Question Any DiMarzio Air Zone Users?

[Butch Snyder]

I have an Air Zone in the bridge position of my Morse. I love it but wonder what it would sound like in parallel. Anyone have experience with that pickup in paralle mode?

 

[fbecir]

Butch ! You start again !
Didn't you promise to stop messing with your pickups ??? At least for one year

 

[Roubster]

It's an awesome pickup! In parallel I have no clue, but I'm sure it will sound a bit brighter with less output. U can always install a push pull pot to go from series o parallel : )

 

[Butch Snyder]

Butch ! You start again !
Didn't you promise to stop messing with your pickups ??? At least for one year

Technically, all the stock pickups and wiring are on the blue swirl pickguard. I have my Air Zone/Air Norton combo, along with other single coils and 500k pots on the black guard...

 

[RocketRalf]

DiMarzio say it is exceptional for coil split and parallel wirings. With it being a dark pickup, it should be useful to have those brighter sounds. I would try a push-pull or, even better, an on-on-on DPDT switch for all 3 options.

 

[beej]

Haven't tried it, but the Axis p'ups in parallel (on the 25th) sound fantastic.

 

[Butch Snyder]

Haven't tried it, but the Axis p'ups in parallel (on the 25th) sound fantastic.

Please explain about the tone of the pickups in parallel. I'd love to hear...

 

[beej]

In parallel you're getting a humbucking combination of coils with about 1/4 the inductance. So the frequency window is wider- it's much less middy.

It's comparable to the sound of a single coil, but different. Clean, it's clear & lower output (well the output is spread out over more frequencies) so you get some of the "chime" of a single. You're not going to mistake it for a single coil, but with a bit of gain it's more similar than a humbucker in series.

Basically, it's a good way to get a humbucking single coil-esque sound. To that extent, you can always split the coils, but then you have to deal with the noise (unless you have a silent circuit or something lying around).

Just another fun thing you can wire up.

 

[Butch Snyder]

I'm all about parallel over split. My Air Norton is wired in parallel. It has a great single coil spank but under gain it sounds more like the full 'bucker. What I'm trying to accompish here is having a bridge pickup that sounds sort of like a meaty Tele bridge pickup or a P-90. The DiMarzio FRED does...

 

[e.mate]

Air Zone in parallel? I don't know....It's the only PUP in my SUB

I heard it in parallel mode in a LAG guitar though.....sounds gooooood, has some single coil vibe to it, but different

 

[Butch Snyder]

Well heck, I need to put some new strings on it anyway. I'll just try it...

 

[e.mate]

Well heck, I need to put some new strings on it anyway. I'll just try it...

Yapp, that's it...if you have the chance to try it, do it...the best option anyway.

Beej's description is quite good, but as we all know...we all hear something different, so you're really the only person to find out if you like the result.

 

[Butch Snyder]

Well, I was playing with my band last night and using the Morse exclusively. We play Country and while the AZ is a little on the fat side, it did a decent job of have a nice twang. I have learned through the years, that most of someones tone can be made or broken through their right hand technique. I'm afraid that if I wire the AZ in parallel, it might be too thin. I love the warm, smoothness I get when doing a solo with it. It'll handle double stops and such nicely and doesn't muddy-up.

 

[DrKev]

Push pull pot and do both? Three-way DPDT and get split as well?