I find I have NO use for a middle pickup except..........
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Re: I find I have NO use for a middle pickup except..........
The bucker sounds aren't the best possible, but they're a great compromise, IMO.
Ah. OK, I'll buy that. For the same reason I got buckers that were made to split - a Stag Mag in the neck and an SK dualtone in the bridge. In A/Bs with "real strats", they're right up there on the combination tones, IMO. Not identical, but neither are 2 strats, and mine are "in the running".Farkus said:
The bucker sounds aren't the best possible, but they're a great compromise, IMO.
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Re: I find I have NO use for a middle pickup except..........
It's kind'a a cool Blues thing... Jimmie Vaughan, Buddy Guy etc... at the right times, it can come off with a lot of raw attitude. Sounds real good through a Leslie! Or if you just want to change up the tone for a mean section of a solo. You gotta play with an additude with the middle PU I think! It diffenatly will cut through...
It's kind'a a cool Blues thing... Jimmie Vaughan, Buddy Guy etc... at the right times, it can come off with a lot of raw attitude. Sounds real good through a Leslie! Or if you just want to change up the tone for a mean section of a solo. You gotta play with an additude with the middle PU I think! It diffenatly will cut through...
Re: I find I have NO use for a middle pickup except..........
I used to have no use for the Strat middle pickup -- it got in the way too often with hybrid picking, and I am not too keen on the 2/4 notch tones to begin with. However, I recently got a Fender CS Strat -- a Wildwood 10 50's relic -- with custom voiced pickups, and it has the nicest middle pickup tone that I've ever heard. The bottom tone control is wired to the middle and bridge pickups, so I can get some wonderful tonal shadings with this Strat. It has made me re-evaluate the middle pickup, and I've raise them up and am learning to pick around 'em.
So, I have found that I really like the sound of a good Strat middle pickup with the tone control rolled off a bit to a lot (for a heavy wah kind of tone in the latter case with heavier OD). Since I wired 2 of my Strats with no tone control for the middle, they yield nice 2/4 tones but less versatile middle pickup-alone tones. The SCNs in my AmDeluxe Strat with a no-load tone control for the bridge and middle sounds very good, too -- smoother than vintage, but very versatile and quiet.
I used to have no use for the Strat middle pickup -- it got in the way too often with hybrid picking, and I am not too keen on the 2/4 notch tones to begin with. However, I recently got a Fender CS Strat -- a Wildwood 10 50's relic -- with custom voiced pickups, and it has the nicest middle pickup tone that I've ever heard. The bottom tone control is wired to the middle and bridge pickups, so I can get some wonderful tonal shadings with this Strat. It has made me re-evaluate the middle pickup, and I've raise them up and am learning to pick around 'em.
So, I have found that I really like the sound of a good Strat middle pickup with the tone control rolled off a bit to a lot (for a heavy wah kind of tone in the latter case with heavier OD). Since I wired 2 of my Strats with no tone control for the middle, they yield nice 2/4 tones but less versatile middle pickup-alone tones. The SCNs in my AmDeluxe Strat with a no-load tone control for the bridge and middle sounds very good, too -- smoother than vintage, but very versatile and quiet.
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