Plus Top Dan Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Just wondering what pickup/s everyone tends to favour using on the Les Pauls? I tend to prefer the sound of the neck pickup but it seems in most clips on YouTube people are using the Bridge pick up more often. It seems Joe Bonamassa for example nearly always plays using the bridge pickup. Not that it matters, i'm just curious and having a slow day!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueslespaultone Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 The middle position is an acquired taste,IMHO. I love it now, but for the longest time, I thought it had too much of a midrange honk. I love the woodiness of the neck pickup and the growl of the bridge pickup. For a rhythm loop I would use neck or mid position, and lead(attempt anyway) I use the neck and bridge. I'm learning how to incorporate the use of the volume tone and pickup position . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 With the Les Pauls? Around the house I use neck p-up perhaps 90% of the time. Slightly different on 'Open Mic' depending on circumstances. I use an odd set-up, though. I keep my 2x12 Music Man combo set to; Treble : 10. Mid : 0. Bass : 0. and control the final tone through mixing the Vol & Tone knobs on the guits which are wired '50s style. For a quick change I'll snap off (or on) the 'Bright/Normal' and 'Deep/Normal' switches. These are usually 'On' and 'Off' respectively. With my LPs I typically have my tone control rolled off to about 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 when the vol is below 8 and might roll the tone up a notch or two if the vol goes to 8 1/2 or beyond. With this basis I can go from the most mellow, soft Jazz-tones to full-blown, balls-out 'Blues Breaker' crunch without having to go near the amp. The rest of the time I use the mid-position - again mixing all the knobs to get the required result - and only regularly use the bridge on its own for very biting lead lines........but that's not often my 'Thing'. The Strat and Tele get much more of a mixture of p-up use, however. With my Pauls I'm an inveterate guitar-knob-twiddler. I thought I was bad until I saw a live clip of Gary Moore playing 'Jumping at Shadows' where, during the solo, he changed his knob settings pretty much non-stop! If I can find it on youtube I'll post it for the listening and viewing pleasure of us all! EDIT : Here it is. This is an absolute masterclass of how to find any tone you like from just p-up selection, knobs and pick-attack. It's the Ex-Peter Green '59 just in case you didn't know...LOL! Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRzZP3N_BmY P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Hello! I use "Rhythm" for treble, and "Treble" for rhythm. More detailed: when I play in higher registers, above 10th fret I switch to neck pickup to compensate the highs, below that it's through the bridge pickup. Learnt this practice from Steve Morse, and it works great for me. Volume pots at max, neck tone at 5-6, bridge tone at 9. Amp settings: Bass at 10, Treble at 8, Volume at 2. Pedals: TS-10 (gain at 8, tone at 6-7, level at 8); MS-10 (gain at 2, all tones and attack at 8, level at 8); noise gate at minimum, then some light chorus and analog delay set for slapback. Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueslespaultone Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Thanks pipp, that's an awesome video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Thanks pipp, that's an awesome video. You're most welcome, and I agree. He was a great player and he plays that song to perfection. That particular performance lends much weight to my absolute conviction that 'Taste' and 'Touch' are both essential. 'Flash' almost totally unimportant. Although I've played that song for years the first time I was shown that particular clip I watched it over and over again just studying his right-hand technique. It's simply Wonderful to watch. P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvar Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I tend to play in the middle position- bridge vol and tone up full- neck rolled back to about 7, tone up full- I'll roll the neck pickup volume in and out to change my tones, or, change guitars, but all my guitars are set up that same way. My technique requires I have a volume control for each pickup. I hardly ever change to one position or the other- I just use a boost for solos, so my tone is almost always the same, whether I'm playing lead or rhythm. It just gets louder- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eracer_Team Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 This is quite interesting the responses so far. from what I've ever seen (mostly from video) many many LP players lead the pickup selected to Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trelf Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Just wondering what pickup/s everyone tends to favour using on the Les Pauls? I tend to prefer the sound of the neck pickup but it seems in most clips on YouTube people are using the Bridge pick up more often. It seems Joe Bonamassa for example nearly always plays using the bridge pickup. Not that it matters, i'm just curious and having a slow day!! I don't think I have a preference - although I have my epi les paul wired out of phase - mid position gets a fair bit of play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxicpizza73 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I play mostly bridge ,and neck for lead,(sometimes neck also,on certain rythm-parts) ..middle,I dont need/use it ! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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