Members Grant Harding Posted May 4, 2013 Members Share Posted May 4, 2013 ... the more likely I am to use the bridge pickup. I find with cheap gear I find myself using the neck pup most often, but with really nice gear I tend to stick with bridge and bridge + middle. You? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alecto Posted May 4, 2013 Members Share Posted May 4, 2013 The more I'm likely to play it. Good gear challenges me to get better as a player. It's also a reward for improving as a player. See how it works*? :robotwink: *That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted May 4, 2013 Members Share Posted May 4, 2013 Alecto wrote: The more I'm likely to play it. Good gear challenges me to get better as a player. It's also a reward for improving as a player. See how it works*? :robotwink:The above is very true for me, exposes me, forcing me to improve, I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted May 4, 2013 Members Share Posted May 4, 2013 I've found that the nexk pickup on cheap guitars is often too muddy, and the bridge too shrill, making the middle the way to go. Of course, I don't play guitars like this too long. If one of mine wad like this, I'd go pickup shopping immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jpnyc Posted May 4, 2013 Members Share Posted May 4, 2013 I think most cheap guitars come with harsh ceramic pickups. And I think this is because those guitars are mostly targeted at teenage guys and teenage guys who play guitar tend to associate good tone with very angry sounding bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dougy Posted May 4, 2013 Members Share Posted May 4, 2013 jpnyc wrote: I think most cheap guitars come with harsh ceramic pickups. And I think this is because those guitars are mostly targeted at teenage guys and teenage guys who play guitar tend to associate good tone with very angry sounding bands. I think you're putting too much thought into it. Most dirt cheap guitars come with dirt cheap pickups. Most dirt cheap pickups sound like {censored}e. I doubt there's much 'marketing strategy' involved in the construction of one of these: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benzem Posted May 5, 2013 Members Share Posted May 5, 2013 koiwoi wrote: ... the more likely I am to use the bridge pickup. I find with cheap gear I find myself using the neck pup most often, but with really nice gear I tend to stick with bridge and bridge + middle. You? Well no, but I do get your point. Some cheap stuff can sound thin.....but way too many variables to agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stormin1155 Posted May 5, 2013 Members Share Posted May 5, 2013 Regardless of cost, I have a harder time finding a neck pickup I like than bridge. The bridge I normally use for leads and crunchy rhythms, A hotter pickup with more compressed sound works fine for that. The neck I like for cleans, which I think demands more of a pickup. It has to be very dynamic, have a very solid and tight bass, and transparent highs that ring out... A good neck pickup for me is one that I can get to sound almost like an acoustic. So many neck pickups sound muddy to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted May 6, 2013 Author Members Share Posted May 6, 2013 I guess I'm really talking about clean tones. In the bad old days, playing my stock Strat through my old ss Traynor amp I could not get a bridge sound that I thought sounded nice enough to use. Now that my gear is decent I find myself using the bridge pup for cleans, with the tone rolled off and it sounds rich and pleasant as opposed to thin and harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted May 6, 2013 Author Members Share Posted May 6, 2013 I use the bridge pup for gain almost all the time btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flintc Posted May 6, 2013 Members Share Posted May 6, 2013 The sounds of these two pickups tends to be so wildly different that very little is a matter of the quality of the pickup or the amp. Plenty of jazz boxes don't even provide a bridge pickup at all, since jazzers simply don't use it. For the kind of music I like to play ("elevator music"), the bridge pickup is pure cosmetic decoration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted May 6, 2013 Author Members Share Posted May 6, 2013 I cover the clean neck HB pickup with the tone rolled off fine. I have a really varied repertoire, from folk, rock, funk, pop, reggae, calypso/soca, jazz, blues, etc, so I need to cover a lot of ground.A good example of what I'm talking about is Dreadlock Holiday by 10CC. I always used to use middle pickup for that, because the bridge sounded like cardboard clean. Now that I have some nice harmonics I can get the bridge pup sound that I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted May 7, 2013 Members Share Posted May 7, 2013 Try playing a Strat thru a one channel, 12 watt tube amp with a 12" Celestion Blue, no master volume and a single tone control. If you can make beautiful noises with this setup, you're a very good player who is in control of his instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted May 7, 2013 Author Members Share Posted May 7, 2013 I like the flexibility of the Shiva, but it's the same thing - the clarity is so good that there's nothing to hide behind. It definitely forces you to focus on playing cleanly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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