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Ya, I agree....the pickup height is critical for
switching balance. and adding the tone control to the
lead pickup is a cool idea. On my strats (which I
seldom use on stage) I rewire the pickups and selector
switch to give a setting that will include the bridge
and neck together. Done correctly, this can still
yield a pretty good quack and also a fair Thunky/surfy
sound. You can liven up that rascal by replacing the
250K volume pot with a 500K. This will give it a
little more snarl similar to a Jaguar (which uses a 1
meg pot). Although the Strat is the world's most
popular guitar (by a long shot) I still prefer the
higher relative string tension on a Jazzmaster or
Jaguar for surf and instro.....I also have a hot
aftermarked lead pickup in one strat which gives a
really smooth increase in umph...Get out your
soldering iron (no guns please) and have some
fun........Eddie K
--- theo_reverb <> wrote:
> --- 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!
>
> Hi.
> As alrady said you should check the pickup height. I
> received good
> results from varying between 2-3 mm string space on
> the bridge to 3-5
> mm on the neck (with the .13 gauge strings that is).
> Furthermore it
> might be useful to solder one of the tone pots to
> the Bridge PU in
> order to have a better controlable treble output.
> Hope I could help you,
> Theo
>
>
>
>
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