Opinions on bassy/thick tones in the neck

[greendy123]

I have a super 2 in my neck which is mostly high treble, average mids, and low bass. I was wondering if you guys think the level thick/bassy tone of pickups in the neck are based on the output of the pickup or the eq of the pickup. I don't have much experience with pickups so I just wondering.

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Opinions on bassy/thick tones in the neck

It's because of the location of the pickup. The string moves alot more over the neck pickup than it does over the bridge pickup and the tone of the string itself has alot more bass at that point over the neck pickup.

Unplug your guitar and strum it over the neck pickup: lots of bass and a full deep tone.

Strum it down by the bridge: hardly any bass and mostly treble frequencies and harmonics...sounds like a banjo!

The pickup just picks up what the string is sounding like at those two differant points.

Lew

 

[jeremy]

Re: Opinions on bassy/thick tones in the neck

which is why the same pup will sound quite different in different positions. if you put a super 2 in the bridge it would be considerably brighter and less thick. higher output pups tend to be less bright and thicker in the mids, so if you put a high output pup in the neck i would expect it be to very meaty

 

[greendy123]

Re: Opinions on bassy/thick tones in the neck

Oh,so your saying high output bumps the bass and thickens the mids, while being in the neck also adds to that. By thickening mids do you mean an increase. Btw lew I was going more on just the pickup specs instead the position, I should have been clearer and said I already knew about how the strings vibrate more at neck giving it that thick tone.

 

[Zerberus]

Re: Opinions on bassy/thick tones in the neck

which is why the same pup will sound quite different in different positions. if you put a super 2 in the bridge it would be considerably brighter and less thick. higher output pups tend to be less bright and thicker in the mids, so if you put a high output pup in the neck i would expect it be to very meaty

The JB is another perfect example... In the bridge i find it too nasal and Flabby, but in the neck it´s just perfect. Clean, clear, with a huge, thick but still well defined low end and singing highs that make banshees wish they were pickups

 

[Inge Malmstein]

Re: Opinions on bassy/thick tones in the neck

I voted for both.
Of course, a high output pickup which is designed for the bridge position (even because the string vibration) will be too loud and bassy on the neck position.
That's the reason why you have then neck models, as the super 2 is the neck version
of the super distortion - same magnet, but different output and maybe EQ.

But then, it's also the EQ.
The '59 isn't a high output pickup, and a lot users here describe it as a bassy neck pickup.

 

[greendy123]

Re: Opinions on bassy/thick tones in the neck

I voted for both.
Of course, a high output pickup which is designed for the bridge position (even because the string vibration) will be too loud and bassy on the neck position.
That's the reason why you have then neck models, as the super 2 is the neck version
of the super distortion - same magnet, but different output and maybe EQ.

But then, it's also the EQ.
The '59 isn't a high output pickup, and a lot users here describe it as a bassy neck pickup.

The super 2 actually has the same output, but different eq. I guess the super 2 is pretty bassy from my experience due to the output and the position in the neck.

 

[jeremy]

Re: Opinions on bassy/thick tones in the neck

the super 2 is much brighter than the super distortion

a higher dc resistance, all other things the same, will give you less high end and more mids and bass