Tips for getting a naturally darker tone

[Quencho092]

i love my snappy sounding quacky deluxe strat w/ surfers, but i've been leaning toward a darker tone lately. Would graphite saddles darken the tone and help my surfers pull off a richer sound?

 

[jeremy]

Re: Tips for getting a naturally darker tone

darker? maybe a touch, probably not richer. the surfers are killer pups and i love the way they sound, but they are brighter, spankier pups. thats what they do, and thats why i have more than one guitar. if i want a brighter tone, the strat with surfers gets the nod. if i want a warmer tone, the strat with the aps or texas hots goes along for the ride.
before i had more than one strat, i used to have a few pick guards loaded with different pups so that if i needed a different tone i could quickly swap things out

 

[Quencho092]

Re: Tips for getting a naturally darker tone

ill probably go with graphtechs anyway just because i cant afford to keep breaking strings.

I'll probably build a USAG strat sometime in the next year or so and load it with texas hots.

 

[mrid]

Re: Tips for getting a naturally darker tone

Have you tried those cheap, curly Radio Shack cables?

 

[jeremy]

Re: Tips for getting a naturally darker tone

good point. hendrix used the coiled cables, they do roll off some high end

 

[Zerberus]

Re: Tips for getting a naturally darker tone

Before you go out buying crappy cables on purpose: Learn to use the tone control subtly

 

[Mkf411]

Re: Tips for getting a naturally darker tone

Before you go out buying crappy cables on purpose: Learn to use the tone control subtly

+1, I tame brightness with the tone & volume controls on my guitars.

 

[B2D]

Re: Tips for getting a naturally darker tone

+1, I tame brightness with the tone & volume controls on my guitars.

I've always used my tone controls quite a bit but only recently learned how to properly use a volume control like this.

 

[Mkf411]

Re: Tips for getting a naturally darker tone

I've always used my tone controls quite a bit but only recently learned how to properly use a volume control like this.

Actually, me too :smack:

 

[RushOfBlood]

Re: Tips for getting a naturally darker tone

that's why they put that knob there!

 

[some_dude]

Re: Tips for getting a naturally darker tone

+1, I tame brightness with the tone & volume controls on my guitars.

+1.....I sometimes think that's becomming a lost art.

 

[WITH FULL DISTORTION]

Re: Tips for getting a naturally darker tone

want to DARK things OUT? buy a BOSS MT-2 METALZONE. ahahahah THAT´S IT.

 

[Quencho092]

Re: Tips for getting a naturally darker tone

i play almost all clean now.

I like turning down the knob, but i lose some of that hollow wail in the neck position.

I think it's because i have a .047 uf cap, instead of a .022 cap

 

[Quencho092]

Re: Tips for getting a naturally darker tone

would it be a good idea to get a smaller uf cap, like a .01 if they have em at mouser?

just to roll the very tip of the highs off.

or better yet, put the .01 to control my neck pup, and the .02 to control the bridge and middle.

 

[Hot _Grits]

Re: Tips for getting a naturally darker tone

Try strings with nickel cores, like GHS burnished nickel or Nickel Rockers. EJ and SRV used nickel Rockers.

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: Tips for getting a naturally darker tone

i love my snappy sounding quacky deluxe strat w/ surfers, but i've been leaning toward a darker tone lately. Would graphite saddles darken the tone and help my surfers pull off a richer sound?

Get a Les Paul???? :wink:

 

[Quencho092]

Re: Tips for getting a naturally darker tone

nah, it was the speakers.

My old peavey 12 inch speakers from 75 had no warmth left in them. The cones farted before they could get any bass frequency out.

I am now running a JBL d130f and I'm getting exactly the tone i wanted-big, bassy, yet quacky position 2 strat tones. Everything is a good!

 

[MattPete]

Re: Tips for getting a naturally darker tone

Good idea on the cap change. I'd say try some .010s if you want to roll down the sparkle