C-Martin
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So my wife got me this for my birthday:
Pic of the interesting jack location (The color on this picture is a bit off):
It's a custom built mahogany super strat, built by Mauro Liberatore who is a local Luthier here in Montreal. He is now retired, and he usually never lacquered or tinted/painted his guitars (Usually he just did natural wood finish with oil) which kind of makes this a special and unique instrument. Nitrocellulose lacquer and all german hardware including vintage 80's floyd rose.
The pickups are Dimarzio Evolution in the bridge and a Paf Pro in the neck, which i believe is sort of a Steve Vai inspired setup. I find they sound pretty good in this guitar but not exactly the type of tone i generally like. Perhaps they're just too modern sounding for me. I can't help but want try something I'm more used to, something more classic sounding.
I was thinking about a Duncan '59 neck and a Custom SH-5 in the bridge, for more versatility and the type of tones i prefer. I've tried this combination before in a Charvel and a Les Paul, and i loved it for what i play (Mainly hard rock/metal but i like to have access to lower gain tones for bluesy/clean stuff). I've never had a purely mahogany strat style guitar though. Will the Sh-5 and '59 work just as good as they did in Alder or Mahogany/Maple guitars, or will the lack of maple in the body have a significant impact on the high frequencies? I like to have a nice clear and bright tone.
I also want to have the neck pickup covered, maybe even the bridge to match, because the high E string gets caught in the pickup and i don't want to use tape ala Dimebag. Will that affect the 59's sound significantly?
Pic of the interesting jack location (The color on this picture is a bit off):
It's a custom built mahogany super strat, built by Mauro Liberatore who is a local Luthier here in Montreal. He is now retired, and he usually never lacquered or tinted/painted his guitars (Usually he just did natural wood finish with oil) which kind of makes this a special and unique instrument. Nitrocellulose lacquer and all german hardware including vintage 80's floyd rose.
The pickups are Dimarzio Evolution in the bridge and a Paf Pro in the neck, which i believe is sort of a Steve Vai inspired setup. I find they sound pretty good in this guitar but not exactly the type of tone i generally like. Perhaps they're just too modern sounding for me. I can't help but want try something I'm more used to, something more classic sounding.
I was thinking about a Duncan '59 neck and a Custom SH-5 in the bridge, for more versatility and the type of tones i prefer. I've tried this combination before in a Charvel and a Les Paul, and i loved it for what i play (Mainly hard rock/metal but i like to have access to lower gain tones for bluesy/clean stuff). I've never had a purely mahogany strat style guitar though. Will the Sh-5 and '59 work just as good as they did in Alder or Mahogany/Maple guitars, or will the lack of maple in the body have a significant impact on the high frequencies? I like to have a nice clear and bright tone.
I also want to have the neck pickup covered, maybe even the bridge to match, because the high E string gets caught in the pickup and i don't want to use tape ala Dimebag. Will that affect the 59's sound significantly?
