Blackfire74
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Hi, I suppose it's not what most people like but, I'm not most people, haha.
Seriously, I have a dilemma reading all stuf about magnets.
I own an Epiphone Les Paul Standard with stock alnico V pickups which sound erfect in this type of guitar to me. Neck sounds mellow on clean and with light overdrive but shows some bite with heavier distortions, especially around 12th fret bending strings. Bridge pickup has nice highs but not sparkling or ear piercing.
I just bought a 2007 Vintage Modified Squier Strat from first run, i think. It is amazing guitar in all aspects but pickups. Ewww! Bridge humbucker sound weak, sparkly and lifeless. Singles are too bassy, too sparkly weak mids, and sound like bunch of wires spread on a broom. Not too much of a strat sound except it feels like those are singles which have always distinctive punchy, airy sound.
Playing both guitars unplugged, using same strings and gauges, bot guitars show their real selves. Two different sounds and very typical for each. As much as Epi sounds like it should plugged in, I can't say that about Strat, as stated before. I don't want to achieve typical strat sound, but it will always have some tonal characteristics typical for strat. And that's enough for me, different sound than Les Paul but not exactly Strat-like twangy, glassy. I don't like it at all. Too stringy. I want to tame this but not to imitate les paul sound. Something strat-ish but with more growl and bite for heavier distortions (not metal, just heavy leads or barking riffs) on bridge and singing, little mellow, without boomy bass and without sharp highs jazzy cleans and clean overdriven sounds, again clean but not too bright, so I won't hear stringy sounds.
Does this sound like I need humbuckers with alnico V on bridge and alnico II on neck position?
Seriously, I have a dilemma reading all stuf about magnets.
I own an Epiphone Les Paul Standard with stock alnico V pickups which sound erfect in this type of guitar to me. Neck sounds mellow on clean and with light overdrive but shows some bite with heavier distortions, especially around 12th fret bending strings. Bridge pickup has nice highs but not sparkling or ear piercing.
I just bought a 2007 Vintage Modified Squier Strat from first run, i think. It is amazing guitar in all aspects but pickups. Ewww! Bridge humbucker sound weak, sparkly and lifeless. Singles are too bassy, too sparkly weak mids, and sound like bunch of wires spread on a broom. Not too much of a strat sound except it feels like those are singles which have always distinctive punchy, airy sound.
Playing both guitars unplugged, using same strings and gauges, bot guitars show their real selves. Two different sounds and very typical for each. As much as Epi sounds like it should plugged in, I can't say that about Strat, as stated before. I don't want to achieve typical strat sound, but it will always have some tonal characteristics typical for strat. And that's enough for me, different sound than Les Paul but not exactly Strat-like twangy, glassy. I don't like it at all. Too stringy. I want to tame this but not to imitate les paul sound. Something strat-ish but with more growl and bite for heavier distortions (not metal, just heavy leads or barking riffs) on bridge and singing, little mellow, without boomy bass and without sharp highs jazzy cleans and clean overdriven sounds, again clean but not too bright, so I won't hear stringy sounds.
Does this sound like I need humbuckers with alnico V on bridge and alnico II on neck position?
