JP7 Pickup placement

[evanswan]

I just purchased the new liquifre and crunch lab for my 7 string Ibanez. I noticed and the Petrucci music mans that the crunch lab on the 7 string has the silver strip on the pickup closest to the brigde and on the 6 strings it's switched around. What is the difference, will it effect the sound a lot. or which set up is better.

 

[73h Nils]

That was the way the old pickup, the D Sonic, was. You want yours blade to neck, in a 7 OR A 6. Don't believe me? Go to Dimarzio and read it for yourself!

 

[the24thfret]

This has been argued back and forth before, but when it comes down to it, that is just how JP thinks it sounds best. So EB ships them that way.

 

[ProtoChicken]

As Nils said, the DiMarzio site makes it clear that the Crunch Lab is designed specifically to have the bar facing the neck unlike the D-Sonic where it was a matter preference.

From A.J. at customer service:

The bridge pickups in the JP guitars are all oriented the same with the new pickups, regardless of scale length or number of strings.

 

[evanswan]

Thank you for your help.