hello-
my searches for Demon posts have not answered my questions so,
I have a new (used) guitar with a full size Screamin Demon in the bridge. Its taking some getting used to, but I think I like it- I'll have to wait until I can run my amp full at band practice out before I can judge. The guitar is a 1992-1994 Carvin DC127. Totally love it. I looked at the pots and could only see one, the tone, and its a 500k.
but,
I have a question for Demon users- did it sound sorta like a single coil to you when you first played it? I'm getting lots of detail and this is all fine, but in humbucking mode it has a hint of single coil sound. It almost sounds like a hybrid of SC and HB. (This thing was installed with a tap to go single too.) I also read here that people may need to goose their gain a bit. I have noticed this too- since my last guitar was a Tele copy with a Lil '59 SC size. The Lil 59 definitely sounded different than this demon. Needed less gain on my amp (Rivera 55w) and it had some 'give' to it..do you know what I mean? Anyway I just want to know if what I'm hearing from the Demon is a common reaction.
I had tested the Demon's height at 1/16", 2/16", and 4/16", to see if I could get more loose power/gain this way, rather than by my amp. I found that the closest 1/16 sounded weak and almost =distorted= like unclear. The 2/16" gave me some sauce but lacked clarity. The 4/16" had the least juice but the best clarity with notes in heavy chords, so I have stuck with this position and have upped the gain on the amp. With some amp EQ tweaks I have gotten close to the Lil 59 sound I loved. Where do you Demon owners have your height?
LIke I said I haven't been able to run it full out yet but I'm going to pay close attention to this tone. For awhile I thought I wanted P-90's, before I got this guitar. Now that I have something with this much clarity I'm not quite sure. Its not the clarity so much as its the sort of =dryness= to the tone.
any Demon users out there with this story?
thanks
/edit/ oops I forgot to ask- on this Demon, which is the side that becomes single coil when its tapped? - the side with the flathead screws or the side with the hex bolts?
thanks
my searches for Demon posts have not answered my questions so,
I have a new (used) guitar with a full size Screamin Demon in the bridge. Its taking some getting used to, but I think I like it- I'll have to wait until I can run my amp full at band practice out before I can judge. The guitar is a 1992-1994 Carvin DC127. Totally love it. I looked at the pots and could only see one, the tone, and its a 500k.
but,
I have a question for Demon users- did it sound sorta like a single coil to you when you first played it? I'm getting lots of detail and this is all fine, but in humbucking mode it has a hint of single coil sound. It almost sounds like a hybrid of SC and HB. (This thing was installed with a tap to go single too.) I also read here that people may need to goose their gain a bit. I have noticed this too- since my last guitar was a Tele copy with a Lil '59 SC size. The Lil 59 definitely sounded different than this demon. Needed less gain on my amp (Rivera 55w) and it had some 'give' to it..do you know what I mean? Anyway I just want to know if what I'm hearing from the Demon is a common reaction.
I had tested the Demon's height at 1/16", 2/16", and 4/16", to see if I could get more loose power/gain this way, rather than by my amp. I found that the closest 1/16 sounded weak and almost =distorted= like unclear. The 2/16" gave me some sauce but lacked clarity. The 4/16" had the least juice but the best clarity with notes in heavy chords, so I have stuck with this position and have upped the gain on the amp. With some amp EQ tweaks I have gotten close to the Lil 59 sound I loved. Where do you Demon owners have your height?
LIke I said I haven't been able to run it full out yet but I'm going to pay close attention to this tone. For awhile I thought I wanted P-90's, before I got this guitar. Now that I have something with this much clarity I'm not quite sure. Its not the clarity so much as its the sort of =dryness= to the tone.
any Demon users out there with this story?
thanks
/edit/ oops I forgot to ask- on this Demon, which is the side that becomes single coil when its tapped? - the side with the flathead screws or the side with the hex bolts?
thanks
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