Re: Does anyone unhook or completely remove their neck pickup?
Good thing they do it, so I don't have to!
Good thing they do it, so I don't have to!
Does anyone unhook or completely remove their neck pickup?
- Thread starter man-in-moon
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Re: Does anyone unhook or completely remove their neck pickup?
i have an esquire that i built and its a fantastic guitar, albeit not so pretty. i do think only having a bridge pup changes things since you dont have the magnets of any other pups pulling on the strings. a bucker pulls much less than a rod magnet single coil but there is still a bit of difference
i have an esquire that i built and its a fantastic guitar, albeit not so pretty. i do think only having a bridge pup changes things since you dont have the magnets of any other pups pulling on the strings. a bucker pulls much less than a rod magnet single coil but there is still a bit of difference
NegativeEase
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Re: Does anyone unhook or completely remove their neck pickup?
Eddie plays neck pickups very often (not as much as bridge of course) since the early 80s Are you referring to when he was a teenager and didn't know better and it became kind of a thing?
Eddie plays neck pickups very often (not as much as bridge of course) since the early 80s Are you referring to when he was a teenager and didn't know better and it became kind of a thing?
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Cdwillis
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At one point Phil X had a guitar with a matchbox car screwed into the neck pickup hole. Think it increased the tone by 10 horsepower.
At one point Phil X had a guitar with a matchbox car screwed into the neck pickup hole. Think it increased the tone by 10 horsepower.
RorySquier
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Speaking of Phil X and one pick up guitars...
;>)/
Speaking of Phil X and one pick up guitars...
;>)/
Discharged
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/Peter
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And...?
And...????
What...? How you figure...?
You aren't right or wrong, as your statement simply makes no sense whatsoever.
/Peter
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Progbusters
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Re: Does anyone unhook or completely remove their neck pickup?
Yes i did that with my best sounding cheap epiphone LP guitar that i use for hard rock. I find that i dont use neck humbucker pups much. I even took off the switch
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Yes i did that with my best sounding cheap epiphone LP guitar that i use for hard rock. I find that i dont use neck humbucker pups much. I even took off the switch
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man-in-moon
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I keep going back on fourth on the idea. If I keep the neck pickup I might try a P rails. I saw a vid on YouTube awhile back where someone did an experiment comparing A guitar with and with out a neck pickup. They ran it through some kind of software to show that the frequencies did change some. But I can’t seem to find it now. I see the arguments for both sides really.
I keep going back on fourth on the idea. If I keep the neck pickup I might try a P rails. I saw a vid on YouTube awhile back where someone did an experiment comparing A guitar with and with out a neck pickup. They ran it through some kind of software to show that the frequencies did change some. But I can’t seem to find it now. I see the arguments for both sides really.
Dave Locher
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Re: Does anyone unhook or completely remove their neck pickup?
There was a similar thread on another forum recently, debating telecaster vs esquire (no neck pickup). The best line imho was "the bridge pickup tone may or may not sound better without a neck pickup but the neck and middle positions sound much better with one."
There was a similar thread on another forum recently, debating telecaster vs esquire (no neck pickup). The best line imho was "the bridge pickup tone may or may not sound better without a neck pickup but the neck and middle positions sound much better with one."
80's_Metal
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Hatebreed guitarist unhooks it.
Does the same with 2 channels on his Marshall too, keeping it super simple.
Ffwd to 3:00 for the guitar chat
Hatebreed guitarist unhooks it.
Does the same with 2 channels on his Marshall too, keeping it super simple.
Ffwd to 3:00 for the guitar chat
KNUCKLHEAD
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Re: Does anyone unhook or completely remove their neck pickup?
please raise Your hand if You've been paid at least $1000. for Your part at a gig ( playing guitar ) for 1 Set with a bridge Only pickup Ax ( but had other Axs there too ) and NOT in the 80's . plz feel free to save + use the jpg
my hand is up
please raise Your hand if You've been paid at least $1000. for Your part at a gig ( playing guitar ) for 1 Set with a bridge Only pickup Ax ( but had other Axs there too ) and NOT in the 80's . plz feel free to save + use the jpg
my hand is up
Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
Re: Does anyone unhook or completely remove their neck pickup?
And just think of how much more you would have made if you thought to bring two!
And just think of how much more you would have made if you thought to bring two!
blueman335
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Re: Does anyone unhook or completely remove their neck pickup?
If you're not using or contemplating removing a neck PU, you either need a better-sounding PU or a mod to the wiring (spin-a-split, treble bleed, etc). Whatever qualities about a neck PU's tone you find disagreeable can be overcome, and that gives you many more tone options.
I've seen the ridiculous assertion that: "You can get more tones from a single PU guitar because it forces you to play differently." OMG, we're graduating these people from high school? In the real world you get many more tones from a 2 PU guitar, that's science. If you're not, then it's because you don't make the effort to 'play differently' on a double PU guitar, which is due to your lack of effort, not the guitar.
If you're not using or contemplating removing a neck PU, you either need a better-sounding PU or a mod to the wiring (spin-a-split, treble bleed, etc). Whatever qualities about a neck PU's tone you find disagreeable can be overcome, and that gives you many more tone options.
I've seen the ridiculous assertion that: "You can get more tones from a single PU guitar because it forces you to play differently." OMG, we're graduating these people from high school? In the real world you get many more tones from a 2 PU guitar, that's science. If you're not, then it's because you don't make the effort to 'play differently' on a double PU guitar, which is due to your lack of effort, not the guitar.
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Progbusters
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Re: Does anyone unhook or completely remove their neck pickup?
It don't give me joy -- I Mari Kondo'd that neck pup.
It don't give me joy -- I Mari Kondo'd that neck pup.
KNUCKLHEAD
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Not all sets are done in Standard tuning , with Dropped-C / Low Res. settings ( + cutting out mids ) a 2 pu Ax is used for Interlude/Bridge sections on a few tunes , the single bridge A5 works best for my Rig and majority of set. in standard E ~ a 2 pickup reg. guitar with bridge pickup used 60% of the time . We dont do too many slow tempo songs . Everything from Blues Rock to Hardcore though ( more than 60% originals
Not all sets are done in Standard tuning , with Dropped-C / Low Res. settings ( + cutting out mids ) a 2 pu Ax is used for Interlude/Bridge sections on a few tunes , the single bridge A5 works best for my Rig and majority of set. in standard E ~ a 2 pickup reg. guitar with bridge pickup used 60% of the time . We dont do too many slow tempo songs . Everything from Blues Rock to Hardcore though ( more than 60% originals
KNUCKLHEAD
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