wintomato
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Thanks for your comment Sol, and thanks to everyone else that has chipped in. I was hesitant at starting a thread that may seem like yet another pickup replacement thread. It's more about accepting what this chunk of wood sounds like, and trying to shape the sound with after market updates, such as pickups, bridge, wiring etc. I'm not yet convinced I can, but with a guitar like this, I am not giving up yet, it's perfect in every other way, just not the most important bit, the sound! El Gringo is right, the wood is the wood. Do light les Pauls always sound like this (subject of another thread)
I will be recording it, using the Ox I can do consistent recording across the different pickups, using more than just my SM57, which tend to pick up alot of mid range anyway (what I have recorded sounds good across both sets I have tried, and will only prove that I am 'complaining' about nothing). But, being an experienced player, long in the tooth, I know what it can sound like, and what this doesn't sound like, so will persist.
Thanks all for the comments. I will be speaking to a tech I know in central London, and also, once I've tried these BB Pros, Monty's and Bareknuckle are always very helpful.
Back to wiring, only from what I've read so far, this will improve clarity, not necessarily be the answer to my mid range issues? not wishing to turn this in to a conversation about wiring and pots.
An attempt to further describe what I am getting, clean, it sounds glorious, as soon as you push/crunch/distort, it all squeezes into the mid, no punch, or that wide open roar.
I'll stop now.
I will be recording it, using the Ox I can do consistent recording across the different pickups, using more than just my SM57, which tend to pick up alot of mid range anyway (what I have recorded sounds good across both sets I have tried, and will only prove that I am 'complaining' about nothing). But, being an experienced player, long in the tooth, I know what it can sound like, and what this doesn't sound like, so will persist.
Thanks all for the comments. I will be speaking to a tech I know in central London, and also, once I've tried these BB Pros, Monty's and Bareknuckle are always very helpful.
Back to wiring, only from what I've read so far, this will improve clarity, not necessarily be the answer to my mid range issues? not wishing to turn this in to a conversation about wiring and pots.
An attempt to further describe what I am getting, clean, it sounds glorious, as soon as you push/crunch/distort, it all squeezes into the mid, no punch, or that wide open roar.
I'll stop now.