Seymour Duncan SSL-1s

[Clint 55]

Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-1s

To gain fullness and reduce twang on my Strats, I broke down and went to 11-59s in D standard. Totally removed any yearning I once had for more tone.

You have to remember that these guys can get great tone out of thin strings because they have the luxury of perfect amps at high volume in a pro recording studio. Things end up a tad different with us and our non-rack gear at sub show volume.

 

[EAProwlerB]

Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-1s

Your amp is not even close to Marshall or Fender tube heads he uses. Don't know what to say except you need spend money on an amp, if you want 100 watts probably a grand min, less watts less money may down to 5 or 6 Franklins.

 

[Chad]

Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-1s

I'm gonna say the amp is the prob. I have a MIJ ESP Strat with SSL-1s in the neck and middle and they sound killer! I use a Line 6 Helix with the Dr Z amp model mostly. And the OCD pedal model if I want more gain. Not actually an amp but still a quality sound source.

 

[PicoRiveraTele]

Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-1s

I think amps get credit that the cab is due. After all, how many people plug a $2000 amp into a <$500 plywood 4x12?

 

[Silence Kid]

Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-1s

Eh, you can get a Frusciante tone with an amp far under ~$300 as far as I'm concerned. Not pro-quality or exact maybe, but you'll get very in the ballpark with a lot of choices.

 

[EAProwlerB]

Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-1s

Eh, you can get a Frusciante tone with an amp far under ~$300 as far as I'm concerned. Not pro-quality or exact maybe, but you'll get very in the ballpark with a lot of choices.

True, in the ballpark ~300 good deal on a used amp under 100 watts.

 

[Silence Kid]

Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-1s

Also, compression pedal.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-1s

His sound does seem pretty compressed, to me. I don't know if that is from a pedal or from the studio. It has a certain 'snap' that you get with compression on single-coil pickups.

 

[Blille]

Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-1s

I had always heard he used an MXR Dyna Comp but I don't see it on his (otherwise massive as expected) pedalboard. So it might just be the never clean Marshall + studio squeeze.


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[andybizzzle]

Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-1s

I am in the market for a new amp now, Looking to get a straight marshall amp. I use 10s with an 11 on the high E like John does.. ive been getting closer as I've been playing around. I got the ds-1, ds-2, big muff, mxr analog chorus, mxr phaser, marshall jackhammer, boss metalzone, and a golden plexi (for the amp boost) like john uses his 80s c-pedal for.



Since I created this post, I've got the pickups to sound great, now I'm just trying to replicate the Can't stop / scar tissue tone.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-1s

What did you do to the pickups to get them to sound the way you want? Your answer might help other people searching for the same thing.

 

[Silence Kid]

Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-1s

What I missed saying directly the first time I replied in this thread, is that I think it's kind of hard not to get a Frusciante tone using an SSL-1 Strat with most reasonable amps.

But the one thing that makes a huge difference to me with any single coil tone is pickup height, and I hear SSL-1s are particular. Too high and you lose a lot of dynamic content and sound very brash, too low, things turn to mush.

 

[gregory]

Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-1s

Sounds like a good reason not to go with a vintage stagger on modern instruments with an unwound third string.