GFS Bigmouth sound clips. Finally!

boneyguy · June 7th, 2008, 01:20 AM

Let me know what you think of these pickups. I'm looking for some comments.

Here's a few clips I recorded today. I'm very new to the recording game so this is the best I could accomplish after a few hours mucking around. I went out and rented a mic for the month ($8) so I'm already loosing money.

I simply recorded a backing track and soloed over it.

Please excuse the sloppy playing as my fingers have become rusty and clumsy with lack of practice. More time spent routing and wiring than playing takes its toll.

This is really just an attempt to post some samples of what these Bigmouth pickups sound like for those who may be interested in them.

And yes my guitar does need a bit of a setup as you can hear. It frets out a bit on some of the bends.

Neck Humbucker Overdrive

Neck Humbucker Clean

Neck Pickup Split

The Details:

I mic'd my amp directly into the computer. No interface hardware cause I don't have any. I recorded the backing track into the mixing software and played it back through the computer monitors while I soloed. You can very faintly hear the bleed through from the amp mic onto the guitar track . I like that.

I did a minor amount of mixing and eq'ing. Very little really.

Gear:

Fender MIM Standard Tele - original MIM six saddle bridge cut in half so the humbucker could be installed.

2 GFS Bigmouth humbuckers w/ push/pull pots for split and parallel options

Microphone: Apex 381 Neodynium Cardoid - taped to a guitar stand - (make sure you use the beige masking tape not the green as this will adversely affect your tone, of this I'm certain) placed about 4" away from and pointed directly at the speaker about 2" above center.

Amp: 1974? Traynor Guitar Mate 3 w/ original 12" speaker

Effects: Boss OD-3 (drive turned all the way down - Clip 1 only)
Ibanez DE-7 - A smidgen of delay in all 3 clips to give it some body

Software: Mixpad / Wavepad. This is just free trial stuff that I have to keep downloading when it expires. I really like it because it's simple to figure out. I hate reading manuals.

All three clips are of the neck pickup in full humbucker mode. Any tonal differences are created as a result of whether I'm using the pick, my fingers and where and how hard I'm picking the string. I didn't change any settings on the guitar while playing. These pickups will allow alot of tonal colouring just from the above mentioned variations. I like these Bigmouths alot.

Feel free to offer some advice on how I can improve what I've done, playing wise, recording wise, whatever wise.

JayFreddy · July 21st, 2008, 11:28 PM

BUMP!

Trying to explain to a student the diff between single coils and humbuckers, I did a Google search for "Humbucker Sound Clips"... And this came back in the search results... Small world eh?

Tasty playing man, nice sounding pickup too. Very chimey for a humbucker. Now I've got GAS for GFS!

Just make sure they send you a commission check!

June 7th, 2008, 01:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
boneyguy Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: victoria b.c. Age: 50 Posts: 2,892	GFS Bigmouth sound clips. Let me know what you think of these pickups. I'm looking for some comments. Here's a few clips I recorded today. I'm very new to the recording game so this is the best I could accomplish after a few hours mucking around. I went out and rented a mic for the month ($8) so I'm already loosing money. I simply recorded a backing track and soloed over it. Please excuse the sloppy playing as my fingers have become rusty and clumsy with lack of practice. More time spent routing and wiring than playing takes its toll. This is really just an attempt to post some samples of what these Bigmouth pickups sound like for those who may be interested in them. And yes my guitar does need a bit of a setup as you can hear. It frets out a bit on some of the bends. Neck Humbucker Overdrive Neck Humbucker Clean Neck Pickup Split The Details: I mic'd my amp directly into the computer. No interface hardware cause I don't have any. I recorded the backing track into the mixing software and played it back through the computer monitors while I soloed. You can very faintly hear the bleed through from the amp mic onto the guitar track . I like that. I did a minor amount of mixing and eq'ing. Very little really. Gear: Fender MIM Standard Tele - original MIM six saddle bridge cut in half so the humbucker could be installed. 2 GFS Bigmouth humbuckers w/ push/pull pots for split and parallel options Microphone: Apex 381 Neodynium Cardoid - taped to a guitar stand - (make sure you use the beige masking tape not the green as this will adversely affect your tone, of this I'm certain) placed about 4" away from and pointed directly at the speaker about 2" above center. Amp: 1974? Traynor Guitar Mate 3 w/ original 12" speaker Effects: Boss OD-3 (drive turned all the way down - Clip 1 only) Ibanez DE-7 - A smidgen of delay in all 3 clips to give it some body Software: Mixpad / Wavepad. This is just free trial stuff that I have to keep downloading when it expires. I really like it because it's simple to figure out. I hate reading manuals. All three clips are of the neck pickup in full humbucker mode. Any tonal differences are created as a result of whether I'm using the pick, my fingers and where and how hard I'm picking the string. I didn't change any settings on the guitar while playing. These pickups will allow alot of tonal colouring just from the above mentioned variations. I like these Bigmouths alot. Feel free to offer some advice on how I can improve what I've done, playing wise, recording wise, whatever wise. __________________ "Shut up n' play yer guitar" Last edited by boneyguy; June 8th, 2008 at 02:36 PM.

July 21st, 2008, 11:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
JayFreddy Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dallas TX USA Age: 43 Posts: 1,004 2 Photos	BUMP! Trying to explain to a student the diff between single coils and humbuckers, I did a Google search for "Humbucker Sound Clips"... And this came back in the search results... Small world eh? Tasty playing man, nice sounding pickup too. Very chimey for a humbucker. Now I've got GAS for GFS! Just make sure they send you a commission check!