Strat Tones on a 594?

[Julian]

Who needs a strat? I rewired my S2 594 to series/parallel and the tones on the neck humbucker are unreal!

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Just my iphone microphone and through a positive grid spark 40.

Highly recommend!

 

[Greywolf]

the tapped 58/15's come pretty close

 

[dbrian66]

That sounded real good!

Was that a preset on the Spark? I would love to try it out if you will share.

 

[JasonE]

Sounds good. I am not sure that would replace the neck pickup on a Strat or Tele for me, but it sounds good. The whole reason to own a Strat or Tele for me are the neck pickups. I actually like the neck pickup of a Tele more than a Strat.

 

[bodia]

Way cool!

 

[Julian]

Sounds good. I am not sure that would replace the neck pickup on a Strat or Tele for me, but it sounds good. The whole reason to own a Strat or Tele for me are the neck pickups. I actually like the neck pickup of a Tele more than a Strat.

To Each their own! I originally wanted to get my neck humbucker to sound brighter and this did the trick for me! Keep in mind Spark 40 amp is incredibly bassy.

That sounded real good!

Was that a preset on the Spark? I would love to try it out if you will share.

I just modded the tone off of a preset I'll make it public so you can check out. I think I had my volume around 7 and tone knob maxed out.

"Glassy Clean - JUULIAN"

the tapped 58/15's come pretty close

Yes 58/15S on S2 is very bassy by itself as well so I needed to sort that out. I wanted it to sound more like the coil tap on core 58/15.

 

[Sybo]

I am on a research path to find out if one of our fine members will share the “secret sauce” wiring for a certain “F” type guitar I just found

 

[JasonE]

To Each their own! I originally wanted to get my neck humbucker to sound brighter and this did the trick for me! Keep in mind Spark 40 amp is incredibly bassy.

I was able to get a Spark 40 when they first came out. I was not a fan of it and sold it for what I had in it. You are correct, they are very bass heavy. I have no doubt that what you did brightened up the tone as you intended. I was responding to the part about it replacing a Strat. I have played a lot of gigs with Strats and Teles in my hands. The tone you have is definitely useful, but to me, it wouldn't replace a Strat neck pickup. I don't mean any disrespect. That is just my opinion.

 

[dbrian66]

"Glassy Clean - JUULIAN"

I just downloaded it. I’ll give it a try tonight! Thanks!

 

[ViperDoc]

Very cool mod. Have you tried playing it through a tube amp?

 

[Julian]

I was able to get a Spark 40 when they first came out. I was not a fan of it and sold it for what I had in it. You are correct, they are very bass heavy. I have no doubt that what you did brightened up the tone as you intended. I was responding to the part about it replacing a Strat. I have played a lot of gigs with Strats and Teles in my hands. The tone you have is definitely useful, but to me, it wouldn't replace a Strat neck pickup. I don't mean any disrespect. That is just my opinion.

No doubt, just glad to have made good use of neck humbucker.

Very cool mod. Have you tried playing it through a tube amp?

Not yet! Haven't decided on which amp to get yet but likely a VOX AC15.

 

[ViperDoc]

No doubt, just glad to have made good use of neck humbucker.


Not yet! Haven't decided on which amp to get yet but likely a VOX AC15.

The speaker will make a huge difference. Celestion Blue is the legacy version for the AC15, tho they are not made equally these days. Dr Z makes several really good EL84 small format amps for reasonable money. Maz 18 and Carmen Ghia are good choices. I love me some Vox tones. I just built a point-to-point Trainwreck Express, it chimes and it dimes. Look also at the Z-Wreck small version.

 

[Julian]

The speaker will make a huge difference. Celestion Blue is the legacy version for the AC15, tho they are not made equally these days. Dr Z makes several really good EL84 small format amps for reasonable money. Maz 18 and Carmen Ghia are good choices. I love me some Vox tones. I just built a point-to-point Trainwreck Express, it chimes and it dimes. Look also at the Z-Wreck small version.

I was leaning celestion blue as it seems to be the go to.

 

[Rod/]

I was leaning celestion blue as it seems to be the go to.

It will be very bright, but maybe that’s what you want. Needs a lot of break in. Scumback makes some great alnicos, (a blue) but specifically their version of the Vox Silver.. warmer, more of a singing lead tone. Handmade in AZ, and they come fully broken in…