fourdogslong
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Hi there, I am assembling a warmoth LP right now.
It has a Korina body with maple top and a wenge neck with ebony fingerboard.
It also has a long scale to accommodate my big hands.
It is not 100% set up but it's almost there so I already have an idea of its unplugged tone.
As you can see I was not trying to nail the LP sound at 100%, I wanted some sort of cross between an R7 gold top and a Custom.
Compared to a Gibson my guitar seems to have lots of sustain which I like but it lacks some "honk", the hi-mids and the highs are pretty good, the low-mids and lows are there but not as much as a Gibson. The long scale has probably a lot to do with this.
I don't have first hand experience with a lot of PAF, in fact, I come from playing strats and tele so Humbuckers in general are new to me.
I listened to tons of clips of PAF style pickups, some of them seem too bright but some seem to be great! I like the ones that remain clear but that aren't thin.
It is my understanding that PAF in general are pretty bright, to accommodate the warmer sound of Gibson LP.
Everybody seem to want the brightest PAF they can get and I understand why if they are gonna use it in a warm LP.
My guitar isn't warm so I am looking for a PAF that has great details, not overly bright but not dark either and that would actually ADD lows and low-mid punch without being hot. Something punchy to compensate for the long scale.
I am not looking for a Van Halen tone at all, even though it sounds good that's really not what I want. I like old and dirty tone. Think weezer "The blue album", that tone has some serious balls to it without sounding modern. It was a P90 if I recall correctly. I like the tone from QOTSA, Jack White, I also like Led Zep but it often sounds thin to me, there are so many that I like... They're all on the vintage side in general, that's why I don't want a hot modern pickup.
I did lots of researches up to now but I need help... I listened to all the clips I could find, SD antiquity, Tom Holmes, Throbak, Stephens Design, Skatterbrane... you name it but they are almost always used in a Gibson which makes it hard to imagine how they would sound in my guitar.
Any idea?
It has a Korina body with maple top and a wenge neck with ebony fingerboard.
It also has a long scale to accommodate my big hands.
It is not 100% set up but it's almost there so I already have an idea of its unplugged tone.
As you can see I was not trying to nail the LP sound at 100%, I wanted some sort of cross between an R7 gold top and a Custom.
Compared to a Gibson my guitar seems to have lots of sustain which I like but it lacks some "honk", the hi-mids and the highs are pretty good, the low-mids and lows are there but not as much as a Gibson. The long scale has probably a lot to do with this.
I don't have first hand experience with a lot of PAF, in fact, I come from playing strats and tele so Humbuckers in general are new to me.
I listened to tons of clips of PAF style pickups, some of them seem too bright but some seem to be great! I like the ones that remain clear but that aren't thin.
It is my understanding that PAF in general are pretty bright, to accommodate the warmer sound of Gibson LP.
Everybody seem to want the brightest PAF they can get and I understand why if they are gonna use it in a warm LP.
My guitar isn't warm so I am looking for a PAF that has great details, not overly bright but not dark either and that would actually ADD lows and low-mid punch without being hot. Something punchy to compensate for the long scale.
I am not looking for a Van Halen tone at all, even though it sounds good that's really not what I want. I like old and dirty tone. Think weezer "The blue album", that tone has some serious balls to it without sounding modern. It was a P90 if I recall correctly. I like the tone from QOTSA, Jack White, I also like Led Zep but it often sounds thin to me, there are so many that I like... They're all on the vintage side in general, that's why I don't want a hot modern pickup.
I did lots of researches up to now but I need help... I listened to all the clips I could find, SD antiquity, Tom Holmes, Throbak, Stephens Design, Skatterbrane... you name it but they are almost always used in a Gibson which makes it hard to imagine how they would sound in my guitar.
Any idea?
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