Hugo Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 (edited) Hi, just new here, I won't be building my project guitar any time soon (rebuilding house first) but I would like to mod my current workhorse, an Ibanez GSA 60. After changing and adjusting the hardware, it feels and playes great. But it has very much trebble in it's sound. I play a Line6 amp, on which I turn trebble back 25% and bass up 25% to get the sound I like. I'm considering to change pick-ups, and searching via the project guitar website, I found the DiMarzio Tone Zone S DP189. I cannot seem to link directly to it's spec sheet, just go to www.dimarzio.com, choose 'strat' on the lower bar, then 'Hum canceling strat' in the left hand menue. Do any of you have axperience with these, or can you recommend another sollution? BTW, my fav sound is SRV's, but I'll never get close to that since I cannot play the guitar. Well, not compared to him, that is... Cheers, Hugo Edited February 3, 2006 by Hugo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egdeltar Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 You can install a cap on the volume pot, or change your pots out for 250k pots or do both. Lots of info right here: http://www.stewmac.com/freeinfo/I-4000.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted February 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 Thanks, that's interesting. However, I read the caps block lower frequencies, hence I get more treble instead of less. If I understand correctly, that is. Cheers, Hugo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fookgub Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 (edited) Thanks, that's interesting. However, I read the caps block lower frequencies ... While there's more to it than that, what you've said is essentially true. egdeltar is recommending that you install the cap from 'hot' to ground, thereby conducting treble frequencies to ground. I'm not terribly fond of this idea because you've already got this on your guitar and it's called a tone control, but it might be worth a try. Edited February 3, 2006 by fookgub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 You're just replacing the bridge pickup? Tone Zone isn't really the way to go if you're looking for an SRV sound. True single coils like a Blue Velvet set would suit you better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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