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Retch
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Ireland
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 Posted - 10/22/2003 : 09:26:03
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ladies and gentlemen, i've got a mexican strat, standard enough guitar, three single coil pickups etc., I love the clean sound on it, but when i crank up a bit of distortion it sounds a lot weaker than my les paul.........what would a humbucker, in place of one single coil do ? would I lose the nice clean tone ?
basically, i want the clean sound of a strat, and the heavy distortion sound of a les paul, all contained on my strat.........whats the best humbucker to get ?
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
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Posted - 10/22/2003 : 19:04:11
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Seymour Duncan JB is a popular one, but I'm not as much a pickup guru as others.
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theonecontender
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
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bflat
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
69 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2003 : 13:46:40
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strokes chin
What I was thinking in the pub is that the Pixies used a Les Paul as the lead guitar and a telecaster as the rythmn guitar which is opposite to what you'd expect. I wonder if this helped the Pixies sound stand out?  |
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misleadtheworld
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1222 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2003 : 13:52:51
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i thought the fender-rhythm/gibson-lead, was kind of standard*?*
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bflat
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
69 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2003 : 14:04:12
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Which bands do it gibson/lead, fender/rythmn?
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Cookie
- FB Fan -
USA
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Posted - 11/05/2003 : 06:46:21
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Although I'm coming in way late on this, I recommend the Seymour Duncan JB, Jr. I installed it about a month ago in my Strat--not only did it quiet the hum but the output increased significantly. I usually only use the bride and neck positions, so wasn't to worried about keeping the out-of-phase sound. I have a JB (Sr.) in my ASAT deluxe and I think the Jr. is pretty close.
It was about 70 bucks for the pickup, I believe, at Guitarelectronics.com. |
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