OKGuitar
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I like using two amps, put delay on one pickup, a slight over drive, fuzz or wah on the other. Play the middle position on any selection, many great tones available.
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I like using two amps, put delay on one pickup, a slight over drive, fuzz or wah on the other. Play the middle position on any selection, many great tones available.
Isn't this a 'mix-down cable?' I think this will "wimpify" the sound. Better results come from using a stero cable at the guitar and then using a Y-splitter at the amp - so long as your amp has two inputs.
Here's an old post of mine detailing three of my guitars, one of which is a 1959 ES 345 with the varitone intact. The stereo to Y mono mono cable is visible in the picture. There is some discussion about the 345 in this thread. (Warning! The picture is HUGE!)
http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=173138&highlight=345
It is possible to modify your single channel amp to properly accomodate a stereo input without the sound being "wimpified."
Here's another old post of mine detailing the cheap, easy, and noninvasive amp modification to get the true 345/355 stero sound from a one input amp. With this modification, there is no issues whatsoever when switching from 345 to LP.
http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2258059&highlight=stereo+input#post2258059
I'm not getting any tone difference on this particular guitar by summing on the cable. No wimpifying. I would notice it, and wouldn't do it. That was one of the things I tested for, when I shorted my test cable. There was no tonal difference.
Again, this is a guitar where it worked with the jack half way in.
Tom, I suppose you could indeed use an adapter, but I hate adapters for live use. One more thing to go wrong. I just made myself a cable with TRS 1/4" and a mono 1/4", and it's working great, with no wimpiness.
Continuing the age old 345 confusion questions. Here's another.
I have an Historic ES-345 and the bridge pickup ONLY switch setting is low/thin. The guitar has a MONO output jack, (T/S). So I am assuming 1/4" MONO cable is the correct cable and the only choice. From what I can see without pulling it all out, the varitone electronics are all there.
What I'm scratching my head over is why the bridge Pickup is much lower output only relative to middle position and neck pickup only. So middle position nice full sound in all varitone positions, Neck only is a nice full sound in all varitone positions, but why would the bridge pickup alone just be low/thin output.
This doesn't make sense to me because all I have read says that when the middle position of 345's that are wired stereo, but summed in mono, are thin out of phase sound. But this 345 is definitely MONO output wired.
Is there some sort of test I can do to see why this is?
Is it possible that someone or Gibson just put a mono output jack in a stereo circuit? Ahh I don't know.
The TR cover reads "Custom". Now I'm wondering maybe this is some sort of special request build.
Just head scratching about this. :hmm
Any Ideas on this would be appreciated.
Continuing the age old 345 confusion questions. Here's another.
I have an Historic ES-345 and the bridge pickup ONLY switch setting is low/thin. The guitar has a MONO output jack, (T/S). So I am assuming 1/4" MONO cable is the correct cable and the only choice. From what I can see without pulling it all out, the varitone electronics are all there.
What I'm scratching my head over is why the bridge Pickup is much lower output only relative to middle position and neck pickup only. So middle position nice full sound in all varitone positions, Neck only is a nice full sound in all varitone positions, but why would the bridge pickup alone just be low/thin output.
This doesn't make sense to me because all I have read says that when the middle position of 345's that are wired stereo, but summed in mono, are thin out of phase sound. But this 345 is definitely MONO output wired.
Is there some sort of test I can do to see why this is?
Is it possible that someone or Gibson just put a mono output jack in a stereo circuit? Ahh I don't know.
The TR cover reads "Custom". Now I'm wondering maybe this is some sort of special request build.
Just head scratching about this. :hmm
Any Ideas on this would be appreciated.