Favorite 1 pickup guitars and why?
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UnderTheFlame83
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My favorite single humbucker guitar is my Viper I converted to single. I tried 5 different pickups in this guitar and settled on the Jackson in the end. Just sounds massive in it. Heavy guitar but plays great and has a comfortable fast neck.
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ItsaBass
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Lucky ducky. I absolutely love old Guilds. I treasure my '68 T-100D and '68 F-50. The T-100D is one of the best electrics I've ever played, and the the F-50 is one of the best acoustics I've ever played.
Gtrjunior
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Dude....LOVE that claw!!
i love old guilds too. the '59 is great for what it is, thin hollow body with the franz neck pup. i used to play it more than i have the past few years which is too bad cause its a cool sound and plays well. original frets and flat wounds so not a ton of bending which makes me play different. your t100d is probably a more refined instrument but similar construction. ive toyed with the idea of putting a bridge pup on it but always talked myself out of it. got a '68 f212 that was my dads that is lovely too
Sirion
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Thanks! It is my newest build. The claw originally belonged to a Sustainer that I never really bonded to. The Baretta arrived as a full guitar, but the headstock had been cracked in transit. I need to get that neck fixed, but in the meantime I decided to slap this one on, and I'm feeling this one a lot more than I ever did the Sustainer!
ErikH
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No. It’s more for tonal variations. You get no tone control, with tone control, and then no control again but a preset more brassy tone.
Artie
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I forgot about my little Gretsch Junior Jet. Even though it was a "cheap" guitar, it looked good, played good, and sounded good. I was toying with the idea of having the pup rewound to mini-hum SM-2 or 3 specs, but gave it to a friend for his birthday before I got around to it. It was a sweet little axe.
alex1fly
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Great looking axes! My Santana SE has an empty bridge spot while I wait for a Seth Lover to arrive... does that count? :lmao:
Serious question - is the mojo of one pickup guitars:
In the lack of options making you play differently?
From less string pull?
Or does the extra wood and fewer electronic parts actually affect resonance and tone quality?
Other?
Serious question - is the mojo of one pickup guitars:
In the lack of options making you play differently?
From less string pull?
Or does the extra wood and fewer electronic parts actually affect resonance and tone quality?
Other?
yes? no? who knows. a one pup guitar can force you to learn to manipulate the controls better to coax more sounds from a simple setup. does not having a neck pup on an esquire mean theres less string pull? yes. does that mean more sustain or better tone? maybe. does the extra wood effect resonance? maybe.
for me, i built the esquire cause i wanted something with just a bridge pup to use with my 5e3 clone. i liked the amp turned up and a neck pup sounded like mush so a bridge pup only axe made sense. its amazing how many tonal shades you can get from an esquire and a 5e3
for me, i built the esquire cause i wanted something with just a bridge pup to use with my 5e3 clone. i liked the amp turned up and a neck pup sounded like mush so a bridge pup only axe made sense. its amazing how many tonal shades you can get from an esquire and a 5e3
beaubrummels
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I have a bass version of that. Those little Gretsch's are solid guitars and sound pretty good as-is. I use my short scale bass for writing (have tendonitis) and then switch to full-size just to record tracks, but I've use the mini-Grestch bass for tracks also and it held up well against Rickenbacker / Fender and others.
Artie
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^^^^ Yes. It was sweet. My Peavey Rockmaster now takes it's place. And since the Rockmaster takes a standard sized humbucker, it's easier to try different pups in it.
I love the aesthetics and simple clean design of a single pup guitar. Once you get it dialed in with the right pup, you just pick it up and play it. No messing with switches or modes. You just play.
I love the aesthetics and simple clean design of a single pup guitar. Once you get it dialed in with the right pup, you just pick it up and play it. No messing with switches or modes. You just play.
Artie
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Masta' C
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Originally, yes!
I currently have a de-aired DiMarzio AT-1 in the Jackson and a Suhr Aldrich in the Washburn, which is getting replaced by a Custom Shop "Super V" signed by George
I've always gone back and forth with the El Diablo, but it worked very well in both of these guitars and, wired for coil split, there isn't much the El Diablo can't do! Biggest reason for changing them was just to have different flavors on tap.
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