Postby Julesman64 » 18 May 2010, 15:56
So I'm having a really hard time getting to like my Strat, the custom blue one in my avatar. I spent good time and money on it, but like I said, it's just not jiving. I can get some really nice cleans out of it and it's very comfortable to play, don't get me wrong. But I find any distortion with it completely unusable. It has 3 Seymour Duncan Antiquity II series single coils in it. It just sounds too thin, and very very very bright. Low gain, high gain, not diggin' it.
Played around with pickup height, changed string gauges, amp settings, and still I can only get a sound I like every 3rd time I pick it up (which is becoming less and less these days).
Am I just not liking these particular pickups, perhaps I should get some different ones? Or am I wasting my time because I'm just a humbucker guy??? I don't live anywhere close to any guitar stores so I can't really go out and experiment that much. What do you guys think?? I would really hate to have to sell this guitar and start over again, it's all custom that I put together myself, and it really does look spectacular.
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