62's sound as if they have too many mids.

ponch

ponch

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I have a set of fender 62s in my alvarez strat copy, and they sound too middy. Its not so bad, but i would like them to cut through better. What would do the pearly gates plus justice? So far they have a load of twang, and they sound like stevie on tightrope. Sorry to sound like a jerk, but no rails or jb jrs please. Just good ol' fashion run of the mill single coils. :thanks:
 
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the pearly gates plus is a full sized bucker, not a single coil. sorry, im confused
 
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fender 57/62 pups are alnico v and about 5.6k, i dont think they are very middy at all. i would say they are quite scooped and lacking mid range
 
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thanks benjy for clearing that up, they just don't cut through well enough for my liking. They sound really really fat.
 
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wow, thats new and different for those pups. usually i think they sound pretty thin and wimpy.

i think the aps2 single coils are great punchy sounding pups but they are more middy than what you have now.
 
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I honestly don't think that the 62's are too fat, I think they don't cut through in your Alvarez becausae they don't have enough upper mids and top end. That Alvarez is pretty dark sounding.
 
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My experiences with them mirror Jermey's... though I wouldn't call them "wimpy" really. Clean & open... plenty of jangle and never too thick or even bordering on it.

The times I've swapped them with SSL-1's I've thought that the Duncans have MORE midrange...

Not sure what to say really...
 
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Ok, well Im going to wait to see what they sound like when we play, but how do those new big dipper pups sound?
 
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kinda similar to what you have now, classic scooped strat tone.
 
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Benjy_26 said:
I honestly don't think that the 62's are too fat, I think they don't cut through in your Alvarez becausae they don't have enough upper mids and top end. That Alvarez is pretty dark sounding.
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I want soemthing that will work with a dark sounding git box. What about the texas specials. Would they have more twang(I know that they will not sound remotly to stevie, he played the OG. 60's pups)? :scratchch
 
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ponch said:
I want soemthing that will work with a dark sounding git box. What about the texas specials. Would they have more twang(I know that they will not sound remotly to stevie, he played the OG. 60's pups)? :scratchch
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I dunno man...I get the feeling it's not the pickups. :scratchch

Generally, alnico 5 Strat pickups underwound to less than 6K are pretty bright and chimey...and not overly midrangey.

I get the feeling it's your set-up...do you have a great amp?

Lew
 
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I play through a toneworks into a peavey minx(sounds scary close to a vox), and Im going to borrow my brothers bassman into a 2x12 vox. I doubt that its me though. My brother played it through his GT8 into his strawberry blonde in practice and it still was too dark.
 
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Its the Peavey, the majority of Peavey amps (including their top of the line; JSX; Triple, 6505) are pretty midrange heavy and will usually not have a sparkly high end as their amps get cleaner. The Peavey Classics may be the exception to that. Peavey's heavier mids really shine on high gain.


....different amp - try something else.

Beyond the amp...well it narrows it down, but its not pups, unless you have them so low that their address is in Anartica.
 
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