Warmoth: Straight vs. Slanted Bridge Pick-up?

[solspirit]

How nice, then, that we now can move beyond the fandom and hear what difference is actually makes.

(FWIW, as far as I can tell you're a great guy, Mincer, and I'm not trying to be antagonistic or stir anything up. But I think that this test shows that it is worth asking ourselves what the actual sonic differences are, and I will admit to being annoyed when this is attempted to be crammed into a little box that says "Eddie van Halen" on it. This may or may not be related with my general annoyance at Eddie overshadowing so many great guitarists from the era, but that is another matter for another day.)

Who cares why Eddie did. . .


It just looks cool

 

[dave74]

Would be better slanted the opposite way IMO. Straights are all I've ever used though.

 

[zionstrat]

Great video.. thanks for sharing.

I've never tried it with a humbucker, but one of my favorites is a reverse slant with single coil Strat pups. It makes the bass tighter and the treble warmer...

But that's a completely different pickup with a completely different purpose and I have to see if I can come up with a reason to emulate this video!

 

[Sirion]

To me the straight version is a bit tighter in the low strings. The JB is sometimes criticised for being a bit loose in the bass, and when recording it may need a trap to limit the bass. I'm not a fan of flubby-ness on the low E string either. My basic logic was this slanted pickup route may work better with a pickup which has a brighter balance to start with. Apart from that, it was Eddies original application where he came up with the idea, so it would be interesting to reconstruct the experiment.

This might be it. I would be interested in trying it with a Full Shred, which is almost tight to a fault.

 

[chadd]

To me the straight version is a bit tighter in the low strings. The JB is sometimes criticised for being a bit loose in the bass, and when recording it may need a trap to limit the bass. I'm not a fan of flubby-ness on the low E string either. My basic logic was this slanted pickup route may work better with a pickup which has a brighter balance to start with. Apart from that, it was Eddies original application where he came up with the idea, so it would be interesting to reconstruct the experiment.

My guess is that the straight is collecting a little more low E signal, while the slanted pulls in less. With the same happening on the high E, you get a little more signal from the middle four strings relative to the outer two.

 

[Mincer]

Listening to it, I prefer the straight version, anyway at least with the stuff he was playing.

 

[Clint 55]

To me the straight version is a bit tighter in the low strings. The JB is sometimes criticised for being a bit loose in the bass, and when recording it may need a trap to limit the bass. I'm not a fan of flubby-ness on the low E string either. My basic logic was this slanted pickup route may work better with a pickup which has a brighter balance to start with. Apart from that, it was Eddies original application where he came up with the idea, so it would be interesting to reconstruct the experiment.

I think so. That was my experience trying slanted with a hotter bridge pup. I'd go with vintage output for slanted. The JB doesn't really need more fat slop.