Hi guys,
Just thought I could get some advice of here as there seems to be some very on it people on here.
I have just bought my new gear which is
Hiwatt 100 Hi-gain with 4x12 celestion loaded cab(all the new stuff)
Electro harmonix Metal muff pedal
Fender Telecaster 72 Deluxe re issue
I got the fender yesterday. Its a great guitar but the pickups are.....RUBBISH!
Thought im not bothered coz it was always the plan to put the Bare knuckles in.
I use the clean channel on the hiwatt as Its just amazing and use the metal muff with the gain on 2 through the clean channel which gives me a kind of Mesa rec sound.
Im haivng the guitar setup next week for 10s or 11s guage strings and my tuning is normal E.
So what do I want from my pickup? Well the sound I desire is almost clean. So when you hit hard on the strings you get distortion, but if you play soft you get almost clean. Also just loads of clarity for open chords where you can hear every note.
this will sound dumb,...like a modern AC/DC haha.
Clean tone is also very important. I use the bridge pickup for clean and the hiwatt has in alot of people opinion one of the best clean tones out there so need a pickup that will match it. For rock sound, and also a little blues.
The musaaak I play is a kind of foo figthers style but the riffs are more...down picking open hard kinda shite haha,,,so hard to explain!
So if you guys have any ideas please do tell! im really stuck.
By the way before anyone asks, The higain on the Hiwatt is Rubbish so i dont use it. I only got it coz the clean is the same as the custom but the custom was more money so the gain is just an extra. It will hopefully be sent off to hiwatt in a few weeks so they can custom mod the gain channel for me(as it will be fun coz its not being used)
Regards
Chris