| Author | Message | ||
     John McKelvy (Wormdiet) Senior Member Username: Wormdiet Post Number: 602 Registered: 01-2003 Posted From: 152.22.12.56 |
What do you all use? I find myself never, ever using the bridge pickup soloed on either my 330 or my 660/12. I need that bit of extra oomph provided by the neck. I find I can get most of the sounds I like just by changing where I strum. . . plenty of jangle on tap if you pick by the bridge, even in middle setting. The neck setting on the 660/12 is fun, with OD, for "wall of sound" effects that privilege massiveness over articulation. | ||
| Dean Steliga (Bitzerguy) Junior Member Username: Bitzerguy Post Number: 22 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 66.158.149.79 |
I use my 660/12's neck p/u alone, the bridge alone on one song, but use both adjusted with the blend knob about 90% of the time (bridge tone full treble, neck tone all the way down). A little touch of the blend and you go from "wall of sound" to full jangle. I'm with you John, on the OD-neck P/U-12 string setting. I have a great patch on my Valvetronix 120 head using the US High Gain model and the tube OD effect (drive at 10), with a 1/2 sec delay. Wall of sound with sustain forever and a neat follow up on quickly muted phrases. We play Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein" using the 660/12 and the "wall o sound" setting in place of the keyboards. Massiveness indeed. Over the top, yes. Fun forever! ...Dean | ||
| paul wilczynski (Jingle_jangle) Senior Member Username: Jingle_jangle Post Number: 1775 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 63.193.9.8 |
I for one would love to hear an mp3 of THAT!!! | ||
| John McKelvy (Wormdiet) Senior Member Username: Wormdiet Post Number: 604 Registered: 01-2003 Posted From: 152.22.12.56 |
My W.o.S. patch (tonelab SE) is a bit milder - just a moderate crunchy AC30TB setting with a moderate slice of the tube OD - it's probably not quite as over-the-top as yours! I've got a similar delay setting though. For some reason reverb just doesn't feel right with the Vox models. I LOVE the AC30 models on my tonelab! | ||
| Daniel McNabb (Circles) Junior Member Username: Circles Post Number: 37 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 68.167.165.138 |
i frequently use just the bridge pickup full-up on my 360/12V64 (with unwound pickups) played through the top boosted "brilliant" channel of my newly acquired vintage ac-30. ear plugs are useless to my treble assault! | ||
| Keith Loewy (Popster15) New member Username: Popster15 Post Number: 9 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 66.35.162.105 |
Question? Does the "blend knob" on 60's Rics work the reverse from the modern "blend"? In other words, with the selector in the middle position, does turning the "blend" couter clockwise add the neck pick-up? | ||
| John McKelvy (Wormdiet) Senior Member Username: Wormdiet Post Number: 605 Registered: 01-2003 Posted From: 66.56.127.23 |
Yes it does. It's just a reversed, redundant neck volume knob that does not affect the bridge pup at all. The only differences between it and the regular neck volume are a) it doesn;t cut out 100% of the volume b) it's cool looking c) it works in reverse d) it confuses a lot of people. Myself too, initially. | ||
| John McKelvy (Wormdiet) Senior Member Username: Wormdiet Post Number: 606 Registered: 01-2003 Posted From: 66.56.127.23 |
Yes it does. It's just a reversed, redundant neck volume knob that does not affect the bridge pup at all. The only differences between it and the regular neck volume are a) it doesn;t cut out 100% of the volume b) it's cool looking c) it works in reverse d) it confuses a lot of people. Myself too, initially. | ||
| paul wilczynski (Jingle_jangle) Senior Member Username: Jingle_jangle Post Number: 1784 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 63.193.9.8 |
I think John is trying to say it's redundant. | ||
| Dean Steliga (Bitzerguy) Junior Member Username: Bitzerguy Post Number: 24 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 70.49.53.188 |
Paul, we're working on that MP3. I'll post it once everyone is happy with it. John, yup, maybe redundant, but I am so used to it now I don't like it not being there (as on my second fiddle fiddles, as it were). I find it handy presetting your eq with the "standard" controls then just modding it on the fly with just one light tap. ...Dean |
