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Wtf no paf 8

 

Not sure why they're not on the site anymore. Maybe they discontinued them but they've been part of the line since last year.

DiMarzio PAF 8 8 String Pickup w Cream BOBBINS DP859 New PAF8 | eBay

 

Holy shit that's awesome.

Wait a fucking second, look at the color options, at the end is ROSEWOOD? Dafuq?

 

I wish they'd do proper standalone singles for 7 and 8. It seems the Blaze 7 and Ionizer 8 singles are only really designed to work with their companion humbuckers in the middle position. It would be great to see some of DiMarzio's great single, stack and rail pickups in wider formats.

 

That IS big news, about the single.



Yeah, that's my biggest problem with the Blaze - it's a good match for the Blaze humbuckers in a H-S-H guitar, but it's not exactly the sort of neck singlecoil sound that makes blues guys swoon...

EDIT - and the obvious critique to that is "well, seven string guys don't play blues," but 1.) that's not really true, 2.) there's enough guys who still love "classic"-sounding singlecoils for clean guitar, and 3.) sevens are very popular in shred, and thanks to Yngwie et al, singlecoils have always been as well. Even if they just introduced the three Area singlecoils, the 58, 61, and 67, in seven-string form (or, god forbid, even just one of them) I think they'd sell more units than they will 8 string singles.

 

I'm guessing the Ionizer is what I should currently have on the way then :lol:

 

Always good to see them expanding the line.....especially with SINGLE-COIL options!

 

That's what is heading your way, Fred.
Let me know when it arrives.

 

Absolutely, mate. Dang, I wish I knew there was a single as well - I'm going to enslave Jaden again. :lol:

 

Jaden gets enslaved anyway as a result - win / win!

 

Yeeeeehaw. More 8-string pickup choices are always welcome in my book!

 

How long until some hipsters start putting 8 string pickups in their 6 string guitars and saying that the extra polepieces do some magnetic stuff and capture the sound better :lol:

 

probably quite a while till that happens

 

Finally, I was waiting for another 8 string dimarzio pickup I wana try something different to my BKP. I was going to check out the d activators but, £160 is also to spend just to try them out.
Fred do you mind doing side by side comparison of the D Activators 8's vs the Ionizers 8's when you get them?

 

From what i understand, Dimarzio is sending me a set/pair of these. I'm really looking forward to it :yesway:

 

 

I'm not crazy about those out-of-phase sounds, but they certainly have their place in Tosin's music, and they work extremely well with his tapping techniques. Otherwise, those sound really fantastic. I love the openness and clarity of lower-output pickups.

 

I was just thinking that seems like a really nicely designed guitar in terms of the switching. I'd love to hear it with a different distorted tone, as I'm not a huge fan of the one he's using there.

 

Got this from DiMarzio today:

DIMARZIO TO RELEASE IONIZER 8™ PICKUPS FOR 8-STRING GUITARS

Staten Island, N.Y., December 11, 2012 - DiMarzio, Inc. welcomes Tosin Abasi, trail-blazing pioneer of modern heavy music and lead guitarist of progressive instrumental band Animals as Leaders to its roster of endorsers. DiMarzio announced it will release three new Ionizer 8™ pickups developed for Abasi's new signature 8-string Ibanez guitar in January of 2013. DiMarzio will also make the Ionizer 8™ pickups available for retail sale.

It has taken DiMarzio nearly two years to develop the pickups Tosin Abasi envisioned because Abasi wanted them to be capable of a wide range of sounds.

The Ionizer 8™ Neck Model (DP809) is warm and open like a vintage humbucker, solid and tight like a modern metal pickup, and performs like a classic single-coil in split mode. It's unusual for a player to request a humbucker with the single-coil sound as important as the series humbucking sound, but Abasi was clear on this point. The split mode has lower resistance than a vintage Strat® 6-string pickup in order to let the 7th and 8th strings stay clean, but all the other specs nail the classic Strat® sound.

DiMarzio specifically created the Ionizer 8™ Middle Model (DP810) single-coil to work with the Ionizer 8™ Neck and Bridge Models. It's clean, bright, and well-balanced. Although its construction bears little resemblance to a vintage 6-string single-coil, it performs similarly. Treble response is bright without being thin, and bass response is clean and solid.

When Abasi described what he wanted for the Ionizer 8™ (DP811) humbucking Bridge Model, he said it is all about the mids. 8-string guitars have extended low-end response, and the mids need to power the bridge position so the sound doesn't wash out. It also needs to have enough output to overdrive an amp without making the sound muddy, and enough headroom to clean up when the volume is rolled down.

The long scale length of an 8-string guitar can make the sound of the unwound strings brittle, but the Ionizer 8™ Bridge Model has a low resonant peak that warms them up, and the high E doesn't sound thin, even at the upper frets.

The 4-conductor wired humbuckers allow multiple coil connections, enabling a wealth of diverse sounds within the Ionizer 8™ three-pickup combination.

DiMarzio's new Ionizer 8™ Neck, Middle, and Bridge Model pickups are made in the U.S.A. and will be available from DiMarzio dealers in January of 2013. Suggested List Price for the Ionizer 8™ Neck and Bridge Models is $139 each, and the Ionizer 8™ Middle is $79. DiMarzio will show the pickups at the January 2013 NAMM Expo in Anaheim. For more information about Ionizer 8™ pickups, visit our website at DiMarzio | DiMarzio.com.

Strat® is a Registered Trademark of Fender Musical Instruments Corp., with which DiMarzio, Inc. is not affiliated.

Please visit YouTube to view Tosin Abasi's Ionizer 8™ Demo Video: DiMarzio Ionizer 8 Guitar Pickups for Tosin Abasi - YouTube

 

Specs:

 

Wow... sounds very interesting!

 

Interesting that he talks about them being lower output with those mV output specs :scratch:

 

At the end of the video, it says it's his new signature guitar.

I really dig the guitar in the video. I'm wondering if they did rear routing instead of the under pickguard routing. I think they did that on his last custom....i'd love to see it without a pickguard.

 

At the end of the video, it says it's his new signature guitar.

I really dig the guitar in the video. I'm wondering if they did rear routing instead of the under pickguard routing. I think they did that on his last custom....i'd to see it without a pickguard.

Not sure about the controls but the pickups are definitely mounted to the body. It'll be odd if they've done that mis-match of a front routed cavity but drilled holes rather than done a swimming pool route-style thing.

I'm digging phase reversal stuff recently - pulled my S7420 out the other day and position 2 sounds amazing - I suspect it was wired wrong. :lol:

 

After watching that video, I just learned that wenge is pronounced "When-gay" and not "Whenje"

Wood fail from me for about 4 years :lol:

 

After watching that video, I just learned that wenge is pronounced "When-gay" and not "Whenje"

Brian calls it "Whenje" and it drives me crazy!

 

I wish they made an 8 String version of the all mighty CRUNCH LAB.

 

In time I may give an Ionizer single a shot in the neck position, but I have no idea as to how that will work out, to be honest - I'll give the set a shot in the "normal" positions to have an estimate of how that would work.

 

I just got a letter in the mail from Dimarzio today saying they are shipping me a set of Ionizers to review followed by a P.A.F. 8. I'm stoaked!

 

Oh, good, so they HAVEN'T discontinued the PAF8?

 

I guess not. It is strange that they dont have them listed on the site.