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Title: how to get my chupa to sound more like the middy dumbly plexis of yester year ? Post by: jontz71 on April 08, 2012, 12:44:17 AM maybe someone can help my tone chasing behind.
bought a chupa last year and have been diggin it, but feel i am still missing that true "dokken" middy/dumbly thing. Listen to Peter framton at 4:20 lead tone: Check out this video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7rFYbMhcG8&feature=youtube_gdata_player listen at 1:17 of this youtube video. hear what i am talking about ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPB-d6lJQiE&feature=related for some reason the chupa does not have it correct ? was going to try a carl martin plexitone on it running clean next week. anybody got thoughts or having the same quest ? Do I need Mullards in preamp ? best, jontz Title: Re: how to get my chupa to sound more like the middy dumbly plexis of yester year ? Post by: jontz71 on May 14, 2012, 05:17:31 PM huge but simple break through on finding that "middy" / "glassy" thing i've been hunting for 2 years.
ok i can't believe it was that simple !! the secret to most "brown" sound and good classic rock tone were PAF style pickups. i had a seymour duncan '59 in the neck and JB in the bridge. i switched them and BAM !! '59 in the bridge made all the difference !! if any of you are hunting this mysterious and highly subjective tone. drop a seymour duncan '59 or a dimarzio "evolution" (both PAF low output pickups). the other thing i did was put KT77 power tubes in as i personally felt EL4's did not have enough low end. nik has been super kind and patient to help figure this out. he never gave up on me ;) bless his soul !! |