I'm afraid that my Paul is a mud slinger

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Post by Knuckle Bones » Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:51 pm

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Post by jojo68 » Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:00 pm

The BB's in my LP are anything but muddy. I'll take a LP over a tele ANY day.

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Post by CustomsLou » Wed Apr 01, 2009 4:02 pm

All of the pseudo-experts on LPs come out with their bull s h i t yet again.

If you're getting mud out of a LP neck pickup and you can't correct it, then you don't know what you're doing, plain and simple.

Don't like to hear that?

Too bad, it's the truth.

Either your amp setting are wrong, or your pickup is wrong, or you've got cheap pots and caps in there.

Or maybe your Orange amp is wrong for humbuckers, which is why I sold my RV50.

If the pots and caps are original, change them, as ESBlonde said, and put them in wired '50s style.

If you change pots/caps/pickups and it's still muddy, then it's your amp settings or your amp is wrong for humbuckers.

There are plenty of amps that are not suited to humbuckers, and plenty not suited to single coils.

Those amps are 1-trick ponies and will never be anything else.

Do you really think that every LP used in making thousands of recordings had a muddy neck pickup?

If you believe that then the only thing muddy is your thinking.

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Post by Borderline Productions » Wed Apr 01, 2009 4:25 pm

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Post by bobbypfalcon » Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:12 pm

I think this mud thing is sort of inaccurate... I'm a Les Paul player but I own, and regularly play many other guitars. This may sound stupid, but you need to set the amp differently for a Tele or a Strat or a Les Paul, etc, etc... To my ears, Teles and Strats are thinner, snappier-sounding instruments and I have to set the gain and eq different for each, so I can fully enjoy their unique tones. Les Pauls are - to me - bassier, fuller-sounding guitars. I've never had anyone call my LP('81 Standard, stock pickups) tone muddy and I know I cut through regardless of whom I'm playing with or what I'm playing. If I play a Strat through my RV50, I have to boost the bass to compensate for the most part, and I usually back off the gain a tad as well. But I always seem to be able to dial in a tone I like for any guitar... Just my two cents. peace

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Post by divadisvet » Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:37 pm

CustomsLou wrote:All of the pseudo-experts on LPs come out with their bull s h i t yet again.

If you're getting mud out of a LP neck pickup and you can't correct it, then you don't know what you're doing, plain and simple.

Don't like to hear that?

Too bad, it's the truth.
I detect a bit of venom here... :?
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Post by CustomsLou » Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:53 pm

divadisvet wrote:
CustomsLou wrote:All of the pseudo-experts on LPs come out with their bull s h i t yet again.

If you're getting mud out of a LP neck pickup and you can't correct it, then you don't know what you're doing, plain and simple.

Don't like to hear that?

Too bad, it's the truth.
I detect a bit of venom here... :?
Plenty of venom, because we go through this nonsense all of the time here.

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Post by somedude » Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:55 pm

CustomsLou wrote:All of the pseudo-experts on LPs come out with their bull s h i t yet again.

If you're getting mud out of a LP neck pickup and you can't correct it, then you don't know what you're doing, plain and simple.

Don't like to hear that?

Too bad, it's the truth.
While I agree with you, you could've said it better.

Beyond that, you never really said anything new. If you're going to be condensending, then atleast be good at it.

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Post by CustomsLou » Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:59 pm

No, I couldn't have said it better.

I said it exactly as I meant to say it, with no qualifications whatsoever.

I don't see the Gibson haters qualifying what they say.

I stand by what I said, and I can back it up with 40+ years of experience.

If you view it as condescending, that's your opinion, and I really don't care how you view it.

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Post by Companyman » Wed Apr 01, 2009 6:13 pm

wow , guys ...lets dial back the vitriol around here...it's not HCFX ! I think it's funny how defensive guitarists get about their brand of guitar. :lol:
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Post by somedude » Wed Apr 01, 2009 6:15 pm

CustomsLou wrote:No, I couldn't have said it better.

I said it exactly as I meant to say it, with no qualifications whatsoever.

I don't see the Gibson haters qualifying what they say.

I stand by what I said, and I can back it up with 40+ years of experience.

If you view it as condescending, that's your opinion, and I really don't care how you view it.
Someone needs a cold beer and a time out from the internet... :P

Fair's fair. I go through days like that too. In fact, I think I'm going through something similar in the V30 thread... only I edited my response 5 or 6 times trying to tone down my irritation so I didn't get another warning.

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Post by Ronnie Robinson » Wed Apr 01, 2009 6:16 pm

As previously suggested give a P90 a try - theres plenty of humbucker size ones , these will not be muddy ... What have u got to loose ?.
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Post by CustomsLou » Wed Apr 01, 2009 6:28 pm

somedude wrote:
Someone needs a cold beer and a time out from the internet... :P

Fair's fair. I go through days like that too. In fact, I think I'm going through something similar in the V30 thread... only I edited my response 5 or 6 times trying to tone down my irritation so I didn't get another warning.
I appreciate that you're trying to defuse my anger, but I'm really not angry.

You've been here for only a few months, so you haven't seen all of the Gibson bashing.

It's been going on for a few years here, with no end in sight.

It's almost as bad as the Tokai forums, where they bash Gibson all the time.

Enough is enough.

There is no reason to denigrate what other people own in this world.

Those that do it should analyze why they feel the need to do it.

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Re: I'm afraid that my Paul is a mud slinger

Post by Dunky » Wed Apr 01, 2009 6:29 pm

Deacon Blues wrote:damn...i just bought a tele and it made me realize what a mud slinger my les paul is. i love the look of this guitar and i've bonded with it...i don't know what to do. i've lusted over the new es 339s so maybe i'll sell it to finance the purchase of one of those.

the tele sounds incredible through my AD30, you guys were right about that. its like hearing a brand new amp
Maybe it's just the new gear honeymoon effect.
You must have liked your les paul before the tele.
Lost count of the times new gear has seduced me to the dark side and I find myself thinking all my other stuff was no good.
They probably sound different because 1 is a tele and the other is a les paul, they were made to be different,
In a few weeks you,ll realise the les paul is just as good then you'll be in a great position of being able to pick the right tool for the mood you are in
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Post by screamingdaisy » Wed Apr 01, 2009 6:57 pm

CustomsLou wrote:
somedude wrote:
Someone needs a cold beer and a time out from the internet... :P

Fair's fair. I go through days like that too. In fact, I think I'm going through something similar in the V30 thread... only I edited my response 5 or 6 times trying to tone down my irritation so I didn't get another warning.
I appreciate that you're trying to defuse my anger, but I'm really not angry.

You've been here for only a few months, so you haven't seen all of the Gibson bashing.

It's been going on for a few years here, with no end in sight.

It's almost as bad as the Tokai forums, where they bash Gibson all the time.
Been here a bit longer than a few months. :wink:

Gibson bashing doesn't generally get to me unless there's alot of mis-informatino involved. I see the same sh*t the other way with people claiming that Strats are only capable of sounding bright and thin.
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