59 Neck is too boomy. Alternatives?

[jmcorey]

Play a Yamaha RGX820z which sounds great. Some time ago I thought about taking out the JB in the bridge, but it really has a nice tone when the amp and effects are right, so I will leave it in.

The 59 neck can be really too boomy on the larger-diameter strings, especially the low-E.

I am thinking about a Jazz neck. Other thoughts?

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: 59 Neck is too boomy. Alternatives?

Play a Yamaha RGX820z which sounds great. Some time ago I thought about taking out the JB in the bridge, but it really has a nice tone when the amp and effects are right, so I will leave it in.

The 59 neck can be really too boomy on the larger-diameter strings, especially the low-E.

I am thinking about a Jazz neck. Other thoughts?

Lower it in the ring...even lower on the bass side...

 

[ACH91332]

Re: 59 Neck is too boomy. Alternatives?

A4 mag.

Lower the pickup but raise the poles. Lowering it alone will make it boomy actually. You lose compression.

 

[Dirtyking]

Re: 59 Neck is too boomy. Alternatives?

PG neck....less boom, more bite or put a Custom in the bridge.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: 59 Neck is too boomy. Alternatives?

A4 mag.

Lower the pickup but raise the poles. Lowering it alone will make it boomy actually. You lose compression.

+1 on both accounts...A4, and lower the bass side of the PU and raise the poles. Maybe use short hex poles.

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: 59 Neck is too boomy. Alternatives?

Hex poles and some adjustments should get you where you need to be.

 

[uOpt]

Re: 59 Neck is too boomy. Alternatives?

The Jazz is better but not a real cure if it's bad.

The real cure is hex poles. For example, a Screamin' Demon in the neck solves the boomyness. Of course it doesn't sound very PAFish.

I also had good luck with a bridge APH with A5 magnet in the neck.

 

[jmcorey]

Re: 59 Neck is too boomy. Alternatives?

The Jazz is better but not a real cure if it's bad.

The real cure is hex poles.

Why?

For example, a Screamin' Demon in the neck solves the boomyness. Of course it doesn't sound very PAFish.

How do the hex screws change the sound so it's not PAFish?

Thx

 

[GoDrex]

Re: 59 Neck is too boomy. Alternatives?

Lower the pickup but raise the poles.

this can work

 

[trevorus]

Re: 59 Neck is too boomy. Alternatives?

Why?



How do the hex screws change the sound so it's not PAFish?

Thx

Changes the shape of the magnetic field. Which ends up changing the response of the pickup.

 

[Robert Delahunt]

Re: 59 Neck is too boomy. Alternatives?

The Jazz is very bass-heavy in my Schecter C-1 Classic neck. I would recommend lowering it like the other guys said, not swapping it out for a Jazz.

 

[cvansickle]

Re: 59 Neck is too boomy. Alternatives?

PG neck....less boom, more bite.

+1
PG neck has bite, but it's smooth at the same time.

 

[uOpt]

Re: 59 Neck is too boomy. Alternatives?

How do the hex screws change the sound so it's not PAFish?

PAF-style polepiece don't make the sound PAFish as such, but they have a round sound with good bottom.

Hex poles have less bottom and can solve boomyness. But they are also more "assertive", they follow the playing more closely, sharp play doesn't get rounded up.

 

[boingboing]

Re: 59 Neck is too boomy. Alternatives?

All I know is an Humbucker From Hell wouldn't sound boomy

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: 59 Neck is too boomy. Alternatives?

For this reason, I wish I would have been hip to the Pearly Gates Neck before putting 59n's in half my guitars.

I'd got with an A4 mag swap first. That should help. If not, go to the PGn.

 

[MattPete]

Re: 59 Neck is too boomy. Alternatives?

Try the G&L bass-cut mod. It's a simpler version of ArtieToo's demud-mod, and it turns the 'tone' control from a high-cut filter to a low-cut filter:

 

[blueman335]

Re: 59 Neck is too boomy. Alternatives?

All I know is an Humbucker From Hell wouldn't sound boomy

Same for a DMz Bluesbucker.

 

[JohnnyGuitarCA]

Re: 59 Neck is too boomy. Alternatives?

Same for a DMz Bluesbucker.

Yep!