LagrangeCalvert
April 23rd, 2007, 07:51 PM
Well......after two months my pups are in, and as soon as I got them opened I put them in and started cranking away! Heres the pics then I will give you all explanations and a review of what it sounds like.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/plaidburybunny/070123135s.jpg
This Is a pic of my guitar NOW....before it had two tex-mex pups - one in the middle and one in the neck with the JB mini in the bridge. Before this guitar was good but just like every other SSH strat. So I swapped out the two tex-mex and moved the JB to the middle and put the QP's on the ends. These pups along with the saddle/nut/string tree and the Neck on volume push pull pot, I can put my other guitars in the closet for a long long time.
I will start by telling you what I was playing this "new" guitar through:
Kustom 32 coup 1x12.
I will start with the pups and then tell you which amp and which amp channel ect.
Neck only/32/Clean: Guttural lows,Punchy mids and mellow highs, and tons of sustain
Neck only/32/DIrty: So much crunch.....but more clarity than you would ever imagine, super touch sensitive.
Neck&Middle/32/Clean: Im impressed on both amps - it has strat spank, and I cannot place why. In fact is sounds so spanky and quacky you almost have to roll off the treble.
Neck&Middle/32/Dirty: With drive low or high, it has BITE! Crazy amounts of bite and spank with lots of overtones.
Middle/32/Clean:One word, Jazzy with warmth and not a bit muddy. Compared to when this pup was in the bridge it was the grind monster. Bite,Harmonix, and sustain. This pups character completly changed and I love it now more than I ever did. It doesn't have the gain boosting qualities it had before and Im almost glad. Awesome rhythm pup now whereas before it was purely a lead pup.
Middle/32/Dirty: Its haunting with a little fuzz. Kinda like the song Killer Queen by Queen. Great if your going for that rolled off Bucker sound. AND if you actually roll the treble off its almost Mustang sounding with out of phase in the neck and the tone pot turned down. Sooooooooooooooooo warm its scary.
Mid&Bridge/32/Clean:Well, I do believe there is a Tele stuck in my Strat. It sounds EXACTLY like a tele bridge pup, Nuff said.
Mid&Bridge/32/Dirty: This is the greatest....If I EVER have to cut through the mix, this is the setting. More bite than a great white!
Bridge/32/Clean:Bite, clarity, and sustain. Its like a Texas Special on even more steroids! Its almost too much....bah...no such thing! If its too much just roll down the volume a bit.
Bridge/32/Dirty: OMFG, imagine the HOTTEST kinda Active pup you could get...make it into a passive single coil.You get that searing lead sting...in a single coil package and tone. You can turn down the gain on your lead channel dooowwwwn, and get the classic SC bridge tone, or leave it up and get that same tone supercharged to the tenth power! Awesome.
Bridge&Neck/32/Clean:Now thats your standard strat neck/mid tone, quacky but with not too much bite, I love it.
Bridge&Neck//32/Dirty: Again your classic strat quack, but with more bite and sustain than normal with fuzz channels.
All pups/32/Clean: FULL, thats the only real way you could describe the tone - nuff said.
All pups/32/Dirty: I gotta say its the only pup position that doesn't sound too good fuzzed up. Its muddy and boomy. I don't know. I have to do somting about itl
This is by far my favorite guitar. I put the pups in then went to the basement and plugged it into the 32....tommorw it gets plugged into the Delta Blues 1x15", and I am anticipating going to the practice pad. Its deff. a dream come true.
Once Theese are on the guitar it will be complete!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/plaidburybunny/070123138.jpg
Heres a full image of the guitar with me.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/plaidburybunny/070123137.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/plaidburybunny/070123135s.jpg
This Is a pic of my guitar NOW....before it had two tex-mex pups - one in the middle and one in the neck with the JB mini in the bridge. Before this guitar was good but just like every other SSH strat. So I swapped out the two tex-mex and moved the JB to the middle and put the QP's on the ends. These pups along with the saddle/nut/string tree and the Neck on volume push pull pot, I can put my other guitars in the closet for a long long time.
I will start by telling you what I was playing this "new" guitar through:
Kustom 32 coup 1x12.
I will start with the pups and then tell you which amp and which amp channel ect.
Neck only/32/Clean: Guttural lows,Punchy mids and mellow highs, and tons of sustain
Neck only/32/DIrty: So much crunch.....but more clarity than you would ever imagine, super touch sensitive.
Neck&Middle/32/Clean: Im impressed on both amps - it has strat spank, and I cannot place why. In fact is sounds so spanky and quacky you almost have to roll off the treble.
Neck&Middle/32/Dirty: With drive low or high, it has BITE! Crazy amounts of bite and spank with lots of overtones.
Middle/32/Clean:One word, Jazzy with warmth and not a bit muddy. Compared to when this pup was in the bridge it was the grind monster. Bite,Harmonix, and sustain. This pups character completly changed and I love it now more than I ever did. It doesn't have the gain boosting qualities it had before and Im almost glad. Awesome rhythm pup now whereas before it was purely a lead pup.
Middle/32/Dirty: Its haunting with a little fuzz. Kinda like the song Killer Queen by Queen. Great if your going for that rolled off Bucker sound. AND if you actually roll the treble off its almost Mustang sounding with out of phase in the neck and the tone pot turned down. Sooooooooooooooooo warm its scary.
Mid&Bridge/32/Clean:Well, I do believe there is a Tele stuck in my Strat. It sounds EXACTLY like a tele bridge pup, Nuff said.
Mid&Bridge/32/Dirty: This is the greatest....If I EVER have to cut through the mix, this is the setting. More bite than a great white!
Bridge/32/Clean:Bite, clarity, and sustain. Its like a Texas Special on even more steroids! Its almost too much....bah...no such thing! If its too much just roll down the volume a bit.
Bridge/32/Dirty: OMFG, imagine the HOTTEST kinda Active pup you could get...make it into a passive single coil.You get that searing lead sting...in a single coil package and tone. You can turn down the gain on your lead channel dooowwwwn, and get the classic SC bridge tone, or leave it up and get that same tone supercharged to the tenth power! Awesome.
Bridge&Neck/32/Clean:Now thats your standard strat neck/mid tone, quacky but with not too much bite, I love it.
Bridge&Neck//32/Dirty: Again your classic strat quack, but with more bite and sustain than normal with fuzz channels.
All pups/32/Clean: FULL, thats the only real way you could describe the tone - nuff said.
All pups/32/Dirty: I gotta say its the only pup position that doesn't sound too good fuzzed up. Its muddy and boomy. I don't know. I have to do somting about itl
This is by far my favorite guitar. I put the pups in then went to the basement and plugged it into the 32....tommorw it gets plugged into the Delta Blues 1x15", and I am anticipating going to the practice pad. Its deff. a dream come true.
Once Theese are on the guitar it will be complete!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/plaidburybunny/070123138.jpg
Heres a full image of the guitar with me.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/plaidburybunny/070123137.jpg