Hot Rails in strat still too bright

Baby Evil

Baby Evil

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with 250k pots. Is there a way to tame the highs by wiring it to a tone pot, or use a cap, or anything else?

thanks,

Jan
 
Re: Hot Rails in strat still too bright

How did you wire the pup? Are you sure it is operating with both coils in series?

Luke
 
Re: Hot Rails in strat still too bright

It's the standard strat wiring, and I'm sure the pup is connected correctly.

thanks,

Jan
 
Re: Hot Rails in strat still too bright

Uh, in standard strat wiring, there is no tone knob for the bridge pup. If anyone has a schematic for it, I'll give it a try :D

Jan
 
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Baby Evil said:
Uh, in standard strat wiring, there is no tone knob for the bridge pup. If anyone has a schematic for it, I'll give it a try :D

Jan
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AHH You have vintage wiring. Do you use you middle pups tone knob? If so would you want it to share the neck or the bridge control?

Luke
 
Re: Hot Rails in strat still too bright

I don't use any tone pot, so either for the bridge would be good. Since when do strats come with a tone pot for the bridge? Mine's only a year old, and none of the others in the shop seem to have that, I think. Must. Try. Out. Today.

thanks,

Jan
 
Re: Hot Rails in strat still too bright

I think the more important question is how is your amp set up? Even w/o a tone control a hot rail shouldn't be that bright.
 
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Re: Hot Rails in strat still too bright

What are you playing through? Were you using a stock Strat pickup before? A HR isn't an overly bright pickup in series, it's actually more focused in the low mids than the highs.
 
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I went from stock to Vintage Rails to HotStack (only SD pup that let me down) to HR. I just wired it again, and it still sounds way too twangy, there are more mids, but not like I expected at all. Even with the tone knob turned down.

Jan
 
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Just how close to the strings are you? Its got way more output than your previous pickups so dont just go by eye and put it as high as your others may have been. Try backing it down a little a see if it helps.
 
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i would say raise the thing up rather than lower it. lowering it will give it more clarity and less bottom, raising it should fatten it up
 
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You just had to come along and disagree with me didnt you? Sure ,fine, whatever :)
 
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I can relate to what the thread starter is saying, because it seems to me like the bridge position of all strats are generally to bright to be used clean, but they sound good under gain. I would wire the thing up to a tone knob. I back mine (hot rails) down to about 90% for bridge cleans and it's a very usable tone.
 
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Folo said:
I can relate to what the thread starter is saying, because it seems to me like the bridge position of all strats are generally to bright to be used clean, but they sound good under gain. I would wire the thing up to a tone knob. I back mine (hot rails) down to about 90% for bridge cleans and it's a very usable tone.
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I've always found the bridge of a strat clean the ultimate clean sound, it's the gain sounds I don't like.

I've found the guilty bit : it's in the switch, the pole for the bridge element was damaged, making the pup connected sound thin.

Jan
 
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