Best pickups for pinch harmonics
In your opinion what are the best for a strat or ibanez style guitar. Right now I play mainly through a 'Yngwie' style strat, but would love the strong pinched harmonic sound of Zakk. Also The amp that I am using now is the 5150II not much in beteween. Thanks..
# 1
I think emg pick ups would be the best for pinch harmonics personally.
How is the 5150 II you've got ? I'm thinking of getting one !! Could you put some sound clips up somewhere so i could hear what it sounds like? Surely with that much distortion you should be getting good pinch harmonics anyway!
How is the 5150 II you've got ? I'm thinking of getting one !! Could you put some sound clips up somewhere so i could hear what it sounds like? Surely with that much distortion you should be getting good pinch harmonics anyway!
By virtue of their electrical properties, tubes generate a special waveform when they're saturated, which is why tube engineering has tremendous tonal advantages over solid state or DSP solutions, particularly for crunch and lead sounds. Tubes enter the saturation zone gradually or softly, which lends tube-driven tone its trademark yet totally unique character.
# 2
High output pickups with high treble do the trick by my experience. There's some other stuff that also effects it besides pickups, such as pick choice (which can actually make just as much or more of a difference), so don't get too hung up on spending your $$.
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# 3
I also find certain strings are easy for pinch harmonics. On my friends strings i find it impossible to do them.
By virtue of their electrical properties, tubes generate a special waveform when they're saturated, which is why tube engineering has tremendous tonal advantages over solid state or DSP solutions, particularly for crunch and lead sounds. Tubes enter the saturation zone gradually or softly, which lends tube-driven tone its trademark yet totally unique character.
# 4
Originally posted by Death55
How is the 5150 II you've got ?
Great amps, I have both the 5150 II w/ 4 spkr slanted cab. And the 5150 212 combo. I like the 5150 combo better, being a 60w amp I can turn it up and get the tubes really hot. But the 5150 II has crazy distortion, and a really good tone.
A word of advice if you are going to buy the 5150 head, make sure you buy the 5150 speaker cab too!! The 5150 uses Sheffield speakers that were designed by Eddie. It really does make a difference. My 5150 head plugged into my Marshall 4 cab, doesn't even sound like the same amp head.
Another thing, on the 5150 212 combo, the clean channell sucks. So if you want a really nice clean you need to use another amp and a a/b switch. But I still prefer the combo.
# 5
I gotta say an EMG 81(bridge) would work very well and then some.
Oh yeah,death55,if youve ever heard 'The Haunted' then youve heard the 5150 II.I think they get a mean sound(listen to 'blood rust' by them).They use 81's too.
Oh yeah,death55,if youve ever heard 'The Haunted' then youve heard the 5150 II.I think they get a mean sound(listen to 'blood rust' by them).They use 81's too.
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# 6
cool. thanks. I dont think i have heard them before. I will check that song out by them.
By virtue of their electrical properties, tubes generate a special waveform when they're saturated, which is why tube engineering has tremendous tonal advantages over solid state or DSP solutions, particularly for crunch and lead sounds. Tubes enter the saturation zone gradually or softly, which lends tube-driven tone its trademark yet totally unique character.
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