RipShredScream
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Ok, i'm building a guitar from the ground up, Using a Mighty Mite body (normally i'd go warmoth, but i got it for super cheap, brand new, $93) Its an ash-back, quilt maple top, rear-routed, strat-style guitar with an H-S-S pup route, going for a wilkinson trem.
The neck is a warmoth, Full maple with a graphite nut, stainless steel frets.
I am playing sort of a mix between oldschool metal and modern rock.. Queensryche-ish with beefier guitar work, and a more modern sound.
We play in drop D, although the bassist is really the rythm section, and he has a great sound, so I dont need a ton of bass, most of the umph comes from him.
I am the lead guitarist, so I need a good solo sound, and there is a fair amount of shreddage in the solos.
The pickups that I put together (based on the sound clips) are:
Bridge: Sh-5 Duncan Custom, Nickel Cover
Mid:STK-S4m Classic Stack Plus (occasionally i want a more percussive, truly single coil sound, but of course without the hum, so I chose this one)
Neck: SCR-1 Cool Rails (much better tone than hot rails imo)
Now the guitar itself is pretty bright (all maple neck, ash body, maple top) so I am a bit worried about being too bright, but then again I've seen quite a few guitars with full maple necks, non-mahogany bodies, and a brighter pickup in the bridge... and they sounded pretty damn good...
Just wondering if anyone could give me their opinions/suggestions. I was thinking of going with a Custom Custom in the bridge, the clip sounded pretty good, but i'm not too sure...
Also, i'm only using a 3 way selector, for simplicity, and I want each position to have its own sound (Bridge-Most distortion, soloing, workhorse... Mid - Same as above with more "pop" and articulation, little less output, sort of an aggressive blues tone, Neck - Cleans and a few singing leads) I never used the middle positions on any of my H-S-S guitars anyways.
Well, any help appreciated...
btw, any opinions on the Wilkinson tremolo? Is it "useable" and will it stay in tune? (I dont dive bomb, but i like to use the trem for Van Halen type Nuances, can the wilkinson handle it?)
The neck is a warmoth, Full maple with a graphite nut, stainless steel frets.
I am playing sort of a mix between oldschool metal and modern rock.. Queensryche-ish with beefier guitar work, and a more modern sound.
We play in drop D, although the bassist is really the rythm section, and he has a great sound, so I dont need a ton of bass, most of the umph comes from him.
I am the lead guitarist, so I need a good solo sound, and there is a fair amount of shreddage in the solos.
The pickups that I put together (based on the sound clips) are:
Bridge: Sh-5 Duncan Custom, Nickel Cover
Mid:STK-S4m Classic Stack Plus (occasionally i want a more percussive, truly single coil sound, but of course without the hum, so I chose this one)
Neck: SCR-1 Cool Rails (much better tone than hot rails imo)
Now the guitar itself is pretty bright (all maple neck, ash body, maple top) so I am a bit worried about being too bright, but then again I've seen quite a few guitars with full maple necks, non-mahogany bodies, and a brighter pickup in the bridge... and they sounded pretty damn good...
Just wondering if anyone could give me their opinions/suggestions. I was thinking of going with a Custom Custom in the bridge, the clip sounded pretty good, but i'm not too sure...
Also, i'm only using a 3 way selector, for simplicity, and I want each position to have its own sound (Bridge-Most distortion, soloing, workhorse... Mid - Same as above with more "pop" and articulation, little less output, sort of an aggressive blues tone, Neck - Cleans and a few singing leads) I never used the middle positions on any of my H-S-S guitars anyways.
Well, any help appreciated...
btw, any opinions on the Wilkinson tremolo? Is it "useable" and will it stay in tune? (I dont dive bomb, but i like to use the trem for Van Halen type Nuances, can the wilkinson handle it?)
