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Apr 14 2009, 05:45 AM |
one jackson Sl2 with 2 ESP LH-100 humbucking pickups!!!!!!!
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Apr 14 2009, 02:23 PM |
I think you answered your own problem pretty good Besip - you gotta play with these pickups and settings a bit in order to find a good sound. If you don't find the sound you like after a while, just replace the pups, but that should really be the last resort. First try everything possible with your current setup and don't rush things. Take your time to find the tone you like on both guitars.
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Apr 14 2009, 02:49 PM |
I do turn down the lower mids quite a bit when playing with the jb. And even then my tone is far less scooped than yours. First try to match the amp settings, if that doesn't help, get emgs or duncan blackouts. I suppose it's a jackson USA so the additional expense for the new pickups should be small in comparison to the price of the guitar.
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Apr 14 2009, 04:42 PM |
I agree with Ivan, before changing the pickups you should play around with your settings first to see what you can really get out of that guitar, only in case you can really not get a satisfying result you should consider new pickups.
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Apr 15 2009, 01:33 AM |
No prob Besip, anytime mate
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Apr 17 2009, 12:28 AM |
Are the pickups in correct height?
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Apr 17 2009, 03:37 AM |
If the pickup is closer to the string it will have more output because it picks up more string movement. But you'll also have less sustain because the magnets in the pickup dampen the string movement. The sounds also changes a bit so you can experiment a bit with that.
There is another thing to the pickup distance. If the pickups are to close to the strings the guitar begin to sound very weird even when not amplified. That is because the magnetic field of the pickup distorts the movement of the string when it is too close. That being said, as far as I know, changing the pickup height won't give you the sound of the ltd pickups. I think what you need to do is to scoop the mids a bit more. My ENGL E530 preamp has a "lower mids" knob that would do pretty much what you want I think. Also boost the treble a bit. I dial in my gain like this: I palm mute the a and e string slightly and increase the gain until the open a string string has got some punch and the e string some chunk. I think this works quite well. Jonas -------------------- My Website | My Gear | Elixir Nanoweb Strings Review | Installing Schaller Security Locks
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