CarniceroX1X
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Well, my first guitar was and still is a Peavy Predator that my was given to me during the mid nineties. A nice strat copy.
I like how it plays but I got fed up with the noisy single coils. So I installed a EMG 85 and 81. Liked it for a bit, high output was fun, but the sharp treble and unpleasant lead soung grew tiresome.
This time I installed a Dimarzio Tone Zone that I had lying around in the bridge and bought a Paf pro on suggestion for the neck. Its an improvement, but I'm still not satisfied. The TZ sounds ok on leads, but the chords seem a little less exiteing, not crunchy enough I guess. The neck sounds ok, but I still havent found a neck sound that really exited me or seemed essential.
I've had this guitar for so long that I would really like to eventually make it sound perfect.
The neck is solid maple, the bridge is a standard strat bridge, and after some research on the internet, I found out the the body is probably poplar, possibly with thin maple caps (not certain).
My style is hard to describe. Kinda like horrorpunk/thrash/80's lead
Tones I like
lead: Vai, Lynch, Petrucci, Tom Scholtz, Mattias Jabs, Slash, Chris Amott, Dimebag
rythm: Early Metallica, Helloween, Megadeth, Misfits, fast skatepunk sound (early AFI, Pennywise, NOFX), Arch Enemy on Wages of Sin, and Children of Bodom
I'm not looking to buy anything soon, but I've kinda narrowed it down to either a JB or an Invader, possibly a Distortion, but it might be too bright. I originally thought that the jb might be bright but the fatshort guy with the midget clone on his lap who hates jb's keeps saying that they sound great in maple necked guitars, so yeah, it could work.
Any and all comments are acceptable and appreciated. Cleans sounds in the pups is not essential, but it would be awesome if that was obtainable too.
I'm kinda between amps right now, but I'll probably end up getting a Peavy or Randall or something
saludes
I like how it plays but I got fed up with the noisy single coils. So I installed a EMG 85 and 81. Liked it for a bit, high output was fun, but the sharp treble and unpleasant lead soung grew tiresome.
This time I installed a Dimarzio Tone Zone that I had lying around in the bridge and bought a Paf pro on suggestion for the neck. Its an improvement, but I'm still not satisfied. The TZ sounds ok on leads, but the chords seem a little less exiteing, not crunchy enough I guess. The neck sounds ok, but I still havent found a neck sound that really exited me or seemed essential.
I've had this guitar for so long that I would really like to eventually make it sound perfect.
The neck is solid maple, the bridge is a standard strat bridge, and after some research on the internet, I found out the the body is probably poplar, possibly with thin maple caps (not certain).
My style is hard to describe. Kinda like horrorpunk/thrash/80's lead
Tones I like
lead: Vai, Lynch, Petrucci, Tom Scholtz, Mattias Jabs, Slash, Chris Amott, Dimebag
rythm: Early Metallica, Helloween, Megadeth, Misfits, fast skatepunk sound (early AFI, Pennywise, NOFX), Arch Enemy on Wages of Sin, and Children of Bodom
I'm not looking to buy anything soon, but I've kinda narrowed it down to either a JB or an Invader, possibly a Distortion, but it might be too bright. I originally thought that the jb might be bright but the fatshort guy with the midget clone on his lap who hates jb's keeps saying that they sound great in maple necked guitars, so yeah, it could work.
Any and all comments are acceptable and appreciated. Cleans sounds in the pups is not essential, but it would be awesome if that was obtainable too.
I'm kinda between amps right now, but I'll probably end up getting a Peavy or Randall or something
saludes
