Members dachuckster Posted March 5, 2006 Members Share Posted March 5, 2006 I have a cheap guitar (samick fastback 1-agathis body, super thin maple laminate, maple fingerboard). It sounded very bright beofre a complete wiring overhaul (and pots, switches, jack), and the install of a dimarzio virtual PAF in the bridge position. TUSQ nut is on the way as well as new brass saddles. Still sounds very bright (cheap wood, i know). This guitar is so dammned easy to play, and for $198.00, it's great. i prefer it over my other guitars. it just feels like butter in my hands. major mojo!!!!!!!! Now, has anyone had any luck in using alnico humbuckers to warm up their sound, such as the SD alnico II or others. any recommendations?? (before i switch to 250k pots). How about a motherbucker????? For reference, i tried that dimarzio (virtual PAF) in my ESP LTD EC-400AT and it sounded darker that the Seymour Duncan JB i have installed in there. thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted March 5, 2006 Members Share Posted March 5, 2006 Originally posted by dachuckster I have a cheap guitar (samick fastback 1-agathis body, super thin maple laminate, maple fingerboard). It sounded very bright beofre a complete wiring overhaul (and pots, switches, jack), and the install of a dimarzio virtual PAF in the bridge position. TUSQ nut is on the way as well as new brass saddles.Still sounds very bright (cheap wood, i know). This guitar is so dammned easy to play, and for $198.00, it's great. i prefer it over my other guitars. it just feels like butter in my hands. major mojo!!!!!!!! Now, has anyone had any luck in using alnico humbuckers to warm up their sound, such as the SD alnico II or others. any recommendations?? (before i switch to 250k pots). How about a motherbucker?????For reference, i tried that dimarzio (virtual PAF) in my ESP LTD EC-400AT and it sounded darker that the Seymour Duncan JB i have installed in there. thanks! What have you done with your pickup heights? That makes a lot of different but I assume you've exhausted that and the basic "roll back the tone a bit" obvious stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members timmy210 Posted March 5, 2006 Members Share Posted March 5, 2006 Well I think the guitar would need a pickup with more bass in it like the Duncan Custom pickups. They have alot of bass output so that might bring the brightness down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dachuckster Posted March 5, 2006 Author Members Share Posted March 5, 2006 yup, also installed pickup rings, cause the pickups were mounted directly to the body. lowering them helped a bit. i guess you can call it "twang" brightness. It's a EVH MM copy. i've tried some EQ as well. I'm looking at the SD customs. agathis and maple don't seem to go very well. its a hard brightness to EQ out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Europa760 Posted March 5, 2006 Members Share Posted March 5, 2006 just turn down the amp treble. game over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted March 5, 2006 Members Share Posted March 5, 2006 Originally posted by dachuckster yup, also installed pickup rings, cause the pickups were mounted directly to the body. lowering them helped a bit. i guess you can call it "twang" brightness. It's a EVH MM copy. i've tried some EQ as well. I'm looking at the SD customs. agathis and maple don't seem to go very well. its a hard brightness to EQ out. Oh,no tone control on the guitar? Ick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted March 5, 2006 Members Share Posted March 5, 2006 A good solution is a cheap solution. Try these strings. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitar/navigation?q=GHS+eric+johnson I put a set on a Squier Affinity Telel Special. The stock strings sounded real thin and shrill. These guys actually toned it down a hair too much for my tastes, but then again, you should always still have some jangle on a tele.. Give 'em a try. Pure nickel wound is a warmer tone than "plated" and the roller wound is a slight flattening process which is a lesser degree of the flatwound process they do for jazz strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JD Posted March 5, 2006 Members Share Posted March 5, 2006 The Tone Zone has a alnico 5 mag. And it deff. warmed up my Jackson. It was a bright sounding guitar with the Floyd Rose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members machine gunner Posted March 5, 2006 Members Share Posted March 5, 2006 Roll the volume off a touch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dinrodef Posted March 5, 2006 Members Share Posted March 5, 2006 Originally posted by GAS Man A good solution is a cheap solution.Try these strings.http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitar/navigation?q=GHS+eric+johnsonI put a set on a Squier Affinity Telel Special. The stock strings sounded real thin and shrill. These guys actually toned it down a hair too much for my tastes, but then again, you should always still have some jangle on a tele..Give 'em a try.Pure nickel wound is a warmer tone than "plated" and the roller wound is a slight flattening process which is a lesser degree of the flatwound process they do for jazz strings. Excellent advice Also, if the guitar plays like butter... you might be able to use higher gauge strings comfortably... A lot of guys use thin strings to make up for a bad guitar setup... but a guitar that is comfortable to play often still feels good with very heavy strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dangerine49 Posted March 6, 2006 Members Share Posted March 6, 2006 I had an ash bodied Strat that was on the bright side. I installed a set of Seymour Duncan APS-1 Alnico II pups and that did the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shipatsea Posted March 6, 2006 Members Share Posted March 6, 2006 fiddle with the pickup height and tone knob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Filter500 Posted March 6, 2006 Members Share Posted March 6, 2006 Dimarzio Air Zone should give a darker sound, more bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dachuckster Posted March 8, 2006 Author Members Share Posted March 8, 2006 Good stuff! Thanks!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lonechicken Posted March 8, 2006 Members Share Posted March 8, 2006 Which of the EMG actives is more bass heavy? EMG's site is so inconsistent, showing graphs for some pickups but not for others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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