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Dimarzio Fred pickup...
Does anyone use it in the neck pos. of their guitar along with an X2N? I hear it's just like a PAF Pro only with unique harmonics, more mids and range. How would this combo sound for death, power, and thrash metal? What I'm looking for in the neck pickup is the kind of solos in Morbid Angel's last couple of albums, dreamy and spacey.
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2005-08-12, 18:21
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I'm after the same thing meng, only for 7-String.
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2005-08-12, 18:23
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a fred in the neck pos. sounds awesome, thats what I have in my 17th Street and the lead tone rips.
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2005-08-12, 19:23
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a fred in the neck pos. sounds awesome, thats what I have in my 17th Street and the lead tone rips.
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Well, what kind of stuff do you play?
Same goes for you, Leviathan. Is the pickup noisy? And I've heard you have to have really good technique cuz it's sensitive as fuck, is this true? Will a year-long player like me have a tough time with it?
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2005-08-12, 19:34
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Well, what kind of stuff do you play?
Same goes for you, Leviathan. Is the pickup noisy? And I've heard you have to have really good technique cuz it's sensitive as fuck, is this true? Will a year-long player like me have a tough time with it?
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2005-08-12, 20:47
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whats so unique bout the harmonics??
compared to a pafpro?
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2005-08-12, 23:32
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Something about overtones or some shit, no idea really. The Absence use those pickups? I didn't get to hear what solos sound like on it, which is my main concern... cuz it's going to my guitar's neck along with an X2N at the bridge.
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2005-08-13, 00:04
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hmm well it sounds interesting, but id like to hear some kinda of sample 
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2005-08-13, 04:13
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It's basically a PAF Pro that Joe Satriani had made to his specifications. More punchy mids, does this mean it will still be good for cleans?
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2005-08-14, 08:37
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well if its anything like the paf pro id get it, i have to paf pro in me neck position and the cleans are fucking amazing.
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2005-08-14, 10:27
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lol i have a paf pro aswell, so im just wondering what makes the harmonics more special 
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i can understand it picking up harmonics better...but not picking up new ones...(if that is what is meant by "unique")
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2005-08-14, 22:43
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i can understand it picking up harmonics better...but not picking up new ones...(if that is what is meant by "unique")
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i couldnt find a logical explanation to unique harmonics, i mean a harmonic is a harmonic, right?? correct me if im wrong or if u have some explanation what makes the harmonics unique, cuz it spounds rilli interesting adn im curious
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also i hardly get harmonics on the bridge pu ()pafpro) so i dont get that iether.
i get some harmonics though 
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ok...harmonics 101...harmonics are what happens when you split a single string into two or more separate vibrations...
a string can only vibrate in between its nodes (end points i.e. bridge and nut)
it can not vibrate at these points...(of course)
a harmonic occurs when you lightly place a finger or whatever you are using at another point on the string. This stops the string from vibrating at that point but the string continues to vibrate on either side of your finger/whatever...
different harmonics occur when you put you finger/whatever at different points of the string separating the string into 3,4,5,6,etc...different separately vibrating sections...
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this string with a 12th fret harmonic...
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I know that on instruments such as a violin the better made it is the more harmonics you can achieve with it...but I dont know how different pickups could do this...their magnetic...they HAVE to pick up every harmonic...at least somewhat...dont they???
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DUDE i know what harmonics are, how the get them and where, its just most harmonics (mostly pinch) are not that easy and or nice on a neck pu, so what meke the harmonics UNIQUE?? on the fred thing or whatever
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2005-08-15, 16:50
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Maybe cuz the pickup boosts more mids than the PAF Pro, it means that the harmonics sound fuller and more spiky and beefy?
I've been listening to Joe Satriani's "Crystal Planet" CD, in which he has a Fred in the bridge position. It doesn't help me much cause I'm interested in having it as a neck PU. I can tell that it has lots of mids, it has a wah-wah "aw" type of tone. At first I didn't like it but it's starting to grow on me.
But I still think I'll get a PAF Pro instead, cuz it's more balanced, I'm not sure if spiked mids is what I'll need. Maybe something more balanced is what an ordinary player like me will like.
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2005-08-15, 20:57
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sounds a bit like what i would like, i like mids, so  but im pretty happy woth the paf pro i have now so
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