NGD: 80s? MIJ Kramer

[BlueParfait]

Well the question I asked about shortscale 24 fretters is now moot because I went ahead and got this Kramer Glide B6

Definitely could do worse for $525

I have no idea which DiMarzios these are, but the bridge appears to be a PAF Pro

 

[BlueParfait]

Paf Pro bridge, Paf Joe neck

I like the PAF Joe. The PAF Pro, not so much

 

[Matt300ZXT]

Sweet axe! Now you're a part of the dubbel kreem krew.

I have a PAF Pro in the neck of a Warmoth with a Crunch Lab in the bridge. I dig it, but most of my DiMarzio pickups are PAF based, so not quite as hot as pickups a lot of guys on here would like.

 

[BlueParfait]

Sweet axe! Now you're a part of the dubbel kreem krew.

I have a PAF Pro in the neck of a Warmoth with a Crunch Lab in the bridge. I dig it, but most of my DiMarzio pickups are PAF based, so not quite as hot as pickups a lot of guys on here would like.

Just bought a Super 3 to replace it lol

 

[cardinal]

That's awesome. Congrats!

 

[Findthetone1]

Holy shit. I never even knew about those. That's badass!

 

[BlueParfait]

Yeah. I have it on my bench with strings off.

I'll restring and setup and tomorrow I'll change the pickups

 

[SoooRad]

I wish the Glide series didn’t have painted necks, but otherwise they seem super cool. Nice score!

 

[Speeddemon]

Nice axe! And I agree, the PAF Pro is very meh indeed. There's a bunch of Dimarzio's that I do like; the Norton (bridge) would probably be awesome for bringing the 80's hair sizzle tone, without any thin or nasal qualities. It doesn't suffer from that cocked wah tone, that a bunch of Dimarzio's suffer from.

36th Anniv PAF neck is a solid choice; Air Norton (neck) if you need more push, liquid-shreddiness and one of the best coil-split tones too.
In the right (somewhat medium/dark sounding) guitar, a Breed neck is pure gold too. It was ok-ish in my (bright) Charvel So-Cal, but it was effin' perfection in my Gibson '67 RI Flying V's neck position. In the Charvel it brought too many jangly overtones.

 

[BlueParfait]

I've never played the Breed Neck

I've played the Breed Bridge and thought it was too smooth lol

 

[101B /^/]

I’ll 2nd a Dim Norton in the bridge. I have one in a player 2 Strat coupled with a Dim Steve Morse in the neck. It’s a great combination in that guitar and both pickups split really well using just a simple mini toggle.

 

[BlueParfait]

Well the Super 3 is already on the way lol

 

[pintspiller]

Now you're talking, love proper 80s guitars......looks a great deal!

 

[Speeddemon]

I've never played the Breed Neck

I've played the Breed Bridge and thought it was too smooth lol

Yeah, I had the Breed bridge for a while too; it was too polite and smooth indeed. Missed 'hair on its teeth'. This is what the Norton delivers.
Even the Andy Timmons signature AT-1 does it pretty well, albeit slightly thicker and warmer than the Norton, but definitely not vanilla/bland.

 

[BlueParfait]

2015 vs 2025 lol

I'm liking the Super 3 a lot

 

[Speeddemon]

I'm liking the Super 3 a lot

I've just checked the EQ graph on the Dimarzio website; it's very similar to the AT-1, but just with a bit more of everthing, especially output (435mV vs. 320mV).
You don't find it too bassy or loose in the low-end? I'd be a bit hesitant with a Bass graph of '10/10' when the guitar isn't overly thin sounding from itself.

 

[JackBootedThug]

My dimarzio schb’s are probably my favorite pup ever at this point…

 

[BlueParfait]

I've just checked the EQ graph on the Dimarzio website; it's very similar to the AT-1, but just with a bit more of everthing, especially output (435mV vs. 320mV).
You don't find it too bassy or loose in the low-end? I'd be a bit hesitant with a Bass graph of '10/10' when the guitar isn't overly thin sounding from itself.

I actually don't

There's a lot of bass, but it's actually tight. No flub at all.

It's like if someone cranked the bass on a PulTec and then made a hard cut at 80 afterwards lol

 

[Speeddemon]

Schweet! That sounds like how I usually EQ-d kickdrums. ;-)
Couldn't stand that hollow basketball-in-a-gym tone from an AKG D112 mic. Much preferred the Audio Technica ATM25.

 

[Devin]

I've never even heard of this guitar before but if it's 24.75" scale that's sick af