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08-25-2009, 11:55 AM
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Is it possible to make a more aggressive sounding pick up more mellow without replacing the actual pickups?
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Originally Posted by stflbn  Two brothers... an octave apart. One muscular and strong who all the women love, the other thin and whimpy that makes screeching noises when ignored. | |
08-25-2009, 11:56 AM
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08-25-2009, 11:59 AM
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08-25-2009, 12:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tifton,Georgia | | | If I roll off the tone knob it gets muddy. I should mention this is on a squier jazz..
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Originally Posted by stflbn Two brothers... an octave apart. One muscular and strong who all the women love, the other thin and whimpy that makes screeching noises when ignored. | |
08-25-2009, 12:09 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Studio City, CA | | | Have never liked my Carvin soap bars. Have tried Jamerson flats and using the EQ on my SVT head (I never use it otherwise) and I am still not happy with them. The attack is too harsh and because it is a fiver, i tend to play closer to the bridge than normal and that doesn't help the tone either.
-richard
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08-25-2009, 12:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Devon Uk | | | Screw them down further from the strings, if they won't go take out the foam, and put in a thinner bit. |
08-25-2009, 01:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tifton,Georgia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by StyleOverShow Have never liked my Carvin soap bars. Have tried Jamerson flats and using the EQ on my SVT head (I never use it otherwise) and I am still not happy with them. The attack is too harsh and because it is a fiver, i tend to play closer to the bridge than normal and that doesn't help the tone either.
-richard | thanks for sharing
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08-25-2009, 01:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tifton,Georgia | | | would 250K pots do anything?
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08-25-2009, 01:27 PM
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08-25-2009, 07:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Rocky Mount, NC | | if it's a Vintage Modified Jazz, then i can guarantee your pups are too high...drop a couple 16th's of an inch, and see where that puts you. keep dropping them til they mellow out a bit, but drop them too low and you'll get a pretty good volume drop...
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08-25-2009, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by 5string5fingers would 250K pots do anything? | Yes, if it's got 500's now. That would help.
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08-25-2009, 07:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brookfield, CT | | | Also, are you aware that on a passive Jazz, the Volumes are really tone controls? It's true. Back them down to around 70% and you'll see what I mean.
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08-25-2009, 07:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tifton,Georgia | | | No i wasn't aware of that. And yes its got 500K right now,I'll see about switching over to 250k pots and backing off the volume controls.
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08-25-2009, 07:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brookfield, CT | | | Yeah, it really makes a big difference to the whole character of the tone. Back 'em down and then volume compensate at the amp. Big change. As soon as you reach the 'suddenly loud' portion of the volume controls, the tone gets a lot more aggressive. Nature of the beast, and quite useful once you get the hang of it.
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