All my pickups sound the same :(

[briankou]

Re: All my pickups sound the same

briankou, is there a possibility that the pickups are not wired correctly? I have seen this before where the blade switch on a Strat was wired incorrectly and the positions sound pretty much the same with maybe a very slight change. Go through it carefully and make sure it is wired up correctly. If you don't have the skills to do it yourself then take it to a tech. You should be hearing a difference in those three pickups. Also as someone posted earlier, even if you had three of the same pickups you would here a difference. It's worth double-checking.

Hey Frankencat,

THANK YOU!!! Forgot to wire one of the tabs on the switch to ground. Got the results I was looking for.

 

[briankou]

Re: All my pickups sound the same

pods are good for what they are.. i take it you never played an jmp1 .. cos THAT is the mother of ALL tube preamps


i tried enough digitech stuff to be fully convinced that all their stuff sucks. in a company, where not one thing out of 50 sounds even mediocre, i can draw the conclusion

i know very well how much a jmp1 is going for. but it's a million times better than the digitech that much i'll wager

and harmony central has been accurate since when? the only good reviews i read were the ones of Rip Glitter

and i said before, actives have a more pronounced character (forced even) than passives

sound better or not sound better is totaly subjective. actives are cleaner and more forced, more powerfull (not in terms of output), have their EQ'd preamp built in and might react to your rig far better than duncans

nothing makes my opinion supperior than yours. it's just your perspective on it.if you want to believe that, fine by me.
but i still stand and WILL stand to myopinion that it's the digitech's fault. ground breakin it might have been at that time, but that doesnt neccessarily mean it's good

Well. . .. . . you were wrong. And I hate to be such a jerk, but it really does feel good.

IF IT WERE MY EARS, WHY WOULD ALL MY OTHER PICKUPS SOUND DIFFERENT ON MY OTHER 3 GUITARS?

But ultimately, it was my bad, forgot to ground the switch. :smack:

But thanks for trying to help.

And by the way, in the future, try playing the gear you criticize, and also try reading the posts before getting in a cheap shot at someone. Anyways, have a nice life.

:dance:

 

[Luke Duke]

Re: All my pickups sound the same

Hey Frankencat,

THANK YOU!!! Forgot to wire one of the tabs on the switch to ground. Got the results I was looking for.

Hey man, glad you got it figured out! Give us all a review soon!

Luke