The Gear Behind the Sound - Pt 2

Guitar Pickups

The difference between the Air Zone and the Tone Zone is very slight.The Air Zone is a 'vintage' version of the Tone Zone, it has a little warmer sound,and is a fraction less powerful...it takes a trained ear to notice these differences, which means of course, that Patrick is very aware of it! If necessary, Patrick could switch between a guitar carrying a Tone Zone and another carrying an Air Zone, with little or no change being made to his amp. settings.

Dimarzio - Tone Zone

The Tone Zone® has the most dramatic tone curve of the Modern Classic Humbuckers.

The vowel-like open wah-wah feel of the PAF Pro® and FRED® is combined with tremendous mid-range and bass for a sound that really kicks hard. Because the lows, mids, and highs are all boosted, using a Tone Zone feels like cranking up an extra set of tone controls. It adds further dimension to the sound of your amp - that elusive edge that can make a good-sounding rig into a great-sounding one. Notes seem to get bigger after they're picked, and burn hard as they sustain. The Tone Zone has the right stuff to wake up your amp. Its ballsy, aggressive tone has plenty of drive in all the right frequencies, abundant gain to push preamps and power amps, and sensitivity to pick attack that gets the most out of any style from Metal to Blues.

Recommended For :
Bridge position in all solidbody guitars.

Tech Talk :
The Tone Zone is hot enough to qualify as a high-output pickup, but it has a wider dynamic range - hard picking will produce a lot of power, and softer picking will be much cleaner and quieter.

Specifications :
Wiring Standard four conductor Magnet Alnico 5
Output 375mV
DC Resistance 17.31K
Year of introduction 1990

Note on F-Spacing :

F-spacing refers to a wider spacing between pole pieces. For proper string alignment and balanced output, F-spaced humbuckers should be used in the bridge position on all guitars with string spacing of 2.1" (53 mm) or greater at the bridge. This applies to most guitars with tremolos, as well as most newer fixed-bridge instruments. On guitars with a nut width of 1 11/16" (43 mm) or greater, F-spaced pickups can be used in the neck position as well.

Dimarzio - Air Zone

A vintage version of The Tone Zone - with the same low string-pull as other DiMarzio Airbuckers for singing sustain, plus it has the big bass response and cool harmonics of the Tone Zone but with a little less power and more sensitivity and control. It is a great match for very hot amps. allowing the player to take full advantage of massive preamp gain without turning the sound to mud or fuzzy noise. It's also a great neck pickup for jazz players who need to get the hollow-body archtop sound form a solid body, and it offers exceptionally good split and series parallel capability.

Recommended For :
Bridge position primarily (see full product specs for neck position application) in solid body and semi-hollowbody guitars.

Tech talk :
Output in Millivolts: 323
Treble: 5
Mid-Range: 8.5
Bass: 8.5
DC Resistance: 17.49K

Pedals and Effects

More info to come but check The Effects Center until then.

Strings

Ernie Ball

Regular Slinky for Electric guitar

Phosphor Studio Bronze for Acoustic guitar

Picks

Patrick Rondat signature Ibanez

1.2mm Delrin.
The same pick with red imprint is available in shops.