checo
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Bridge position. ESP LTD EC-400AT All mahagony, rosewood fingerboard. Was bored, had a little time on my hands, said "why not?"
Got the mounting plate from Allparts about two months ago, did a little bit of routing with my dremel (not visible using plate or the mounting ring) but had to install it opposite of how a strat bridge pup is positioned, with the pickup mounted closer to the bridge on the low e and farther on the high high e.
Wow!!! Fat twang that just rocks (cab had a lot to do with it, read below). I liked it better (it was fatter, more articulate, sensitive and organic) than the phat cat i had in there. Now these are older strings, so i have to experiement with that as well (later). I wired it using a 250k volume, 500k tone and a .022 cap,..not what was recommended for it, but just sounds great. Imagine the "living loving maid" riff, but fatter and juicier. Low gain rock that just rocks, higher gain was pretty darn good too, but low-medium gain was just great!!! Even did a killer B-52's "rock lobster" (tuned to C), "Strobelight" and "give me back my man" tones while messing with the EQ. It was just missing a tad of that tele snap, but hey, it's not a tele. Made me want to play a lot of Zep tunes. "Rock and roll" sounded killer as well,as did some "The Cult" tunes.
Played through a traynor 100 watt tube head and 2 x 12 and 1 x 15 randall cab. Speakers were a eminence 15" big ben, an emi texas heat and emi man o war in the cab. I will try it through my other cabs to see how it compares, but i had heard some negative comments about trying this. Goes to show that with the right combination, you can make it sound good to your ears, which is what counts in the end.
Sorry for the rant,..just got real excited. Anyone else try something like this?? I'd love to hear your ideas on what worked for you, i'm not done yet.
Got the mounting plate from Allparts about two months ago, did a little bit of routing with my dremel (not visible using plate or the mounting ring) but had to install it opposite of how a strat bridge pup is positioned, with the pickup mounted closer to the bridge on the low e and farther on the high high e.
Wow!!! Fat twang that just rocks (cab had a lot to do with it, read below). I liked it better (it was fatter, more articulate, sensitive and organic) than the phat cat i had in there. Now these are older strings, so i have to experiement with that as well (later). I wired it using a 250k volume, 500k tone and a .022 cap,..not what was recommended for it, but just sounds great. Imagine the "living loving maid" riff, but fatter and juicier. Low gain rock that just rocks, higher gain was pretty darn good too, but low-medium gain was just great!!! Even did a killer B-52's "rock lobster" (tuned to C), "Strobelight" and "give me back my man" tones while messing with the EQ. It was just missing a tad of that tele snap, but hey, it's not a tele. Made me want to play a lot of Zep tunes. "Rock and roll" sounded killer as well,as did some "The Cult" tunes.
Played through a traynor 100 watt tube head and 2 x 12 and 1 x 15 randall cab. Speakers were a eminence 15" big ben, an emi texas heat and emi man o war in the cab. I will try it through my other cabs to see how it compares, but i had heard some negative comments about trying this. Goes to show that with the right combination, you can make it sound good to your ears, which is what counts in the end.
Sorry for the rant,..just got real excited. Anyone else try something like this?? I'd love to hear your ideas on what worked for you, i'm not done yet.
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