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Messages - sveto

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I never understood why old threads should remain buried. The internet is a resource for information that gets searched, now, in 10 years, even in 50 years (though i doubt that this forum will survive this long).

As someone who constantly researches the interwebz and reads old threads maybe 80% of my time, i vote to keep old threads alive, i vote to open it.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Curious: Dry vs wet sounding pickups?
« on: June 10, 2020, 06:45:08 PM »
IMO, there are a couple of nice tones on Eat Them And Smile (especially Ladies' Night In Buffalo). But the ultimate compendium of best guitar tones ever goes to Passion & Warfare. Without this album, i'd have never started playing electric guitar, but instead would've gone full keyboard, probably... :)

The Riddle and For The Love Of God are THE tonal heights that no one else have ever reached (not even Vai himself).

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The Pickup Place / Re: 7 string thoughts
« on: April 08, 2020, 01:51:38 PM »
Interesting workflow. I need to try it like that. I usually like less mids pre-distortion because it makes for a cleaner, less buzzy sound.

BTW, i disagree about the Crunch Lab 7 - it's one of the most lively humbuckers i've played (in alder). Harmonics jump out of the strings really easy and the sound has a smoky sizzle that makes for a lovely lead sound. Then again, i use it with a plexi type amp (jcm800) and it's a Helix model, no real amp (i don't care about real amps, i use what sounds good to me, it can be a washing machine - if it sounds and feels good, it's good... :)

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The Pickup Place / Re: 7 string thoughts
« on: April 07, 2020, 01:43:50 PM »
boost the mids to get some push to the higher notes.

Do you boost pre or post-distortion?

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The Pickup Place / Re: 7 string thoughts
« on: April 06, 2020, 02:17:07 PM »
Honestly my favorite 7-string pickups for not-the-chugs is the Pegasus/Sentient set from Duncan - really even voicing, balanced, not too much of any frequency...

You guys need to specify the tone wood of the guitar in such statements. I've tried the Pegasus in an alder body Ibanez RG7 (the Apex model), and the notes in the high register were quite thin. Not a pickup for lead players!

It could very well be that a basswood body gives a more even voicing, IDK.

I'm currently very happy with my CL7 / Liquifire7 combo in that alder guitar. :)

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Plus adding the single coil to all those.

Interesting. But how is it wired? Can i have the single coil only? Is the single coil combined with the humbuckers in some of the positions?

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The Pickup Place / Re: Curious: Dry vs wet sounding pickups?
« on: January 29, 2020, 02:32:17 PM »
Even Steve Vai said that the Evolutions sound very dry (one of the interviews from the "s*x & Religion" era). And the man knows a thing or two about guitar tone. :)

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Thanks, guys!

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The Pickup Place / Is there a wiring to switch H-S-H to H-H temporarily?
« on: January 08, 2020, 05:58:11 PM »
I'd like to know if you guys know if there's a wiring possible, that would allow me to switch my H-S-H pickup config into a H-H config, for example with a push/pull poti?

Unfortunately i only can afford one single guitar, which is HSH with a 5-way switch - and i love using the single coil from time to time. But sometimes i really want those lovely H-H combination sounds like "neck in parallel" or "HB+HB split in parallel" etc.

Any ideas, or is this too far out?  :madness:

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The Pickup Place / Curious: Dry vs wet sounding pickups?
« on: January 07, 2020, 01:04:52 PM »
I've wondered for years: What property of a humbucker makes it have a more dry distortion vs a more wet/juicy one? Is it the EQ (like more/less mids)? Is it the magnet (alnico vs. ceramic)? Is it DC?

I know that the pick can influence the attack: Tortex makes it more "dry", Ultex or Nylon makes it more "juicy". But ignoring the attack part, playing multiple strings, some pickups ring dryer, like air under pressure (like the Evolution, PAF Pro, Transition); and some sound wetter, more like sputtering oil (Illuminator, Tone Zone).

I'm trying to find out if there is any consistent property that can "predict" in what category a pickups falls. Would be extremely useful for me when choosing a new model, because i hate dry sounding pickups - as a tone connoisseur i find them boring. :)

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The Pickup Place / Re: Transition Bridge Mod...
« on: December 19, 2019, 06:14:39 PM »
Very interesting! Maybe i should try that with my Crunch Lab 7...

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"Although it may seem odd, John Petrucci has recently requested more of a blues-based tone"

I don't understand this. What does DiMarzio mean by blues-based tone? More dirt? If yes, i'd like that. The Liquifire sounds a bit too clean sometimes.

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Wow, DiMarzio got patent numbers already.

Nah, those are just the patent numbers for the Virtual Vintage (5,908,998) and Dual Resonance tech (4,501,185), if i remember correctly.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Direct mounting...
« on: July 30, 2018, 02:06:17 PM »
OK, i see. BTW modern pickups like most DiMarzios are heavily pottet and the windings are practically free of microphonics.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Direct mounting...
« on: July 27, 2018, 01:52:29 PM »
No, you're wrong. It's simple physics. Electromagnetic pickups "hear" the spacial variations that happen between the magnetic field and the ferromagnetic material (strings). So, if you move the pickup instead of the string, you still get a signal in the pickup.

Now, do you think that only the strings vibrate, and the body of an electric guitar does not? I give you a hint: Why do you hear yourself through the amp when you scream against the pickups? And it's not the strings that resonate with your scream, because they lack the physical volume.

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