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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2018 12:54:14 GMT
I have no trouble with tuning, intonation with the trem on my strat. Its decked has five heavy duty springs holding it tightly there and is the 6 screw fixing, the whammy bar is in the back of the cupboard where it belongs. That's just my opinion on tremsš Sometimes I feel the same about bridge pick-upsā¦ Funny how you have same views on thigs as I did back in time. I never liked playing the bridge pup UNTIL I was in a band situation , jamming along other instruments involved I could not hear my Neck pup, tried Neck+Bridge was better but then kickied into the Bridge and happy days I could hear myself and the others could hear me too. Neck sure is fun for recording but so far in live band situations Love me Bridge pup (and love the Bridge-Neck in Series too for a more rhythm orientated playing, volume dialed back a little, tone on full)
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Post by LeoThunder on Jun 26, 2018 13:13:06 GMT
Sometimes I feel the same about bridge pick-upsā¦ Funny how you have same views on thigs as I did back in time. I never liked playing the bridge pup UNTIL I was in a band situation , jamming along other instruments involved I could not hear my Neck pup, tried Neck+Bridge was better but then kickied into the Bridge and happy days I could hear myself and the others could hear me too. Neck sure is fun for recording but so far in live band situations Love me Bridge pup (and love the Bridge-Neck in Series too for a more rhythm orientated playing, volume dialed back a little, tone on full) Yes, high ends are needed to cut through but I don't have to and I don't even want to play music that would. A guitar in a band is like a violin in an orchestra. That screechy little thing no one wanted to hear on its own became the star as soon as it was surrounded by mellower cushions. Solo violin, on the other hand, is not so remote from torture. Still, I always liked the Hendrix Red House sound more than the Hank Marvin sting. Besides, a bridge pick-up sound might be ok with distortion but not so much clean, which is all I really want to play. A touch of overdrive is fine when it's controlled, just coming through on louder notes, something similar to using vibrato on a violin, not as a constant component. Bridge and neck in series is an exotic combination, not something regular guitars would provide. It makes it a wide humbucker.
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Post by LeoThunder on Jun 26, 2018 18:59:59 GMT
Since this was considered earlier, here's the latest (very short) demo of an ST-62 on the neck pickup:
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2018 19:19:19 GMT
Yes that Mcmull indeed sounds simply awesome, fact! Still love my ST-62MN with Ironstone Silver pups and G&L 7 way PTB harness
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Post by LeoThunder on Jun 26, 2018 23:22:38 GMT
Macmulls are 2nd hand Squiers with a sawed headstock, aren't they?
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Post by LeoThunder on Jun 27, 2018 0:18:53 GMT
Going through the bottom end of that video quickly, I feel the ST-62 with its Roswell pick-ups sounds better than the Vintage and both Chapman. Which is quite sad of the 1000ā¬ Chapman Pro, by the way, but that's the one I liked least of all.
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Post by DerAlex on Jun 27, 2018 4:43:54 GMT
In my opinion that video with Henning is a great one. You clearly hear differences, and of course the build quality of >1000ā¬ guitars is better than HB or Vintage. Then the deciding factor is the player. To my ears the Vintage sounded rather good in the price range I usually consider for instruments (<1000ā¬). But it is all personal preference, I doubt I would hear the complexities in the sound as the Levi guy described it. I can even get inspired with my SC550 or FGN LP Junior.
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Post by LeoThunder on Jun 27, 2018 5:00:51 GMT
These videos are actually terrible in that they invite improper comparison. We just see someone rush through a stack of guitars all set in default position (all knobs full open) and gradually lose interest in the process.
I found the Vintage limited in that it lacked treble. I might like that sound but not that limit. The Chapman Pro, on the other hand was way too bright. I would never play it this way but I need to know what happens if one rolls the tone a bit. Maybe it's just as fine as the others, or maybe it's just one quacking to muffled Donald Duck for life. I can't tell from that titbit.
I guess the ST-62 made a good impression under such circumstances, then of course they all had different stringsā¦
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2018 6:01:32 GMT
These videos are actually terrible in that they invite improper comparison. ... ... then of course they all had different stringsā¦ ... and they all had different Tone Wood
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Post by LeoThunder on Jun 27, 2018 6:44:45 GMT
These videos are actually terrible in that they invite improper comparison. ... ... then of course they all had different stringsā¦ ... and they all had different Tone Wood Yes, that too I wonder why there has never been a tonestring debateā¦
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Post by DefJef on Jun 27, 2018 6:59:44 GMT
... and they all had different Tone Wood Yes, that too I wonder why there has never been a tonestring debateā¦ What do you think started the Hundred Years War?
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Post by Banana on Jun 27, 2018 7:17:39 GMT
Yes, that too I wonder why there has never been a tonestring debateā¦ What do you think started the Hundred Years War? Toneknobs?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2018 7:18:47 GMT
What do you think started the Hundred Years War? Toneknobs? Tone Capacitors?
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