Is my SE245 Middy or Scooped?

[62caster]

Trying to dial in my tone/pedals/POD etc. for my new SE245 (IT's friggin' awesome BTW. I can't believe this thing is an import guitar, and I can NOT believe I bought it for $380.)

Are the new 245 S pickups on the 2017/2018 models mid scooped or mid pushed? Anybody have a Treble Mid Bass measure for these?

Thanks!

 

[JJJ]

Confused... are you talking about a newer model than your own. Or are you asking how your own guitar sounds?

 

[62caster]

Confused... are you talking about a newer model than your own. Or are you asking how your own guitar sounds?

Haha, my own. Just not sure I know what a mid scoop or mid heavy pickup sounds like?

 

[László]

Haha, my own. Just not sure I know what a mid scoop or mid heavy pickup sounds like?

Simple. ‘Scooped midrange’ describes a tone with more bass and treble than midrange; a mid-heavy tone has a more prominent midrange, with relatively less bass and treble.

Les Pauls are usually described as having mid-heavy bridge pickups. The neck pickup on a Strat would probably be described as mid-scooped.

So, Hendrix’ “The Wind Cries Mary” is a classic mid-scooped tone on a Strat. The Allman Brothers’ “Statesboro Blues” starts with a mid-heavy slide part.

A Fender Blackface Twin has what’s classically described as a scooped midrange, a Marshall has what’s usually described as mid-heavy tone.

Or, put another way, if a pickup sounds more like a saxophone, it’s mid-heavy. If it sounds more like a classical harp, it’s probably a bit scooped.

 

[Fuku]

Simple. ‘Scooped midrange’ describes a tone with more bass and treble than midrange; a mid-heavy tone has a more prominent midrange, with relatively less bass and treble.

Les Pauls are usually described as having mid-heavy bridge pickups. The neck pickup on a Strat would probably be described as mid-scooped.

So, Hendrix’ “The Wind Cries Mary” is a classic mid-scooped tone on a Strat. The Allman Brothers’ “Statesboro Blues” starts with a mid-heavy slide part.

A Fender Blackface Twin has what’s classically described as a scooped midrange, a Marshall has what’s usually described as mid-heavy tone.

Or, put another way, if a pickup sounds more like a saxophone, it’s mid-heavy. If it sounds more like a classical harp, it’s probably a bit scooped.

WORD

 

[JJJ]

All the SE pickups I have played with are pretty middy. Especially the 245s. Not just because they're humbuckers either, they just have some midrange heft.

You want some extreme exaples to add to the above... Matt Pike = mids. Listen to some sleep records, the mids will push you into orbit.

Something like the instrumental record Guthrie Govan put out years back called erotic cakes will give you a nice straight up contrast between middy humbucker tones and scooped trebly heavy single coils. Check that out for a rough idea

 

[elvis]

The mahogany body and neck will have a midrange peak as well.