MrNovember wrote:
I would bet they're the same pickups. They definitely suck in the same way. The neck pickup just has such a nice growl to it, whereas the bridge pickup is just rather uninteresting.
I love neck pickups, and i bet that they add a needed low end on a short scale instrument like that, but a good bridge pickup is fundamental on a mandolin-like guitar, unless how can you hear its particular attack? i bet they're weirdly sized, are there swapping options or nah?
Blackened Soul wrote:The Taurus Dexter Mk2 got here
Worked fine with my dirt pedal and tremolo going into it.. 8 string bass sounds like a pipe organ through it..
I don't "plan" on using the upper octave much but it is workable as long as you don't bend notes.. otherwise like all octave ups it starts sounding like steel drums...
Bending notes with octavers and pitch shifters can be tricky, but it's not impossible if the tracking is good, you feel like it tracks better on lower octaves?
True, the thing tracks very well, octave down tracked open low b on a bass, the octave up tracks good it just bending sounds digital like using the bend wheel on a keyboard.
MrNovember wrote:
I would bet they're the same pickups. They definitely suck in the same way. The neck pickup just has such a nice growl to it, whereas the bridge pickup is just rather uninteresting.
I love neck pickups, and i bet that they add a needed low end on a short scale instrument like that, but a good bridge pickup is fundamental on a mandolin-like guitar, unless how can you hear its particular attack? i bet they're weirdly sized, are there swapping options or nah?
That's exactly what I like about the neck pickups on both these instruments; it adds a surprising amount of low end. I have no idea if they're weird sized, they appear to be the same sized as mini-humbuckers, but I don't have any other mini-humbuckers to compare them to
If they're anything like the identical looking pickups on my Eastwood Wandre, they're the typical ridiculously overwound overseas made bog with brass plates. They're meant to look like Firebird pickups, but like many (most) of the latter-day Gibson FB pups, they sound nothing like one. Good news is, they're probs easily replaceable by other standard-sized FB or mini-bucker pups. A Firebird pickup wound like the OGs to roughly vintage specs would actually sound pretty decent in there, I'd warrant....
"In a moment of unparalleled genius, Noel Parachute headed off this potential disaster by unplugging the microphone."
saw a good deal on a fuzz probe, which is a pedal i have wanted for years and years now, so jumped on it
also trading my rv500 for a particle 2! super stoked, i love my tensor and really wanted to take a chance after loving the particle 1 but not being able to completely gel with it for some things solved in v2!
Derelict78 wrote:That probably sounds awful in the best possible way.
MrNovember wrote:
I would bet they're the same pickups. They definitely suck in the same way. The neck pickup just has such a nice growl to it, whereas the bridge pickup is just rather uninteresting.
I love neck pickups, and i bet that they add a needed low end on a short scale instrument like that, but a good bridge pickup is fundamental on a mandolin-like guitar, unless how can you hear its particular attack? i bet they're weirdly sized, are there swapping options or nah?
That's exactly what I like about the neck pickups on both these instruments; it adds a surprising amount of low end. I have no idea if they're weird sized, they appear to be the same sized as mini-humbuckers, but I don't have any other mini-humbuckers to compare them to
Dandolin wrote:If they're anything like the identical looking pickups on my Eastwood Wandre, they're the typical ridiculously overwound overseas made bog with brass plates. They're meant to look like Firebird pickups, but like many (most) of the latter-day Gibson FB pups, they sound nothing like one. Good news is, they're probs easily replaceable by other standard-sized FB or mini-bucker pups. A Firebird pickup wound like the OGs to roughly vintage specs would actually sound pretty decent in there, I'd warrant....
good to know, noted for future self-gifts. Christmas is in 8 months, right?
On the way (here on Thursday, hopefully) is a Meris Hedra, plus I've ordered some heavy (12-56) strings for my hacked-about Charvette, which recently had a pair of cheap chinese hot rails fitted, so I can tune it to C-C or similar. I might end up getting a Squier Bass VI but I thought I'd try a cheaper option first
I've got one or two other pedals on my wishlist, lots of time on my hands and some funds incoming which will let me splurge a bit now and again.
My lock down splurge has continued, I'd like to think there is a purpose behind it, but deep down I suspect it's just that having some spare cash has triggered an urge to spend it as quickly as possible.
Fingers crossed I've finished the major purchases for now.
So far two Meris pedals have arrived (Ottobit Jr. and Polymoon) with one more on the way (Hedra).
Added to that I have bought a Morningstar MC6 (here) an Empress Midibox 2 (on the way) and FINALLY (please, no more!) a Subdecay M3 Synth.
Armed with that lot I'm looking to make some more melodic music for a while, we'll see.
