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How do you bring the noise (mostly)?

Obviously I use bridge, both and neck in various songs but I would say that predominantly I am definitely a Bridge Single Coil player.
I like the spanky action you get with a clean sound and the aggressive tight overdrive sounds that can be attained with a good single coil in the bridge position

The one PUP on my guitar. I usually use the tone down position, which is darker.

On the off chance that I'm playing my mustang, it's usually both at once. The 335 I use neck for rhythm and bridge for lead. I'm not playing those much ATM.

I've been experimenting with amp settings so I can use the U1s for my band stuff as well. The biggest challenge has been keeping the strummed sound from getting clangey - I think I'm getting closer to the right balance of treble and mids to make it work.

Anyhoo, Neck PUPs all the way.

Mostly the bridge but it totally depends on the guitar.

Strat - mostly bridge - some bits on neck, some bits on bridge/middle.
LP - mostly bridge - some bits on neck
Jag - both on
Jagstang - bridge only
Mercury - neck, or both on.

Tele Neck

but I do no balls out solo'ing - if I did I think I'd go the bridge route more.... people I play with always seem to have way to much treble in their tone, so I think I've evolved this way as opposed to chose it

Neck lipstick on my synthy Hag III. It's a very small, bright guitar so the neck pickup is never wooly or muddy.

Usually the neck on my Jazzmaster, same with my Dano's (although I use the "both-at-once-turbo-boost" feature a lot on the baritone); don't tell Hurb, but I've really got into the neck humbucker on my tele lately, although the tele bridge pickup is a thing of beauty.

Neck mostly. but different guitars can change that. for example I really like the middle position on my faux xii.

I'm surprised at the number of neck users. I find you can't do Brutal Weepy Indie Rock Chording with a neck pickup and retain any clarity.

I'm using the both position on my Jaguar a bunch at the moment, but I still reach for that bridge pickup - then again I am partial to guitars with broad-sounding bridge pickups with a healthy tight bass response.

I use the bridge humbucker on the Jagmaster for high gain, which is probably 80% of my parts whith the band.
The medium and low gain stuff, I generally play trough the middle pickup on The Cyclone II with the volume knob set halfsies.

On a tele which is pretty much the only guitar i use, i generally go with the bridge for distortion and bridge/neck together for milder overdrive to cleaner sounds. I dont bother with the neck on it's own.

Bridge Single.

I like the bass you get in the neck it makes things bigger and badder, I guess because I play with myself (ooohahah) with no bass and band to accompany me. If I was in a band I may use the bridge more. dunno. having said that every pmt/combolikerambo/saline stuff I normally use the neck too and that is with band. I dunno if I get mixed to sound like a brighter bridge sound though.

Fuzzes like neck pickups, and I'm usually howling away like a dick through some fuzz or other: I always switch to the bridge to bring the clang though.

Octave Fuzzes in particular <3 the Neck pickup.

yes this is true I dun love teh fuzz boxes.

it's really depends on the guitar i'm using.

the goldtop's p90's tend to buzz a little if there on their own, so tend to use both on, switching to bridge for crunchier rhythm and leads and neck for slide.

the les paul custom is normally bridge pickup, for the punky or ac/dc kinda stuff. i use the neck for the womanz tonez ala doog lol.

the strat is really strange, i tend to only use either the neck or the bridge. never really use the in between or middle positions much. the neck is very warm sounding, but with enough bite for lead work. the bridge pickup verges into humbucker territory, it's a really fat sounding pickup.

it's really depends on the guitar i'm using.

the goldtop's p90's tend to buzz a little if there on their own, so tend to use both on, switching to bridge for crunchier rhythm and leads and neck for slide.

the les paul custom is normally bridge pickup, for the punky or ac/dc kinda stuff. i use the neck for the womanz tonez ala doog lol.

the strat is really strange, i tend to only use either the neck or the bridge. never really use the in between or middle positions much. the neck is very warm sounding, but with enough bite for lead work. the bridge pickup verges into humbucker territory, it's a really fat sounding pickup.

Neck single coil, by miles.

Unless I'm rocking out, then it's bridge humbucker.

Progrockabuse wrote:the strat is really strange, i tend to only use either the neck or the bridge. never really use the in between or middle positions much. the neck is very warm sounding, but with enough bite for lead work. the bridge pickup verges into humbucker territory, it's a really fat sounding pickup.

There's something very tight and reedy sounding about the inbetween strat settings that just irritate me.

For me, neck single when clean or heavily fuzzed, bridge single for overdriven.

I know what you mean. It's sound that I hate by itself, but sometimes it sounds class in a band situation I think.

Although I could never sit about the house playing with that sound.