attn: tone4days
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tone4days
Heel Whacker
Re: attn: tone4days
hey buds - sorry,i never saw this thread - next time PM me if you have a direct question - i'd be happy to help any bro with a Q ...
i always thought that guitar sounded good, but not great, for what i wanted with those stock pickups ... it was always a little too shrill in the highs with the bridge and a little too mushy in the bass with the neck ... the splits in 2 & 4 were OK, but never had a really convincing 'quack' to me ...
i put a '59 in the neck (4-wire) and a duck in the middle, and a C5 in the bridge .. it made the guitar sound, to my ears, as good as its always felt in my hands ... the soundman (who is a stellar guitarist too) at the first gig i played it with after the pup swap was blown away ... he couldnt believe i was playing straight into my fender deluxe 90 (solid state - 1x12") with no effects ...
the only mistake i made was forgetting to order the C5 trem spaced :yell: ... no sonic problems to my ears, just a cosmetic thing ...
and i think i'd prefer a VR instead of the duck because i notice a volume drop as i bend strings away from the duck's tiny pole pieces ... but other than that, i think i am done searching with that guitar ...
... unless i do a mag swap in the C5 to try it as a custom custom someday
hope this helps and isnt too late
cheers
t4d
ps - thanks for the bump, rainmaker
hey buds - sorry,i never saw this thread - next time PM me if you have a direct question - i'd be happy to help any bro with a Q ...
i always thought that guitar sounded good, but not great, for what i wanted with those stock pickups ... it was always a little too shrill in the highs with the bridge and a little too mushy in the bass with the neck ... the splits in 2 & 4 were OK, but never had a really convincing 'quack' to me ...
i put a '59 in the neck (4-wire) and a duck in the middle, and a C5 in the bridge .. it made the guitar sound, to my ears, as good as its always felt in my hands ... the soundman (who is a stellar guitarist too) at the first gig i played it with after the pup swap was blown away ... he couldnt believe i was playing straight into my fender deluxe 90 (solid state - 1x12") with no effects ...
the only mistake i made was forgetting to order the C5 trem spaced :yell: ... no sonic problems to my ears, just a cosmetic thing ...
and i think i'd prefer a VR instead of the duck because i notice a volume drop as i bend strings away from the duck's tiny pole pieces ... but other than that, i think i am done searching with that guitar ...
... unless i do a mag swap in the C5 to try it as a custom custom someday
hope this helps and isnt too late
cheers
t4d
ps - thanks for the bump, rainmaker
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