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Members Wyatt Posted July 14, 2007 Members Share Posted July 14, 2007 New PU's and new pots should help greatly. A lot of those economy guitars have crap for PU's (some aren't even real HB's, but a single coil in a HB shell). The pots should be at least 500K or they are going to shave off some highs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Saturday Posted July 14, 2007 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2007 by the way, i just uploaded some snippets of me playing my 335 and my tele, clean, with guitar rig. 335 - cleantele - clean listening to these, the 335 sounds a bit more 'interesting', perhaps because i tweaked guitar rig with that guitar, not with the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Saturday Posted July 14, 2007 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2007 and yeah, i will change the pots, they are scratchy and i tried to clean then and they just need to be replaced.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members walt0915 Posted July 14, 2007 Members Share Posted July 14, 2007 Get some very "vintage" sounding HBs and that will brighten it up. Better yet, a single coil or two. GFS Mean90 or Dream90. The Nashville Retrotrons are pretty jangly. It is never going to sound like a Tele, but if you want a brighter sound, that's a good way to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Saturday Posted July 14, 2007 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2007 yeah, i was thinking about paf classics or p90s.i dont want it to sound exactly like my tele - that would be silly. just wanted a bit of more high end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darkstorm Posted July 14, 2007 Members Share Posted July 14, 2007 Some semi hollows are very bright sounding. Aka those with maple necks and maple bodies. Suspects yours is made of all dark sound woods such as mahogany. Try raising the pole peices for both pups. That generally increases treble emphasis some. Seymour duncan pups to me have more treble top for comprable models then dimarzios. For a general pup replacement guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MahaloVision Posted July 14, 2007 Members Share Posted July 14, 2007 My ES-137 can muster up some twang. The 480's aren't everybody's favorite, but they can deliver the top end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danox3 Posted July 14, 2007 Members Share Posted July 14, 2007 The neck humbucker in my Gretsch is very dark, the bridge is pretty bright, and when both are engaged, it's perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Saturday Posted July 14, 2007 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2007 thanks. anybody else? i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted July 14, 2007 Members Share Posted July 14, 2007 Best humbucker would be Seymour Duncan Seth Lovers for such an application. I recommend also 500K pots and I've also noticed that slightly thicker guage wiring from the pots to the jack seems to brighten the sound. Thicker guage wiring picks up more interference so make sure to shield the control cavity and ground it all really well. Of course FILTERTRONS are pretty bright humbuckers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members xStonr Posted July 15, 2007 Members Share Posted July 15, 2007 I put in a set of V V hum sized P90's in my Artcore AS73. It did brighten up the tone some and can get down and dirty too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dewees Posted July 15, 2007 Members Share Posted July 15, 2007 Listened to your clips. I kind of liked that tone. I would agree that the Seth Lover will probably give you the high end you want. I've gone through a bunch of pickups in my 335 and the Seth Lover is my favorite by far. I'd say it has more high end than any HB I've tried that wasn't deliberately designed to mimic a single coil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted July 15, 2007 Members Share Posted July 15, 2007 GFS Mean 90's are HB sized P90's. May just slip right in.http://store.guitarfetish.com/me90glbltral.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Saturday Posted July 15, 2007 Author Members Share Posted July 15, 2007 thanks.. i only have one picture. and not a good one. there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcooper830 Posted July 15, 2007 Members Share Posted July 15, 2007 Not helpful in any way.... but I had to post this pic of an Epiphone Dot I recently got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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