I'm mainly a classic rock blues guy who's had a love/hate relationship with thick guitars... I love short scale 2 buckers for leads and power chords but I also love to mix in lighter articulate rhythms and have to fight the slop.
Over the years, I've built many guitars designed to provide both sides of the equation, but right now I am more interested electronic solutions and what you do to get the best of both worlds...
Here's many of the things I have tried with mixed results...
Fade pedal between amps... One of my first and best solutions but lots of work. Works great in modeling land as well.
Back off volume... Less crunch can help but significantly changes tone.
Wah...the original Tom Schultz solution... Using the wah to make small moves between mid increase and decrease... It works great but very finicky and too essy to slip into actual wah effect when u don't want it.
Eq pedal.. same idea as wah but i never found the right balance...
Variable mid boost/cut... Great solution when modeling with a pedal. Always imagined this would work well in analog with a dedicated pedal...like a wah but fixed q cut boost.
Split/parallel to self/spin a split... By far the most common mod we do for thinning.
Bass cut... Probably my favorite thinning mod... We do a lot of these when customer has the ear and time for us to try various caps.
Combining coils from each bucker, out of phase, etc.... Can work for specific rigs but needs to be customized...
So how do you manage thick fat leads vs muddy rhythm with your short scales?
Any and all input appreciated!
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Over the years, I've built many guitars designed to provide both sides of the equation, but right now I am more interested electronic solutions and what you do to get the best of both worlds...
Here's many of the things I have tried with mixed results...
Fade pedal between amps... One of my first and best solutions but lots of work. Works great in modeling land as well.
Back off volume... Less crunch can help but significantly changes tone.
Wah...the original Tom Schultz solution... Using the wah to make small moves between mid increase and decrease... It works great but very finicky and too essy to slip into actual wah effect when u don't want it.
Eq pedal.. same idea as wah but i never found the right balance...
Variable mid boost/cut... Great solution when modeling with a pedal. Always imagined this would work well in analog with a dedicated pedal...like a wah but fixed q cut boost.
Split/parallel to self/spin a split... By far the most common mod we do for thinning.
Bass cut... Probably my favorite thinning mod... We do a lot of these when customer has the ear and time for us to try various caps.
Combining coils from each bucker, out of phase, etc.... Can work for specific rigs but needs to be customized...
So how do you manage thick fat leads vs muddy rhythm with your short scales?
Any and all input appreciated!
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