http://psychedeliczenguitar.de/2008/04/03/vintage-guitar-sound-1/ improvisation – click the player and sit back Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:31:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://psychedeliczenguitar.de/2008/04/03/vintage-guitar-sound-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1029 ricardo Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:51:41 +0000 http://psychedeliczenguitar.de/2008/04/03/vintage-guitar-sound-1/#comment-1029 I once had the opportunity to try a humbucking pickup that had been hand-wound by Larry Dimarzio for Allan Holdsworth. I had great expectations, but I was disappointed to hear a mushy, muffled tone. The pickup was powerful, and provided higher levels of overdrive, yet sounded so dull. I replaced it with the original far eastern made unit, and immediately the crunch and clarity returned. I remember an interview in which Eddie Van Halen recommended lower output humbuckers to achieve his 'brown' sound. However, there are many rumours that he created his classic early sound with a heavily modified 50W Marshall ! Always bear in mind that a high output pickup will have more windings, and hence higher DC resistance which attenuates higher frequencies. I once had the opportunity to try a humbucking pickup that had been hand-wound by Larry Dimarzio for Allan Holdsworth. I had great expectations, but I was disappointed to hear a mushy, muffled tone. The pickup was powerful, and provided higher levels of overdrive, yet sounded so dull.
I replaced it with the original far eastern made unit, and immediately the crunch and clarity returned. I remember an interview in which Eddie Van Halen recommended lower output humbuckers to achieve his ‘brown’ sound. However, there are many rumours that he created his classic early sound with a heavily modified 50W Marshall !
Always bear in mind that a high output pickup will have more windings, and hence higher DC resistance which attenuates higher frequencies.

]]> http://psychedeliczenguitar.de/2008/04/03/vintage-guitar-sound-1/comment-page-1/#comment-790 VintageP Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:10:39 +0000 http://psychedeliczenguitar.de/2008/04/03/vintage-guitar-sound-1/#comment-790 Great article that cuts through the hype! I definitely love the vintage sound and thought originally I needed vintage equipment to achieve it. I have a co-worker that has a large collection of vintage amps, which involves frequent trips to an amp tech for repairs. We're hoping to do some side by side comparisons of new vintage and old vintage to see if we discern differences. I learned that lower gain pickups are critical to achieving the tone and looks like you have that covered with your Les Paul Custom. You lose a lot of the subtle tones at varying levels of the guitar volume setting with the hot pickups. Great article that cuts through the hype! I definitely love the vintage sound and thought originally I needed vintage equipment to achieve it. I have a co-worker that has a large collection of vintage amps, which involves frequent trips to an amp tech for repairs. We’re hoping to do some side by side comparisons of new vintage and old vintage to see if we discern differences. I learned that lower gain pickups are critical to achieving the tone and looks like you have that covered with your Les Paul Custom. You lose a lot of the subtle tones at varying levels of the guitar volume setting with the hot pickups.

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