Di Marzio De Marzio DP193 Air Norton Pickup  E-mail this product to a friend

Features:

The Air Nortonâ„¢ started out simply to be the Airbuckerâ„¢ version of the Norton®. We thought it would make a distinctive-sounding bridge pickup with high-gain amps, but we soon discovered that it’s a radically neat neck pickup, too. The tone is deep and warm, but not muddy. It's hot, but not distorted. It's even got cool harmonics, which are really unusual for a neck humbucker. The patented Air Nortonâ„¢ magnetic structure reduces string-pull, so sustain is improved; and pick attack and dynamics are tremendously controllable and expressive. Combine the Air Nortonâ„¢ with an Air Zoneâ„¢, The Tone Zone® or Steve's Specialâ„¢ in the bridge position for a perfect blend of power and tone, or use an Air Nortonâ„¢ in the bridge position with an Air Classicâ„¢ bridge model in the neck position for a distinctive medium-output blues-rock sound. 
Recommended For: Solid body and semihollow body guitars.
Tech Talk: When the Air Nortonâ„¢ is in the neck position, it's a warm, open-sounding pickup with enough power to balance with all bridge humbuckers. Try it with 500K pots for maximum treble and harmonic presence. In the bridge position, the sound is medium output with solid lows and biting harmonics. You can try it here with 250K controls, or a 500 K volume and 250K tone to fatten the highs up a little. Combines well with Air Classicâ„¢ in neck, and also with Cruiserâ„¢, Chopperâ„¢ and Blue Velvetâ„¢ single-coils.

 

Please email us at bgmusic@charterinternet.com if your guitar needs F Spacing or a different color than Black.

 

Optional Colors Available are

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Black/Blue                    Green

Black/Green                 Red

Black/ White                Blue    

Black/Crème                Pink

Black/Pink                    White

Black/Red                    Creme

Black/Yellow                Yellow

 

All Di Marzio full-size humbuckers except the X2N® are also available in two polepiece spacings. F-spacing refers to the wider of the two spacings. For proper string alignment and balanced output, F-spaced humbuckers should be used in the bridge position on all guitars with string spacing at the bridge of 2.1" (53 mm) or greater. On these guitars, if the nut width is 1-11/16" (43 mm) or greater, F-spaced pickups can be used in the neck position as well.

 

How do I know which spacing to use?

F-spaced pickups measure 2.01" (51 mm) center-to-center from the first polepiece to the sixth. Standard-spaced pickups measure 1.90" (48 mm). Although some players believe that F-spaced pickups are only for the bridge position of tremolo bridge guitars, many guitars with fixed bridges (including late 1990s Gibson Les Pauls and Epiphone LPs) should have F-spaced pickups in the bridge position. Most tremolo equipped guitars that have a nut width of 1-11/16? (43mm) or more should also use an F-spaced pickup in the neck position. If you’re replacing a bridge-position pickup and you're not sure what your string-spacing is, it's usually better to get an F-spaced model. It is not necessary for the strings to pass exactly over the center of the polepieces for best performance, but it is wise to avoid a situation where the E strings are sitting completely outside of the outer polepieces.

 

Model:	DP193
Manufacturer:	Di Marzio