Nice Lead Tone for Middle pos.?!?>"?3.?
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Travis
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Re: Nice Lead Tone for Middle pos.?!?>"?3.?
I've got a Cool Rails in the middle position of one of my Charvels. It is an awesome sounding pickup. I've got it matched up with a Hot Rails and a Distortion so it can hold its own in terms of output. However, it is not so high output that it would be out of place with single coils. It offers some really nice smooth lead tones and classic humbucker type rhythms. I liked it so much I ordered another Cool Rails for the neck of one of my other Charvels.
I've got a Cool Rails in the middle position of one of my Charvels. It is an awesome sounding pickup. I've got it matched up with a Hot Rails and a Distortion so it can hold its own in terms of output. However, it is not so high output that it would be out of place with single coils. It offers some really nice smooth lead tones and classic humbucker type rhythms. I liked it so much I ordered another Cool Rails for the neck of one of my other Charvels.
BluesNRock87
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Re: Nice Lead Tone for Middle pos.?!?>"?3.?
classic stack is pretty good for a bluesy ssl-1 type middle tone.....lower output also
classic stack is pretty good for a bluesy ssl-1 type middle tone.....lower output also
fab.regnaut
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Re: Nice Lead Tone for Middle pos.?!?>"?3.?
Seymour classic strat stack ( neck model ) in the middle position can do everything from clean , to nasty blues , and screaming lead full of harmonics under high gain !!!
Seymour classic strat stack ( neck model ) in the middle position can do everything from clean , to nasty blues , and screaming lead full of harmonics under high gain !!!
LesStrat
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Re: Nice Lead Tone for Middle pos.?!?>"?3.?
In my completely unbiased opinion :wink: I would go with the CR.
<------------HR/CR/HR
I can understand why you want to change it. I started with a Duckbucker, but didn't like it. Can't remember exactly what it was, other than not enough tonal variety in my axe, which was my real goal.
In my completely unbiased opinion :wink: I would go with the CR.
<------------HR/CR/HR
I can understand why you want to change it. I started with a Duckbucker, but didn't like it. Can't remember exactly what it was, other than not enough tonal variety in my axe, which was my real goal.
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y2stevo
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Re: Nice Lead Tone for Middle pos.?!?>"?3.?
Ok cool ...but for now anyway....i would like something to math the L'il screamin demon, it seems it would tho but the HR also is temptin me now..it looks like it would suit the tone i want better because of the seeming highr mids and slightly less treble...for now tho mabye Cool rails for the Ducks in the Middle...im keeping th Ducks in Neck for versatility because i don't know about anyone else with Ducks but i can get a very acoustic guitar like sound from them...
Ok cool ...but for now anyway....i would like something to math the L'il screamin demon, it seems it would tho but the HR also is temptin me now..it looks like it would suit the tone i want better because of the seeming highr mids and slightly less treble...for now tho mabye Cool rails for the Ducks in the Middle...im keeping th Ducks in Neck for versatility because i don't know about anyone else with Ducks but i can get a very acoustic guitar like sound from them...
LesStrat
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Re: Nice Lead Tone for Middle pos.?!?>"?3.?
The CR is not much "brighter" (that's a very relative use of the term, believe me). It does pick up the harmonics better in the mid position than my neck HR, though. I first had the CR in the neck and the HR in the mid, and the two were VERY similar in tone. Don't know how it compares to the DB, though. I didn't have both in the guitar at the same time.
The CR is not much "brighter" (that's a very relative use of the term, believe me). It does pick up the harmonics better in the mid position than my neck HR, though. I first had the CR in the neck and the HR in the mid, and the two were VERY similar in tone. Don't know how it compares to the DB, though. I didn't have both in the guitar at the same time.
y2stevo
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Re: Nice Lead Tone for Middle pos.?!?>"?3.?
Sorry, i meant that the HR was tempting now as a replacement for the Bridge (l'il demon) but i want something that suits high gain(unlike the ducks which simply don't work well at all for high gain)..and i wanted to keep ht educk in Neck for versatility and replace the mid duck with something more suiting with what i want so i think the cool rail might deliver that...LesStrat said:
Travis
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Re: Nice Lead Tone for Middle pos.?!?>"?3.?
I had a pair of Little 59's in the neck/mid of another guitar and I much preferred the sound of the Cool Rails as a mid pickup. I sold the guitar and parted out the little 59's knowing I would get a Cool Rails instead of slapping those into the new guitar.
Xeromus said:
I had a pair of Little 59's in the neck/mid of another guitar and I much preferred the sound of the Cool Rails as a mid pickup. I sold the guitar and parted out the little 59's knowing I would get a Cool Rails instead of slapping those into the new guitar.
