Given that Charvels are better than Fenders.........

[skoora]

The Ultra Noiseless pups are fucking amazing too on the Fender Ultra Luxes.


I mean and that Augmented D profile is insanely good. Probably the only nicer necks I've played would be a Fender JM Sig and the Fender JB Sig.

Picked up a Mascis JM recently in the store and the neck was really nice. Chunky but not baseball bat.

 

[DanTravis62]

The industry is propped up mostly by people with money but no chops or guitar knowledge.

Sometimes that fact is totally fine with me, and sometimes that fact is the bane of my existence on guitar forums.

As actual musicians, we have way more variety and options than ever before as far as gear, but our options for doing anything with the kickass music were playing have been severely limited by those same people pissing in the pool, so to speak.

Democracy is always a double edged sword

 

[The~Kid]

Picked up a Mascis JM recently in the store and the neck was really nice. Chunky but not baseball bat.

I mean the John Mayer one but yeah honestly those Mascis ones on the Squires are friggin amazing too and equally as good in their right even if it is a Squire.... and I would probably put a Mascis neck profile right up there too.

59 LP profiles are great too and would say these are solid and as good as the best but yeah the Mascis, Mayer and Beck Fender profiles are some of the best for a Fender style guitar........ okay throw in the Paisley sig profile too but that's for Teles and like LPs different.

Congrats on the Mascis man and yeah frigging great necks there and pure butter ^_^

 

[Geo]

I also use Fender noiseless single coils in some of my guitars. I don't hear what people complain about with them. You're still getting about 95% of the real tone, and without the horrible noise. They are good enough for me. If you use a lot of gain, it's just too annoying trying to play with the regular single coils.

The latest generation noiseless have improved substantially. Try an Ultra 2 when you get a chance.

 

[ewill52]

Style 2 SoCal or San Dimas with string through....... split them and your good to go with bucker options too......


All I'm saying really is there is a lot more that goes into making a Charvel today than a guitar designed in the 50s and it really shouldn't cost more.

split coils and single coils are apples and oranges. not really even close. Splits work as a mediocre substitute at best. Coming from a guy who has 4
Charvels and love them.

 

[The~Kid]

split coils and single coils are apples and oranges. not really even close. Splits work as a mediocre substitute at best. Coming from a guy who has 4
Charvels and love them.

IMO a well matched set of split buckers overall provide a more balanced tone vs your old single coil on average especially for that bridge tone. Plus you get a bucker there whenever you want. The Tele tones are pretty spot on and so are the position 2 setting in the middle, I mean those pretty much nail single coil tones.

IMO it's not bad and acceptable and better than a lot of actual single coil tones, super versatile, practical and it just sounds good and works.

 

[Geo]

split coils and single coils are apples and oranges. not really even close. Splits work as a mediocre substitute at best. Coming from a guy who has 4
Charvels and love them.

I agree, I don't even bother splitting humbuckers anymore.

The only exception might be the EMG 89, I love that motherfucker.

 

[The~Kid]

Ima just say maybe a split bucker doesn't sound exactly like your set of Custom Shop Fat 50s or some boutique set of single coils.


They still sound like some pretty good single coils and in many ways offer a more balanced sound than your traditional single coils and yeah have the bucker tone on tap and on deck whenever you want too

 

[VonBonfire]

Ima just say maybe a split bucker doesn't sound exactly like your set of Custom Shop Fat 50s or some boutique set of single coils.


They still sound like some pretty good single coils and in many ways offer a more balanced sound than your traditional single coils and yeah have the bucker tone on tap and on deck whenever you want too

Agree. If you want that heavy duty Stevie-Jimi-other strat/tele guy into loud semi clean amp tone you'll probably want a good set of actual single coils but for general cleaner funk tones and such some of the splits have a great tone on their own.

 

[The~Kid]

Agree. If you want that heavy duty Stevie-Jimi-other strat/tele guy into loud semi clean amp tone you'll probably want a good set of actual single coils but for general cleaner funk tones and such some of the splits have a great tone on their own.

Totally agree and well it's not exactly like say using Texas Specials or say Custom Shop 50s both of which I have on 7.25 Strats and Fenders/MIJ Squires......


But yeah you get some pretty damn good single coil tones from a split JB/59 and nicer than most generic proprietary pups Fender makes too or others on the market. Nvm you get single coil tones with the added benefits of modern flatter radius and on a guitar with locking nut and bridge....... and yeah bucker tones on tap.


The benefits just outweigh the negatives if any and yeah totally great for funk or clean tones and if you want to tap into your inner Buddy Guy, it's not a traditional single coil but you can cop those tones too IME as well as some solid Nile Rodgers tones on tap all day thanks to the splitting


Needless to say haven't picked up my Regular strats for a while at all thanks to this feature and it's good enough and actually great. Not for everyone I get but good enough for me ^_^

 

[The~Kid]

The latest generation noiseless have improved substantially. Try an Ultra 2 when you get a chance.

Honestly haven't played an Ultra ll but I imagine they are as good or better than whatever came on through regular Ultras. I mean the Fender Luxes are amazing and those things are probably one of the few current production MIA models I totally believe are worth every penny.

 

[BABMusic]

I agree, I don't even bother splitting humbuckers anymore.

The only exception might be the EMG 89, I love that motherfucker.

I have one of my guitars set up to split with the humbucker, but it's pointless. It always sounds weaker than a regular single coil, and then there's the noise too. I think I may just get rid of the push pull knob and go back to a regular volume pot.

 

[The~Kid]

One thing to consider is not all pups or single coils have the same output.

For example when you compare a split JB to a Texas Coil in the bridge the JB may seem underpowered. Compared to a Fat 50s set it may seem equal and compared to SSL1 or something it may seem overpowered.

Nothing is perfect but if you can reach a good happy in between heights of how the pup sounds as a bucker and how it sounds as a single coil you can make up for this IME and hell that's just what Charvel does from the factory and I don't even mess with the pup height but others may want to for said reasons.

 

[Geo]

I have one of my guitars set up to split with the humbucker, but it's pointless. It always sounds weaker than a regular single coil, and then there's the noise too. I think I may just get rid of the push pull knob and go back to a regular volume pot.

It's physically impossible for a split hum to sound like a single unless it's an active pickup. The EMG 89 works great if you need that.

 

[skoora]

I mean the John Mayer one but yeah honestly those Mascis ones on the Squires are friggin amazing too and equally as good in their right even if it is a Squire.... and I would probably put a Mascis neck profile right up there too.

59 LP profiles are great too and would say these are solid and as good as the best but yeah the Mascis, Mayer and Beck Fender profiles are some of the best for a Fender style guitar........ okay throw in the Paisley sig profile too but that's for Teles and like LPs different.

Congrats on the Mascis man and yeah frigging great necks there and pure butter ^_^

No congrats needed. I literally picked it up, played it a little. Went “Hmm..nice neck” and then hung it up again.

 

[japetus]

You use an electric lawnmower ? Duuuude.

No, I use an electric blower. My lawnmower is gas.

 

[The~Kid]

It's physically impossible for a split hum to sound like a single unless it's an active pickup. The EMG 89 works great if you need that.

I mean yeah split 89s sound great too and pretty amazing but for some it may be too hot or aggressive when split. Retro Active 77s are pretty great in this regard and EMGs too. Those sucker's sound great all around IMO.

 

[japetus]

I mean the John Mayer one but yeah honestly those Mascis ones on the Squires are friggin amazing too and equally as good in their right even if it is a Squire.... and I would probably put a Mascis neck profile right up there too.

59 LP profiles are great too and would say these are solid and as good as the best but yeah the Mascis, Mayer and Beck Fender profiles are some of the best for a Fender style guitar........ okay throw in the Paisley sig profile too but that's for Teles and like LPs different.

Congrats on the Mascis man and yeah frigging great necks there and pure butter ^_^

I love this guitar, been playing the crap out of it. Neck is killer, p90's sound great. Good weight. Can't find anything wrong with it.

 

[PDC]

Why didn't Apollo Creed choose a higher profile fighter to celebrate the cracking of the Liberty Bell against than the Italian Stallion when Mac Lee Green couldn't make the bout? IT'S THE NAME MAN! SOUNDS LIKE A DAMN MONSTAH MOOOVEE.

Awesome - I saw this movie with my dad when I was too young for a PG movie - but my older brother got to go to Summer Camp and dad knew how bad I wanted to see this. I have watched this movie 1,000 times. Every word of every line is pure poetry. Back one line out of the script and you don't have the same movie.

"He doesn't know this is just a damn show! He thinks this is a damn FIGHT!!"

 

[rsm]

Sometimes that fact is totally fine with me, and sometimes that fact is the bane of my existence on guitar forums.

As actual musicians, we have way more variety and options than ever before as far as gear, but our options for doing anything with the kickass music were playing have been severely limited by those same people pissing in the pool, so to speak.

Democracy is always a double edged sword

well it just means there's a lot of music out there, mostly bad...but few viable filters to remove the bad, so the relatively small amount of good music is lost in a vast sea of bad music. since objectively good music is a small percentage of all music that is created, it's difficult to find.

then add the penchant for most listeners to prefer simple, repetitive, lowest-common-denominator music in whatever genres they like, makes this banal music more conspicuous and discoverable, further burying good music deeper in the recesses of search engines...

finally, interest in new, guitar-focused music is waning, making it even more obscure.

reminds me of the story of how EVH tried to help AH, got him a new recording deal, and put everything in place for AH; and AH made music for AH; EVH suggested he write/record a few pop-oriented songs to boost sales and tour revenue, AH refused. when AH died, his family had to start a gofundme to help cover his funeral costs IIRC.

back in the day, I played rhythm guitar (some lead vocals when we lost a singer) in a mostly cover hair band; while also playing bass in an all originals prog metal band, one of the guitarists knew Frank Aresti (Fates Warning), which helped open a few doors, but the crowds were very different. I actually made money playing in hair bands, and had many more gigs vs the prog metal band.

individual goals are different...


"Musician? I never wanted to be a musician, I wanted to be a rock star, and I am." - Bobby Dall, Poison.