The Bright wood and the Heavy tone

[alanfc]

lets try this again-

hey-
I am debating between the SD Invader and the SD Distortion for my Carvin DC 127 Bridge.

It has a Poplar body and Rock maple neck through body. I have read that Poplar is bright and then also have read that it's =not= bright. :smack:

right now it has an SD Screamin Demon, and I've been trying many different things to get it how I like it, to no avail. For now I've made it work, but my amp settings at band volume are Bass 5, Mid 4, Treb 2, Pres 1, gain/pre 8.5.

the livelieness of my Rivera is not coming out with these mid and treble settings. And the tone is dry and clunky.

I had a cheap Tele copy with a Lil 59 in it and it was totally perfect. I read on the charts that the output was 17.7 k (!) and the max hi-end was 3.4k. I was able to have good amp settings and less gain on the amp.

Is the Poplar body wanting the Invader or the SD Distortion ? They both have 16+ K output, just different EQ character. My amp really liked the Lil '59 . The invader specs are very similar. In the Tone Wizard clips, on my real "studio" monitors, the SD Distortion sounds absolutely =perfect=. But then I read a 1000 posts about them and see theres some that say theres too much high end. That is =not= what I need.

I would rather get an Invader so I can goose my amp settings back up to their best -- would you agree- Get the Invader?

thanks

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: The Bright wood and the Heavy tone

Are you sure it's poplar? I was under the impression that Carvin used alder wings as their standard wood. Did you special order it with poplar?

 

[alanfc]

Re: The Bright wood and the Heavy tone

No I didn't special order this, got it used a couple weeks ago.
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I think its Poplar based on its age, (1992-1994)

From looking in the Carvin Museum where they detail everything about Carvins of the past. The body wood they say is in there is Poplar.

 

[theodie]

Re: The Bright wood and the Heavy tone

If your guitar is overly bright go with an invader.