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How is the pickup height? Even if the bridge pickup is too high, or
the neck pickup is too low, I know that the Strat's bridge pickup
really does cut through. I have limited access to Stratocasters and
the one that I do, I don't really like, so maybe Ivan will speak up,
he is after all "the Stratocossack." That being said, I know to
some degree when I use the bridge pickup on my Jaguar by itself, if
I'm coming from having both pickups turned on or the neck pickup
I'll have to adjust my "Treble" on my Bandmaster. But, the Jaguar
has the choke switch, thank God for that!
My settings on my Bandmaster are similar to the settings I used on
my Super Reverb, which is probablly closer to your Hot Rod Deville.
Volume never over 7, Bass always at 3, and Treble in the 3-6 range.
With the Bandmaster I have no Mid knob, so I can't recall what I had
that set on the Super.
I think a lot of Trad bands didn't use Twins as much as they'd use
Showmans, Bandmasters, and Bassmans. I always associate piggy back
Fender amps with the trad. surf look.
Bill
www.reluctantaquanauts.com
--- In , "atbrcr" <Sandmansrfgtar@a...>
wrote:
> Hi everyone. Need some help from ye surf music experts. I realize
this
> stuff is probaby top secret. But could you give me some advice as
to
> amp tone settings, and pickup seletions you people use to
> aquire "the"sound. My setup is a strat through a re issue reverb
unit
> through a re issue twin reverb or a hot rod deville 4x10. One of
the
> things I've noticed is when playing the bridge pickup, the tone is
way
> to thin without really turning down the treble, but then if I do
so it
> limits pickup selection If I need to change in the middle of a
song.
> I've experimented with taking the reverb unit out of the chain and
it
> still doesn't make alot of difference. By the way I did change out
the
> 12ax7 in the reverb unit to a 12at7. No noticeable difference. And
one
> final note, did a lot of trad surf bands use bassman amps besides
the
> coveted dual showmans and twin reverbs. I have seen some pictures
of
> trad bands with guitarists plugged into a bassman. Thanks ahead of
time
> for all of your help!
