Frogman
New member
HH Strat partscaster
Maple/rosewood.
Basswood(?)
Vintage trem.
Nice, acoustic, neutrally resonant tone.
Currently it has 3 P90’s in it, but I am putting together a second pickguard with two buckers to run and can swap back and forth when it tickles my fancy.
I have a Norton and a JB(2 or UOA5), one of which will be in the bridge.
The majority of the time, I use the neck position for soloing and cleans (tho I tend to use the middle position even more on a 2 pickup guitar for cleans).
I play everything from contemporary worship in the praise team (lead), anything from Alan Jackson, Susan Tdeshi, CCR, Skynyrd, Doors, T Petty, Journey to Santana in my cover band, and mostly 80’s-90’s metal and shreddy stuff at home.
Most neck buckers, to me, are just so flubby in the low end and fart out in the mix. Drowning out in a see of inarticulate bass frequencies.
Aside from my Les Paul, I almost exclusively use P90s with raised pole pieces in the neck. And an SSL-6 in an HSS tele.
Wishlist:
-has bite/attack/frequency response similar to a P90/SC.
-does well in both split and parallel
-tracks leads well and handles lot of gain
-present top end and cutting mids
-bass full, but tight and kinda low key
-male vocal quality like a JB has
I’m looking at:
Gravity Storm
Pearly Gates
D Activator
Full Shred
PAF Pro? Joe?
I already have a DP103 in my LPC, want something different.
‘59 seems like it will be too flubby.
Jazz seems like it will be too anemic/thin/bland.
Perhaps a hybrid of the two would do me well, especially with double screw coils.
Would appreciate your thoughts and suggestions.
Maple/rosewood.
Basswood(?)
Vintage trem.
Nice, acoustic, neutrally resonant tone.
Currently it has 3 P90’s in it, but I am putting together a second pickguard with two buckers to run and can swap back and forth when it tickles my fancy.
I have a Norton and a JB(2 or UOA5), one of which will be in the bridge.
The majority of the time, I use the neck position for soloing and cleans (tho I tend to use the middle position even more on a 2 pickup guitar for cleans).
I play everything from contemporary worship in the praise team (lead), anything from Alan Jackson, Susan Tdeshi, CCR, Skynyrd, Doors, T Petty, Journey to Santana in my cover band, and mostly 80’s-90’s metal and shreddy stuff at home.
Most neck buckers, to me, are just so flubby in the low end and fart out in the mix. Drowning out in a see of inarticulate bass frequencies.
Aside from my Les Paul, I almost exclusively use P90s with raised pole pieces in the neck. And an SSL-6 in an HSS tele.
Wishlist:
-has bite/attack/frequency response similar to a P90/SC.
-does well in both split and parallel
-tracks leads well and handles lot of gain
-present top end and cutting mids
-bass full, but tight and kinda low key
-male vocal quality like a JB has
I’m looking at:
Gravity Storm
Pearly Gates
D Activator
Full Shred
PAF Pro? Joe?
I already have a DP103 in my LPC, want something different.
‘59 seems like it will be too flubby.
Jazz seems like it will be too anemic/thin/bland.
Perhaps a hybrid of the two would do me well, especially with double screw coils.
Would appreciate your thoughts and suggestions.
