Franken Fat strat too bright! What to do.

[panamang]

Re: Franken Fat strat too bright! What to do.

The Evolution is one of the most aggressive pickups in history, period. If the bridge is "floating", and NOT backed-up against the body then........oh boy. Forget it.

Just moving the Evolution to a stoptail Charvel without a Floyd was enough to change that pickup completely for me. Worked wonders. I was literally shocked once I took it out of my Ibeenhad. My Charvel still has a tremolo unit, but it's backed-up, locked against the body of the guitar. Bass & sustain, anyone???

Hetfield's tone may have been clear and crisp, but it wasn't thin & wimpy, like Vai's. Floating bridge = ditch the Evolution.

You got that right Majestic!!! Got a vintage tremolo in the Frankenstrat and the EVO sucked in it. I put the Evo in the Les Paul and it makes a world of difference! Am leaving it there. Last night dropped the Invader in the bridge of the strat body and, although I'm not a big Invader fan, it sounds much better. Dark pickup in bright guitar works out well.

You see pics of Vai wailing on a whammy bar on his Jem with a Evo in it and ya thing it would work on most tremolo equiped guitars. Wrong!

Thanks Majestic! Not scratching my head any more.

 

[Scott_F]

Re: Franken Fat strat too bright! What to do.

David Kornblatt, welcome to everyone's Ignore List. You were warned.

 

[Majestic]

Re: Franken Fat strat too bright! What to do.

I know this is from out in left-field, but I bet if you'd like the Breed. Fat like a Tone Zone, but while the bass & mids are the "stars" of those pickups, their EQ'd in different ways.

It should be fat enough, yet still have enough treble, depending on the amp, to play some metal. I mean the Breed shouldn't sound like mud, but it shouldn't be too bright either. I don't know.

 

[panamang]

Re: Franken Fat strat too bright! What to do.

I know this is from out in left-field, but I bet if you'd like the Breed. Fat like a Tone Zone, but while the bass & mids are the "stars" of those pickups, their EQ'd in different ways.

It should be fat enough, yet still have enough treble, depending on the amp, to play some metal. I mean the Breed shouldn't sound like mud, but it shouldn't be too bright either. I don't know.

You are not out in left field at all. I checked out the Breed bridge on the DiMarzio site and it looks like it would work fine. As the site says: Tech Talk: The Breed™ was designed to warm up and smooth out the sound of 25 1/2 scale trem guitars. The EQ is 4/9/8 which would problably work out.

One problem is I've spent a bunch of bucks on pickups and now have a Duncan Distortion and a DiMarzio Super Distortion sitting in boxes unused. Maybe I can off them on e-bay and then give the Breed a try. The muddy Invader will have to get us by for now. Another problem is that I can't get my kid to play anything except the Les Paul with the Evolution in it. He loves that setup. Very articulate.

 

[david kornblatt]

Re: Franken Fat strat too bright! What to do.

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