what the use of the two guitar pick?
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bin4christ
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bridge 4 solos n neck 4 rhythm?
wat about the mid 1s ah?
wat about the mid 1s ah?
there is no specific pickup for rythm or solo, just play around with the pickups and follow your ears. If you like the sound, stick with it 
anyway, for a 2 humbucker guitar, 3 way switch
bridge/switch at the back - more of a sharp sound, more treble
middle/switch at the midde - hm i would say this would be the combination of both the pickup, but each pickup kinda halved, if you get what i mean
neck/switch at the front - more bassier, less treble
anyway, for a 2 humbucker guitar, 3 way switch
bridge/switch at the back - more of a sharp sound, more treble
middle/switch at the midde - hm i would say this would be the combination of both the pickup, but each pickup kinda halved, if you get what i mean
neck/switch at the front - more bassier, less treble
BlackMoo
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Front back, meaning Neck and Bridge pickups. The Bridge side, is the one closer to your picking hand. The neck pickup is the one on the fretboard side. Both pickups produce different tones.
Simply put, if a riff sounds nice on Bridge pickup, use bridge position. If your licks sounds better in the neck position, use the neck position. The pickup selector switch (yeah that flicky thingy) selects the pickup positions.
'Up' is usually the neck pickup, 'down' position selects the bridge.
Strings vibrate differently in both the neck and bridge positions, therefore the 2 pickups help the player articulate these different tones in his playing. In the neck position, the strings vibrate wider than that in the bridge, therefore a rounder, looser tone is produced. In the bridge, there is less vibrations, therefore it has a brighter, tighter sound.
That said, I leave it to you to play with the positions. Explore it yourself, you'll understand better.
Simply put, if a riff sounds nice on Bridge pickup, use bridge position. If your licks sounds better in the neck position, use the neck position. The pickup selector switch (yeah that flicky thingy) selects the pickup positions.
'Up' is usually the neck pickup, 'down' position selects the bridge.
Strings vibrate differently in both the neck and bridge positions, therefore the 2 pickups help the player articulate these different tones in his playing. In the neck position, the strings vibrate wider than that in the bridge, therefore a rounder, looser tone is produced. In the bridge, there is less vibrations, therefore it has a brighter, tighter sound.
That said, I leave it to you to play with the positions. Explore it yourself, you'll understand better.
bin4christ
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some1 at yamaha told me the mid in a 2 pickup guitar is 4 finger-picking(u kno,like classical stuff)
wat about pickup configuration on strats?wat's the mid pickup on strats used 4?
wat about pickup configuration on strats?wat's the mid pickup on strats used 4?
there isnt, as said above, a fixed rule to what each pickup is for. that said, i personally use the middle pickup when on a clean channel together with either the neck or bridge pickup, to make a "smoother" acoustic-like sound. that may be just me, and everyone usually does find a use for the middle pickup that is to their liking.
echoist
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i guess the explanation above are correct.
bridge - brighter sounding, tighter, tone cuts thru, easier to get pinch harmonics
neck - warmer, looser, fatter, more vocal like
middle (both pick-ups together) - usually its an in-between sound of the above (ok, that's when the pick-ups are both in humbucker mode, in parallel)
there's an exception for middle too: some guitars have the pick-up's split in single-coil mode in that position. (e.g the ibanez SZ and another older RG with a quilted maple top/mahagony back with 3position switch) it will sounds like a fender strat's in-between out-of-phase tone. try the SZ next time u r in swee lee, and u'll see what i mean.
anw, there is no rules as to which position is best for solos or rythmn. u have to try it out urself. case in point: have u seen Yngwie perform live? u can see during his solos he keep switching from neck to bridge, back-and-forth. try to take note of his guitar tone, u can hear the change in tone from bright and cutting, to warm and fat, and back-and-forth.
bridge - brighter sounding, tighter, tone cuts thru, easier to get pinch harmonics
neck - warmer, looser, fatter, more vocal like
middle (both pick-ups together) - usually its an in-between sound of the above (ok, that's when the pick-ups are both in humbucker mode, in parallel)
there's an exception for middle too: some guitars have the pick-up's split in single-coil mode in that position. (e.g the ibanez SZ and another older RG with a quilted maple top/mahagony back with 3position switch) it will sounds like a fender strat's in-between out-of-phase tone. try the SZ next time u r in swee lee, and u'll see what i mean.
anw, there is no rules as to which position is best for solos or rythmn. u have to try it out urself. case in point: have u seen Yngwie perform live? u can see during his solos he keep switching from neck to bridge, back-and-forth. try to take note of his guitar tone, u can hear the change in tone from bright and cutting, to warm and fat, and back-and-forth.
