suggestions for SRV tone...

killer · Post by **killer** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 2:27 pm

without actually getting fender twins, jumbo frets on a '69 strat...

and all you can use are the tone knobs (guitar and/or amp and/or fx rig) and a KORG AX1000-G...

gcom007 · Post by **gcom007** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 2:29 pm

neck/middle pickup, tone at about 6-7 for each pickup...I don't know anything about that Korg...

amp...a bit of good reverb, scoop out the mids and up the low and high til you get that round sound, if that Korg has some sort of distortion effect, use that mildly to get some dirt on the clean signal...

we are talking about strats here, right? don't tell me you have a les paul...

QuattroDore · Post by **QuattroDore** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 2:52 pm

.13 guage cables strung up on the strat.

A well worn sunburst finish couldn't hurt channeling his spirit either.

gcom007 · Post by **gcom007** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 3:03 pm

QuattroDore wrote:.13 guage cables strung up on the strat.

A well worn sunburst finish couldn't hurt channeling his spirit either.

I get plenty of tone w/ .11's...bear in mind that SRV played his .13's a half step down as well...that thick of strings combined w/ the lower tuning just gave it a thick, thick sound that really is hard to reproduce...

Matty Boom · Post by **Matty Boom** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 12:58 am

yea...last i remember...the best i could come up with for amp settings were about 6-6.5 for my mid and treble and turn my bass all the way up...then what elliot said on pickups...as for my tone though, i've actually been keeping mine around 4-5 when i actually play it...but i'm just doin my damndest (sp?)...more than anything, i always thought what marked his playing was the way he got the plunkety plunk out of using 13's..so i'd try thicker strings, just maybe have to work your way up to 13's

gcom007 · Post by **gcom007** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 1:18 am

having an SRV strat helps too...

killer · Post by **killer** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 11:35 am

thanks everyone...

Elliot- when you say 'scoop out', do you mean take away or pump up the mid? thanks again.

gcom007 · Post by **gcom007** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 11:41 am

killer wrote:thanks everyone...

Elliot- when you say 'scoop out', do you mean take away or pump up the mid? thanks again.

take away...

dmfollower · Post by **dmfollower** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 1:53 pm

I have no clue what you guys are talking about(well i have an idea). You guys are all really smart huh? Just kidding. I never play my electric.

gcom007 · Post by **gcom007** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 2:31 pm

dmfollower wrote:I have no clue what you guys are talking about(well i have an idea). You guys are all really smart huh? Just kidding. I never play my electric.

ha, hardly, I love electric w/ all my heart and it's my primary instrument, but I really don't know much about it at all...I'm very, very, very much a newbie but an avid enthusiast none the less...

killer · Post by **killer** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 4:53 pm

thanks Elliot...

oh yeah: I don't have a Les Paul (am praying to all that is holy that one miraculously appears in my drawer soon); Strat's at the shop- will try it out on my Dano though (God help me with the .11s)

gcom007 · Post by **gcom007** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 4:55 pm

killer wrote:thanks Elliot...

oh yeah: I don't have a Les Paul (am praying to all that is holy that one miraculously appears in my drawer soon); Strat's at the shop- will try it out on my Dano though (God help me with the .11s)

haha, you'll get used to them, and stick w/ strats! They're the money!

killer · Post by **killer** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 4:59 pm

that they are... hehehe

am actually used to .11s- the Dano isn't though.

Matty Boom · Post by **Matty Boom** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 5:02 pm

have any luck with the tone??

killer · Post by **killer** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:17 am

gettin' there... thanks Matt