LaFeeVerte Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 Okay.. I've been complaining about too much bass from the neck position... could it be because I install the neck pickup with the south coil closest to the, well, neck, and the bridge pickup with the south coil towards the bridge? Like this; ----------- South Coil North Coil <--Neck humbucker ----------- ----------- North Coil South Coil <-- bridge humbucker ----------- If I faced the neck humbucker the same way as the bridge humbucker... would it cut the bass? Or no? I know it's a dumb question.. but I'm also a Rapid Cycling Bipolar Alcoholic Insomniac with no job, so don't ever expect much from me ;-) s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 Um why don't you take it out n flip it then stick it back in to find out, I know even dumber answer but I seriously don't know if it will help, worth trying though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaFeeVerte Posted June 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 I'd have to remove the pickguard/strings... or else I would :-( Maybe since I'm selling my burstbuckers in my Tele I'll just try it in that.. I could probably get the p'guard off without destringing.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 didn't you say it was an sg?mahogany has alot of low end and you may not be able to get rid if it without an eq. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaFeeVerte Posted June 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 Well, I have humbuckers in my SG, 2 of my Teles and my strats (minis).. and I have the bass problems with all of them :-/ It's not my amp either.. it just might be me being picky, I guess.. I dunno. With distortion it seems to go away.. but.. clean they're just too damn bassy. heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted June 20, 2003 Report Share Posted June 20, 2003 yeah i know what you're talking about but it is probably your amp.some amps have a crisp clear clean tone and some have a muddy and mellow clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaFeeVerte Posted June 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2003 Yeah, it might be, I guess. I used to have a Marshall CD100MR (or something like that) and a crap cabinet.. and it was horrible with that.. I've since gotten a Fender Dynatouch Stage 160 combo.. and it's still bad.. but I guess not as bad. So maybe I just need to keep buying more expensive amps until it cleans up. lol But my Stage 160 does have a really nice clean tone (retains it at high volume, as well).. except when a neck humbucker is selected. heh. lol I need sleep, it's been 2 days. blah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_urr_A Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 Well, flipping your pickups that way might have put the part that the manufacturer thought would be the high end under your lower strings, and that would explain the bassy sound. I do obviously not know if you are sure that they are mounted the correct way around, but if you are not, try flipping them, and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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