Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: orest009 on July 06, 2018, 11:04:38 AM
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That's how my band sounds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eItBp3UIaXg
But i never really digged the SUHR Aldrich i have on my LP bridge position,
they somehow sound kind of oldschool to my ears!
Cheers!
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It'll certainly work, though perhaps the Miracle Man might be more suitable given the sound you have. It'd be good to know what bridge and tailpiece your LP has, since that can drastically affect the amount of low end and attack your guitar produces (from a very fast attack with reduced bass zingy overtones from aluminium to much fuller and rounder sounding from solid brass, etc..). With high output pickups it's often better if the guitar isn't producing too much low end, in order that the low end stays tight and doesn't get mushy.
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It'll certainly work, though perhaps the Miracle Man might be more suitable given the sound you have. It'd be good to know what bridge and tailpiece your LP has, since that can drastically affect the amount of low end and attack your guitar produces (from a very fast attack with reduced bass zingy overtones from aluminium to much fuller and rounder sounding from solid brass, etc..). With high output pickups it's often better if the guitar isn't producing too much low end, in order that the low end stays tight and doesn't get mushy.
Having swapped out a couple of bridges on guitars, I was absolutely shocked at how dramatic a difference the bridge makes on the tone of an instrument. I would say it is almost as dramatic as swapping pickups.
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It'll certainly work, though perhaps the Miracle Man might be more suitable given the sound you have. It'd be good to know what bridge and tailpiece your LP has, since that can drastically affect the amount of low end and attack your guitar produces (from a very fast attack with reduced bass zingy overtones from aluminium to much fuller and rounder sounding from solid brass, etc..). With high output pickups it's often better if the guitar isn't producing too much low end, in order that the low end stays tight and doesn't get mushy.
Thank you Nolly for the details :smiley:
So that's the bridge am using!
https://www.thomann.de/gr/babicz_fch_tune_o_matic_bridge_c.htm
Surh Aldrich pickup (not that close to the strings)
500 kOhms pots
Earnie Ball strings Gauges: 010 - 013 - 017 - 030 - 042 - 052
Kemper 5150 profiles
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I used those strings on a D standard SG, they are pretty light. I think C# standard is the absolute limit for those. I use D'Addario EXL117 11-56 sets on my guitars tuned to C standard and I plan to tune up one of them to C# soon and keep the same string gauge
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Thank you Nolly for the details :smiley:
So that's the bridge am using!
https://www.thomann.de/gr/babicz_fch_tune_o_matic_bridge_c.htm
Surh Aldrich pickup (not that close to the strings)
500 kOhms pots
Earnie Ball strings Gauges: 010 - 013 - 017 - 030 - 042 - 052
Kemper 5150 profiles
Great info to have! In that case I'd say this is a PRIME moment to recommend the Miracle Man!
Having swapped out a couple of bridges on guitars, I was absolutely shocked at how dramatic a difference the bridge makes on the tone of an instrument. I would say it is almost as dramatic as swapping pickups.
Absolutely! I mean, pickups can only filter the sound coming off the strings, not create frequencies that aren't there, or ignore frequencies that are. The bridge can drastically affect the frequency response and overtones themselves though, so to me in many ways I'd say it is a larger impact on the tone of an instrument!