I hope you know what I am talking about here, but I might be the only one.
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Thanks, I am all ears.
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I, for one, would agree with that. And I'd say that the more recent the LP, the worse the problem is. The HB's in most LP's are just too hot for a Express built to the A1A specs (that's only my personal tastes).rooster wrote:Do all of you here think that the Express is a 'one size fits all' kind of amp? Or do you find that the same Express that works great with a Strat is also too easily overdriven with a LP and vice versa? I am just now looking at this after having built a few Expresses.
I hope you know what I am talking about here, but I might be the only one.The LP sounds killer when you pot it down - into an Express that sound fantastic with a Strat - but when you dime the LP, things just get too crazy for my tastes. Does this ring a bell with any of you?
Thanks, I am all ears.
This would be my suggestion. I don't have my express up & running (yet), but this will be my plan of attack if the pickups in my LPs don't sound good into the express. I will say that I've heard a guy on this board play a fairly recent LP into a Liverpool clone, and his sound is nothing short of amazing.cliffchappell wrote: Or, you could get a set of *low* output HB's and put them in the LP. That's the route I went with the guitar I have (it's a McNaught Phoenix, not an LP)
Ironically enough..... This is exactly what I originally had in mind.pureoldsound wrote:
Good solution would be building a Liverpool, use that for stuff that does not need to be so aggressive and use an A/B box to switch to the Express for lead work.....
I agree, I have the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop wind my antiquity HB's at 7.18 neck and 8.17 Bridge. (in my 59 historic LP)geetarpicker wrote:I somewhat agree I prefer a Strat over a Les Paul with the wreck for overall usage and versatility. But for lead I'd even then lean towards the Les Paul side. It's also what kind of band one is playing in. For heavy rock I could see wearing the LP all night, but probably not in a more blues or pop based gig.
But for me it's more of an EQ thing than a gain thing. I love the sustain of the Les Paul into the wreck, and for controlled feedback it's the BEST where on a strat you have to fight it a bit for control. However the Express is quite mid heavy and so is the Paul which though it helps sustain it can make for a less versatile tone. The strat has more of a mid scoop which works well with the wrecks mids. On a gain issue with the Les Paul the biggest deal for me is proper pots in the guitar. My original burst excels there with the original Centralabs. In my new historic I tried some after market pots which were way better than the stock ones. Though in time I actually put some original old Centralabs for my historic too. It's the only part changes on the guitar, other than caps and 50s wiring. Oh, that's another thing on the Les Paul when you have 50s wiring the tone control actually first pull some mids when you turn them, then as you back down further you get hi cut too. This mid cut really does help the a Les Paul work with the wreck better than you would expect when you turn BOTH the volume and tones down some. You can see me do this in my "Can You Hear It Ring?" amp/guitar demo video. Also with 50s wiring the tone knob also pulls back some extra volume, which also helps to get the guitar backed off even further.
So, even though I agree a strat works possibly a little better with the wreck versatility wise I do really love the Les Paul with the wreck for lead work. The pickups in my LPs (new and old) are both around 8k kind of typical for PAFs both old and new.