Secrets to Getting “Quack”

[TonyT]

What is the best way to get that “quack” sound? I’ve experienced it with my CE24 on certain tones through my Boss GT-1000 but are there certain volume, tone, treble or other setting characteristics or picking techniques that consistently allow you to produce it? Would like to get this on a McCarty 594 also but have not had the guitar long enough to experiment with. Thanks in advance for suggestions that work for you.

 

[Gtrbldr]

Get a strat. Honestly.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Get a strat. Honestly.

Reluctantly this^^^

 

[Prs Mods too]

I'm not that picky, a good original CE with the 5 way rotory does it for me.

 

[SinSir]

Not the 594s thing

 

[Mentalo87]

I'm not that picky, a good original CE with the 5 way rotory does it for me.

I have the same experience, my 98 CE with Dragon2 does this best out of all of my guitars. With some other guitars, no chance. I think it’s a combination of the basic sound of the guitar, Amp with lots of mids and your picking technique.

 

[dogrocketp]

I boost the highs and tap the humbuckers if it’s not a single coil guitar. I don’t need my guitars to sound like a Strat. I just need them to give me a funky single coil sound.

 

[Steve's addiction]

I agree Mods. My 89 has the 5 way and it gets me there.

 

[László]

You need a middle pickup to get real-deal quack. On a Strat, the pickups being attached to a piece of plastic over a cavity, and the bridge pickup angle, seem to contribute to the peculiar quack the guitar has as well. I can't think of any non-Strat style guitars that have it like a Strat does.

I've got no axe to grind on this, I'm not a fan of the bridge pickup on most Strats, and don't own one, but I don't need the quack for what I do.

 

[andy474x]

You need a middle pickup to get real-deal quack. On a Strat, the pickups being attached to a piece of plastic over a cavity, and the bridge pickup angle, seem to contribute to the peculiar quack the guitar has as well. I can't think of any non-Strat style guitars that have it like a Strat does.

I've got no axe to grind on this, I'm not a fan of the bridge pickup on most Strats, and don't own one, but I don't need the quack for what I do.

+1

There’s a reason I have a slew of PRS with middle pickups.

And, perhaps, a reason why there are more of them in the catalog than ever before.

 

[DISTORT6]

 

[László]

The real question is whether 'getting some quack' means you're having sex with a duck.

 

[Bogner]

The real question is whether 'getting some quack' means you're having sex with a duck.

Do Animals Have Diddy Parties Too? Instead Of Freak Off's They Have Quack Off's.

 

[László]

Do Animals Have Diddy Parties Too? Instead Of Freak Off's They Have Quack Off's.

Oh, the cool drakes all stopped quacking off a long time ago, right?