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September 4th, 2011, 01:10 PM
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One casualty of these new strings is that the P/J combo that I used to love with a pick is now gone. I can fake it with some EQ, but it's not the same. These strings really seem to sound best when I'm playing with my fingers instead of a pick. I think the brightness is just a bit much on the attack with a pick. Once again, I can compensate with the EQ. Slapping the open E with any pickup combo sounds fabulous now. Before slapping the open E sounded like something was wrong or missing--like the low end suddenly went away. Not so anymore.
I have also noticed (and this is apart from the strings) is that the MM pickup in my LTD can make my combo sound a bit farty if I really dig in. Not a big surprise there, I don't think. That's a very high output pickup with tons of low end.
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