You have a great sound on the clips - I noticed that you play witout a pick. Have you always played that way?
Are the pickups the underwound apaches that you had mentioned you were getting? The guitar looks great - I have 2 white strats so I am a big fan, though both of mine have the white scratchplate.
How is the wiring set up - you saaid you have a master volume and tone and a blend? Do you have a 3 way or 5 way switch? Do you use the blend to bring in the middle pickup?
Hi Phil,
Thank you so much for your comments;
- Plectrum; I used to play with a plectrum but I kind of felt that I was missing something. So about a couple of years ago I starterd playing with my bare fingers exclusively. I haven't finished developing my technique yet but I feel that I won't be looking back. Plectrums feel so plasticy and artificial once you've tried with your fingers for long enough....
- Pickups; The p/us are the underwound Apaches, that's right. They sound terrific. Keep in mind I recored the clip using a tiny digital amp. Besides the camera built-in mike is not fantastic either. In the flesh the guitar sounds better for sure.
- The wiring is not the regular Strat wiring in the sense that I use a CTS 250k vol pot , then a no-load master tone pot 500k CTS with a 47 Hovland cap for an ultra soomth taper, and a Fralin Blender pot so I can mix the bridge and the neck pickup at will. The selectot is a megaswitch made by Schaller ( 5 positions ).
Hope this helps.
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