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Post by sae2111 on Jun 1, 2006 19:13:15 GMT -7
Greetings all,
I have an Eric Johnson strat that I've had for a little while now. After a new amp purchase and putting a lot of time into really paying attention to and playing with my tone, I'm starting to hear things that I'm not mad about. I love the way the guitar sounds, until I get to the 15th fret. The notes I play remain in tune, but the tone is just different, perhaps a bit thin. What should I look into adjusting? Thanks for your input.
Seth
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Post by Hohn on Jun 2, 2006 7:51:08 GMT -7
It's possible that you enough string height due to neck relief, but when you get up the fingerboard, you run out of height.
You may want to consider raising the height of the saddles a slight amount. I go 1/4 turn on each screw at a time.
Does this happen on all strings?
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Post by sae2111 on Jun 2, 2006 7:57:18 GMT -7
I don't really notice it on the first string, and it is less noticeable on the second string than the others, but still sounds different. The rest sounds uniformly different.
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Post by John on Jun 2, 2006 8:39:27 GMT -7
Sounds like your Eric Johnson Strat has a warped neck and is now worthless. I think you should UPS it to me immediately and I will dispose of it properly.
(just kidding about the warped neck.)
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Post by tele1962 on Jun 2, 2006 11:37:28 GMT -7
Hi Sae, First of all the EJ Strat is a pretty well made production guitar...good purchase! The PU's are pretty much vintage reacting Pu's...passive, and get thin in the higher registers just like they're supposed to! Can we start with maybe raisng each of the 3 Pu's, 2mm. at the high end? Let there be a slight down slope from the high E to low E . Now...when you run your guitar , always open up your tone control all the way to bright...don't starve the highs. Now your amp...tell me what kind, and how you run your EQ...we'll try to get some better stuff out of this bad boy, before we start going deeper into the guitar, OK?
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Post by sae2111 on Jun 2, 2006 22:42:10 GMT -7
I'm all for taking your advice and will certainly experiment with those tips. Just a side note, I notice the tonal differences in the strings when I'm not plugged in too, which makes me think it might be a guitar set up issue. I'm playing through a mid 70s twin reverb. (which, as soon as I get the cash, Myles is going to help me trick out) As far as EQ goes, it just depends on what I'm playing. My band plays hard rock, but when I'm on my own, I play quite different types of music. Lately I've been getting a kick out of playing along with the new Mark Knopfler and Emmylou cd, as well as with a lot of Derek Trucks albums. I also use a full drive 2 and an OCD to dirty things up, if that helps any. But, I notice the decline in desirable tone on the higher register of the guitar despite what or how I'm playing. The only time I don't notice it is when I'm playing with the band and they want more ommph and I have to resort to a tone-sucking Boss metal zone.
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Post by sae2111 on Jun 6, 2006 12:24:31 GMT -7
Thanks for the tip on the pickup height. I couldn't beleive how much of a difference the smallest adjustment could make. I've been messing around with it all day.
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Post by tele1962 on Jun 13, 2006 19:09:32 GMT -7
MK and EmmyLou...nice combo! Strat PU switch on 2 position ( between neck and mid PU) Twin Reverb EQ: Treble 4, Mid 3-4, Bass 7 Volume 6, Master 2. If you like Knopfler , try this combination just for fun!
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