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2) Which pickup setting do you use mostly on your Strat?
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Mainly the neck one. On occasions the middle one or the combination of both the neck and the middle. I rarely use the bridge pickup as I find the tone harsh, apart from strumming chords (ironically)
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1) How do you set the tone controls on your amp?
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Well I'm not a great fan of effects. I don't plan on owning that many pedals and I want to be able to play clean. Therefore I use the clean channel. I set the tone by altering bass, middle and trebble (there are other fancy things on like reverd which i use a bit of. I can boost gain. there a push buton called "bright" and two other knobs for resonance and prescense.) As my amp is still pretty new I'm playing around on it to try and find a tone I like. There no real setting(s) I sick to.
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Are you using factory pick-ups with factory settings? You may find a sound you like a bit better just by adjusting the pick-ups a bit if you haven't tried it already.
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Well when I bought the guitar I hadn't a clue about them so I was led on by the shopkeaper. I certainly wouldn't of got a squire because in the long run it costs more hence me saving up for a real fender lol. But anyway, the shopkeaper held on to the guitar to sort it all out presumably alter pickup settings and lower action etc. So I don't really know if the settings are factory settings but I'll have a look, thanks.
They say the tone is all in the fingers so maybe its just me and my lack of nail that's causing the problem. I love my acoustic playing, however and like you i don't miss the nailless tone on nylon and steel strung acoustics, so I'm convinced it my electric guitar because if it was my amp I'd have a mental breakdown. I am slightly exaguratting here i can get a weak lindsey style lead tone it's just very hard to find that setting and keep it. My problem's not all that bad at least, still i start with the rythm
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but am looking for a good, parlor sized steel string with just the right sound.
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I have a "freshman" and I love it. Very good value for money. If you want a reallllly cheap acoustic and your from the UK try this.
http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hbcg45.htm I don't own one but at that price it can't even be a gamble, probably plays like crap though, lol.
Offtopic but why oh why are the same guitars so much more expensive in the Uk than they are in america.