Rex_Rocker
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... Without changing it too much?
I've got a '59 in the neck that I actually don't hate as I would've thought I would. It's not as chirpy and scooped as I remember it being. Hell, with the height set right, it's not even problematically boomy as people seem to think it is on Les Paul types. It's pretty sweet and has a nice smooth, vintage-y character without being too dark or muddy.
... But the output is pretty tame, and I like the EQ balance it has going on at the height I have it set to right now, which isn't too low. Raising it even closer to the strings kinda makes it lose the sweetness that I actually like about it, and the low-end is on the verge of starting to become too much on clean sounds on the low strings. The way I have it set up right now, the output drops on my clean sound significantly compared to my other guitars (equipped with a Duncan Distortion Neck and even compared to the DiMarzio SDS-1), and switching to it mid solo on a lead sound feels kinda dry and a bit hard to get that singing sustain on.
I admit I overall like it, though. It just needs a little push. And I also want to squeeze the most out of it because I got the guitar for a good deal, and I don't want to start dropping a lot of money on it. I got the bridge pickup because I live on my bridge pickups, LOL. But I wanna get the most out of the current neck pickup, especially because I don't hate it.
So... right now it has a cover. Would removing it raise the output significantly? A little but noticeably? Or is it more of a suble thing?
I can get a magnet to drop in. Magnets are cheap. But Ceramic would probably change the chracter radically, wouldn't it? How about Alnico 8? Or would A8 cause the low-end to start getting problematic?
Thoughts?
I've got a '59 in the neck that I actually don't hate as I would've thought I would. It's not as chirpy and scooped as I remember it being. Hell, with the height set right, it's not even problematically boomy as people seem to think it is on Les Paul types. It's pretty sweet and has a nice smooth, vintage-y character without being too dark or muddy.
... But the output is pretty tame, and I like the EQ balance it has going on at the height I have it set to right now, which isn't too low. Raising it even closer to the strings kinda makes it lose the sweetness that I actually like about it, and the low-end is on the verge of starting to become too much on clean sounds on the low strings. The way I have it set up right now, the output drops on my clean sound significantly compared to my other guitars (equipped with a Duncan Distortion Neck and even compared to the DiMarzio SDS-1), and switching to it mid solo on a lead sound feels kinda dry and a bit hard to get that singing sustain on.
I admit I overall like it, though. It just needs a little push. And I also want to squeeze the most out of it because I got the guitar for a good deal, and I don't want to start dropping a lot of money on it. I got the bridge pickup because I live on my bridge pickups, LOL. But I wanna get the most out of the current neck pickup, especially because I don't hate it.
So... right now it has a cover. Would removing it raise the output significantly? A little but noticeably? Or is it more of a suble thing?
I can get a magnet to drop in. Magnets are cheap. But Ceramic would probably change the chracter radically, wouldn't it? How about Alnico 8? Or would A8 cause the low-end to start getting problematic?
Thoughts?
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