Coldsummer
Experienced
I hardly ever use the middle position on a twin humbucker equipped guitar. Would like to know when you more experienced players would use both pick-ups together? Does anybody actually use this position, please be honest.
the clean tones are with this pup selection cos it can be surprisingly "Stratty"
these were the guitars used
Whoa are those lefties? Fellow lefty here if so. What are the guitars pictured? Custom? Do tell!
they are "the dog's nuts"
I agree. The "traditional" spot for the neck pickup is right where the 24th fret would be. This position gives a sweetness and roundness to the tone that you don't get if you move the pickup forward to accommodate a 24-fret neck. (The traditional position also makes it pretty much impossible to get a 5th-fret harmonic on the neck pickup of a Strat.On a 24 fret guitar the physical location of the neck pickup is different than a 21 or 22 fret guitar...Basically some guitars miss the sweet spot on the neck pickup in the pursuit of those extra two frets.
ahh.... my V6 guitars are 24 fret.... you can see from the pics..
and to my ears the centre selection is really nice..
that said, I don't know if the fact that it's a 25 1/2" scale rather than a 24 3/4" scale makes much [or any] difference..
I would imagine though that pup choice would make quite a difference..
It makes a difference, though I think pickup selection can make a bigger difference. A longer scale results in more string tension, which makes for a crisper, tighter sound and feel (or "brittle and clinical," depending on other factors, including your personal tastes and where your tone was at to begin with). A shorter scale makes for a looser, warmer tone and feel (or "duller and flubbier"—again, depending).I don't know if the fact that it's a 25 1/2" scale rather than a 24 3/4" scale makes much [or any] difference..
Oh yeah it all comes into play, and of course what you prefer.
The sweet spot of your choice my not be the sweet spot of my choice.
But one thing for sure I like your clips!!
But question? Is that middle position with both humbuckers full on no coil tapping or is one of the pickups reversed wiring or anything like that?
John
It makes a difference, though I think pickup selection can make a bigger difference. A longer scale results in more string tension, which makes for a crisper, tighter sound and feel (or "brittle and clinical," depending on other factors, including your personal tastes and where your tone was at to begin with). A shorter scale makes for a looser, warmer tone and feel (or "duller and flubbier"—again, depending).
One of the factors that made EVH's tone stand out in his early days was the fact that he was pretty much the first big name to use high gain with a long-scale guitar. That gave him an extra dose of definition, which helped highlight his speed and accuracy.
overall, the V6's are very tight and quite bright
More string mass means more metal passing through the pickup's magnetic field. That means hotter output, with all the attendant tone changes that entails. More mass also means more sustain, much like a truck is harder to stop than a bicycle....the difference though is that the strings have more mass <-- not really sure what the tone implication of this is, this setup was all about getting the feel right..