Is high output necessary on Floyd equipped guitars?

[Lake Placid Blues]

...Or is the fact that Floyd equipped guitars usually also have high output pickups an artifact of the type music usually played on a Floyd equipped guitar? Will using a vintage output pickup in the bridge position on a Floyd equipped guitar result in an inferior tone?

 

[AlexR]

Re: Is high output necessary on Floyd equipped guitars?

Depends on what you mean by vintage. Supposedly the original pickup Eddy had in the Frankenstrat was not all that beyond what the higher end of the PAF K rating was.

But tonally the Floyd does make for a bit thinner tone.......hence the PATB 3 being a thicker toned wind to make a floyd guitar sound closer to a LP or hardtail.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Is high output necessary on Floyd equipped guitars?

I think it is just tradition. We associate Floyd guitars with a certain time, or at least, a certain style of player who goes for a particular sound. But I don't think it has to be that way. I'd use a Floyd-equipped guitar for a different style of music, with a different tone. Besides, I'm for a player to show the world that it can be used artistically on a different type of guitar with a completely different sound.

 

[ICTGoober]

Re: Is high output necessary on Floyd equipped guitars?

I always explained it as Floyded guitars sound less woody. Which makes sense. It's a big chunk of metal. But I never considered whether high output or low output pickups made a diff just because of the Floyd.

 

[JB6464]

Re: Is high output necessary on Floyd equipped guitars?

Even Jeff Beck used a FR back in the days , did'nt effect his tone or playing one bit .
With quality gear you can compensate any lose with a few twists of the knobs .

 

[dave74]

Re: Is high output necessary on Floyd equipped guitars?

If anything the warmer highs of many vintage-output pickups actually compliment the floyd's tonal contributions, as does thick and compressed high output.
Some of the newer models built for clarity and note-separation are not the best match for OFR guitars IMO.

 

[BeKindRewind]

Re: Is high output necessary on Floyd equipped guitars?

I think it's just a stereotype. Doesn't matter at all. Pearly gates set sounded amazing in my floyded shred stick Ibanez RG. I played in a blues band with a bunch of guys in their 60's standing up there with my guitar that looked like it could've been in Slipknot. But sounded like it could've been in zz top

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[Lewguitar]

Re: Is high output necessary on Floyd equipped guitars?

Even Jeff Beck used a FR back in the days , did'nt effect his tone or playing one bit .
With quality gear you can compensate any lose with a few twists of the knobs .

He did? On what guitar?

 

[JB6464]

Re: Is high output necessary on Floyd equipped guitars?

He did? On what guitar?

https://www.jcfonline.com/forum/equ...s/132427-jeff-beck-s-orange-soloist-revisited

 

[Mincer]

Re: Is high output necessary on Floyd equipped guitars?

Yeah, I remember Jeff using that in the 80s. Seemed like a strange guitar for him, but he made it sound great. Funny, he went back to modern Fender bridges for all of his whammy tricks.

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Is high output necessary on Floyd equipped guitars?

Yeah, I remember Jeff using that in the 80s. Seemed like a strange guitar for him, but he made it sound great. Funny, he went back to modern Fender bridges for all of his whammy tricks.

Cuz they sound better. But how he stays in tune is as much of a miracle as his playing.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Is high output necessary on Floyd equipped guitars?

Cuz they sound better. But how he stays in tune is as much of a miracle as his playing.

Well, Jeff always had great tone, no matter what gear he used. A Fender bridge might 'sound better' with us mere mortals using one. But it seems to not matter what he actually uses.

 

[dystrust]

Re: Is high output necessary on Floyd equipped guitars?

A bright PAF wouldn't be my first choice in a Floyd guitar, but something like a '78 or PATB-3 sounds great. Satch has been using the Fred and similar pickups since the late 80s, and they're essentially a tweaked PAF Pro.

 

[JB6464]

Re: Is high output necessary on Floyd equipped guitars?

A 2 point tremolo either a Fender or FR operates and sounds pretty much the same other than one locks down .
Pick your poison , and match it up with a good amp setup to get the best tone tone .

 

[eclecticsynergy]

Re: Is high output necessary on Floyd equipped guitars?

Nope, not at all necessary.
PATB-3 sounds great in one of mine but I gigged that guitar for thirty years with Duncan 59 and and old Gibson T-top.
And my other old Floydcaster has had the same EMG Strat pickups since 1980.

 

[vinta9e]

Re: Is high output necessary on Floyd equipped guitars?

High output pickups are optional but maybe your guitar likes them, and maybe they are or they aren't the kind of sound and feel you are after. If you want thick and articulate, consider a PATB.

 

[JB6464]

Re: Is high output necessary on Floyd equipped guitars?

I like the high output of my Ant/JB and the Floyd Rose tremolo with my Soldano gain .
For playing 80's style music it goes together like bread and butter , it's all how you twist the knobs and the speakers you use .

 

[allbutromeo]

Re: Is high output necessary on Floyd equipped guitars?

The Fender Richie Sambora signature Strat came with a PAF Pro in the bridge with a Floyd