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Twinfan

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Re: Are 'buckers a bit bland? Or am I just getting old?
« Reply #15 on: July 17, 2009, 11:49:51 AM »
Quote from: shobet on July 17, 2009, 11:38:28 AM
I'll tell you what does annoy me, it's that sound in my head I can never get near no matter what amp/guitar/pickup/strings/bag of tricks I try...

You need to try different amps  ;)
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Re: Are 'buckers a bit bland? Or am I just getting old?
« Reply #16 on: July 17, 2009, 12:43:59 PM »
Park your single coils next to your zimmer for a moment :)
If you want aggressive lead tones they are a must.



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Re: Are 'buckers a bit bland? Or am I just getting old?
« Reply #17 on: July 17, 2009, 12:55:29 PM »
The only things I think humbuckers do better are metal rhythm tones (although my pig 90 does a pretty good job of that :)) and smooth neck humbucker tones (Slash).

I really want to try a good tele through my amp. The teles I have played I liked the feel of more than strats (they're a bit more LP-ish I think) but I only played em through a Fender GDEC :lol:
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Re: Are 'buckers a bit bland? Or am I just getting old?
« Reply #18 on: July 17, 2009, 12:57:24 PM »
Quote from: _tom_ on July 17, 2009, 12:55:29 PM
The only things I think humbuckers do better are metal rhythm tones (although my pig 90 does a pretty good job of that :)) and smooth neck humbucker solo tones (Slash).

Agreed.  But those are pretty worthwhile tones to get.  :D
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Re: Are 'buckers a bit bland? Or am I just getting old?
« Reply #19 on: July 17, 2009, 01:12:06 PM »
I agree with you 100% - singles win for me all the time.  I like buckers, but they just don't have the va va voom I like in my sound.

Just been learning the PBBB version of Born in Chicago - tried it at first with my Mule'd Esprit but just couldn't get it to sound like Bloomfield.  Then I tried the Tele with Flat 50s - oh yes, Bloomfield in spades (and today I learned that the reedy sound of early Bloomfield was not his famous LP but a telecaster, so hours of trying to get near his tone with mules was wasted).

It could be an age thing though - apparently Peter Green doesn't own and refuses to own a Les Paul!
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Re: Are 'buckers a bit bland? Or am I just getting old?
« Reply #20 on: July 17, 2009, 01:21:50 PM »
I don't think age comes into it - after all, the likes of Larry Carlton and BB King (just a couple of non-rock names straight off the top of my head) still use humbuckers.  And they're even older than I am.
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Re: Are 'buckers a bit bland? Or am I just getting old?
« Reply #21 on: July 17, 2009, 01:25:24 PM »
Wow!  THAT old????!!!

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Re: Are 'buckers a bit bland? Or am I just getting old?
« Reply #22 on: July 17, 2009, 01:34:40 PM »
Actually I'm not 100% sure about Larry.  But I think BB was in the Upper 6th when I was doing my O Levels.
 
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Re: Are 'buckers a bit bland? Or am I just getting old?
« Reply #23 on: July 17, 2009, 03:41:14 PM »
I like to listen to a good single coil tone, but I dearly enjoy playing buckers. On singles I always check if the volume on the guitar is all up.
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Re: Are 'buckers a bit bland? Or am I just getting old?
« Reply #24 on: July 17, 2009, 04:25:06 PM »
there are some great heavy single coil tones out there - the who, led zep, sabbath
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Re: Are 'buckers a bit bland? Or am I just getting old?
« Reply #25 on: July 17, 2009, 04:34:41 PM »
Quote from: gwEm on July 17, 2009, 04:25:06 PM
there are some great heavy single coil tones out there - the who, led zep, sabbath

Brain May anyone ??? - Sheer Heart Attack has some jaw-dropping tones on it, all from a guitar built from a fire-place, some Burns single coils, an AC30 and a treble booster.  Oh, and a ton of natural talent.
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Re: Are 'buckers a bit bland? Or am I just getting old?
« Reply #26 on: July 17, 2009, 04:39:17 PM »
Quote from: HEAVIER THAN HELL on July 17, 2009, 04:34:41 PM
Quote from: gwEm on July 17, 2009, 04:25:06 PM
there are some great heavy single coil tones out there - the who, led zep, sabbath

Brain May anyone ??? - Sheer Heart Attack has some jaw-dropping tones on it, all from a guitar built from a fire-place, some Burns single coils, an AC30 and a treble booster.  Oh, and a ton of natural talent.

i was just thinking of single coils + treble boosters HTH! add Blackmore to the list then too I guess.
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Re: Are 'buckers a bit bland? Or am I just getting old?
« Reply #27 on: July 17, 2009, 04:45:20 PM »
i like everything. :lol:
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Re: Are 'buckers a bit bland? Or am I just getting old?
« Reply #28 on: July 17, 2009, 04:51:10 PM »
Quote from: HEAVIER THAN HELL on July 17, 2009, 04:34:41 PM
Quote from: gwEm on July 17, 2009, 04:25:06 PM
there are some great heavy single coil tones out there - the who, led zep, sabbath

Brain May anyone ??? - Sheer Heart Attack has some jaw-dropping tones on it, all from a guitar built from a fire-place, some Burns single coils, an AC30 and a treble booster.  Oh, and a ton of natural talent.

But doesn't May's guitar have switching which lets him combine the coils for big humbucker-like tones?  (I'm not suggesting for a moment that's what setting he used on any particular track, I have no idea!)

I agree that there are some great heavy single coil tones on record, but (IMO) mostly for lead tones.  I don't think a heavily distorted single-coil matches the tight crunch of a humbucker for chords and riffs.  P-90s can give a great powerchord tone, but more for that slightly woolly Doom sound.

When you think about it, a lot of single-coil-using hard rock players (Blackmore, Uli Roth, Yngwie etc) don't really use big crunchy powerchords much.  It's a lot of single-note riffing. 

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Re: Are 'buckers a bit bland? Or am I just getting old?
« Reply #29 on: July 17, 2009, 04:57:29 PM »
Quote from: Philly Q on July 17, 2009, 04:51:10 PM
P-90s can give a great powerchord tone, but more for that slightly woolly Doom sound.

I thought that was going to be the case with mine, but the Pig 90 does awesome powerchords. To me it sounds/feels like a slightly looser humbucker -

http://www.mp3lizard.com/download.cfm?id=26424
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