NGD: SusStudio

[11top]

This whole thread is getting a bit testy.

 

[alantig]

This whole thread is getting a bit testy.

But you still had to gonad another post.

 

[11top]

But you still had to gonad another post.

And you had to start with that junk. That takes balls.

 

[alantig]

And you had to start with that junk. That takes balls.

And presented in a nice tidy package.

 

[Going Modal]

This does not compute

If I could've gone back and built that exact SAS guitar, only without the middle pickup, I'd still be lovin' it to death. (I guess I need a Johnny Hiland signature model?)

 

[sergiodeblanc]

If I could've gone back and built that exact SAS guitar, only without the middle pickup, I'd still be lovin' it to death. (I guess I need a Johnny Hiland signature model?)

Nah, those are CE’s.

 

[Deleted member 5962]

I'm not being critical, I just don't understand the statements that a middle pickup is "in the way" or interfering or most difficult of all to understand "a reason to sell a guitar." The pickup is below the strings... while I know it's there on say my NF3, it's not "in the way." And one quick listen shows it to be an invaluable pickup location. If your choices are 1) make a slight adjustment or 2) lose the incredible tones of that middle pickup, I'LL ADUST! And, I'm a self proclaimed "feel over everything else" guy. Feel and playability are always first. Tone can be adjusted other ways of needed. But this is not a thing that throws off the feel of a guitar for me.

I guess I'm just more flexible than some...
(TWSS)

 

[sergiodeblanc]

I'm not being critical, I just don't understand the statements that a middle pickup is "in the way" or interfering or most difficult of all to understand "a reason to sell a guitar." The pickup is below the strings... while I know it's there on say my NF3, it's not "in the way." And one quick listen shows it to be an invaluable pickup location. If your choices are 1) make a slight adjustment or 2) lose the incredible tones of that middle pickup, I'LL ADUST! And, I'm a self proclaimed "feel over everything else" guy. Feel and playability are always first. Tone can be adjusted other ways of needed. But this is not a thing that throws off the feel of a guitar for me.

I guess I'm just more flexible than some...
(TWSS)

Well, maybe you don’t rock as hard as you think you do?

 

[Going Modal]

I'm not being critical, I just don't understand the statements that a middle pickup is "in the way" or interfering or most difficult of all to understand "a reason to sell a guitar." The pickup is below the strings... while I know it's there on say my NF3, it's not "in the way." And one quick listen shows it to be an invaluable pickup location. If your choices are 1) make a slight adjustment or 2) lose the incredible tones of that middle pickup, I'LL ADUST! And, I'm a self proclaimed "feel over everything else" guy. Feel and playability are always first. Tone can be adjusted other ways of needed. But this is not a thing that throws off the feel of a guitar for me.

I guess I'm just more flexible than some...
(TWSS)

TBH, I didn't think I'd ever be that guy complaining about the middle pickup "getting in the way." I mean, I've got a Strat with the standard 3-single coils and its middle pickup has never bothered me one bit. Maybe it's something about the way my hand/arm naturally fell on that guitar (from where it sits on my lap, to the natural position that my arm rests on the guitar, etc.) that was causing it.

 

[Deleted member 5962]

Well, maybe you don’t rock as hard as you think you do?

Is that what it is? Because I've never been bothered by middle pickups. I knew there must be some advantages to being a poser. If the middle pickup on the NF3 is my reward for being a poser, then I'll take that as a fair trade.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Is that what it is? Because I've never been bothered by middle pickups. I knew there must be some advantages to being a poser. If the middle pickup on the NF3 is my reward for being a poser, then I'll take that as a fair trade.

Maybe? You could have extra long fingers too? Or a “meaty” palm?

 

[Deleted member 5962]

Maybe? You could have extra long fingers too? Or a “meaty” palm?

No, that's not it. Don't have either. Must be the poser thing.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

No, that's not it. Don't have either. Must be the poser thing.

Maybe? You could have extra short fingers too? Or a slim palm?

 

[Deleted member 5962]

Maybe? You could have extra short fingers too? Or a slim palm?

No, relatively normal sized hands, so must be the poser thing.

 

[11top]

And presented in a nice tidy package.

Are you hung up on this thread?

 

[11top]

I'm not being critical, I just don't understand the statements that a middle pickup is "in the way" or interfering or most difficult of all to understand "a reason to sell a guitar." The pickup is below the strings... while I know it's there on say my NF3, it's not "in the way." And one quick listen shows it to be an invaluable pickup location. If your choices are 1) make a slight adjustment or 2) lose the incredible tones of that middle pickup, I'LL ADUST! And, I'm a self proclaimed "feel over everything else" guy. Feel and playability are always first. Tone can be adjusted other ways of needed. But this is not a thing that throws off the feel of a guitar for me.

I guess I'm just more flexible than some...
(TWSS)

FWIW (which is nothing ), the middle pickup bugs me. I guess my picking hand naturally rests right on top of the middle pickup on a Strat. Maybe it’s my faulty picking method, but it is what it is, and it bugs the sh*t outta me when my pick makes contact.

 

[Deleted member 5962]

FWIW (which is nothing ), the middle pickup bugs me. I guess my picking hand naturally rests right on top of the middle pickup on a Strat. Maybe it’s my faulty picking method, but it is what it is, and it bugs the sh*t outta me when my pick makes contact.

I move my picking hand around depending on what I'm doing. One guy in another forum used to tease me because sometimes I pick up above the neck pickup (the picture of me playing my first Custom 22 I'm picking well above it). I do it for a reason, but maybe since I'm used to moving around anyway it just doesn't bother me if I need to move a little because of the middle pickup.

Oh, and the "flexible" thing was just to make a joke.

 

[alantig]

Are you hung up on this thread?

More so than the average guy.

 

[alantig]

I move my picking hand around depending on what I'm doing. One guy in another forum used to tease me because sometimes I pick up above the neck pickup (the picture of me playing my first Custom 22 I'm picking well above it). I do it for a reason, but maybe since I'm used to moving around anyway it just doesn't bother me if I need to move a little because of the middle pickup.

Oh, and the "flexible" thing was just to make a joke.

The middle pickup can bug me, but I can also adjust for it. I notice it sometimes w/the Silver Sky. Flat pick and fingerpicking. I guess sometimes I just dig deep. Like Igor.

 

[shinksma]

I'm not being critical, I just don't understand the statements that a middle pickup is "in the way" or interfering or most difficult of all to understand "a reason to sell a guitar." The pickup is below the strings... while I know it's there on say my NF3, it's not "in the way." And one quick listen shows it to be an invaluable pickup location. If your choices are 1) make a slight adjustment or 2) lose the incredible tones of that middle pickup, I'LL ADUST! And, I'm a self proclaimed "feel over everything else" guy. Feel and playability are always first. Tone can be adjusted other ways of needed. But this is not a thing that throws off the feel of a guitar for me.

I guess I'm just more flexible than some...
(TWSS)

Well, maybe you don’t rock as hard as you think you do?

I know I don't rock/thrash as hard as some...

Indeed, I have noted previously in another thread from earlier this year (or maybe last year?) that I have no issue with any pickup config - the HhH (narrowfield hum) of the SSH, the HSH (or whatever the SD rail is officially) of the SAS, the 305, DC3, 509, Silver Sky/strat, or whatever.

But I also vary my strumming/picking position, going from right beside the bridge all the way up to the 12th fret and beyond, because that brings out different tonalities.

:shrug: