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And balancing your pickups output is important too. Play a note on the bass E string and then play a note at the same fret on the high E string. Chances are the bass note will sound far louder. So you usually have to either raise the treble side a little higher, or lower the bass side of your pickup. Takes a few adjustments, but you want an even output. Don't worry if the pickup sits at an angle. It is not important how it looks, it is important how it sounds.

Also try an EQ pedal, boost the upper mids. These are the notes high on the fretboard. An EQ pedal will bring these notes out with power.

Do all of the above and it should sound great. :D

Wes]]> Guitar Players Discussion Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/boosting-the-sound-of-my-highest-notes/paged/2/#post-233299 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/boosting-the-sound-of-my-highest-notes/#post-233256 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:27:43 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion TRGuitar https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/boosting-the-sound-of-my-highest-notes/#post-233256 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/boosting-the-sound-of-my-highest-notes/#post-233140 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:44:25 +0000 Work on your vibrato.

Especially playing clean, the higher fretted notes will neither sustain as long nor be as loud at notes fretted much lower. The higher notes will have a fast attack, quick decay, not much sustain and a pretty quick release (ADSR characteristic). After one plays a while, it becomes a natural habit to use vibrato to help keep those high notes "excited." This extends the sustain, plus makes the note a bit more interesting. Bending does somewhat the same thing, though to a lesser extent, because one cannot keep bending in the same direction forever. In both cases the friction of the string on the fret helps keep it vibrating. It's a bit akin to bowing a string.]]> Guitar Players Discussion gnease https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/boosting-the-sound-of-my-highest-notes/#post-233140 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/boosting-the-sound-of-my-highest-notes/#post-233133 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:44:18 +0000
Think of it this way. A guy I was jamming with once, with the intention of joining his band, had been playing for 15 years. He asked how long I had been playing, which was 2 years at that point; and I thought I was pretty decent. He told me to wait until you've been playing for 5 years and then it all starts coming together. It's all about time and practice, and more practice, and you guessed it - more practice. For people like me in school that means I have about 3 months during the summer to "improve my theory" and the other 9 months to "maintain"/learn songs at my capability. A lot of these blues players you mentioned who are pretty accomplished players will sound as good on a cheap yamaha as they would on a american deluxe strat or les paul (gibson or epiphone).

However, if you have been playing for awhile (years), ignore everything I just said because you probably knew all that anyhow, and I'd suggest the compressor route. I've been playing for about two years, and oh, don't get me wrong. I'm certainly not against the idea that it has to do with the way I'm fretting it. But when I sit down and stop playing completely and just test out notes with a variety of fretting positions and I have the same problem, I tend to lean away from the idea that it's solely based on how I fret it. I'm not some super player, I hit the occasional bum note down the neck, but I would like to think at my stage of playing I can begin to tell the difference.

I'm still a beginner and nowhere near knowledgeable about all the ins and outs of a guitar and understand that it takes a lot of gumption (word of the day) to sound like you know what your doing.

I'm playing clean, too.. straight guitar to amp without any effects through the amp, by the way. I'll try playing with a tad bit of gain, and see how that works out.]]> Guitar Players Discussion clockworked https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/boosting-the-sound-of-my-highest-notes/#post-233133 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/boosting-the-sound-of-my-highest-notes/#post-233106 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 03:52:28 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion vink https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/boosting-the-sound-of-my-highest-notes/#post-233106 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/boosting-the-sound-of-my-highest-notes/#post-233104 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 03:32:25 +0000
Think of it this way. A guy I was jamming with once, with the intention of joining his band, had been playing for 15 years. He asked how long I had been playing, which was 2 years at that point; and I thought I was pretty decent. He told me to wait until you've been playing for 5 years and then it all starts coming together. It's all about time and practice, and more practice, and you guessed it - more practice. For people like me in school that means I have about 3 months during the summer to "improve my theory" and the other 9 months to "maintain"/learn songs at my capability. A lot of these blues players you mentioned who are pretty accomplished players will sound as good on a cheap yamaha as they would on a american deluxe strat or les paul (gibson or epiphone).

However, if you have been playing for awhile (years), ignore everything I just said because you probably knew all that anyhow, and I'd suggest the compressor route.]]> Guitar Players Discussion michhill8 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/boosting-the-sound-of-my-highest-notes/#post-233104 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/boosting-the-sound-of-my-highest-notes/#post-233061 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:17:53 +0000
How would raising the action help? Other than if the strings were getting cut out by the frets due to a poor set-up.

I'll add the compressor to my list of solutions. I'm thinking I'll try and mess around with an EQ pedal or a compressor, see what is up. How exactly does the compressor work in the guitar chain? Don't be too specific though, I don't want this moved to the effects forum.. even though that tends to be where it's going. ;)

Thanks for all the ideas, it's been very helpful.]]> Guitar Players Discussion clockworked https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/boosting-the-sound-of-my-highest-notes/#post-233061 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/boosting-the-sound-of-my-highest-notes/#post-233041 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:01:16 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Niklas https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/boosting-the-sound-of-my-highest-notes/#post-233041 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/boosting-the-sound-of-my-highest-notes/#post-233005 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:47:09 +0000
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