tolm
New Member
I had a great 'tone moment' this morning (no, that's not a euphemism ...) with my new Paul's Guitar which I thought I'd share - and was also wondering if other members have had similar occurences when something just 'clicks' suddenly.
I had a 408 previously so am pretty used to the whole 408 pickup switching system. This morning I was just jamming before work - hitting some riffs that I pretty much always play when I only have 10 minutes - and I found myself playing some Rolling Stones (Brown Sugar - as it happens) with both pickups split - which is what I always used on my 408 when my band played it. Sounded good but - as it always did - not 100% bang on.
I started flipping switches and hit a config I never normally use: Neck HB + Bridge SC. It sounded great. No, it sounded RIGHT. I often run the pickups the other way (Neck SC + Bridge HB) to mellow out the bridge pickup a little but this way round was new: and it had just the right balance of 'snap' from the bridge SC plus the warmth from the neck HB. Bigger - yet somehow brighter - than both coils split.
Then it hit me: what does Keef famously play? A Tele with a humbucker in the neck ... *doh*
So - 'Eureka' or 'Idiot' moment: any other similar stories of tone discovery?
I had a 408 previously so am pretty used to the whole 408 pickup switching system. This morning I was just jamming before work - hitting some riffs that I pretty much always play when I only have 10 minutes - and I found myself playing some Rolling Stones (Brown Sugar - as it happens) with both pickups split - which is what I always used on my 408 when my band played it. Sounded good but - as it always did - not 100% bang on.
I started flipping switches and hit a config I never normally use: Neck HB + Bridge SC. It sounded great. No, it sounded RIGHT. I often run the pickups the other way (Neck SC + Bridge HB) to mellow out the bridge pickup a little but this way round was new: and it had just the right balance of 'snap' from the bridge SC plus the warmth from the neck HB. Bigger - yet somehow brighter - than both coils split.
Then it hit me: what does Keef famously play? A Tele with a humbucker in the neck ... *doh*
So - 'Eureka' or 'Idiot' moment: any other similar stories of tone discovery?