Chugging out with a Strat
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Smashedguitaris⸸
Hack
i like the sound of it, but do me a favor, and play the same thing with the top 6 strings. I want to hear it with that lower tuning.
cardinal
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Thanks! I never touched the 7th string for these clips. Was only on the top strings, Low E to high E. Top clip was drop D. Bottom clip was in Standard.
Smashedguitaris⸸
Hack
ok. different perspectives. use the a string in a drop tuning, or the b string in a standard and play the same thing. then you are using the bass 7th string to play the 6 string songs.
Smashedguitaris⸸
Hack
The only time you run into a problem with this if you try to do a solo, then you have to tune the g to a f#
cardinal
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Yeah, I just add lower strings. So my 7s have a low B, and my 8s have a low F# and a low B. The top six strings always are just in Standard (or I'll drop the 6th for drop D); that way it's easier for me to keep consistency and not get lost
Gibsonchild
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Sounds good! But I concur with Smashed, let’s hear that thing growl with the low string.
cardinal
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Low B with the Strat
That's my only guitar:a Partscaster.
It has a blender-penis pot-thing.
For me, it's a frog's hair fine line
where single's add a 'spent edge'
to the mids/highs.
Guess it depends on if you're going
for the low-mid Strat thing or punchy
upper-mid growl.
I just like the NASTINESS of single coils.
Certain chords rule, F-sharp, etc.
I've been wresting with those 'testy bargain thoughts' over installing a JB Jr.in the bridge or those Billy Gibbons Red Devil's..,
jesus christ can a man get away from the heavy hand of gear acquisition syndrome??
-asking for a friend, btw-
It has a blender-penis pot-thing.
For me, it's a frog's hair fine line
where single's add a 'spent edge'
to the mids/highs.
Guess it depends on if you're going
for the low-mid Strat thing or punchy
upper-mid growl.
I just like the NASTINESS of single coils.
Certain chords rule, F-sharp, etc.
I've been wresting with those 'testy bargain thoughts' over installing a JB Jr.in the bridge or those Billy Gibbons Red Devil's..,
jesus christ can a man get away from the heavy hand of gear acquisition syndrome??
-asking for a friend, btw-
Smashedguitaris⸸
Hack
sounds good, bud. Now you are metal as fuck
cardinal
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Strat with true single coils is a bit harder to work with, but I really like this sound. Had to attach the tone knob to the bridge pickup and roll it back to 8 to take off the edge.
And out of my amps (2204, Mark III, 5150, Recto), the Strat and the 2204 sounds magnificent for pure rock with the 5150/OD808 for metal (to me at least).
cardinal
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It's a Japanese guitar with their in-house pickups. I think it's about 7.5k output, so it's overwound for a single coil but not outrageously hot.
Cab has '96 or so Marshall label V30s. I really like those speakers with pretty much everything.
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Gibsonchild
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No.
Thanks for asking.
RaceU4her
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yes i have one of those in a 4x12 i use for a lot of my clips, would like to have a full 4x12 with them one day
Beyond Black
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That sounds nasty and rude af, I dig it.