My SSL5 bridge sounds to thin!
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Re: My SSL5 bridge sounds to thin!
Its thin by itself, in conjuction with oher sounds ok.
Its thin by itself, in conjuction with oher sounds ok.
Re: My SSL5 bridge sounds to thin!
Actually with middle pick up sounds pretty good, only Ssl5 alone sounds tiny.
Actually with middle pick up sounds pretty good, only Ssl5 alone sounds tiny.
TVFV
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Re: My SSL5 bridge sounds to thin!
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Second this. It's a fat pickup compared to a vintage single coil but compared to a hot bridge humbucker it will sound thin.
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Re: My SSL5 bridge sounds to thin!
It is replacing normal strat pick up in the bridge position, it sounds better than the old one, but not that fat like everyone said, really more thin than fat. Amo settings are just normal, nothing special.
It is replacing normal strat pick up in the bridge position, it sounds better than the old one, but not that fat like everyone said, really more thin than fat. Amo settings are just normal, nothing special.
Ascension
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Re: My SSL5 bridge sounds to thin!
Its just a hot single coil so it will be thinner than a humbucker. I am running an Alnico II neck and middle set with a SSL5 in my Strat it's fatter than a normal Strat in the bridge but still a lot thinner sounding than a bucker in the bridge. The SSL3 is fatter but I wonder if you wouldn't be better off with something like a LIL 59?
Its just a hot single coil so it will be thinner than a humbucker. I am running an Alnico II neck and middle set with a SSL5 in my Strat it's fatter than a normal Strat in the bridge but still a lot thinner sounding than a bucker in the bridge. The SSL3 is fatter but I wonder if you wouldn't be better off with something like a LIL 59?
Re: My SSL5 bridge sounds to thin!
^ +1
The ssl 5 I think represents a 'fatter than normal' strat bridge pickup. Its DCR is impressive......given I think its a 44 ga wire it works out at high 9's if you compare it to the vintage strat winds. But it still has the narrow window of string sensing that a single has, and none of the dual coil + more beefy magnetism that the typical single sized humbucker would give.
^ +1
The ssl 5 I think represents a 'fatter than normal' strat bridge pickup. Its DCR is impressive......given I think its a 44 ga wire it works out at high 9's if you compare it to the vintage strat winds. But it still has the narrow window of string sensing that a single has, and none of the dual coil + more beefy magnetism that the typical single sized humbucker would give.
Chickenwings
Alnico 6/8
Re: My SSL5 bridge sounds to thin!
ssl5s are not thin at all.
Perhaps something is not right in the rest of the circuit. Maybe the switch, maybe a wire or perhaps the solder joins to the volume or tone pots.
ssl5s are not thin at all.
Perhaps something is not right in the rest of the circuit. Maybe the switch, maybe a wire or perhaps the solder joins to the volume or tone pots.
Re: My SSL5 bridge sounds to thin!
It is not about my definition of fat sounding, maybe i should set up more height on pup, would it then be fatter or just louder?
It is not about my definition of fat sounding, maybe i should set up more height on pup, would it then be fatter or just louder?
