How do you manage thick guitar sustain and mud?

[GuitarDoc]

Re: How do you manage thick guitar sustain and mud?

I control the mud quite simply by using P-90s, and/or humbuckers on the bright side to begin with. (I have a series/parallel switch on many of my guitars with humbuckers).
All of my guitars are wired 50s style tone with independent volumes.
On every guitar, I have installed a treble bypass switch. I leave the switch on (allowing the function of the tone pot), and the tone control is lowered to about 3 or 4 on the knob. Then I adjust my amp to give my all-around full tone. When I need more clarity and brightness I simply flip the switch and remove the tone pot from the circuit. When I need extra oomph for leads, I use my MXR Micro Amp stomp box.


By the way...Great Boston tones there Lizard.

 

[Mincer]

Re: How do you manage thick guitar sustain and mud?

Keep in mind, that 'mud' is really in the ear of the beholder. Some people say the Sabbath tones I like are muddy, which they are obviously wrong.

 

[Juanhanglo]

Re: How do you manage thick guitar sustain and mud?

Hb sized p90s.

I found a high gain pedal into a low gain one gives me that singing sustain. I guess this is not to far off a compressor?

Check your cap values and think about 50s wiring or treble bleeds (again, there are different ways and values). Get this right and the volume drop will work.

Lastly, I love the bass cut feature! I have one in my yamaha revstar. It makes the p90s more tele like.

I adjust the amp bass to where it sounds good clean and then adjust the overall bass at my overdrive pedals. I have taken to using a rat to boost and fatten up my single coil guitars. This allows me to set my pedals so my humbuckers aren't muddy.

 

[LLL]

Re: How do you manage thick guitar sustain and mud?

LLL... Finally got a chance to watch the video. Loved the Boston riffs and the effect chain tutorial... I would have paid big money to see your vid in my Boston emulation days

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[Jacew]

Re: How do you manage thick guitar sustain and mud?

I always wire my guitars with 500k pots and small cap values (10nf being usually the maximum I use).

I also never use treble bleeds or such. I dial out excess highs with single coil use by lowering volume.

 

[weepingminotaur]

Re: How do you manage thick guitar sustain and mud?

Really love the volume and quality of information in this thread. I'm learning a lot. That is all.

 

[DavidRavenMoon]

Re: How do you manage thick guitar sustain and mud?

As the guitarist I agree -that's a lot of fun....but the kid at front of stage facing your speaker at eye level disagrees..... :lmao:

At rehearsal my 2x12 combo is on a stand behind me, about waist level. I made the mistake of sitting on a stool in front of it at rehearsal last night for a moment. It was ear level. That hurt! lol

Was similar to when I saw Silver Sun Pickups a few years back, and the girl I was with wanted to stand right at the edge of the stage in front of his Hi-Watt amp. That was painfully loud!


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[zionstrat]

Re: How do you manage thick guitar sustain and mud?

Here it is:

Thanks so much for posting. It's been ages since I read this and it took me back to the living room of the house where I lived when I was 12

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