I went to see michael schenker 3 days ago in Tilburg, Holland, and he just RIPPED THE SKIN OF MY EARS with sheer awesomeness. I've seen him 4 times before (fanboy alert) but this was his best show to date. The singer he chose, doobey white or something like that, was very good. the bass player was Francis Bucholz from the scorpions, and the drums was hermann rarebell, also scorps of the good ol days. His wingman was ofcourse Wayne Findley. Nice guy!
but ok, I saw his guitars up close and discovered that his neck pickup is supersuperhigh and the bridgepickup is SUPERlow. thats the only way I can explain him not having a disbalance of output of those 2 pickups cause the neckpickup 'feels' a lot weaker than the bridge when they're setup the same height from the strings. The bridgepickup needs to be set a whole lot lower than one's used to do. almost three times lower than I usually do, but that way is apparently the way Michael likes it. it gives me almost instantly that schenker-tone by the way. setup like a 'regular' pickup gives me something of a blend of a superdistortion and a JB ,but set up lower, it's more open, clearer, with more mids and looser lows. Both work, but I wish I could have it high again and have a neck pickup to match, haha.
To swap neck and bridge models around doesn't work that well, by the way. the neck pickup lacks balls. it's a really dedicated neckpickup in design and tone. super juicy and fat but with a stratty like clarity. It does NOT like to go coilsplit. It prefers parallel. You get strange cancellations if you split it. the bridgepickup doesnt have those issues, but is better in parallel too.
but ok, I saw his guitars up close and discovered that his neck pickup is supersuperhigh and the bridgepickup is SUPERlow. thats the only way I can explain him not having a disbalance of output of those 2 pickups cause the neckpickup 'feels' a lot weaker than the bridge when they're setup the same height from the strings. The bridgepickup needs to be set a whole lot lower than one's used to do. almost three times lower than I usually do, but that way is apparently the way Michael likes it. it gives me almost instantly that schenker-tone by the way. setup like a 'regular' pickup gives me something of a blend of a superdistortion and a JB ,but set up lower, it's more open, clearer, with more mids and looser lows. Both work, but I wish I could have it high again and have a neck pickup to match, haha.
To swap neck and bridge models around doesn't work that well, by the way. the neck pickup lacks balls. it's a really dedicated neckpickup in design and tone. super juicy and fat but with a stratty like clarity. It does NOT like to go coilsplit. It prefers parallel. You get strange cancellations if you split it. the bridgepickup doesnt have those issues, but is better in parallel too.
