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| 649.1 | See notes on Seymour Duncans | ANGORA::JACQUES | | Tue May 31 1988 09:07 | 10 |
| There is a sea of pickups out there to choose from. My choice
would be Seymour Duncan. He makes several differant humbuckers
ranging from PAF copies to super distortion, and invaders.
I am assuming if your guitar is a Les Paul copy, that it has
dual coil humbuckers. Even if it has soap bar pickups, Seymour
Duncan makes some nice soapbars as well.
Good Luck
Mark Jacques in the good old US of A.
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| 649.2 | Welcome to the machine | CSC32::G_HOUSE | Greg House - CSC/CS | Tue May 31 1988 14:50 | 6 |
| Welcome to GUITAR! Always nice to see a new noter.
For pickups, I really like the EMG actives. Great sound and pretty
flexable.
Greg
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| 649.3 | DiMarzio's often a good chioce for heavy guitars | MARKER::BUCKLEY | William J. Buckley | Tue May 31 1988 15:33 | 19 |
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Well, I'd need more info, but....
If your Les Paul copy has a bolt on neck, I would suggest Seymour
Duncan's like of pickups. They have a `thick' sound to then and
can help `fill in' some of the tone lost in a bolt on neck. If your
LP copy has a glued in neck (like the real mccoy's), I'd suggest
checking out the DiMarzio line. In My Opinion, DiMarzio's sound
better for (real) Les Pauls becuase LP's are so dense they have
a big tone to begin with, and Syemour's usually make a Les Paul
sound kind of muddy. The DiMarzio's are wound so their voicings
sound great in SOLID body guits (like the Paul's). DiMarzio also
has a voicing chart on their pickup literature so you can kind of
tell what it will sound like (FYI, they rate High, Mid, and Low
freq. response from 1 - 10 on each pickup.)
Go 4 it,
wjb
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| 649.4 | DiMarzio Dual Sounds ?? | WARMTH::KAYD | If music be the love of food... | Wed Jun 01 1988 09:02 | 32 |
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re .0
I found myself in a similar position a few years ago. I had an Antoria
SG copy which I paid �45 for, and I was really happy with the feel of it,
but felt that 'something' was lacking.
I decided to replace the pickups, and in the end chose DiMarzio Dual
Sounds for the following reasons:
* They were easy to fit, being a straight swap for the existing pickups;
* They had the ability to switch between humbucking and single-coil modes,
adding a fair degree of sonic flexibility (is this English ?);
* They were relatively cheap (�22 each);
* Seymour Duncan's weren't around in the U.K. then.
I've been happy with the sound of these pickups ever since, and even
took them with me when I 'upgraded' my guitar.
Whilst DiMarzio's don't seem to be flavour of the month any more, I
would certainly bear them in mind for the price.
Welcome to the conference,
Derek Kay (SWAS Warrington, U.K.)
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| 649.5 | Hello John got a new Pickup ? | VIVIAN::BENNETT | | Fri Jun 03 1988 13:03 | 32 |
| Andy,
Another U.K. guy crawling out of the woodwork !
I was up in Denmark st. earlier today with the
same problem, I own a Fender Flame, not every
bodies cup of tea I know, but 200 quid for a
first guitar, it seemed v. good value at the time.
(anybody tell more about the guitar ? they
sold in the U.K. initially for 550 cased but
dropped to 200 when they didn't sell, why ?)
To the point, I have been playing for a
year and have an idea of the 'sound' I want,
so on a 3.5 hour lunch hour! I am down to two
humbucking type pickups. Either the Di Martzio
PAF copy or the Semour Duncan jobbies. EMG Selects
wern't bad either.
I wanted a clean sound with an edge if that makes
sence, If you've heard 9 below Zero 'live at
the marquee'(London R$B band).
That's the sound. I think the old B.B. King/
Chuck Berry sound (can they becompared ?) best
discribes it.
Are you gonna say chuck the Fender buy a Gibson ?
Should you need any kit finding, the choice is huge
in Denmark st. give us a shout. VIVIAN::BENNETT
Graham *8^)
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| 649.6 | On 2nd Thoughts ... | VIVIAN::BENNETT | | Fri Jun 03 1988 13:14 | 9 |
| Andy,
On reading the your note and the replys sofar
I ask myself what sound is Andy looking for ?
I ask the chaps in the know, what pickup best gives Andy
the sound he's looking for ?
Graham 'deep and meaningful thought provoking' Bennett
London SPS.
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| 649.7 | What sound ? I dunno... | HAMPS::JOYCE_A | Andy Joyce, UK.SRAC | Mon Jun 06 1988 05:49 | 22 |
| Hmmm, what kind of sound do I want ? That's difficult to say exactly...
I am really after improving the strength and sustain of the current
sound. I tend to cut out as much treble as I can with the tone controls
on the guitar when I am playing lead. This gives a much thicker
sound when played through a distortion box but eliminates a lot
of the attack so the (occasional) fast lick I play sounds muddy.
I would like to keep the attack but have a thicker sound.
For rhythm playing, I also cut out most of the treble. Again this
is for a thicker sound. This also sounds muddy when strummin' hard.
I guess its obvious from the above that I don't really know what
sound I want - I just want an improvement ! Armed with the knowledge
you guys have passed on, I will visit my local music store to
investigate further. Thanks for all your help...
Andy
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