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Tele-Meister
So... I just watched this video from the familiar chaps and it got me thinking. Am I audially biased?
For those that don't like to follow links: they're challenged to a "one guitar, one amp" setup that coveres a broad range. One chooses a PRS DGT, the other a CS '63 Tele.
First up was a bit of funk. Well of course the Tele sounds wayyy better but I'm still thinking "well, funk is mostly in the technique of the player". But then they try all kinds of styles and each and every time, the Tele won it for me. (The amps were a Deluxe Reverb with the PRS and a Vox AC15 with the tele btw, so both great amps). To me, it was like with the Tele, there was almost a split-signal thing going on: yeah, I'm hearing overdrive, but I'm also still hearing that clean sparkle and chime coming through.
With the PRS it's more like the entire signal gets overdriven by the amp. I know electronics and amps don't work that way of course: both signals 100% get processed by the amp in such a setup. But I just felt (and always have) that PRS's, most Gibsons and certainly -pet peeve- Gretsch's lack character and nuance.
Is this just me discovering (or confirming) that I prefer single coils? Because there are lots of songs recorded with humbuckers that I love of course. And sometimes even for their tone. But it's hardly ever because of the subtlety of their tone, it's mostly just the simple "in your face" kind of thing. When I'm noodling and have a bit of reverb and tremolo going on, I never reach for a humbucker guitar. Actually the only guitar with humbuckers that I find sounds inspiring in that particular way are ES type guitars.
Anyway, here was my rambling, please add yours.
For those that don't like to follow links: they're challenged to a "one guitar, one amp" setup that coveres a broad range. One chooses a PRS DGT, the other a CS '63 Tele.
First up was a bit of funk. Well of course the Tele sounds wayyy better but I'm still thinking "well, funk is mostly in the technique of the player". But then they try all kinds of styles and each and every time, the Tele won it for me. (The amps were a Deluxe Reverb with the PRS and a Vox AC15 with the tele btw, so both great amps). To me, it was like with the Tele, there was almost a split-signal thing going on: yeah, I'm hearing overdrive, but I'm also still hearing that clean sparkle and chime coming through.
With the PRS it's more like the entire signal gets overdriven by the amp. I know electronics and amps don't work that way of course: both signals 100% get processed by the amp in such a setup. But I just felt (and always have) that PRS's, most Gibsons and certainly -pet peeve- Gretsch's lack character and nuance.
Is this just me discovering (or confirming) that I prefer single coils? Because there are lots of songs recorded with humbuckers that I love of course. And sometimes even for their tone. But it's hardly ever because of the subtlety of their tone, it's mostly just the simple "in your face" kind of thing. When I'm noodling and have a bit of reverb and tremolo going on, I never reach for a humbucker guitar. Actually the only guitar with humbuckers that I find sounds inspiring in that particular way are ES type guitars.
Anyway, here was my rambling, please add yours.
