Monsta-Tone
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I have a PRS CE-22 that is extremely bright, but plays like a freaking dream. Some of the guys here have been helping me tame the treble.
Since this is sort of a new direction from the previous thread, I thought I would start a new one.
Maple bolt on neck
Mahogany body w/maple cap
Rosewood fretboard
PRS tremolo with aluminum block (incredible sustain, but very bright sounding - might be changing it to a brass block eventually)
Duncan Full Shred (neck position, but I think it's a bridge position version of the pickup)
Duncan Dimebucker in the bridge
I have changed the tone cap and love the tone on the neck pickup. It is warm, fat, huge, and just aggressive enough to not sound "Vintage."
I like the Dimebucker, but I think that it is too trebly sounding and a little bit too aggressive. I am wondering if a PATB pickup or ???? would suit me better.
I am looking for a beefed up neck pickup sound from my bridge pickup that has lots of thump, clarity, harmonics, and sustain. I rarely use my bridge pickup in any guitar because they always sound like there are just too many highs and not enough foundation.
I use a Mesa Rectoverb and a DC-5 amp. I play heavy rock (not really metal anymore) that sounds like a cross between Rush, Incubus, early Maiden, Zappa, and UFO.
So.....back to the Dimebucker.
I do not want to change my guitar's wiring anymore than I already have. I have 500k pots and a .047 orange drop cap. The neck pickup sounds phenomenal! I don't want to change that.
What to do with the Dimebucker? It looks like there is a plastic ring around the pickup. Not sure if changing magnets is possible without damaging it.
Would an alnico 8 magnet be the way to go?
Would it make a good hybrid with something else?
Or should I trade it for a different pickup?
Since this is sort of a new direction from the previous thread, I thought I would start a new one.
Maple bolt on neck
Mahogany body w/maple cap
Rosewood fretboard
PRS tremolo with aluminum block (incredible sustain, but very bright sounding - might be changing it to a brass block eventually)
Duncan Full Shred (neck position, but I think it's a bridge position version of the pickup)
Duncan Dimebucker in the bridge
I have changed the tone cap and love the tone on the neck pickup. It is warm, fat, huge, and just aggressive enough to not sound "Vintage."
I like the Dimebucker, but I think that it is too trebly sounding and a little bit too aggressive. I am wondering if a PATB pickup or ???? would suit me better.
I am looking for a beefed up neck pickup sound from my bridge pickup that has lots of thump, clarity, harmonics, and sustain. I rarely use my bridge pickup in any guitar because they always sound like there are just too many highs and not enough foundation.
I use a Mesa Rectoverb and a DC-5 amp. I play heavy rock (not really metal anymore) that sounds like a cross between Rush, Incubus, early Maiden, Zappa, and UFO.
So.....back to the Dimebucker.
I do not want to change my guitar's wiring anymore than I already have. I have 500k pots and a .047 orange drop cap. The neck pickup sounds phenomenal! I don't want to change that.
What to do with the Dimebucker? It looks like there is a plastic ring around the pickup. Not sure if changing magnets is possible without damaging it.
Would an alnico 8 magnet be the way to go?
Would it make a good hybrid with something else?
Or should I trade it for a different pickup?
