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DiMarzio PAF Pro – review

Since its release in 1986, the DiMarzio PAF Pro has become a standard pickup in many people’s guitars. It’s since been superseded by an army of similarly voiced pickups, but it still has its place in the pickup world. It is a medium power pickup according to the DiMarzio website, …

Modifying pickups – continued

This is a follow-up on from my initial post about modifying pickups. The “distortion” ceramic pickup magnet I ordered from Ormsby Guitars arrived this week. A big thanks to Perry Ormsby for all his assistance regarding pickup magnets. On first inspection I noticed that the new magnet was a little …

Modifying pickups

I bought a used DiMarzio PAF Pro from a member over at Jemsite last weekend for my Ibanez RG550 20th Ann guitar. It’s a neon green one out of an old JEM7, and it looks great with the black pickguard and Road Flare Red paint. So I installed it without …