it and seems to have enough balls. Basically, It's my favorite pickup in existence so far (although I like a lot of what DiMarzio puts out) and I think it's a very well-rounded and versatile piece of equipment.

Mike 777 Haug

VOLTAGE · #13 09-24-2002, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by mike777

I LOVE the PAF Pro. It drove the amp wonderfully and cleans up nicely as well. I like it with both solid state and tube amps. I never found it "honky" sounding it all. I get very smooth results from it and seems to have enough balls. Basically, It's my favorite pickup in existence so far (although I like a lot of what DiMarzio puts out) and I think it's a very well-rounded and versatile piece of equipment.

Mike 777 Haug

I have to agree about the pro's,since it is a RG not a les paul to get the classic tone of a paf you will have to go with a modern paf.
I use the pros in my RG and they work great in these guitars! anyone else care to elaborate on this?

RSVampire · #14 09-24-2002, 04:54 PM

he DOESN'T want a midrange thing going guys. I'd say try a Steve's Special. Very clean clear and open pickup. Without that midrange nasel sound you hate.

sniperfrommars1 · #15 09-24-2002, 07:36 PM

Well he also wants an evh tone so he basically wants something a little better than the paf pro. I think your beating up the wrong bush go for a duncan pickup config instead. Try the duncan custom custom or custom 5 like darren said. The custom custom was supposed to have been designed by evh so it may give you the tone your looking for. ALl in all the paf pro isnt all that bad if you ask me though