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What Did You Do With Your Guitar(s) Today?
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So I decided on getting a maple/maple Warmoth neck/warhead headstock. Full scalloped baby!Not something I'd normally do... but I distressed this guitar as if it had been dropped in the mud and wiped off.
I put a light satin clear over it, it's still curing. Will take a scotch pad to it afterwards.
This has been an off/on project for a long while -- and I've mentioned before that the old original Kramer neck just wasn't working for me, not to mention it already had some hairline cracks at the locking nut. Neck is too thin for me now and not worth fixing imo. So I'll be ordering a Warmoth neck SOON.
Maybe do a wenge/ebony or goncalo/ebony, boatneck, 22 SS frets, and maybe, just maybe, a full scallop too.
And I've decided I'm going to use my vintage EMG's for this one. An S and 81 (or 85), and they already have the natural wear so they'll be a good fit. Still have the black Schaller and will more than likely get a d-tuna added. Will need to rout out a bit for that.
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Will be my first. Locking nut, 1 11/16", 6100 SS - 22 frets. Boatneck contour. Went ahead and ordered some new EMG's too, what the heck. S and 85X models. Still thinking on the d-tuna, probably will though.
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So I decided on getting a maple/maple Warmoth neck/warhead headstock. Full scalloped baby!
I am calling Larry Dimarzio and ratting you out. So. Disappointing.
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I like the actives (85, 60A, SA, and 58 especially), but I would go with an H4A and S3 (higher output S1 with a plain EMG style cover without exposed pole pieces). Then try out some of EMGs active controls (SPC, RPC, EXG, etc).So I decided on getting a maple/maple Warmoth neck/warhead headstock. Full scalloped baby!
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I was an avid EMG'r for many years, probably 6 different sets I've owned. I love the S, the 85 is great and sounds good clean when needed. Just the active tone control will be added. To be honest, I'm not crazy about the SPC or EXG controls. They never quite did it for me, just didn't sound as natural to me. I was close to getting the 60 but decided on the 85x.
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I am calling Larry Dimarzio and ratting you out. So. Disappointing.
Maybe I'll suddenly get an influx of emails from Dimarzio with discount offers!?
(i wish i had that much pull lol)
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I have the EXG and SPC in most of the guitars I own, so I'm a definite fan.
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Yeah, I'm definitely not saying they can't be usable, it's just I didn't prefer using them much.
I do have a DG20 set with both controls, although not currently in a guitar, and I used the EXG a little more than the SPC. I may wire it up again soon.
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Really depends on what I'm doing, but I'm using the EXG and SPC controls a lot more lately. For the first year I didn't even touch them, then I was consistently playing with the EXG quite a bit and finding the SPC useless, but recently I started finding with certain tones, the SPC in really light doses, no higher than 2, can do quite a bit, especially when mimicking a humbucker.
I really wish the EQ curves on the SPC weren't how they are, if the bass came in so much later/lighter it'd be a hell of a lot more usable in more situations.
I really wish the EQ curves on the SPC weren't how they are, if the bass came in so much later/lighter it'd be a hell of a lot more usable in more situations.
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I use the EXG and SPC a lot instead of boosts most of the time. It allows me to get a lot of different sounds from the two controls. I don't ever go beyond about 7 on the SPC and 5 on EXG, but varying amounts of both really gives me a big variety of sounds. The SPC adds a lot of midrange, and the EXG can get nice as scooped sounding (because it boosts the treble and bass). Using the EMG HZ S1 in the neck with the EXG around 3 and SPC around 5-6 sounds like SRV. Using the EXG HZ S2 (which is more standard output for a humbucker versus the S1/S3) with the SPC around 2-4 and the EXG around 5 gives a nice, standard Stratocaster single coil sound. Rolling out the SPC to off and the EXG to 4 definitely is nice for cleans or light overdrive sounds.
EDIT: I don't think the SPC brings in much, if any bass.
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I always get them mixed up too. The SPC is the midrange boost. I do wish it boosted a slightly different freq range, same goes for the EXG, it can get a bit brittle and bloatie, so subtle level is better -- but the problem is the bass and treble boost together so there aren't a lot of happy places.
I much prefer passive tone controls, I normally wire my guitars w/ bass and hi cut controls. A lot more versatile imo.
I much prefer passive tone controls, I normally wire my guitars w/ bass and hi cut controls. A lot more versatile imo.
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The EMG single coils are more neutral in general. Having the EXG boost the bass and treble frequencies the control adjusts can give different types of Stratocaster single coil type sounds. The SPC mid boost boosts a ton of midrange at the max setting, which can kick the front end of your amp into higher overdrive/distortion, and sound more "humbucker" like. Adding in the EXG can voice the EMG single coil with some of the SPC to sound like different humbucker voicings.
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Yeah, if it works for you that's great.
Part of the reason I like the S single so much is it's perfect out of the gate for me, there's no need to change it at the guitar level. Beautifully clear and open, bell-tone, bright but not strident. Sounds great with gain too, plenty of punch. Love it in the neck position. The 85 should be fine too, not as bright as the 81 which I think will work well -- although I've not tried one with a Floyd yet, so we'll see.
