Pick Up Combinations
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Pick Up Combinations
Has anyone tried a combination of one hi-gain and one toaster in the same guitar?
Re: Pick Up Combinations
That's what two guitars are for.
I stopped looking for every sound possible in one instrument when I realized that it's better to have a "quiver" or aresnal of choices.
Novel idea though, but it's a bit like having two different colored eyes...kinda David Bowie freak nasty.
Cheers,
-Collin
I stopped looking for every sound possible in one instrument when I realized that it's better to have a "quiver" or aresnal of choices.
Novel idea though, but it's a bit like having two different colored eyes...kinda David Bowie freak nasty.
Cheers,
-Collin
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BlueAngel
Re: Pick Up Combinations
I stopped looking for a collection of guitars to do different sounds when I realised that I sound pretty much the same with any guitar (because I instinctively set the amp to roughly the same final sound), and it's better to have one good guitar that does a sensible range of tones than two or three that each only do one thing well 
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You also can't change sounds on the fly when they involve different guitars...
A High-Gain in the bridge and a Toaster in the neck is a very good combination, it gets you the two classic Rickenbacker tones in one guitar at the flick of a switch. In the middle position the tone is similar to two-Toasters because in a mixed pair, the lower impedance pickup dominates the tonal character - the opposite of what you might expect going by output volume.
A humbucker in the bridge and a Toaster in the neck works well too, and then you can use the 5th knob as a 'rotary split' on the humbucker which gives you an even wider range of tones - you no longer need it as a volume balance for the neck pickup because the humbucker is louder anyway.
You can do a similar thing with a High-Gain in the bridge - wire the 5th knob as a treble-pass control for the bridge pickup, which will take it back closer to the Toaster tone when it's up and still give you the full High-Gain when it's rolled down.
.You also can't change sounds on the fly when they involve different guitars...
A High-Gain in the bridge and a Toaster in the neck is a very good combination, it gets you the two classic Rickenbacker tones in one guitar at the flick of a switch. In the middle position the tone is similar to two-Toasters because in a mixed pair, the lower impedance pickup dominates the tonal character - the opposite of what you might expect going by output volume.
A humbucker in the bridge and a Toaster in the neck works well too, and then you can use the 5th knob as a 'rotary split' on the humbucker which gives you an even wider range of tones - you no longer need it as a volume balance for the neck pickup because the humbucker is louder anyway.
You can do a similar thing with a High-Gain in the bridge - wire the 5th knob as a treble-pass control for the bridge pickup, which will take it back closer to the Toaster tone when it's up and still give you the full High-Gain when it's rolled down.