Pickup music styles.
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Well, I'm trying to achieve a punk sound, simillar to Green Day or MCR.
TidesOfBlood
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yeah it makes me sound like a creep, but i have been monitoring you and your intentions. ha but in a nice and non-creepy way lah.
if you're looking to change the pickups on your guitar right now, i'd strongly discourage you.
if you're looking to play punk with the guitars you have, maybe you've made the wrong choice.
sigh. concentrate on the other stuff lah. i'd much rather you get a decent pedal, or multi-effects even, than to change your pickups configuration straightaway. if your pickups are going to be changed so quickly, i'd much rather you go scour for another guitar. it's pretty clear that you're looking for something high-end to start off with anyways..
if you're looking to change the pickups on your guitar right now, i'd strongly discourage you.
if you're looking to play punk with the guitars you have, maybe you've made the wrong choice.
sigh. concentrate on the other stuff lah. i'd much rather you get a decent pedal, or multi-effects even, than to change your pickups configuration straightaway. if your pickups are going to be changed so quickly, i'd much rather you go scour for another guitar. it's pretty clear that you're looking for something high-end to start off with anyways..
HEhe... creepy... I'm just planning this, so that if I don't like the sound in the future, THEN I change the pickups. But still, most of those I try to emulate use Gibson Les Pauls, so I got one.
Question: Do pickups with same resistance have the same sound?
TidesOfBlood
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in any electrical circuit, a different resistance will result in a different current. which also means a different sound, but same resistance in two seperate pickups doesn't mean the same sound will be produced. however in any pickup, many things come into play which would affect the sound produced.. too many to list. go google it up 
keep in mind that the tone you hear off those songs are not the clean sound coming straight off the guitar's pickups and amp, so you don't really have to be arsed about the pickups for now.
i'd say to change your pickups strictly when they are not responding to your effects in a way they you'd like them to.
keep in mind that the tone you hear off those songs are not the clean sound coming straight off the guitar's pickups and amp, so you don't really have to be arsed about the pickups for now.
i'd say to change your pickups strictly when they are not responding to your effects in a way they you'd like them to.
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burnout747
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hey listen to TidesOfBlood man.. you do not need to worry abt so many things like pickups, pedals, strings at FIRST, just haf good sounding guitar and amp with on-board distortion or overdrive, play ard with it for some time(1 week 2 weeks? or more?) then move on to pedals, dun worry about everything at once. test ur existing gear out first then if ur not satisfied try out some gears that u tink u will like, dun need to take note of every little single detail AT FIRST
subversion
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for punk or other high gain music genres, the drive/ distortion output should be the focus. in this light, an amp change would generate a more significant result than pickup replacements.
TidesOfBlood
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you got a bad friend who's encouraging you to burn money unecessarily.
his fingers aren't yours, so he's not going to decide for you if Gibson strings stink or not.
his fingers aren't yours, so he's not going to decide for you if Gibson strings stink or not.
gjtaylor
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yea, i would say get a good guitar of your choice and a good effects.
pick-ups can wait. i'm still playing with a dont-know-what pickups on my strat copy and it still sounds great.
i only changed the pickups on my lp copy when i've figured out that i love the jazzy tone.
and like my colleague said, punk rock is just whack only (dont know if it's true), dont need to have a gibson. haha.
if i were u i would probably spend less than half of your $2000 budget.
pick-ups can wait. i'm still playing with a dont-know-what pickups on my strat copy and it still sounds great.
i only changed the pickups on my lp copy when i've figured out that i love the jazzy tone.
and like my colleague said, punk rock is just whack only (dont know if it's true), dont need to have a gibson. haha.
if i were u i would probably spend less than half of your $2000 budget.
Well, Gibsons sound good... It was the nicest sounding thing I tried in Guitar77...
It was so much easier to play american idiot on the les paul than on my mom's 32 year old classical guitar (Think it's home made, cos got no brand...)
I read online that the Les Paul Studio retains everything that affects tonal and sound qualities, and removes everything that does not. Does that mean that It'll sound better than a Les Paul Standard if I change the pickups to BurstBuckler Pros?
NOTE: I'M NOT THINKING OF CHANGING TO BURSTBUCKERS, JUST WONDERING.
It was so much easier to play american idiot on the les paul than on my mom's 32 year old classical guitar (Think it's home made, cos got no brand...)
I read online that the Les Paul Studio retains everything that affects tonal and sound qualities, and removes everything that does not. Does that mean that It'll sound better than a Les Paul Standard if I change the pickups to BurstBuckler Pros?
NOTE: I'M NOT THINKING OF CHANGING TO BURSTBUCKERS, JUST WONDERING.
jskadiang
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that's advertising for you. i doubt it will sound BETTER than a les paul standard, maybe as good. but you really get what you pay for.
Well thanks for telling me. I'll go play my guitar for awhile when I get it. If I don't like the sound later like in April next year or so, or if the pickups break down, I've decided that I'll go try the Suhr S90 neck and DSH+ Bridge combo...
I'm in no hurry to change it though, cos I havn't even gotten the guitar, though it's reserved currently...
I'm in no hurry to change it though, cos I havn't even gotten the guitar, though it's reserved currently...
TidesOfBlood
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you must have too much money and time in your hands to think about changing pickups this quickly. i mean this from the bottom of my heart.
gjtaylor
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i think my Ibanez JEM7V will still beat it hands down. :mrgreen:
u should just concentrate on learning the theories and techniques of a guitar by choosing a guitar and an amp u like. forget abt changing pickups and stuff to be honest !
dont get offended, but i think u're shredding money instead of shredding a guitar like Paul Gilbert or Michael Angelo or Vai. :???:
gosh.
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