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Witloofboer
Gold Member
Belgium
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 Posted - 02/13/2009 : 21:51:18
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Originally posted by zestystrat
Meanwhile there is a mod that Page did on a few of his LP's that he used live.
They did a write up in GP a few months ago.
No switches but push pull knobs.
200th post! 
I read about that. It's a coil tap switch. If you pull them up, you use only one coil of your humbucker. Hagst�m builds LP's with this feature installed.
Congrats with your 200th post 
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Originally posted by sp-1
How about this one :
http://www.music-man.com/instruments/guitars/steve-morse.html
wiring diagram
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p108/banjopayer/div/Morse-wiring-diag.jpg
That looks quite complicated. It would take ages to explore all the different sounds.
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2009 : 02:25:33
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Hi zestystrat
CONGRATULATIONS on becoming Silver - 200 posts.
Regards Dr. Bob |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2009 : 14:55:47
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Originally posted by FRANZONI
Stuff like this is ok for the studio or messing about at home but you wouldn't have time on stage for going through the different settings for a specific tone...most(i say most but obviously there are people like Brian May and a few others who are exceptions to the rule) guitar players like things nice and simple on a gig......probably why strats,teles,LP's,335's etc are so popular...........
I can�t agree more!
I have had paralell/series, out of phase and switching neck and bridge in paralell on a couple of strats. And sure, not for very long...
It get too much to handle, sometimes you have to try to listen where you really are 
At home or in the studio, yes it has uses. But thr more possibilities the more you�re going to scratch your head, sort of.. |
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starr36
Platinum Member
Canada
1172 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2009 : 21:11:40
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If you ever listen to guys like Bill Frisell, (lol) thirteen pos switch would not be enough!!!
I hear what you guys are saying about 'simplicity' on stage; likely once one finds the sounds they like, one might modify some of their instruments accordingly. |
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verivorax
Platinum Member
Canada
1185 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2009 : 15:54:41
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I have a Levinson Blade strat which has a 5-way plus a 3-way (including full bypass) active preamp, and then I added a humbucker and coil tap to it. I believe I get about 21 different sounds out of it. If I added some kind of series-parallel switching, it might go off the charts!
The PRS 513 is nice, but those that I've tried are HEAVY (like 12lb+) and expensive (~$4K). |
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Witloofboer
Gold Member
Belgium
513 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2009 : 17:33:51
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Originally posted by verivorax
The PRS 513 is nice, but those that I've tried are HEAVY (like 12lb+) and expensive (~$4K).
Never saw one. $4K is too much for me. I would be afraid leaving home with such an expensive guitar. |
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One-Way
Bronze Member
New Zealand
104 Posts |
Posted - 02/17/2009 : 09:15:02
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The trouble with having too many options is deciding which ones you like otherwise you spend all your time twiddling knobs and switches and not actually playing anything much.
Ive done one of Deaf Eddies wiring mods to my strat with a push pull pot on the bottom tone so I can have 5 single coil tones and then with switch pulled up, neck-middle in series, neck-bridge in series, neck-middle-bridge in series/parallel.
The series gives a thick tone almost humbuckerish tone but for ryhthmn work I love the single coil sound with that lovely quack. |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
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Posted - 02/17/2009 : 11:59:25
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Originally posted by Witloofboer
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Originally posted by verivorax
The PRS 513 is nice, but those that I've tried are HEAVY (like 12lb+) and expensive (~$4K).
Never saw one. $4K is too much for me. I would be afraid leaving home with such an expensive guitar.
+1.....no way would i bring something like this to a gig..... |
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Stratocaster Thirteeeeeen-Way Switch
