Harley Benton DC Junior Faded Brown
Jul 3, 2020 16:18:45 GMT
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Post by krenarcilku on Jul 3, 2020 16:18:45 GMT
First I will like to say that reading these articles in this forum is really helpful and useful.
I am a proud owner of the Harley Benton DC Junior Faded Brown.
The thing sounds amazing, feels amazing, looks amazing.. there is nothing wrong that I can find on it.
I wanted to write this thread to address a concern that many people have, specifically youtubers that have reviewd this model.
The concern seems to always be the dog ear P90, I've heard things from it being way too low and not adjustable to it sounds thin to it doesn't really sound like a proper P90..
I know that tone is subjective but, In my honest and modest opinion, I think that the pickup is perfect.
I'll try to compile the reasons why I think that is perfect in a couple of key points.
1st. The pickup is really punchy, if it were to be closer to the strings it will make the amp compress really fast, especially amps that have lower wattage and headroom
2nd I look at P90 pickups as a blank canvas that you need to adjust to your taste and it will never disappoint, if the pickup seems to bright, take out some treble from the amp, maybe add some bass, if it doesn't "growl", bump the mids a little bit.. if you think it doesn't have enough output, boost up the gain on your amp..
3rd. Play with your amp.. your amp is an instrument as well, there is no point on leaving the eq knobs all at noon, play with it, tune it in with the room, it's ok if the treble knob is below noon,
4th. One pickup is enough! I always used to be a strat neck pickup kind of guy, but lately I used to play on the bridge pickup of my PRS SE a lot, I like the bite of the bridge position, but I don't enjoy a lot of shrill top end.. so what I ended up doing was setting the amp for my bridge pickup to sound warm and to cut but then when I flicked on the neck pickup it just sounded muddy, cause I had to take off some high end to make my bridge pickup sound perfect.
If you have a guitar with a single pickup, in this case an amazingly versatile P90 pickup, you can do anything you want and you don't have to compromise your amps EQ Section to work properly for only one of your pickups.
What I personally do is open up the pots on my guitar wide open, set the amp as bright and dirty as I would like it to be and then use both pots on my guitar to tame some high end and get a neck pickup tone and by using the volume pot clean up the amp..
I'll link two of my videos that I made using my guitar so you can get a better idea of what I mean..
Cheers!
I am a proud owner of the Harley Benton DC Junior Faded Brown.
The thing sounds amazing, feels amazing, looks amazing.. there is nothing wrong that I can find on it.
I wanted to write this thread to address a concern that many people have, specifically youtubers that have reviewd this model.
The concern seems to always be the dog ear P90, I've heard things from it being way too low and not adjustable to it sounds thin to it doesn't really sound like a proper P90..
I know that tone is subjective but, In my honest and modest opinion, I think that the pickup is perfect.
I'll try to compile the reasons why I think that is perfect in a couple of key points.
1st. The pickup is really punchy, if it were to be closer to the strings it will make the amp compress really fast, especially amps that have lower wattage and headroom
2nd I look at P90 pickups as a blank canvas that you need to adjust to your taste and it will never disappoint, if the pickup seems to bright, take out some treble from the amp, maybe add some bass, if it doesn't "growl", bump the mids a little bit.. if you think it doesn't have enough output, boost up the gain on your amp..
3rd. Play with your amp.. your amp is an instrument as well, there is no point on leaving the eq knobs all at noon, play with it, tune it in with the room, it's ok if the treble knob is below noon,
4th. One pickup is enough! I always used to be a strat neck pickup kind of guy, but lately I used to play on the bridge pickup of my PRS SE a lot, I like the bite of the bridge position, but I don't enjoy a lot of shrill top end.. so what I ended up doing was setting the amp for my bridge pickup to sound warm and to cut but then when I flicked on the neck pickup it just sounded muddy, cause I had to take off some high end to make my bridge pickup sound perfect.
If you have a guitar with a single pickup, in this case an amazingly versatile P90 pickup, you can do anything you want and you don't have to compromise your amps EQ Section to work properly for only one of your pickups.
What I personally do is open up the pots on my guitar wide open, set the amp as bright and dirty as I would like it to be and then use both pots on my guitar to tame some high end and get a neck pickup tone and by using the volume pot clean up the amp..
I'll link two of my videos that I made using my guitar so you can get a better idea of what I mean..
Cheers!