c-5 & fat strat question (more of a wood/magnet question)

[drew_half_empty]

well, in attempt to give my bridge humbucker (soon to be a c-5) more warmth, because from what i've read, alder bodied maple necked guitars & alnico 5 mags produce an overly bright tone, well, which of the following would give it the most -PAF in basswood- kinda feel

connecting the c-5 to 250k tone & volume pots
graphtec nut
warmer strings (dr medium probably)

or, well, anything else you'd suggest?

I'm not asking for exact, but, well, close

 

[Empty Pockets]

Re: c-5 & fat strat question (more of a wood/magnet question)

"Warmer Strings"? I've never heard anything close to that term, ever. I didn't think strings really did that much to my sound, maybe i'm not paying close enough attention...

Umm I'd think for a PAF-in-basswood sound you should get a set of '59s for that guitar, assuming it's made of basswood. If it's not, sell it and buy an Ibanez...or go for the 'PAF-in-alder' tone...haha

-X

 

[drew_half_empty]

Re: c-5 & fat strat question (more of a wood/magnet question)

trust me, different strings can change your tone A LOT

if you don't believe me, put DR pure blues on one of your guitars & ernie ball light top heavy bottoms on it next. If you can't tell the difference well, you're hopeless, heh

and i hate ibanez. G&l makes basswood strats tho