My New Guitar: What Pickups Should I Need? |
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Nov 4 2009, 04:27 PM
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QUOTE (petitourson @ Nov 4 2009, 02:02 PM)  Ok thanks Zakk for this small info. I am thinking about it. I am probably going to order all my axe's hardware (pups, tuners, bridge...) from an us online site, as a friend of the luthiers can bring it from california. Any suggestions for a reliable and cheap US online store with enough choice? About the bridge: a hear a lot talking about this Floyd Rose tremolo, what is particular about it? The luthier suggested me to take a Gotoh vintage Birdge, what about it? STEWMAC. WARMOTH. You can order everything you need from either of these two. 
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Nov 8 2009, 11:49 AM
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I'd also suggest the Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups, they really sound great.
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Nov 10 2009, 03:04 PM
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Where are u studying in India. which city?
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Nov 10 2009, 11:37 PM
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The best vintage singles from Seymor Duncan are probably Antiquity ones. They wind them manually, as opposed to all the other pups that are machine-wounded.
I would suggest that you reconsider the Fralin pickups as they are really a good investment and would match nicely with the guitar. Zakk also suggested vintage to moderate output for humbucker. I agree there. -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Nov 17 2009, 03:16 AM
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Up :x
Can you just tell me what you thinks of a single piece neck? I'v never played on such a guitar before^^ Is it worth it for an extra 40 euros to the price? thx for the advice 
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Nov 18 2009, 11:50 PM
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QUOTE I think that yes, I am going to go for those fralin pickups. I never really had the oppurtunity to play them but some videos on the net show that they always have a very nice sound, whether your sound is clean or slighly distorded. Anyway, event the antiquity are more expensive than the fralins. Especially the "Blues Special" have a nice small Hendrix touch to it. I am going to go for those single coils I think. Then the question is whether I overwind them or not. I know overwinding gives +5% output, +5% mediums and -5% more hights. Does that mean that the sound is slighlty more darker/poweful? Could be a nice option for doing slightly distorded blues (ex: hendrix or gary moore, eventhough gary probably uses humbuckers)? There is no need for overwounding, all the players you mentioned used regular vintage pickups. SRV is an example of a player that used overwound pickups, but his sound came also from the way he played, not just the pickups. QUOTE As far as the humbucker is concerned I'm going to go for the fralin too I guess : the f-spaced 9K humbucker, sounds pretty cool on hard/rock, must be very nice to play some ACDC with this! OK QUOTE Other technical question: I have the possibility to have a one-piece neck. How does that behaves with the sound and trem? It is more fragile from what I heard right? I'm not really sure how these necks enhance tone. If they do, it is a veeery subtle difference, and you would have to have a pretty good ear to hear it. You should better think about what you want for the fingerboard wood, this has a lot more effect to the tone: Maple: Very bright and dense, Maple is highly reflective. When used on a fretboard, Maple encourages tremendous amounts of higher overtones and its tight, almost filtered away bass favors harmonics and variations in pick attack. Rosewood: The most common fretboard, Rosewood is naturally oily, and works well for any surface that sees frequent human contact. The sound is richer in fundamental than Maple because the stray overtones are absorbed into the oily pores Ebony: Ebony has a snappy, crisp attack with the density of Maple, but with more brittle grains, oilier pores, and a stronger fundamental tone than Maple. It has a tremendous amount of percussive overtones in the pick attack, that mute out shortly thereafter to foster great, long, sustain. Pao Ferro: Quite simply, Pao Ferro is a wood that falls between Rosewood and Ebony, and the tone follows suit. It has a snappier attack than rosewood, with good sustain, and its warmer sounding than Ebony. Some consider Pao Ferro to represent their favorite aspects of the two. This post has been edited by Ivan Milenkovic: Nov 18 2009, 11:52 PM -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Nov 19 2009, 04:26 AM
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Seymour Duncan Alnico II (slash's humbucker) is recommended for that,
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Nov 19 2009, 06:21 PM
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Thanks a lot Ivan for this complete advice on fretboards!
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