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Re: How good can a Strat bridge pickup sound?
Good info here bro. I still have 3 coil cords from the late 60's that actually still work! With the advent of high end cables, many guitar players have never experienced the natural attenuation of highs a funky old pos cable adds. In the right setting (and set up) it can be a thing of beauty! Also, the various Zhangliqun suggestion mentioned are right on. I'm a huge fan of Dave's work and every experience with him has been superb. Not only is he a great guy, he actually listen's (a lost art in today's world) to you and has an incredible ability to deliver....while exceeding expectations. A couple of pups I dig that happen to be great bargains are the Dimarzo DP 171 Blue Velvet, (no longer in production) and the bridge pup from Tonerider's City Limits set. YMMV though and probably will!
The main thing is there is no "Do this one thing and it will fix your problem". Each one of us that is blessed to play guitar hear things differently. The tones that delight my ears may sound like a huge load of moldy dog crap to you. In 1970, a great guy took the time to show me the pentatonic box deal. What a revelation! I had just taken ownership of my uncles 1957 Les Paul Special and my mom bought me an Acoustic 135 (poor mans solid state Twin) amp for my birthday. I thought I was hot stuff baby! Shortly after that, I got into a fist fight with a fella who mistook me for someone else. Long story short, a buddy who said he played drums wanted to start a band. So we drove over to jam with his guitar playing buddy. Yep, it was fist fight guy. after jamming, we became best buds, (still are after all these years) dumped the would be drummer, and went on to play music together to this day.
The point I'm trying to get is my buddy always played on the bridge bucker of his SG, while I spent 90% of my time on the neck P90 of Lester, 7% on both pups and 3% on the bridge. 35 years later, the guitars have changed and there are more of them, but whatever guitar he's playing, he is using the bridge pup. For me these days it's about 95% neck with the other 5% divided equally between middle and bridge.
While there are a ton of variables involved, reading the posts in this thread pretty much state to each is/her own. Some hate strat bridge pups, others want to tame it, others dig it just as it is. No right or wrong, just what pleases your ears and works for you. Now shut off the computer and go play your guitar!
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The main thing is there is no "Do this one thing and it will fix your problem". Each one of us that is blessed to play guitar hear things differently. The tones that delight my ears may sound like a huge load of moldy dog crap to you. In 1970, a great guy took the time to show me the pentatonic box deal. What a revelation! I had just taken ownership of my uncles 1957 Les Paul Special and my mom bought me an Acoustic 135 (poor mans solid state Twin) amp for my birthday. I thought I was hot stuff baby! Shortly after that, I got into a fist fight with a fella who mistook me for someone else. Long story short, a buddy who said he played drums wanted to start a band. So we drove over to jam with his guitar playing buddy. Yep, it was fist fight guy. after jamming, we became best buds, (still are after all these years) dumped the would be drummer, and went on to play music together to this day.
The point I'm trying to get is my buddy always played on the bridge bucker of his SG, while I spent 90% of my time on the neck P90 of Lester, 7% on both pups and 3% on the bridge. 35 years later, the guitars have changed and there are more of them, but whatever guitar he's playing, he is using the bridge pup. For me these days it's about 95% neck with the other 5% divided equally between middle and bridge.
While there are a ton of variables involved, reading the posts in this thread pretty much state to each is/her own. Some hate strat bridge pups, others want to tame it, others dig it just as it is. No right or wrong, just what pleases your ears and works for you. Now shut off the computer and go play your guitar!
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