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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: mcentee2 on February 16, 2011, 06:14:51 PM

Title: Irish Tours with Treble Booster
Post by: mcentee2 on February 16, 2011, 06:14:51 PM

Hi,

Just wondering as I cant afford *another* wired guard with Mother's Milk :)

Any thoughts on whether my current ITs could sound anything like the Mother's Milk, or Apache, through a treble booster (or EQ with higher treble up) - set to as clean as possible, probably not even using some  down-gain to emulate the lower output.

Cheers



******* Update, if anyone read this  ;)

Rather than just keep eternally messing around, I just bought the 63 Veneer set instead

I may well have a wired pickguard loaded with Irish Tours for sale soon  :)

Title: Re: Irish Tours with Treble Booster
Post by: gwEm on February 17, 2011, 09:06:32 PM

I would say no. Treble boosters compress the sound more, so even if the treble is boosted, its going to make matters worse.

Mothers Milk are pretty mellow sounding pickups, for my Irish Tours are bright and somewhat aggressive.

Title: Re: Irish Tours with Treble Booster
Post by: mcentee2 on February 17, 2011, 09:25:58 PM

Yes, after posting I did some more research...and thinking....if it was as easy as that then all pickups would be the same, with EQs and boosts doing all the work.

Hence my edit  :)

Title: Re: Irish Tours with Treble Booster
Post by: Telerocker on February 18, 2011, 12:00:34 AM

Quote from: gwEm on February 17, 2011, 09:06:32 PM

I would say no. Treble boosters compress the sound more, so even if the treble is boosted, its going to make matters worse.

Mothers Milk are pretty mellow sounding pickups, for my Irish Tours are bright and somewhat aggressive.

Correct. However I get great Frusciante-tones by turning down the volume on the guitar a tad and the right eq on the amp (Orange Rockerveb head/2x12 cab). The IT's can also be tamed with the toneknob on the guitar. I don't find them overly bright, but compared to MM's they more agressive.