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Jerry,
Its the opposite over here the pyramids are the expensive ones where
as the D'addarios are like 6 bucks a pack. I'm playing in a trio and
have to fill in voids but still cut through. Try using a unwound G
string that may help you cut through, and I'm pretty positive
everything on Ventures in Japan '65 was done with unwound G strings.
From what I've been told about the AV Jazzmaster pickups is that they
are more mellow than the stock CIJ, so that may not be the direction
you want to go if your trying to cut through.
As for the Mosrites, I know those are the best way to get the "Live
in Japan" sound. My drummer has a reissue Excellent '65 and it
really nails the tone but its useless for most other stuff. So I'm
trying to find a happy medium with the Jazzmaster. I agree with you
on the playability of the Mosrite vs. the Jazzmaster.
--- In , "Jerry" <jerry.soetewey@b...>
wrote:
> Supertwangreverb,
>
> I bought both Pyramid 0.11 Flats and Pyramid 0.11 round.
> Both are noteably cheaper in price then d'Addario's. (In Europe
that is)
>
> I first wanted to put the round 0.11 on my Vista series Jagmaster,
but I
> chickened out because I didn't want to fiddle arround with the tuss
rod
> and the tremolo system.(again)
>
> Since I got 0.11 flats on my Jazzmaster, I'm sure the Pyramids will
go
> on that one without any fuzz.
> I'm a kind of looking for a new dimension with the Jazzmaster. And
since
> I like the Early Ventures sound a lot (with the roundwounds)
>
> I like how it sounds, but when playing with Drum, bass and guitar,
it
> just don't seam to cut it as it is. So now I use a MIJ stock Jaguar
that
> adds more twang and bite to my bands sound. It also seams to go
better
> with the Stratocaster of our rythem guitarist. But for some strange
> reason the Jazzmaster was always in the same tonal region as our
Bass
> players 1963 Burns Jazzbass.
>
> I really like my CIJ Jazzmaster, but I wished it had a bit more. So
I'm
> a kind of hoping that the AV RI pups and new pots will do the
trick. And
> it's also a good excuse to try on some Pyramids. And it would be
nice to
> use the Jag with flats and the Jazzmasters with rounds.
>
> But for some reason I can't play a decent tune on a Mosrite, a
really
> nice guitar, but the frets are too narrow for my sausace like
> fingers.....(And thanks to Roland from the "Lunar Tiki's" I got to
play
> on his lovely Vintage red "Ventures model" Mosrite....)But I just
feel
> more comfortable on the Fenders.
>
> Jerry S.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: supertwangreverb [mailto:supertwangreverb@y...]
> Sent: vrijdag 6 februari 2004 18:19
> To:
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Live in Japan '65
>
>
> Jerry,
>
> Let me know how the Pyramids work out. I just went from 11
Daddario
> rounds to 11 Daddario Flats. The band I play in does some of
the '65
> Japan stuff so I miss that sound a bit. That being said the flats
> added a new dimension to my CIJ Jazzmaster.
>
>
>
> --- In , "Jerry" <jerry.soetewey@b...>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks for the comment on the strings used by the ventures.
> > I got some 0.11 from "Pyramid" I'll guess I'll try those on my
CIJ
> > Jazzmaster after I upgraded the pick ups to AV RI ones.
> >
> > Jerry S.
> >
> >
> > So what gauge strings could the Ventures been using in Japan '65.
> > They are obviously round wound do to all the fingernail
scrapping.
> > But they didn't have anything lighther than 11s back then did
they,
> > and Nokie is just rippin' it up on some of those songs.
>
>
>
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