Looking To Get Michael Schenker Sound With Bridge Pickup In Flying -v

[CHESAPEAKE]

Hey guys. Just bought an old lawsuit Jap V - set neck / Mahogany body & neck - put a Lynch Screamin' Demon in the bridge, and a Jazz in the neck. LOVE the JAZZ - but the Demon seems to not be doing the trick for me -although it sounds pretty good for single note lines, it seems to lose over-all clarity while combining chords, and solos together. Kinda gets jumbled together. I've still got trade-in time to go with something else. I 'm pretty sure Schenker was using a Medallion V with T-Top p/u's on the FORCE IT album, and i'm trying to get close to that. Any recommendations ? THANKS

 

[Binnerscot]

Re: Looking To Get Michael Schenker Sound With Bridge Pickup In Flying -v

I had a guitar with a Full Shred in the bridge, and a good friend of mine (huge Schenker fan) thought it was dead on for that kind of tone.

 

[Rowan]

Re: Looking To Get Michael Schenker Sound With Bridge Pickup In Flying -v

Yeah if the demon isn't clear enough for you then the full shred would be your best bet.

 

[jimlp]

Re: Looking To Get Michael Schenker Sound With Bridge Pickup In Flying -v

A Duncan 59 should get you close as long as you have the JMP and Wah to go with it, his sound is not heavy in the lows. He was using the Custom until he went back to Dean guitars a few years ago, now he has a custom set wound by Dimarzio to his spec, they are on the bright side and higher output.

 

[JeffB]

Re: Looking To Get Michael Schenker Sound With Bridge Pickup In Flying -v

A Duncan 59 should get you close as long as you have the JMP and Wah to go with it, his sound is not heavy in the lows. He was using the Custom until he went back to Dean guitars a few years ago, now he has a custom set wound by Dimarzio to his spec, they are on the bright side and higher output.

1987 marshall to be overly anal, but a good JMP will do ;D

The wah is *****crucial******

I had a set of the recent DiMarzios-I'd not call them bright. In fact I'd say they lean towards being a little dark. And mine were in a maple topped Dean with ebony board which was clear as a bell. They are built around a 250K tone pot. I replaced the pot to 500K and still did not find them bright really. Just had a bit more bite. They are high output, though not as hot as you'd think at 17K for the bridge. Tons of bass and low mids. Not much high mids or highs. Def designed around his 2205s and only occasional use of the wah these days.

In the duncan line, there is nothing really all that close to a T-top tonally. 59 or maybe a Jazz bridge would be closest.

 

[uOpt]

Re: Looking To Get Michael Schenker Sound With Bridge Pickup In Flying -v

Can we have an "Antiquity T-Top"?

 

[JeffB]

Re: Looking To Get Michael Schenker Sound With Bridge Pickup In Flying -v

Can we have an "Antiquity T-Top"?

If you have the money, I'm sure MJ can wind you a Antiquity T-top or whatever else you'd like

I'd LOVE to get a set of T tops or T-top clones. T-top in the neck is for me, the absolute best neck pup. Low output, but takes the gain well too. No boom, no sterile, no twangy.

 

[YHWH]

Re: Looking To Get Michael Schenker Sound With Bridge Pickup In Flying -v

...+10 pts for the Vox wah.

I dig old UFO... but my favorite Schenker tones were from the MacAuley-Schenker/Contraband era. Not sure what pups he used for those albums, but they sounded brighter and hotter than his '70s tone.

 

[TonyG]

Re: Looking To Get Michael Schenker Sound With Bridge Pickup In Flying -v

I remember trying to find Schenker's tone back in the late 80's as it was on the "Obsession" LP, finally got it (or close to it) with FlyingV w/ SH-5 Duncan Custom(B) and SH-1 The 59. Also as mentioned before the WAH is crucial, I use 2 wahs VOX (Clyde McCoy) and Dunlop GCB-95 Cry Baby (Modded with a torrodial red FASEL inductor). This pickup combo almost nails the tone perfectly using the VOX Wah(which is the WAH he used to record the "Obsession" LP in 78, I've heard).


Cheers

TonyG

 

[Stevo]

Re: Looking To Get Michael Schenker Sound With Bridge Pickup In Flying -v

I love his tone on Force It. Duncan Custom is what I hear.

 

[Stevo]

Re: Looking To Get Michael Schenker Sound With Bridge Pickup In Flying -v

Here's a collaborative tune (Rock Me) that I did with a fellow forum member's backing track. I used my LP with a C5/Marshall 1987x setup. I think the Custom is a little more appropriate though.
Rock Me

 

[JeffB]

Re: Looking To Get Michael Schenker Sound With Bridge Pickup In Flying -v

I love his tone on Force It. Duncan Custom is what I hear.

STEVO!


You sunuva gun...how the hell are ya?

Good to see ya Bro!

 

[Axl H]

Re: Looking To Get Michael Schenker Sound With Bridge Pickup In Flying -v

If you have the money, I'm sure MJ can wind you a Antiquity T-top or whatever else you'd like

I'd LOVE to get a set of T tops or T-top clones. T-top in the neck is for me, the absolute best neck pup. Low output, but takes the gain well too. No boom, no sterile, no twangy.

IMO a Jazz Bridge in the neck position is pretty dayum close. I use my JCM800 and I pretty much nail Sykes sound on Is This Love.... Then again I am a Sykes nerd and have tried to cop pretty much every aspect of his playing

 

[Mats A]

Re: Looking To Get Michael Schenker Sound With Bridge Pickup In Flying -v

The wah wah is not crucial to get Michaels early UFO tone. He didn't really start using it in UFO until 1977 on the Lights Out album. From then he used it very ocasionally on lead breaks in UFO as you can hear on UFO Strangers In The Night. In MSG he started using the wah wah a lot on lead breaks. Since he started using the 2205 Marshalls wich is stock he doesn't use the wah wah much. His old midrangey UFO tone was in his fingers with the 1987 Marshall turned up loud and his Flying V wich i believe had regular Gibson pickups then.