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Modding my guitar...
DarkAvenger:
Agreed, my Squire Tele sounded perfectly fine. Of course it's the Custom II with the P90 Pickups... Although I may eventually change those. Only $150 too
billiumbean:
The Wikipedia article about Sonic Youth states the following:
Azerrad writes that early in their career, Sonic Youth "could only afford cheap guitars, and cheap guitars sounded like cheap guitars. But with weird tunings or something jammed under a particular fret, those humble instruments could sound rather amazing – bang a drumstick on a cheap Japanese Stratocaster copy in the right tuning, crank the amplifier to within an inch of its life, and it will sound like church bells"
I actually wired a pair of iPod headphones into the humbuckers on my Squire and played James Taylor through them with distortion and fuzz cranked to +9000, whilst hitting the strings with a screwdriver. It sounded... beautiful... Like, soothing goth rock with electric birds twittering emphatically while rain-nymphs had sex with chickens...
Conclusion, modding is fun and all, but if you want innovation, try the junk drawer.
Nekkoru:
Yeah, I tried sticking a thick pick between the strings, it gave out an empty tone. I kinda liked it, I might use it more.
Also, how did you wire a pair of headphones to a pick-up?
Touch Me Im Sick:
Sonic Youth eh? I rip a lot of their techniques off a lot. I use the screwdriver-under-strings technique, and I also nabbed some tunings (EADECD and EGDEGD)
It sounds awesomely awesome
locafoca:
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--- Quote from: Lummer on 13 Sep 2008, 06:48 ---Toss in a Seymour Duncan JB pickup, and have it adjusted and set up by a pro, and you'll be flying.
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http://rnr.pl/p7615.1245_seymour_duncan_sh_4_jb_model_pickup.html
That the one you mean?
Bit pricey, but I could save up and have it by the end of the year.
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Oh my dear lord. I feel truly sorry for you, if that pickup counts as "Pricey" :S
It's dirt cheap, compared to so many others. DiMarzio may be a bit cheaper, but stuff like BareKnuckle cost double or more.
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Consider:
Nekkoru is likely from poland, as the website he posted that is selling the pickups is a polish seller. The price advertised was 319PLN, which is about $137.49 USD. That, in my opinion, is quite a bit for a pickup.
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