LtKojak
New member
Hi Forumites,
I've got myself some big shoes to fill, taking it from where DarkMatter left off, and even though it's a dirty job, somebody's gotta do it, so it can as well be me, so help me Deity to get this one home.
And to do that, of course I need all the help I can get from all of you, good, p'up-loving people of the SDUGF.
So, without further ado, let's get this show on the road, shall we?
Now, please, spread the work to all your guitar player friends, as everybody that's a member gets to vote, so this is a good time to get your membership done. The more, the merrier!
Having said that, let's get to the upcoming process:
We left off with the basis of create a neck p'up to tone- and output-wise be the missing companion of another "bro-made" p'up that made it to became a production p'up: our own Bach2Rock's love child, the '59/Custom Hybrid".
So, as a group, we'll to decide on the following, which has two aspects to consider: the "tone-footprint" factor and the "form follow function" factor.
::::: First part: "Form Follow Function":::::
we get to decide if the Hy-Bro Neck should have conventional screw/slug design, or what I had in mind, a screw/screw design, which configuration adds significant tweakability, and at the same time addressing some pet peeves of mine. That's my pitch:
A. the possibility to compensate the inherent output imbalance of the different strings due to radius, steel mass, etc. present in every string set with a plain G-string (no puns, please) in both harmonic nodes at the same time.
B. Also, raising and lowering the screws can accentuate or lessen the match/mismatch of the coils without having to alter the p'up distance from the strings, hence not messing with the painstakingly found "sweet spot".
C. You can change the basic tonal-footprint by just reversing the p'up. What about that, uh?
D. You can change the p'ups voicing even more by changing the screws, with a different alloy and/or a from the head form factor (filister head/hex head), allowing to tweak up to the single string, and all without ever have the need to take out the p'up to mod!
As *I* see it, what's not to like of the added flexibility?
Just think about it for a moment. That's all I ask!
::::: Now the second part: the "Tone-Footprint Factor":::::
We get to decide if the "Hy-Bro" should be based on matched/mismatched coils from existing designs, like a neck '59/Jazz or whatever coils you can think of, based on past member's or own experiences, or creating a whole new p'up from scratch, giving the Custom Shop the burden of the new p'up's R&D.
If we get to decide about the voicing, that's my pitch:
In the lows you should be clearly hearing the "sound of the wood", just without the big "thunk" present on the '59n; plenty of definiton on the mids, with a sharp but not overbearing pick attack a la Jazz neck, with plenty of "air" and "chime" when the presence control on the amp is engaged. With this voicing, just by using the tone control you can play modern Jazz without losing articulation or definition with complex chords, rolling the tone control down, and at the same time to cut through the mix with soaring leads or complex riffing with a fair amount of gain, never losing he required definion and/or articulation with the tone control full-up.
This should give kinda "universal appeal", as you can play just about any kind of music with'em, just by tweakings magnets. I can imagine this neck p'up will sound great with A2, A3, A4 and a short A5, depending on musical context.
People, let me know what you think. All motivated opinions are more than welcome.
I'll set the voting polls up saturday.
That's all I got for now.
Stay tuned!
Yours very truly,
I've got myself some big shoes to fill, taking it from where DarkMatter left off, and even though it's a dirty job, somebody's gotta do it, so it can as well be me, so help me Deity to get this one home.
And to do that, of course I need all the help I can get from all of you, good, p'up-loving people of the SDUGF.
So, without further ado, let's get this show on the road, shall we?
Now, please, spread the work to all your guitar player friends, as everybody that's a member gets to vote, so this is a good time to get your membership done. The more, the merrier!
Having said that, let's get to the upcoming process:
We left off with the basis of create a neck p'up to tone- and output-wise be the missing companion of another "bro-made" p'up that made it to became a production p'up: our own Bach2Rock's love child, the '59/Custom Hybrid".
So, as a group, we'll to decide on the following, which has two aspects to consider: the "tone-footprint" factor and the "form follow function" factor.
::::: First part: "Form Follow Function":::::
we get to decide if the Hy-Bro Neck should have conventional screw/slug design, or what I had in mind, a screw/screw design, which configuration adds significant tweakability, and at the same time addressing some pet peeves of mine. That's my pitch:
A. the possibility to compensate the inherent output imbalance of the different strings due to radius, steel mass, etc. present in every string set with a plain G-string (no puns, please) in both harmonic nodes at the same time.
B. Also, raising and lowering the screws can accentuate or lessen the match/mismatch of the coils without having to alter the p'up distance from the strings, hence not messing with the painstakingly found "sweet spot".
C. You can change the basic tonal-footprint by just reversing the p'up. What about that, uh?
D. You can change the p'ups voicing even more by changing the screws, with a different alloy and/or a from the head form factor (filister head/hex head), allowing to tweak up to the single string, and all without ever have the need to take out the p'up to mod!
As *I* see it, what's not to like of the added flexibility?
Just think about it for a moment. That's all I ask!
::::: Now the second part: the "Tone-Footprint Factor":::::
We get to decide if the "Hy-Bro" should be based on matched/mismatched coils from existing designs, like a neck '59/Jazz or whatever coils you can think of, based on past member's or own experiences, or creating a whole new p'up from scratch, giving the Custom Shop the burden of the new p'up's R&D.
If we get to decide about the voicing, that's my pitch:
In the lows you should be clearly hearing the "sound of the wood", just without the big "thunk" present on the '59n; plenty of definiton on the mids, with a sharp but not overbearing pick attack a la Jazz neck, with plenty of "air" and "chime" when the presence control on the amp is engaged. With this voicing, just by using the tone control you can play modern Jazz without losing articulation or definition with complex chords, rolling the tone control down, and at the same time to cut through the mix with soaring leads or complex riffing with a fair amount of gain, never losing he required definion and/or articulation with the tone control full-up.
This should give kinda "universal appeal", as you can play just about any kind of music with'em, just by tweakings magnets. I can imagine this neck p'up will sound great with A2, A3, A4 and a short A5, depending on musical context.
People, let me know what you think. All motivated opinions are more than welcome.
I'll set the voting polls up saturday.
That's all I got for now.
Stay tuned!
Yours very truly,
