Anyone played a Hendrix style Strat with the bridge pickup
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Anyone played a Hendrix style Strat with the bridge pickup
reversed? I don't really care if it's an actual "Hendrix" Strat but having the treble side of the pickup closer to the neck and the bass side closer to the bridge is what I'm really after. To me that makes more sense because a Strat's bridge pickup is just so dang bright.
Anyway, just curious to see if anyone's played with one and your impressions of it.
Anyway, just curious to see if anyone's played with one and your impressions of it.
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Re: Anyone played a Hendrix style Strat with the bridge pick
like this?
i havent, but thought i'd offer up a pic of what your explaining!
it does make more sense to me too...
i havent, but thought i'd offer up a pic of what your explaining!
it does make more sense to me too...
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Re: Anyone played a Hendrix style Strat with the bridge pick
That would be exactly what I'm talking about. And I really appreciate you putting the pic up as well. Photobucket has been blocked for now at work so I don't put up pictures anymore.mr_william wrote:like this?
i havent, but thought i'd offer up a pic of what your explaining!
it does make more sence to me too...
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Re: Anyone played a Hendrix style Strat with the bridge pick
You must hate Jags I love them.Thinline_slim wrote:reversed? I don't really care if it's an actual "Hendrix" Strat but having the treble side of the pickup closer to the neck and the bass side closer to the bridge is what I'm really after. To me that makes more sense because a Strat's bridge pickup is just so dang bright.
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i play a reversed strat since years...
it´s still very bright in the bridge position, but the bass strings sound a bit more piano-like....i like it a lot
you can get an impression of what it sounds like here: http://www.lastfm.de/music/jamhed/_/What+I+need
the guitar that begins the song is the reversed strat on the bridge through an ad30 cleanish
it´s still very bright in the bridge position, but the bass strings sound a bit more piano-like....i like it a lot
you can get an impression of what it sounds like here: http://www.lastfm.de/music/jamhed/_/What+I+need
the guitar that begins the song is the reversed strat on the bridge through an ad30 cleanish
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Re: Anyone played a Hendrix style Strat with the bridge pick
Like this? Yeah, it sounds good, but I prefer the middle pickup sound on this guitar....
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I tried the link but I'm not sure what I would need to click on to actually listen to it. Any tips?philhed wrote:i play a reversed strat since years...
it´s still very bright in the bridge position, but the bass strings sound a bit more piano-like....i like it a lot
you can get an impression of what it sounds like here: http://www.lastfm.de/music/jamhed/_/What+I+need
the guitar that begins the song is the reversed strat on the bridge through an ad30 cleanish
Philhed and Billy, which do you prefer the reverse or standard? Is the difference even noticeable in a live setting?
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Re: Anyone played a Hendrix style Strat with the bridge pick
i think i prefer it reversed, but maybe that´s just because i´m used to it.
it definitely sounds and feels different....not much, but it does.
here is another link to the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHoCwrL5 ... ure=relmfu
it definitely sounds and feels different....not much, but it does.
here is another link to the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHoCwrL5 ... ure=relmfu
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I can't tell the difference...
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Re: Anyone played a Hendrix style Strat with the bridge pick
i'm with billy on this.
i've played single coils my whole life and i can't recall having an issue of one being too bright.
i do not intend to come across as critical but it's an amp issue, or the volume and tone knobs on your guitar.
and in reality the placement [slant] of the pickup is a bit of a gimmick and it was designed to enhance the picker's optimal placement and thus enhance volume. but really, as bill said there isn't a difference.
in other words, if you're on the bridge and things are too bright, move your picking up towards the neck.
i've played single coils my whole life and i can't recall having an issue of one being too bright.
i do not intend to come across as critical but it's an amp issue, or the volume and tone knobs on your guitar.
and in reality the placement [slant] of the pickup is a bit of a gimmick and it was designed to enhance the picker's optimal placement and thus enhance volume. but really, as bill said there isn't a difference.
in other words, if you're on the bridge and things are too bright, move your picking up towards the neck.
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Re: Anyone played a Hendrix style Strat with the bridge pick
The other guitarist in my band used to have a Voodoo Strat. He regrets selling it immeasurably.
I'm not sure I remember the pickup placement making a huge difference to the sound. I think the 'upside down' headstock had a bigger effect, altering the string tensions. Lower on the bass strings, letting them resonate more.
I'm not sure I remember the pickup placement making a huge difference to the sound. I think the 'upside down' headstock had a bigger effect, altering the string tensions. Lower on the bass strings, letting them resonate more.
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Yeah, and to me, that's another fiction. I don't think the extra low string length does anything audible...
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Re: Anyone played a Hendrix style Strat with the bridge pick
To be honest, I found it to be more of a difference in feel with the extra string length, but it definitely does alter the behavior of the string. A bit like a reverse Firebird. Become all the more noticable if you start to downtune too.
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