tone zone in basswood

[bunghole]

the tone zone seems to be one of those pickups like the JB - widely used but It seems to have plenty of detractors

judging by Dimarzios description, it doesn't seem like it'd be great in basswood

opinions?

 

[marvcus]

IIRC, the EBMM EVH rear pickup was pretty similar to the Tone Zone.
Of course, that was basswood w/ a maple cap.

I know Paul Gilbert uses/used the Tone Zone in his guitars but I cannot recall
if they are Alder/Basswood.

Not a big fan of the Gilbert tones, though.

 

[racer_j]

I've had TZ in my RG and loved it. I like above I believe PGs sigs come with TZ.

I've had it in just about every guitar and I like how it sounds, I like the low end it brings.

J.

 

[Code001]

PG's sig models don't use TZs anymore. He switched back to PAF-style pickups.

 

[bsp01]

Tone Zone is great in basswood. It sounds good in my Mahogany RG too. I think the trick is to lay off some of the gain. Too much gain, as with any pickup, but more so with the TZ, will make it sound flubby.

 

[Robotechnology]

If you play a lot of leads you'll love the Tone Zone.