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03-15-2010, 12:40 AM
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| |  overdrive with single pickup jazz box?
My only guitar is a single built-in humbucker laminate jazz box. I'm thinking of getting a Zendrive or similar to have some fun learning a few Robben Ford solos etc. - a change from the bebop! Is this likely to work or do I really need a guitar with a bridge pickup?
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03-15-2010, 03:10 AM
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I don't see why it wouldn't work. I mostly use the neck PU when playing overdriven (yes in jazz too), 'cause I like that 'creamy' sound.
I work with an ES-333 with '57s and use a tubescreamer and a Boss Bluesdriver. This works fine for me. I don't know the zendrive. |
03-15-2010, 10:39 AM
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The Zen is a great pedal for that sort of tone. Lots of guys use the neck pup for OD, but usually we are talking solid or semihollow. I would roll up to the local GC with it and try out some lower gain pedals and see what you thought first. |
03-15-2010, 10:49 AM
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I tried to use some of the higher gain models of the Cube 80x on a jazz box, out of curiousity, and it just howled with feedback. |
03-15-2010, 11:30 AM
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you probably could, particularly if it's a humbucker...i'm not a fan of distorted neck single coils...too mushy.
might involve some creative standing/soundhole blocking at stage volume, though! |
03-15-2010, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont  you probably could, particularly if it's a humbucker...i'm not a fan of distorted neck single coils...too mushy.
might involve some creative standing/soundhole blocking at stage volume, though! | What about Clapton's "Woman Tone"? Can't get that without a neck bucker and distortion. Jazzed up version of "Sunshine Of You Love" anyone? |
03-15-2010, 01:49 PM
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yeah, derek, that's what i'm getting at...neck humbucker distortion= cool...single coil, too much dirt equals mush (JMHO) |
03-16-2010, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont yeah, derek, that's what i'm getting at...neck humbucker distortion= cool...single coil, too much dirt equals mush (JMHO) | Yeah, I am trying to think of an example of single with dirt that sounds good. Frisell maybe? I am drawing a blank, maybe for good reason. |
03-16-2010, 11:22 AM
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a little dirt on a single coil neck pup is fine, and actually you can get away with plenty if you stick to single note lines...but chords lose a lot of definition with a dirty tone anyway, and with a single coil neck pickup, they just don't work to my ears....i'm sure there's someone out there with tone to prove me wrong! | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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