Midrange Poll

[Ramblin Ray]

Just wondering who prefers a pup with pronounced mids, and reduce at the amp or a pup with less mids and add at the amp. I've tried both ways and am still undecided as to which way is best.

[JohnnyCrash]

I often like pickups with a lot of mids, and amp with mids pumped, and speakers with a pronounced midrange.

It can sound big and fat, so sometimes it is too much... I suffered from a two-guitarist arms race :)

Some folks dislike my affinity for mids, some like it... I like mainly it for live stuff.

[e-merlin]

Unless you have an amp with an active EQ, you can't add at the amp. With most amps you can only cut. So, if you've got every EQ knob on 5 you're cutting everything. If you've got everything on 5 except you have the mids up, you're just cutting the mids less.

I set my amps so the EQ is "flat" (relative term for a guitar amp) and use the tone knob on the guitar.