Aye; I changed the bridge pickup on the strat for a Seymour Duncan one fairly soon after I bought it. Nicer tone, but not much output compared to the original Fender one.
I have to keep it fairly far away from the strings too, else there's just too much 'pick attack' noise.
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Nestor
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I have done a few instruments myself, most of all basses, and had always used Dimrarzio'z picckups... they are the best of the market. Of course, it depends what you like as sound, but for me they are the best sounding.
Wood is alsy very important. We normally complain against heavy instruments, but trully good instruments must be heavy, cos their wood must be hard. In fact, the harder the wood, the longer will be the sustain in your strings. The harder the wood, the more your notes will be intune and will have a wholeness in its sound.
Bridges are also extremely important. Most beautiful sound comes from catle bones, I'm not kidding, you need to get some hard catle bones, taillore them to feet, and the instrument will sound much softer and nevertheless, will not loose its sustain capability.
On more thing: one piece guitar and basses are better than two pieces. If you can, get always a one piece guitar... the sound is more present due to the vibration of the whole body.
Wood is alsy very important. We normally complain against heavy instruments, but trully good instruments must be heavy, cos their wood must be hard. In fact, the harder the wood, the longer will be the sustain in your strings. The harder the wood, the more your notes will be intune and will have a wholeness in its sound.
Bridges are also extremely important. Most beautiful sound comes from catle bones, I'm not kidding, you need to get some hard catle bones, taillore them to feet, and the instrument will sound much softer and nevertheless, will not loose its sustain capability.
On more thing: one piece guitar and basses are better than two pieces. If you can, get always a one piece guitar... the sound is more present due to the vibration of the whole body.
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I recently tried an LP for the first time in more than 10 years. Back then, I wasn't impressed. Now I was. It was a studio. The feel was great, and the tone just wonderfull and very inspiring, when I played it on a Roland Jazzchorus.
I see a lot of statements about, if you can not make good music with cheap gear, you are a bad musician. I feel it is a bit different. I love to play small hohner amps the cheap fenix guitars (it doesn't get much worse), if I am in a position, where I can let the gear dictate the music to a sertain extend. If I on the other had was into making Queen-like music, I would be in realy serious deep shit trouble with that set-up. Maybe that just means, that I am not good enough. But I realy think, that different gear inspires me into different directions. As long as I go with the flow (dictated by the instrument), I am fine. If I try to make a grape fruit taste like a banana, then I just don't get sattisfied.
I see a lot of statements about, if you can not make good music with cheap gear, you are a bad musician. I feel it is a bit different. I love to play small hohner amps the cheap fenix guitars (it doesn't get much worse), if I am in a position, where I can let the gear dictate the music to a sertain extend. If I on the other had was into making Queen-like music, I would be in realy serious deep shit trouble with that set-up. Maybe that just means, that I am not good enough. But I realy think, that different gear inspires me into different directions. As long as I go with the flow (dictated by the instrument), I am fine. If I try to make a grape fruit taste like a banana, then I just don't get sattisfied.
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I don't believe you're a bad musician if you can't achieve what YOU want with cheap gear. Just to explain my view...if it matters...
I was referring more to the beginner syndrome. "I don't sound great....I must need better gear, more expensive brand names...that's what's missing". (Perhaps because I fell into that trap at an early age.) Now, in reaction, I'm anti brandnames.
If it helps understand any, my present guitar is made in Korea, cost me $225 used. It's got an alder body with a maple top cap and maple neck. I've blocked the bridge and it outsustains the US strat I sold yonks ago by probably 2:1. To be honest, I have as much fun getting up noses as I do playing music. I'm more wanker than musician.
I was referring more to the beginner syndrome. "I don't sound great....I must need better gear, more expensive brand names...that's what's missing". (Perhaps because I fell into that trap at an early age.) Now, in reaction, I'm anti brandnames.
If it helps understand any, my present guitar is made in Korea, cost me $225 used. It's got an alder body with a maple top cap and maple neck. I've blocked the bridge and it outsustains the US strat I sold yonks ago by probably 2:1. To be honest, I have as much fun getting up noses as I do playing music. I'm more wanker than musician.
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Nestor, you cannot be seriousI have done a few instruments myself, most of all basses, and had always used Dimrarzio'z picckups...
Those are ultimate bass pickups...
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