Most of us know that Ritchie has for some time used Quarter Pounds in his Strat in the bridge & neck, and doesn't use a middle pickup. But when did he start using the Quarter Pounds? The old original Smoke On The Water doesn't sound like Quarter Pounds to me. It sounds to me more like vintage Strat neck tone overdrivin some. It is a totally different tone than the Smoke On The Water that he does on more recent live recordings of that song. The more recent ones sound like the Quarter Pounds, which I believe that it would be safe to say that that is what we are hearing.
What about Ritchie's old vintage Strat tone? I saw an old photo of Ritchie in an old guitar magazine, and he was playing a sunburst strat with white pickup covers and what looked to be normal sized Strat magnets so this sort of confirms that I may be right in what I am hearing on the earlier recordings. Which SD pup do you think would get closest to that old Blackmore Strat tone? I'm thinking Antiquity TX Hot or Antiquity II or maybe even APS-1s. Any comments??
Ritchie also used a Gibson or Guild or something a little also early in his career.
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What about Ritchie's old vintage Strat tone? I saw an old photo of Ritchie in an old guitar magazine, and he was playing a sunburst strat with white pickup covers and what looked to be normal sized Strat magnets so this sort of confirms that I may be right in what I am hearing on the earlier recordings. Which SD pup do you think would get closest to that old Blackmore Strat tone? I'm thinking Antiquity TX Hot or Antiquity II or maybe even APS-1s. Any comments??
Ritchie also used a Gibson or Guild or something a little also early in his career.
Thanks
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