skoora
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Picked up a Mascis JM recently in the store and the neck was really nice. Chunky but not baseball bat.
DanTravis62
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Sometimes that fact is totally fine with me, and sometimes that fact is the bane of my existence on guitar forums.
As actual musicians, we have way more variety and options than ever before as far as gear, but our options for doing anything with the kickass music were playing have been severely limited by those same people pissing in the pool, so to speak.
Democracy is always a double edged sword
The~Kid
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I mean the John Mayer one but yeah honestly those Mascis ones on the Squires are friggin amazing too and equally as good in their right even if it is a Squire.... and I would probably put a Mascis neck profile right up there too.
59 LP profiles are great too and would say these are solid and as good as the best but yeah the Mascis, Mayer and Beck Fender profiles are some of the best for a Fender style guitar........ okay throw in the Paisley sig profile too but that's for Teles and like LPs different.
Congrats on the Mascis man and yeah frigging great necks there and pure butter ^_^
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Geo
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The latest generation noiseless have improved substantially. Try an Ultra 2 when you get a chance.
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ewill52
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split coils and single coils are apples and oranges. not really even close. Splits work as a mediocre substitute at best. Coming from a guy who has 4Style 2 SoCal or San Dimas with string through....... split them and your good to go with bucker options too......
All I'm saying really is there is a lot more that goes into making a Charvel today than a guitar designed in the 50s and it really shouldn't cost more.
Charvels and love them.
The~Kid
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IMO a well matched set of split buckers overall provide a more balanced tone vs your old single coil on average especially for that bridge tone. Plus you get a bucker there whenever you want. The Tele tones are pretty spot on and so are the position 2 setting in the middle, I mean those pretty much nail single coil tones.
IMO it's not bad and acceptable and better than a lot of actual single coil tones, super versatile, practical and it just sounds good and works.
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Geo
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I agree, I don't even bother splitting humbuckers anymore.
The only exception might be the EMG 89, I love that motherfucker.
The~Kid
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Ima just say maybe a split bucker doesn't sound exactly like your set of Custom Shop Fat 50s or some boutique set of single coils.
They still sound like some pretty good single coils and in many ways offer a more balanced sound than your traditional single coils and yeah have the bucker tone on tap and on deck whenever you want too
They still sound like some pretty good single coils and in many ways offer a more balanced sound than your traditional single coils and yeah have the bucker tone on tap and on deck whenever you want too
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VonBonfire
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Agree. If you want that heavy duty Stevie-Jimi-other strat/tele guy into loud semi clean amp tone you'll probably want a good set of actual single coils but for general cleaner funk tones and such some of the splits have a great tone on their own.Ima just say maybe a split bucker doesn't sound exactly like your set of Custom Shop Fat 50s or some boutique set of single coils.
They still sound like some pretty good single coils and in many ways offer a more balanced sound than your traditional single coils and yeah have the bucker tone on tap and on deck whenever you want too