More mids = Better lead tone/sustain?

[keano]

Are pickups that are more mid heavy better for soloing? And singing sustain?

[TwilightOdyssey]

Not necessarily. But the guitar is a midrange instrument, predominantly. Why not capitalize on it and cut through the mix better?

[Peter Antal]

Dynamic range is also an important factor in 'loudness' / cutting through the mix.

[keano]

Sounds like your both saying go for a mid sounding pup then?

Is the CS middy enough?

[steve]

Sounds like your both saying go for a mid sounding pup then?

Is the CS middy enough?

For a big big tone that cuts through the mix i would say the CS. Loads of mids.

[downrodeo]

Is the CS middy enough?

OH YEAH! :twisted:

[JamesHealey]

I've never been a "mid scooper" i dont like having no mids..

I mean some of my favourite guitar tones are Vai, Satriani, Van Halen, Andy Timmons and various others and they're not shy on mids..

and yes mids do make you cut through live, I've found though every BKP i've used has just sliced the mix anyway.

[hunter]

Depends on what kind of mids.

When I listen to some of the best Strat lead tones (in between ones by David Gilmour for example) they aren't smoothed out for infinite sustain by lower mids, but are rather "thin" somehow, heavily boosted and still sound huge in the mix with the amount of reverb and delay that he uses.

Maybe there's a trade off between boosted mids and lots of delay/reverb, you can use one or the other but not both together in a complex mix.

[Ratrod]

Mids really help you cut through the mix. I was in a band with a loud dominant sounding bass guitar and another guitarist who was cranking his amp against the bass. My Crawler equipped guitar had no problem cutting through without being too loud.