Strat neck pickup muddy Tele. Hendrix pretty rarely played just the bridge pickup, he was usually in positions 1-4. Messages 41,216. The Strat neck pickup is a popular choice for many guitarists due to its warm, mellow sound. Wind Cries Mary is considered the prototypical position 2 (neck and middle pickups) strat tone. Question-7: Why does my EMG pickup sound distorted or muddy? Answer: I like pickups that aren't muddy or dark sounding. These super clean pickups offer even volume and frequency response and won't get muddy under heavy distortion. I always use the bridge pickup because that one sounds like it should to me. A large part of it's fat roundness What sold me to Strats is the neck pickup tone. You’ll learn more Using anything high gain, the neck pickup alone sound really muddy/woolly. R. It sounded great, but was nearly twice as loud as the other no-name pickups. The strat neck pickup is totally “my sound” and I spend 80% of my time there, as long as the noise isn’t too bad. I know other people use the neck pickup and play awesome blues, jazz, etc, so why does it sound wrong to me? Bright tone seems to be "normal" to me, but why. 6K. 12K and Neck pickup is 7. +1, whenever i take my strats in for a setup it always comes back with my pickups at a treble leaning angle sticking way out of the guard. Actually, the first Strat pickup I put in that guitar was an alnico II pickup. Messages 5,849. Even positioned very low it was still muddy and boomy. This will then render your bridge pickup pretty much Pickup Selection: Using the wrong pickup positions can contribute to muddiness. Many manufactures wind their pickups the same for each position and when you adjust the amplifier settings for the neck pickup, the bridge pickup would sound thin and less output Do you mean on the neck pickup it’s bass-y? I’ve never had this issue with any Tele. I messed with pickup height and pole piece height a lot without ever being 100% satisfied. The typical sound of a neck pickup most players might refer to is the “ Strat tone” – a warm woody tone that still retains some attack. I generally use the neck pick up when playing clean, or slightly broken up, and the bridge with full on gain. I love the sound of a strat neck pickup. K-Line. Not everything is mud, but the big disappointment was the neck pickup and pos. Nov 16, 2010 #5 K-Line said: i like the one on eric johnson RW signature fender strat. ) The guitar would have been better served with two Strat Strat neck pickup is shimmery and clear and full and authoratative and bright all at the same time. wire which raises their resistance and makes them muddy. ) It's only $40 and if you're going to solder your pickups yourself, you might as well add a new switch. I have been considering the Seymour Duncan "Rhythm for Tele with Strat Tone" pickup. But I can only imagine how muddy the bridge model would sound in the neck. It adds 5 new pickup combos, 3 of which have two single coils wired in series, so you get 3 humbucker positions (Bridge/Middle, Bridge/Neck, and Neck/Middle. Are you SURE you want a tele neck pickup in that strat? In '57, Muddy Waters bought a brand new Tele. I already tried to adjust the pickup/polepiece screws height, but had no real success. i have always thought that good vintage guitars had a great neck pup. Messages 3,431. Reply reply officialgreg • I find the more distortion I’m using the more likely I like the extra bite from the bridge pickup. g. To me, that means a little less glassy than a typical strat pickup - so "warmer" or perhaps less scooped - but I still would like there to be The thing about it is that the switch (along with whatever it’s called that holds it is very loose, like it will spin almost 180 degrees and at that point the switch being “down” is to go to the neck pickup and “up” becomes the bridge pickup. This pickup set was designed with increased output and comes with Alnico V I think it sounds closer to a Strat neck pickup - clearer, not as muddy as a lot of other Tele neck pickups. All you need to do is connect a . Super-sweet neck pickup tones. -'Brightness' switch on the amp/different amp/etc. Filtertrons can be quick to dirt, too - if you're looking for a bigger version of the typical strat neck, staple p90s or Charlie Christians. The new technology that went into these models has allowed us to make a similar advance with Used this way, the three Strat pickups complement each other perfectly IMO. I only used the neck pick up in my old band, it was like heavy shoegaze/psych rock, The Fender Tex Mex Stratocaster Pickup Set gave us that renowned Strat clean tone, as well as some great distorted tones, at a great price. What I do with a Les Paul is dial the amp in for the Neck pickup and this tends to make the To me, a Tele neck pickup has almost a nasal quality when you pick hard and bend -- it's very expressive. It sounds like a normal neck pickup with the tone rolled almost all the way off. Mojo's Minions. It may be a bit low; the bass side is 3/8" with the guitar unfretted. e. Tinnitus Member. From my perspective, the most comparable Strat setting is the neck/middle position. Looking for a standard Strat sized pickup (where the flatwork/bobbin size will fit and can be installed onto a standard Strat pick guard pickup route) but for tone close to a classic tele neck tone. Suave Eddie Borrowing the best tonal elements of late-50s to mid-60s Strat, the Royal T neck pickup has throaty mids and a glassy top end that gives your Tele a Strat-colored sound. The bridge pickup shouldn’t have this problem, but if you don’t have that Tele-bright-twang on the bridge PUP, it could be bc you have the 6 point saddle instead of the 3 barrel brass saddles? 1) The Neck pickup sounded really weak, so I replaced it with an MIM Fender pickup. ACCOUNT All Strat Tweed soundfiles with The middle and neck pickups are nice and warm, sound great clean, and retain clarity well, with a strong attack. " Thanks modoc! I have the Custom Stacks, or the stack versions of the David Gilmore pickup in there right now. Hence my hope that the filtertron will be a magic solution. If anything the, the Bridge pickup is perfect and the Neck pickup could be a little muddy when compared to other neck pickups that are brighter. When I try to use the neck pickup, it's always too much bass, muddy, and dark to me. For clean the neck pup all the way. Most all Fender mid and neck pickups (stock - in the same guitar) My #1 is a Strat that has a Telecaster bridge pickup, a Tele 4-way switch controlling the neck and bridge pickups and a blender to add in the middle pickup as desired. When neck tone is pulled, splits neck to stud coil. The 2001 R7 has WCR Darkburst with CTS pots and high end caps. A good example is John Scofield on a Tele. The neck pickup just sounds kind of bloated. The Jag neck pickup does have the dark sound, but also has a degree of brightness and clarity that adds sparkle. i personally find the neck pickup alone can get dark and muddy real quick, and the bridge pickup by itself can be a little too sharply unbalanced in a mix Also, putting a single pickup out-of-phase will have no effect; for example, playing a Strat's bridge pickup out-of-phase will sound exactly the same as it does in-phase. Does not mud up under pressure! kevinhifi Member. Think grey bottom Strat pups (1964, 1966-1969). Very clear and hollow sounding. Cons: Combination neck/bridge tones can sound muddy in chord settings. Depending on the way your guitar is wired and the pu's you have installed , your Tone may get muddy as you turn down your volume and you will strat to lose the highs. I changed out all of the old pots and wired it up with a 250k push pull volume control for the bridge to get all 3 pickups on or the bridge and neck All pickups. I've searched YouTube for tone examples and haven't found any. I know other people use the neck pickup and play awesome blues, jazz, etc, so why does it sound wrong to Pickups in the neck position sound bassier and trebl-y by their very nature, I'm aware of that But from the few LP's I tried I wasn't satisfied with any neck pickup sound so far, always way too muddy and boomy and the notes lack definition. Either a Fralin Vintage Hot, a Duncan Antiquity Surfer or a Duncan SSL-1. Post Cancel. When neck tone is pulled, splits bridge to stud coil. The Black Winter Neck never gets muddy, even down low on the fretboard. A muddy Stratocaster sound can be disheartening, but with the right adjustments and attention to detail, you can achieve a clear and defined tone that does justice to your guitar’s legendary reputation. since i've read that it's muddy at times. I have a CV Strat, Player - Plus Top (these are not a Player Plus) Strat, and a 40th The schematic also incorporates individual tone caps for the middle and neck pickups, something I highly recommend for series wiring. That's The pots are really hard to turn and have no usable (to me) taper to them. So let’s get him talking about tones, setup, bridges and much more besides! Life too short for long YouTube videos? The neck pickup seems a bit muddy and anemic. They're really killer tones that really aren't available on any other guitar (unless it's one A good Strat neck pickup is altogether different and great in its own way. even after adjusting pickup height and pole pieces it's still not acceptable. Nov 16, 2010 #17 mfolet said: I recently bought an American Standard Strat and always felt like the neck pickup was muddy and the bridge pickup was way too harsh. Reactions: tammuz7000. 1989 Greco Les Paul EG59-60 1992 Fernandes Telecaster probably due to the body shape and hardtail strat bridge; on a guitar with a 24 fret neck the We believe the Area 58™ and Area 61™ are a major step forward in the performance of hum-canceling Strat® replacement pickups. Neck Volume: - Pulled: splits neck pickup to screw coil - Pushed: when Neck Tone is pushed, neck series HB. I would be especially interested in a pickup that would fit in the original pickguard, but if needed I can get Warmoth to cut a new pickguard for me. Bridge Tone: - Pulled: bridge and neck wired in series - Pushed: bridge and neck wired in parallel Neck Tone (acts on both pickups): Even on the bridge pick up, although it seems to be worse on the neck pick up. 2HBStrat Member. Silence Kid. the Strat is way way brighter, and the Les Paul (with treble bleed mod) is at least as bright as the tele neck pickup on the same amp. The only time you can get an out-of-phase sound when When comparing a neck single-coil to a neck humbucker, there's a notable loss of low-end that results in the high-end being able to come through more clearly. It doesn't sound A Tele neck pup is smaller than a Strat pup, so you'll need to remove some wood and plastic for the change; this will give you a warmer, fuller sound in the neck position. To keep it short, it's a basswood body with a single-piece maple neck, a 1H-1V configuration with a Gibson 498T in the bridge and a 500k master volume. The neck hot rails are good, but they can get muddy really Perhaps this is just the way Strats behave, but I’ve noticed on all four of my Strats that the neck pickup gets pretty farty/muddy when going through anything more than mild overdrive. There are pickups designed to sound stratty in the form factor of a normal Tele neck. i still adore positions 2 & 4, but i don't need them for hum canceling. Re: Removing Strat Neck Tone Control In today's video I want to show you five things that you can do to fix your dark/muddy neck humbucker. neck pickup in both my Strats. The neck pickup tends to produce a warmer sound, while the bridge pickup offers more Just a heads up for anyone struggling with a muddy (too much low end) neck pickup. (After you lower the bass side below the ring. . if it has a good neck pup, the bridge will follow. Well I will say it was awfully bright and this was even the case with 250k pots and the fact that the mounting screws fell out of the pickup so the lil 59 was When I googled MIM strat neck pickup muddy there were lots of hits so I suspect it's a common thing . I put a Lil' 59n in the neck of one of my Strats and found that it was WAAAYYYY warm and tending to be muddy. Not sure what G&L is using. that neck pickup really sing and very meaty! Reactions: Dorion1. Players like Jimmi Hendrix, David Gilmour , Steve Ray Vaughan, and many others are Hey guys, I just changed the pickups in my strat and while the neck and bridge pickup work fine, the middle pickup is muddy; almost as if the tone is The neck pickup is blues heaven, comparable to a scooped mid Stratocaster neck pickup. Seymour Duncan; Re: Details on Blacktop Strat stock pick-ups? anyone have any recommendations for a replacement pickup for a blacktop that will not so much change the tone but clarify the tone a bit more, especially when playing clean. This is due to your patch cord acting as a filter. It's a masterpiece of electric guitar design. Additionally, many guitars with I think the neck pickup on my SRV Strat is nearing perfection. muddy, and smeary. IMO the tones are much more usable than a SSS strat. Stratocaster Sets Our Strat offerings include vintage era correct 54S, 57S, 64S, sets as well as the custom 64FATS and 50/60s sets. Kind of like the bright switch on a Jaguar – gets Ohhhhh pickup, sorry thought you just said neck! Good god it's early and im tired. An extremely common complaint for Les Pauls, especially the neck pickup, is that they sound "muddy" and unclear. I might also try connecting it directly to the jack to see if the pickup itself is the issue, or The Strat neck pickup is a popular choice for many guitarists due to its warm, mellow sound. My best solution has been to work with a single-coil-size humbucker in that I've had 335s, Les Pauls, McCartys, SGs etc and the neck pickups always sound boomy or muddy. R7 and R9. Fender strat neck pickup. Until I lowered the bass side, raised the treble side of the pickup, then raised the bass side pole pieces and lowered the treble side pole pieces to match the radius of the fretboard. Mess w/ those and your amp a bit, and play with your fingers, and tell me you don't have a warm strat tone. ACCOUNT CONTACT It’s really clear and doesn’t get muddy when I put a set of Bare Knuckle Pickups Apache single-coils (neck and middle pickups) and a Bare Knuckle Pickups Stormy Monday humbucker (bridge pickup) into a Fender Player HSS Stratocaster. Those do best with 250k volume and tone pots. Single notes are generally fine, but chords are muddy. Officially licensed replacement neck for Fender Stratocaster. I grew-up with my Fat Strat and the only reason I got that instead of a regular strat was the bridge humbucker. I love the smoky tones of a Strat neck pickup, but find Strat single coils to be a bit harsh and "twangy" in the bridge position. Not enough differentiation between the 59/Custom hybrid in the bridge, or the Custom stacks at middle and neck. Do any of you here use the neck pickup for playing distorted chords? cause I find that the neck pickup is to muddy and bassy for playing these kinds of chords and there isn’t enough articulation and crunch especially if you Maybe I'm expecting too much I want the weight of a humbucker with the sparkle and articulation of a good Strat neck pickup. Jan 19, 2019 #3 So, more like a regular Strat pickup or like a Texas Special? joebloggs13 Member. Reactions: Paul Conway. In the neck position, I slightly modified a P90 cover and that hides a DiMarzio "Blue Velvet" Strat pickup. Once I lowered E, A, D pole piece’s flat to the humbucker it totally transformed the But again, how i hear a hot over wound Strat neck pickup is maybe muddy and bassy. I've experimented with a series capacitor on the neck pickup hot-wire which gets me closer but I'm I have my guitars set up to allow all pickups. Neck pickup put a 'Strat Stagger' into the screw poles, bridge keep them level to each other for more of a Tele/P90 tone. With the blender, you can add just a Use the same procedure for the middle pickup and compare it with the neck and the bridge. That's what I did with my Tele. Is there any obvious known The trick to use a neck humbucker is to set your amp to be painfully bright (shrill) in order to make it not muddy sounding. The Player's tuners and electronics are perfectly usable. rock, punk-rock, post-punk, down that alley. The reason so many folks get used to placing this pickup as close as possible to the strings is because many of the currently made Strat pickups are muddy and severely lacking in the characteristic chime and sparkle we all love Two vintage spec Strat pickups in series is very thick and lacks high end, even when it's the bridge and middle. Well I know the pickup will be too small, I bet you though theres a custom strat pickguard for a tele pickup online somewhere that you can find im sure. Clean, the Apache single-coils have the biggest sound I’ve personally heard from a Strat pickup. Some folks feel many guitars would be too muddy sounding with all that power, but that depends on what pickups you use and how they're wired. Messages 4,011. 3) I wired it all up and upgraded the switch to a USA 5-way Fender switch. If not, id suggest looking for a pickguard with just the bridge pickup, and then cut out a slot for tele pickup. Member 4868. The bridge pickup sounds pretty good but it kind of does sound bright but yet dull which is odd. Seymour Duncan Twangbanger, Five-Two neck, Five-Two centre RPRW. Here are Mick loves Strats more than life itself. Messages 9,664. Re: Firebird neck pickup in a strat sounds amazing! InterestingI have a Lil'59 in the neck of my main Strat, & I don't like it at all - it somehow manages to be muddy, indistinct AND harsh all at the same time - it's impossible to get an articulate crunch out of it. No sir. ) But compared to my other Strat the in-between positions sound noticably dark. By default, John Mayer fans will also probably like the same thing! Some of the best Strat pickups are even for reference: the height/angle of the bridge and neck pickups on your Strat should (mostly) mirror the bridge and neck pickups on your Tele side note: i used to h a t e anodized pickguards, but they’ve grown on me Fat50s should sound exactly as a classic strat should, they are by no means a high output pickup, but muddy fuzzy they are Re: Strat: Which pickups position do you use when you Bluesy leads - neck pickup (sometimes, with tone rolled down, and distortion on Clean bluesy/jazzy leads - neck/middle pickup Rock - bridge rhythm, neck leads Clean chord strumming is usually done on the middle pickup When I feel like Mark Knopfler - bridge/middle pickups. Reactions: Dik Ellis, Nashvillecat, jtoomuch and 3 others. I use the other 4 tones when applicable but the tone of the neck pickup is like home base for me on a Strat. But whenever I switch to a neck pickup it just sounds wooly and muddy to me, like there's a blanket over the amp. ) I went through five different (high end) neck pickups to remedy the same problem on my R9, and finally found a '63 / '64 pre- T top, which sounds great in the neck. A Tele bridge pup, however, is larger than a Strat pup, so you can just angle the mounting screws -- but keep in mind that you'll be losing the beef that makes a Tele pup Another solution is to swap the Fender neck and middle pickups or in the case above where only the mid pickup is Fender, use the old neck pickup in the mid position. Also, it only has space I have 2 Historics currently. this weekend as my bridge pup just isn't bright enough for my liking. This normally leads people to start doing mods such as changing potentiometers, capacitors, and finally the Installing EMG Pickups in a Stratocaster-style Guitar: About the EMG SA: Produces a vintage strat tone, great for the middle and neck positions. If you use your mid or neck pickup and feel they are muddy, you can adjust your EQ or tone(s) and bring out While there is a healthy amount of bass in a 59, it shouldn't be muddy at all. Is this just the nature of Strats or are there some Bridge pickup is 8. The tech at the music store said he wired it in standard Strat configuration, except per my request that the tone controls affect the bridge and neck pickups respectively instead of middle and neck pickups as per stock Strats. Last edited: Jan 29, 2016. It did not mate, at all well, with the Tele neck pickup. I was going to swap the neck pickup (CS Fat 50s) for a Classic Series 60s neck pickup, but figured I'd try lowering The neck pickup tends to produce a warmer sound, while the bridge pickup offers more brightness and definition. I like it so much BECAUSE it’s warmer than a Strat pickup, but not muddy and muted like some vintage style Tele neck pups Some Strat pickups are too bright for my tastes - in fact, I tend to keep the tone knobs on them at about 7 or 8 on all my Strats . use the neck. I generally find that (for my taste) the bridge pickup is too bright, so I’ll lower the tone control to somewhere between 5-7. Location: California Republic; Join Date: May 2016; Posts: 3257; Share Tweet #6. Here are My problem here is that middle positions sound very muddy and actually lower volume than full positions, which is weird considerering it's two pickups working. Yes, these measurements sound exquisite when using the middle pickup all by itself, but Way more common to see the strat neck pickup going into the tele. Not for me! I have my neck lil' 59 permanently wired for parallel and that sounds pretty darn good (still I’m the same exact way. Capable of being both rude and sweet, the Pearly Gates neck is a favorite on the Seymour Duncan Forum. It’s a quick fix. The middle+neck position on the Strat's pickup selector switch is worthy of mention as well. Strat neck is a bloated mess. MANY of us, myself included, have had issues with pickups that just plain sound muddy, and . I always try to see why this is supposed to be better and then after a week put them So I recently acquired a '65 reissue Mustang and it sounds absolutely great. Should I stick to bolt on single coils? Maybe, but this mod gives me a balanced neck and bridge EQ where I have much more Its all personal preference. On a strat you get 3 pickups so I would keep one single coil intact in the middle as long as you have the 5 position switch to allow you to muddy it up. For example might want to get a red devil in my neck, it’s a strat hss. And I generally really like warm neck pups. when these things were originally made, the neck pup was the one that they thought you would use. 2) I added a 2nd MIM pickup to the bridge and figured the middle pickup can stay since I rarely use it. Strat players often use the neck-pickup for a fat, round lead tone. I have a push pull switch on my tone control that engages the neck pickup when my Strat is in the #2 position (bridge & middle p'ups). Combination neck/bridge setting. COYS If you’ve ever felt that your Telecaster’s neck pickup sounded too muddy, there’s a simple fix that Seymour has been doing for years. They replaced the stock pickups. 06-16-2017, 11:53 AM. Position 4 is more delicate version of position 2 and position 5 is that classic neck strat sound (not quite the real thing in my case because my HSS guitar has 24 frets so the neck pickup is closer to the neck than it is on real strats). It's so bad, that it sounds like I'm using a fuzz when playing with high gainevery other Strat neck pickup I've ever played sounded smooth, with accentuated bass and a roll-off of treble that is PLEASING, but this one just sounds bad. 047uF cap in series, hot lead to one leg of the cap, other leg to the old lead solder location tab. To me, the strat neck pickup in a Tele sound quite stratty. It's one of their Custom Shop pickups, and it seems as though no one could figure out a name for it, so they named it literally. has any body noticed when going to the neck pickup you loose a lot of bite Here, for me, it's all about making the middle pickup truly magical when combined with the neck or bridge pickup (positions 2 & 4). Joined Apr 29, 2013 Posts 13,804 Location near Arnold's. The article I My tele neck pu was too muddy/boomy. Last edited: Dec 19, 2020. In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the world of Stratocaster neck pickups, dissect the factors contributing to muddiness, and provide practical solutions to help Try Seymour’s quick tech fix. Oct 5, 2015 #14 Honestly, if you are a good player, any quality vintage spec alnico Strat pickup will work fine. It was in no way comparable to my Fender single coil neck pickups, be it a Strat or a Tele. You should lower the standard values a little bit, to prevent your tone from getting I have two teles and 1 strat. If I had a Strat and a British cab, then maybe/probably. A very flexible guitar. The Fender Single Tex-Mex Strat Neck Pickup is a must-have addition for guitar players looking to achieve a warm and vintage tone. The Strat bridge pickup is also magical when used with added breakup via channel switching or effects stomping. I went through my pickup stash and wanted to try the Lil 59 in a cheapo strat mainly for more chunk but I didn't realize it was a NECK lil 59 and I wanted to install it in the bridge. Remember that tone is My Warmoth Strat has Fender CS '54s and the in-between positions just seem muddy to me on my Fender Champ and especially on my Kalamazoo (especially without running into a 1x12). 047 capacitor in series (directly in-line) with the hot output wire from the neck pickup. It has a JB in the bridge that I had lying around, but I don't really have anything to put in the neck except maybe a bridge Burstbucker 3 or Pro. and muddy neck pickups is a common issue on many telecasters, which is why you I would think you need to EQ your amp for the 335 vs your Strat. Reactions: The Old 9:30 Club on F St, stratman89, blues and 2 others. In my other Tele I have a Duncan Quarter Pound in the neck position and I never could get it to brighten up, even with 500K control pots. The R9 is a 2013 stock. (I've always set Strat pickups rather low, to avoid Stratitis. Dec 19, 2020 #23 ; dogmeat Poster Extraordinaire. For me it's either bridge, neck or both together, right now I even have the middle pickup lowered down as far as possible since I don't ever use it and it only gets in the way when strumming. Are any of the dimarzio Seymour Duncan single coil sized humbuckers such as duck buckers, lil 59, mini pearly gates, super distortion and hot rails are they built for 250k without them getting to muddy/dark. There are a few things that are outlined often in the MLP forums that describe how owners brighten up their Lester's neck pickup, but in reality it is that big and broad tone that characterizes that guitar that endears it to its owners. Dec 19, 2020 #22 ; MilwMark Doctor of Teleocity. -Unsolder the muddy pickup hot lead and put 0. Ad Free Member. I tried all manner of pickup heights. But on both of those, while the neck pickup sounds good, it's can also be somewhat wooley, indistinct, and muddy. Same two pickups (one low wind and one hot over wound) in the bridge position where you get less bass, the hotter pickup will indeed sound warmer, rather than muddy and bassy. Less muddy than the neck. The Titan™ Neck Model pickup is punchy and fat sounding, yet can handle multiple layers of effects without getting muddy. It's been said that the middle pickup on a Strat sounds uninteresting at best when by itself, other than in combination with the other pickups. In the not so distant past I had a few R8s with burstbuckers that had really clear low output neck pickups that sounded Love my new MIJ. Originally white, with maple neck, replaced the neck with rosewood in '61, had the guitar painted candy apple red, replaced the knobs with those from a Fender amplifier Might or might not be ideal the tone control on my Strats are wired to affect all 3 single coil pickups. High-quality build. A little too much low end and low mids. . The Titan™ Neck and Bridge Model pickups were developed for his new signature guitar by Ibanez. Hello, World! It's been a while since I've been here I have a strat project, that I basically built myself which I "thought" it was finished. Did some reading and pole-piece height was a proposed solution. White strat body with white pearloid pickguard. He makes great pickups. Street: $1,599 street (with pine body, $1,499 with alder body) Fender American Professional II Stratocaster fender. Pearly Gates. Configure your new guitar neck with custom options for wood, nut width, fret size, radius, back profile, and more. the stock pickups sound fine through my Boss ME70 pedal when distorted but clean the guitar is a bit muddy. The Pearly Gates matches well with many pickups, but particularly with the Custom series, JB To me, with my guitar / amp / pickups, the D pole makes the biggest difference in clarity on the neck pickup. P90s are of unknown make, but sound great. Now with my LP the story hasn't change, always the bridge pup for everything that is high-gain. Some tips also work with single coils but some only wi Also, my rig isn't really the thing for the neck pickup. I experience this treble loss even when all tone and volume controls are set on 10. Apr I have an Epi Les Paul which plays and sounds real nice, but the neck pickup is absolute mud city. I have two Stratocasters on which I have the neck and middle single coil pickups deliberately installed in the wrong positions so as to have the correct relationship with the bridge position pickup. "don't pick a LP based on the bridge pup. 047 capacitor in series (directly in-line) I don't have an issue with current Epiphone pickups, but a LOT of neck pickups are muddy with gain. Just add a pickguard from GF, and you're done. I have two teles and 1 strat. i find it a little less dark on the off the shelf EJs, but after frankensteining the maple neck's pickups into my rosewood neck strat it sounds even darker. M. I have an Ashton Viper 50 tube amp, an Orange Crush ss 20w amp and an Irig HD with Amplitube. Reactions: Turi, FM1968, shane8 and 2 Another neck pickup alternative (but not a duncan) that is a little unconventional, but works well with the TZ nonetheless, is the DMZ Bluesbucker. The bridge pickup is crystal clear and can take distortion and Well, I have a Tagima T-635 strat-like with an STK-S4m (Classic Stack Plus for Middle) installed in the neck position! Comparing with the neck-designed, the middle's DCR is only 0. Tone pots are right at 500K ohm. The wiring is If you put 5,000 turns per coil the pickup could be 8 k ohms and the bridge position could sound fat and full and the neck pickup could sound dark and muddy. The little bobbin simply doesn't have room for enough 42 gauge wire. Warm is definitely one of those vague words and different pickups and strats sound different, but I've yet to play a strat that can't do a warm strat tone by going to the neck or middle, rolling off the tone, and fingerpicking. Designed to deliver an increased output with sparkling highs, this pickup is equipped with Alnico 5 magnets and polysol magnet wire, which together produce a sound that is not only attention-grabbing but also retains the classic It gives me that neutral clean sound which is just right for many situations. I love the sound of the neck pickup in a strat but also love the bridge. Strat® Pickups; Tele® Pickups; P-90 Pickups; Mini Humbucker Pickups; Jazzmaster Pickups; Jaguar Pickups; Filter'Tron Pickups; 7-String Pickups; Brands. However, one of the best aspects of a Strat are the #2 & #4 positions that combine the middle pickup with either the bridge or the neck pickup. ‘54 to mid ‘55 Strat pickups used a Due to high demands for this kind of tone, some Stratocaster guitars were produced with a humbucker in the bridge position, along with single-coil pickups in the mid and the neck positions. It lacks the punch of the bridge pickup but also the thickness of the neck pickup. The Blue is an obvious choice but I’m reading that it can be quite muddy Dr. It sounds particularly great for dirty bluesy rhythm tones, and stoner rock players will probably dig what the Black Winter Neck offers as well. I spent many years playing SG Specials (P90s) and Strats, and often gravitated to the neck pickup. May 12, 2020 #2 Can anyone recommend a Lace Sensor neck pickup that might go well for a heavy blues/ rock/ alternative type of vibe? I also have a 1970 Stratocaster ( SSS, 4-bolt neck) with low output pickups which are i have one and i find it a little dark, perhaps even on the muddy side. Reply reply Spidermonk76 Muddy sounding neck pickup? Try Seymour’s quick tech fix By Seymour Duncan Tech Guru Scott Miller People often call and ask how to fix a muddy sounding neck pickup. As a result, I know several folks actually wind up putting a strat neck pickup in their tele because they find them to be a bit fuller. However, it can also sound muddy, especially if it is not properly adjusted or used with the right amp and pedal settings. Comment. On most Strats the 2 tone controls only affect the neck and middle pickups. b/c they were designed that way. Kind of like the bridge PU on a tele. If you connect a . 1 k lower in practice, it sounds quite similar to my middle positioned pickup (an SSL-2 Vintage Flat), when the "hum-canceling" coil is split - preserving due proportions, of course. Ratings Pros: Comfortable neck. Play the neck 90% of the time, then occasionally switch to bridge/middle. The neck/middle p the middle pickup on my american ultra sss strat has great body to it and is great for rhythm work. Aside from that, the type of music also dictates. The combination neck+middle was muddy and useless. Can solve the problem by changing the neck I don't really like the sound of the middle pickup. All these are gonna be seymour duncan as thats my pickup of choice but to each their own. My favorite sound I've found is the bridge humbucker with a single coil of a neck pickup in parallel. This will filter out the excess low-end and clean up the muddy tone. I love the way it Neck pickups have a muddy sound because they’re low-output and low resistance, although their mellow tone does have warmth ; If you’re still a little confused, I’ll elaborate on all things pickups in this article. Especially on Les pauls with modern wiring. People often call and ask how to fix a muddy sounding neck pickup. Their smooth tone balances out the bright 'twang' of the bridge pickup when both pickups are used together, but by itself many people find a traditional Tele neck pickup to sound a bit muddy That's the famous "woman tone"; neck humbucker through an overdriven marshall. The neck pickup is full but not muddy, and the bridge is bright and punchy. Single coils also tend to use higher value capacitors which can muddy up the neck and middle position. It’s great for playing crunchy, fluid solos with lots of overdrive on tap, but still retains the clarity and organic tone of the instrument. but the middle pickup has the perfect amount of glassy chime, without being shrill or muddy. Vendor. EJ doesn't use the neck pickup all that much live from what i can tell, at least compared to most strat players. Plus, the Affinity's neck pickup is SUPER muddy (an extremely common complaint, not sure why Squier wouldn't fix this). Using those two pickups together results in a sound that is even more articulate. Both have somewhat muddy sounding neck pickups. com. Also Neck and Middle pups are stock, only the bridge pickup is something i pulled off a 1992 Washburn guitar that I used to have (the bridge pup is the most strat out of them all) The original BurstBucker Pros have the little connector or the end of them, the selector switch has the connector, and all 4 pots are push/pulls, the bride volume splits the bridge pickup, while the tone acts as a blower switch for the bridge pickup only, and the neck volume splits the neck pickup while the neck tone reverses the phase of the How do you guys go about using your neck pickup? I mainly only use the neck pickup for clean work and occasionally soloing with distortion. Something else I recommend to EVERY strat player is a 10-way switch from StewMac. The treble bleed kits will keep your tone crisp at any volume level. Reactions: scott520. Joined Oct 12, 2017 Posts 5,188 Age 74 I, too, am interested in this. Hot bridge pickups in neck position, usually = muddy sound, especially with high gain. I took the Strat out last night and found the in between positions to be for the most part unusable. Some years ago, Seymour taught me a cool trick to fix this exact problem. I don't know what you guys play, but I play alt. Sensitive tremolo. the neck is full and warm sounding and not muddy. Oddly enough, the guitar is wired with modern wiring (it’s original) but I did install 180pf treble bleeds. Some years ago, Seymour taught me a cool I also did an A/B/C comparison of the tele against my Am Pro II Strat and Les Paul Standard with all guitars on the neck pickup. The singular pickup positions sound spanky and vibey and nice especially after I’ve set the pickup heights to my liking (neck lowest -> bridge highest, for similar output and brightness from all 3 pickups; yes I use the middle pickup on its own. Well I found an article and thought I would share this. I’m thinking about doing the blender mod to my Strat. Muddy is not how I describe 57 Classics. Some Strat players rarely use the middle pickup, unless it’s in the in-between settings and you can actually fine-tune the phasiness if If your neck pickup is the same size as a Strat pickup I'd put an alnico 5 Strat pickup in there. 4 Too dark, to undefined and nothing memorable. GhostJam47 Senior Stratmaster. The 54S are an accurate recreation of the first year Strat pickups. However, it made me realise how muddy sounding my 89' Strat Plus Deluxe is. All the time. Even through amplitude I get the same problem compared to the tone of the lessons Im following (Mainly Justin Guitar and Andy Guitar). The neck + centre combination works perfectly, thank you. The neck pickup on a Strat is a great sound, but I get tired of players doing the SRV thing. Our Tweed pickups faithfully recreate the sound produced by early Strats. I love the JB Jr. I'm going to try this on my G400. ijl skpko wyuhg crtfue aglzqb ktbj vpikbq voexix yegkwx eksbxs