Anyone here use single coils for metal?

[BrianS.]

Re: Anyone here use single coils for metal?

...drive a ten-penny nail with a tack hammer , but why not just use a great big ball peen?

Bad example. A ball peen hammer is not used for driving nails at all. This is just another example of using the wrong tool for the job.

Ball peen to drive nails=single coil for metal

[MaidenTexas84]

Re: Anyone here use single coils for metal?

I actually prefer a Hot Rails in the bridge over lots of full size humbuckers I've heard.

[Edgecrusher]

Re: Anyone here use single coils for metal?

I actually prefer a Hot Rails in the bridge over lots of full size humbuckers I've heard.

I wouldnt really call that a "single coil" though. Its single coil in size certainly not in tone absolutely not in construction.

[blues]

Re: Anyone here use single coils for metal?

Jake E. Lee used a SG Jr. with Ozzy sometimes. They had one P-90.

I know he used a Charvel alot with Ozzy.

[kramersteen]

Re: Anyone here use single coils for metal?

So Single sized humbuckers dont count? haha

[TheLivingDead]

Re: Anyone here use single coils for metal?

Sho' do.

Everytime I switch to my DiMarzio Area '67 in the middle of my Ibby with some distortion, I'm instantly in power metal mode. Sounds so damn good I tell ya what.

[Johnny the Kid]

Re: Anyone here use single coils for metal?

Paul Gilbert does. I keep forgetting about him. When TLD said Dimarzio I remembered.

[idsnowdog]

Re: Anyone here use single coils for metal?

It is hard to pull it off with true single coils and stacked single coils. Most that try are lead players in the progressive metal genre who have keyboards or rhythm guitarists to fill in the mix. The only true single coil that I have tried that can do a decent job is the SSL5.

[saladin]

Re: Anyone here use single coils for metal?

I actually prefer a Hot Rails in the bridge over lots of full size humbuckers I've heard.

A Tele with a Hot Rail in the bridge will make most Les Paul's run and hide!

[Myaccount876]

Re: Anyone here use single coils for metal?

So Single sized humbuckers dont count? haha

I think it depends. A hot rails or something similar is obviously made to be a straight-on humbucker in a single coil size. Now if we are talking about Dimarzio Areas, those are a lot more single coil like (just they wanted to eliminate the hum). Not a "true" single coil, but I think they count.

[Edgecrusher]

Re: Anyone here use single coils for metal?

I think it depends. A hot rails or something similar is obviously made to be a straight-on humbucker in a single coil size. Now if we are talking about Dimarzio Areas, those are a lot more single coil like (just they wanted to eliminate the hum). Not a "true" single coil, but I think they count.

What your talking about is the difference between a noiseless single coil and a single coil sized humbucker.

[Petrovsk Mizinski]

Re: Anyone here use single coils for metal?

Single coils are only 'not the best tool for the job' if your knowledge of metal stops at what the 80s and 90s had to offer (the thrash, death and groove metal bands).
Heavy guitar based music has diversified a lot since then, and there are plenty of sub-genres/styles where single coils would work perfectly.

[LatsMcGee]

Re: Anyone here use single coils for metal?

As much as I love the leads from a strat neck single I just couldn't deal with the noise when I was working with singles, I didn't bother with noiseless singles and went straight to mini hums for replacements in my first guitar, 3 lil 59s.......

[crguti]

Re: Anyone here use single coils for metal?

sound demos or it doesn't exist single coils for metal.

[stevesmith1987]

Re: Anyone here use single coils for metal?

Not live usually, but in the studio I record everything with my live setup and then to balance the tone I throw in a few Strats and Teles into the mix to balance out the sound. This entire song was tracked with two Tele. I did overdub the chunky chorus part with a Les Paul though.

http://www.reverbnation.com/megatonomaha/song/15566076-the-age-of-strife-studio