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07/06/2008 1:42 pm
I have a les paul standard. And as on most guitars it has a pup selector. I know this can be used to switch between a distorted sound and a very clean sound based on the neck or bridge pickup. My problem is I cannot procede to do this. My bridge pickup will sound very heavy and distorted, but when i flip the selector down to rythm, or the neck pup i get a semi-clean tone that sounds like it might as well still be distorted. How do i fix this to where I can get a distored sound and a clean sound just by "flipping a switch".
07/06/2008 2:37 pm
Hi :D
Yes, unlike Fenders, which have a master volume for all the pups,
a Gibson usually has two pups; each with seperate volume control.
So, you can have one pup's volume lower so that it plays cleaner, and one pup's volume higher so that it
1) gets louder for leads.
2) gets more overdrive for leads.
Try setting your lead pup on 10 and lowering your rhythm pup to 6 or 7.
Dial them in from there.
You have to take care to set the amp up so that it's not set to be on full up distortion/high gain, or that's what you'll get no matter what.
I myself always prefered to use the neck pup (rhythm) for the leads on my SG; And the bridge pup (lead) for the rhythm work.
The bridge pup had a bit more of an edge for the 'chunka chunka chunka' rhythm that I liked, while the neck pup had that Peter Green sound I so covet!
Ken
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