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Thanks for the help. As I have never taken my guitar apart I was
just curious if that first mod. mentioned is just a matter of
switching the two pickups (no rewiring necessary).
I'm a big fan of MOA from their earlier work to the end and i have
heard a little of agent orange but not a whole lot, I'll have to
check them out again.
--- In , "Jerry" <jerry.soetewey@b...>
wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> The very typical thing about the sound of the surf guitar, appart
from
> the clean Fender sound and the reverb (tank) is indeed the single
coils.
>
>
> The Jaguar/Jazzmaster/Mosrite end other "surfy" guitars have the
option
> of using both the neck and Brigdge pick up together for the typical
> sound.
> A standaard stratocaster or simelar do not have that option. So the
most
> easy way of getting there is by rewiring the pick ups. Just swat the
> middle pick up conection on the 5 way switch with the neck pick up
to be
> able to use both neck and bridge. Most surf guitarist I saw play
swith
> between both Neck and Bridge to bridge only (for a bit more high end
> sounds) to the bridge (for a mellower aproach)
>
> I saw Big ray and the futuras do this at amazing speed, which gave a
> very nice sound.
>
> There are many web sites devoted to this mod, and there is also a
> schematic for a more complicated mod, which involves maken two vol
pots
> and one tone pot from the one Vol and two tone pots and a complete
> rewiring. (I think you will find these links in the archives or
perhaps
> a nice Member on this list can give you the sites)
>
> My personal advice is to try out a few of these and try to look for
a
> sound you like. It's more pleasing then trying to capture a typical
> players sound IMHO. As for most of the "Surf" is in the playing.
Listen
> to Agent Orange who did surf tunes in a punky fashion or the early
Man
> or Astroman records.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Hutchinson [mailto:surfinseattle@h...]
> Sent: maandag 6 oktober 2003 4:41
> To:
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Guitar Modifications
>
>
> I read through some of the previous posts and a few mentioned
> something about switching the neck and mid pickups. One posted
> recently said that you need single-coil pickups and a previous post
> stated that it was done to make a strat sound more like a Jag.
> I have very little experience with electric guitars or what
> different models sound like. Only recently have I signed up for
this
> list and read of the various guitars etc. When I bought my
electric
> guitar I just looked for the cheapest thing I could find, which
ended
> up being a Kramer Focus for around $80. The question I have is if
> there are any modification that I can make to it, to give it a
> more "surfy" feel to it. I'm not sure of most of its specifics but
I
> know it has single coil pickups.
>
> Eric
>
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