jimmi accardi Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 After acquiring my MIC Casino, I spent 2 months going through different pedals (comp, overdrives, boosts, etc). I've come to the conclusion that, for me anyway, the Casino sounds best direct to the DRRI with the Volume on 5 and the bas and treble knobs on 6 (I use the normal channel with the Fritz mod which brings reverb/tremolo to the normal channel). I back off the Casino's volume knobs for rhythm and turn them up for lead. This sounds good! One thing I've noticed (on my Casino anyway) - with all four guitar knobs cranked - their seems to be a bit too much neck pickup for the blend, so I tend to cut back just a hair on the neck pup when the selector switch is in the middle position. I've considered raising the bridge pickup pole-piece screws since I can't lower the neck pup but haven't done it yet. PS >The stock pickups do seem very hot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 You also may want to try a spacer under the bridge pickup to raise it up a bit. I did this on my Elitist Casino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 You also may want to try a spacer under the bridge pickup to raise it up a bit. I did this on my Elitist Casino. exellent idea Gunner!! I only VERY occasionally use any pedals (actually a multi unit) because a great guitar thru a great tube amp just can't be beat ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmi accardi Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 Here's a good guitar/amp tip: Long before the propagation of channel switching, the master volume, and massive pedalboards, legendary rock players still had a straightforward means of achieving clean, crunch, and lead tones?right from the guitar even. They set their tube amps for the best lead sound they could achieve, turned the guitar’s volume knob down a little for crunch, and turned it down a little more for clean. That was it: the volume control was used like it was meant to be, as a remote appendage of the amp’s controls. Work with this yourself, and you can get a lot out of this control right here in the 21st century. Now, this technique works best with vintage-style tube amps, certainly. This includes not only old classics of that aforementioned Golden Age of Tone, but latter-day tube amps made in a similar style, with relatively uncluttered signal paths and a big, natural overdrive achieved by just cranking them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmi accardi Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 After a certain point these amps don’t get any louder (I’m thinking, in most cases, of volume settings between about 3 o’clock and 5 o’clock—max—on the dial), they just break up more and compress more. Crank them up, though, and wind down your guitar’s volume control, and you get surprisingly rich, dynamic clean tones that are often far more appealing and playable than the tones achieved by turning the amp down to a comparable volume with the guitar turned up all the way. In between, you get thick crunch tones, and these real-tube crunch and lead tones are very difficult to replicate with overdrive or distortion pedals. All of this might seem just a little “too easy to be true,” but it works for very scientific reasons that have to do with the electrical interaction between a guitar and a tube amplifier. Play around with your amp levels, learn where you need to roll your guitar’s volume(s) to in order to achieve the desired changes, and you’ll soon discover you’ve got far more control over your tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmi accardi Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 You also may want to try a spacer under the bridge pickup to raise it up a bit. I did this on my Elitist Casino. How would I do that? What did you use exactly? Did you make a spacer? Out of what? Do tell. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 This is what I used. The Allparts spacers have a larger footprint than the P-90 though, and stick out around the pickup somewhat. Eventually I traced around the pickup and took the excess spacer material off with my bench grinder. I think there are other brands that have the same footprint as the pickup that might be better. I used the 1/8" spacer for my Elitist and it was just the ticket. I got similar volume levels for each pickup individually and a nice balanced out of phase tone in the middle switch position. http://www.allparts.com/PC-0870-023-P-90-Spacer-Set_p_2464.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDTRFB Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 How would I do that? What did you use exactly? Did you make a spacer? Out of what? Do tell. :-) Lollar makes shims for casinos. http://www.lollarguitars.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=p90-dogear-sizing-notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmi accardi Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmi accardi Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 I guess I could order this - http://www.lollarguitars.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=LGP&Product_Code=Shim-Packs-for-P90-Dogears&Category_Code=pickup-accessories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Seven Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I agree. My Casino sounds great straight into the DRRI. I do have a pedalboard and use it quite a bit, but the Casino direct into the DRRI is a beautiful thing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmi accardi Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 ROCKIN'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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