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Author Message   Vintageboy Username: Vintageboy Registered: 02-2005 Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 11:55 am:    I recently bought an AR100 built in 81. It has the cream colored pickups with cream mounting rings (uncovered). The guitar is great, the best ive played, but to my ears, the pickups dont produce quite the sound I want. The distortion coming from them is a bit too fuzzy and not chunky enough. On the artist website, it says the 100 came with super58's, but then the gutiar had pickups covers, mine doesnt. It looks just like a catalog page i found in one of the threads which says the 100 came with V-2 pickups. Anyhow, i was wondering if the other pickups Ibanez produced for the aritist series sounded a little meatier and chunkier than the pickups that came standard on the ar100, or if anyone felt the same way about the stock pickups. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks, Chris   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 01-2005 Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 2:22 pm:    Super 58s ARE VERY MEATY (great adjective VB!) Mine are black & uncovered and they absolutely kick the snot out of any PAF I've played/heard. And the V-2s uncovered that I've seen are white too. Take them out and see what's written on the bottom. I hear the Super 70's sound great too!   Mr_roadstar Username: Mr_roadstar Registered: 06-2002 Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 8:45 pm:    V2's aren't "chunky" enough? Man, you need a new amp... Steve   Funkle Username: Funkle Registered: 12-2001 Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 1:32 pm:    Meaty and Chunky are pretty much the definition of V2s. They are hot, and heavy on the midrange. Maybe you want a pickup with more edge and harmonic overtones? A Zakk Wylde kind of thing? V2s sound different in every guitar, and I will say, they sound just a tad muddy in my AR100 compared to my other V2 equipped guitars (SV470,SC1620,SC420,SA1260,AM300). The AR100 is more of a classic sounding guitar IMO. The sound is very much in LP territory, only without the mud. -Sven   Agr Username: Agr Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 4:41 pm:    I have V2s in my ST55, and ST300. They sound like completely different pickups in each guitar. I really like the sound of V2s pushed through the ST55...very warm tone that distorts effortlessly...probably due to the all mahogany body. Sound is VERY similar to my Gibson SG. My ST300 on the other hand is a very clean sounding guitar...not muddy at all even in the humbucking mode. Doesn't sound as good with alot of gain though...probably due to the maple center and ash wings.   Ibanezfreak1960 Username: Ibanezfreak1960 Registered: 03-2004 Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2005 - 8:22 am:    I love the V2's in my ST100. I had that out a few nights ago and played it for a good 2 hours. I had them in a destroyer 2 a few years back and to me the sound was the same. mine had a rare koa top.   Ibaniod Username: Ibaniod Registered: 03-2004 Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 8:19 am:    I have a 1980 AS-50 with the V-2's, love them. I can get anything from clean jazz to manly chunky rock. The type of guitar(solid/hollowbody) makes a big difference as does the type of amp.   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 01-2005 Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 10:01 am:    Boy, sounds to me like I should swap out my 58s for V-2s :o|. Freak, Funk, Agr, Noid and Road - can you guys give me a comparison of the two and /which you like best? Much appreciated!   Agr Username: Agr Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 10:43 am:    Strings, Alot of folks compare the V2s to the old Dimarzio Super Distortion. I don't feel that this is a good comparison mostly because the Super Distortion used a Ceramic magnet while the V2s were Alnico. Maybe it has something to do with the aging of the Alnico magnet...I don't know but they sound smoother than the Super Dostortion to my ears (I've swapped them out for comparison in the past). As far as comparing Super 58s to V2s...My preferance is Super 58s for most guitars and style of music. I consider my V2s to be Super 58s on steroids. A bit stronger and more "midrange-ish" of a pickup. When I'm looking for a little more gain in my distortion...the V2s are best.   Funkle Username: Funkle Registered: 12-2001 Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 12:40 pm:    I like both pickups for different reasons. And they each sound different depending on which guitar they're in. For overdriven bridge PU tone, the V2 is my favorite pickup. I've tried to replace it with numerous aftermarket pickups, but I always end up keeping the V2s. For me, it has the perfect balance of drive, clarity and thick midrange. This is a tough balance to strike, until I tried the V2, I never knew that a pickup could deliver clarity and articulation without being harsh or edgy. But somehow the V2 does it. The V2s are quite bright in my SC guitars, and more soft and mellow in my old AR100. Could be the difference between the early Maxon produced version and the later DiMarzio made version. The V2 covers classic rock tones and modern Fusion with ease. It does not do a notched Satriani or metal/shred tone as well as some of the more modern PUs. The V1 neck pickup is a good match to the V2. It does nice full clean tones and good neck PU overdrive if that's your cup of tea. The super 58 is more of a classic PAF style pickup. It has about half the DC resistance of the V2, and has less output. The tone is reminiscent of the classic Gibson designs. Vintage LPs, 335s and jazz boxes. Great jazz PU, but can get a little muddy sometimes. with distortion, it covers lighter classic rock and blues territory. -Sven   Acetan Username: Acetan Registered: 09-2003 Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 4:38 pm:    Well Sven, you pretty much wrapped it all up. Ace   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 01-2005 Posted on Saturday, October 29, 2005 - 4:45 pm:    Thanks for the evals, and nice cop out Ace (smiley of your choice)...I wish that I had an experimental axe to swap things out and experiment with...maybe I should try some V2s in my 72 Gibo LP Custom...sorta run it up the flag pole and see how she salutes. It is weird how midrange is...for me, it is very interesting tonally with overdrive, but I think it is the toughest area to process from clean amps, playback speakers to one's ear drums. It maybe why solid state come up so short...sounds like snapping a piece of paper with your finger...bloody awful. I love my 58's in the AR 300s...if you've ever heard (and I'm sure most of you have) Beck's "Blow By Blow" and some of "Wired", the straight clean tones he gets are simply perfect IMNSHO. Thoughts on that example? Ace?? )   Brentm Username: Brentm Registered: 03-2005 Posted on Saturday, October 29, 2005 - 5:16 pm:    These the same V2's that are in my older (1991) RG?   Funkle Username: Funkle Registered: 12-2001 Posted on Saturday, October 29, 2005 - 11:10 pm:    Brent, Yes, same pickup They're probably on the bright side in the RG, due to the basswood body, and double locking hardware. Brent, I love Blow by Blow. One of my all time favorites. It was the album that got me into the whole Jazz-rock thing. The clean tones are probably from the Neck pickup of Jeff's LP. I think the V2 is meant to be a bridge pickup, and is just OK in the neck position. For that Jeff Beck tone, I'm thinking an Alnico II Pro would be a good call - they have that almost strat like twang. -Sven   Funkle Username: Funkle Registered: 12-2001 Posted on Saturday, October 29, 2005 - 11:13 pm:    Sorry, I meant that last bit to be a response to Strings post. Listening to "Blow by Blow" right now   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 01-2005 Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 9:27 am:    Yeah! Thanks Funkle! And BTW, check out "Goodbye Porkpie Hat" on "Wired". Straight tone to the bone! Boy, I sure hope this thread has continued to help Vintageboy as we drill down a bit!   Funkle Username: Funkle Registered: 12-2001 Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 2:56 pm:    Strings, I love all 3 of the "trio", "Blow by Blow", "Wired" and "There and Back". I bought all 3 on vinyl back in the day, and have the first 2 on CD now.   Vintageboy Username: Vintageboy Registered: 02-2005 Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 12:41 pm:    So after posting that message i went and fiddled around on my amp to try to adjust the settings to get more of the tone i wanted, and also on the guitar. The V-2's are on teh verge of being a bit too hot for me I spose. They're a real balls the the wall sound. I turned the bass and treble up, and have backed off the mid range i belive...cant remember the exact settings. I'll have to fiddle around more to get the exact sound im looking for. I know one thing is for sure though, the pickups dont sound great clean. Also, does teh AR100 have the wiring set up odd...like, when youre on the bridge pickup, its one set of tone and volume controls (only 2 of the 4 knobs), but then when you switch the the the split between both the bridge and neck or the neck, its the other two knobs that control it completely (as opposed to all knobs being independant of one another) Thanks, Chris   Funkle Username: Funkle Registered: 12-2001 Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 6:36 pm:    Vintageboy, what kind of amp are you using?   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 01-2005 Posted on Friday, November 04, 2005 - 9:51 am:    VB - when you refer to "split", do you mean middle position for main pick up selector - if so, something seem mis-wired based on your description. All knobs should be enabled in the middle position in a standard humbucker (series) mode. If you are referring to trisounds, I'd need to know more.   Vintageboy Username: Vintageboy Registered: 02-2005 Posted on Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 2:40 pm:    Funkle - i use a peavey classic 50 head. I think Im going to replace the bridge pickup that came stock in the AR i have. Im trying to record with it, and its just not a good pickup. Everyone has raved about the pickup, but I simply dont get the sound i want from it. It sounds great if i play 2 strings, but when i play more, its so hot that it produces a lot of white noise along with the tones actually coming from the guitar...in short, it loses its definition. it just sounds like a bunch of noise. Strings - my guitar doesnt have tri sounds. Its just double humbucker. Im guessing something was mis wired, becuase all 4 knobs do not independantly control the pickups like you would expect them too.   Fox Username: Fox Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 5:34 pm:    Chris hi! Is there this sorta problem: When you have the selector -> both pus (sorry the lack of hyphens, my keybd has different setting ) ON, either of the volume knobs control both pups? Then you should change the incoming wire to vol pot to the end lug instead of the wiper (center).. Brightness can be enhanced by soldering a .001 capacitor across these lugs. Furthermore trebles can be boosted by making the tone capacitor smaller, "Big G" uses .022 as a standard fittind, while most eastern manufacturers use .033 caps.. You might even try as small as .015 farad cap, to get more treble.. Hope these suggestions help.. fox   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 01-2005 Posted on Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 5:36 pm:    Ahhh VB, I would wire it up correctly and then try it out BEFORE you go replacing a pup -- it will probably yield the same (crap) results with any pickup you try in its existing configuration.   Guitaki Username: Guitaki Registered: 01-2002 Posted on Monday, November 28, 2005 - 9:43 am:    Fox: The difference between 33nF and 15nF can not be heard if the tone pot is at 10. Atleast with normally working 500kohm pots. And if one vol pot mutes both pups when at 0, it is just one way of soldering them, and in my mind is good. The volumes can still be used for pickup balance at position 10 - 3. If they would be connected the other way round, ground, ground buzz would NOT be eliminated when both vols at 0. (The snapping when touching the strings, and buzzing when not touching) Besides, if the pickups are connected to the wiper (center), they can NOT affect the other pickup in any situation. The volume pot will ground the pup instead of the output.   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 01-2005 Posted on Monday, November 28, 2005 - 12:04 pm:    Guitaki/Fox- If the selector is in the middle position, all four controls should effect overall sound through both pickups if both volumes are anywhere above 1 no? It is my hunch that VBs wiring is fouled based on what VB states in his second post and assuming both volumes are close to wide-open. From VB "Also, does teh AR100 have the wiring set up odd...like, when youre on the bridge pickup, its one set of tone and volume controls (only 2 of the 4 knobs), but then when you switch the the the split between both the bridge and neck or the neck, its the other two knobs that control it completely (as opposed to all knobs being independant of one another)" I agree that eithier volume at zero should mute the axe completely so one can get great violin/volume pedal effect within a short range of travel...but I don't think that is his problem/confusion here.   Guitaki Username: Guitaki Registered: 01-2002 Posted on Monday, November 28, 2005 - 1:37 pm:    Strings: Correct. I don't quite understand VB's explanation on the issue, but when both pups are on (selector in the middle), both volumes and tones should do something. Ofcourse, if one tone is at 0, it is quite hard to hear the difference of the other tone. When individually turning the knobs from 10 to 0 leaving the others to 10, every pot should have and audible effect.   Skybone Username: Skybone Registered: 03-2001 Posted on Monday, November 28, 2005 - 1:44 pm:    Check out:http://www.bareknucklepickups.com for a great range of excellent replacement pickups.   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 01-2005 Posted on Monday, November 28, 2005 - 1:49 pm:    Good! Thanks Guitaki!! Just makin' sure the large turkey intake has not damaged my brain ;O). So, I think he should straighten out the wiring before he ousts the pup as he could be getting some undesirable saturation going on in his current config.   Vintageboy Username: Vintageboy Registered: 02-2005 Posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 2:27 pm:    Hey guys, I will definately check the wiring before I switch the pickup. I am also thinking that the pickup is too close to the strings, which could add some of the muddiness. I need to go home and play the guitar again (i basically only use the bridge pickup always...this guitar is only used for distortion, where i have greco strats for my clean sounds..recording of course). But you would think with the 4 knobs (2 tone and 2 vols) that they would independantly control the pickups. one volume nob and one tone knob control the bridge pickup when the 3 position toggle is set to bridge pickup only. When the 3 position selector is for both pickups though, the other remaining volume knob and tone knob control all of the sound (the previous knobs for the bridge pickup are useless in this setting). and then when the pickup selector is on the neck only, the same set of knobs in the middle position control the volume and tone. It seems a little strange to me, but then again, if all 4 knobs were independant of one another, what would be the point of having the 3 position selector switch? Incidentally, Im looking at a Virtual PAF by Dimarzio, any opinions? Maybe the wiring isnt faulty on the guitar. The more I tihnk about it, the more i dont understand the point of having the 3 position pickup slector switch while having the 2 tone and volume knobs. It seems like, either the selector switch or having all 4 knobs is just superfulous. Thanks for all your help and responses. Chris   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 01-2005 Posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 11:17 pm:    VB, with all good intention, I think you need to re-read all of what we have been trying to help you with regarding your wiring. There is a lot "strange" or wrong with your wiring and speculation ain't gonna get you any closer to making that wonderful axe with awesome pickups perform the way in which it was designed. And now that you question the validity of a pup selector...my hand are up. Good luck!   Vintageboy Username: Vintageboy Registered: 02-2005 Posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 11:21 pm:    no, im not questioning the validity of the pickup selector switch. I fooled around with the guitar and I know there is some foolish wiring in there. If i open the back of it up though, Im not sure what I would wire to what, becuase to me, I would wire a pair (volume and tone) to one pickup, and another pair to the other pickup...but then the pickup selector is unneccessary. I'll look for some wiring diagrams online to see how the sucker is normally wired.   Vintageboy Username: Vintageboy Registered: 02-2005 Posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 11:52 pm:    ok, after that last post i opened the back of the guitar, and found that two wires had come together, so i just pushed them apart and then closed her back up and here are what the controls do, can someone please tell me if this is how it is supposed to be wired.... Pickup switch to Bridge only: The bottom volume and tone control the bridge pickup Pickup switch to neck only: the volume and tone control closest to the strings control the neck pickup the pickup switch in the middle position: It seems like, though the knobs control their respective pickups as in the previously mentioned settings, turning one knob all the way to zero cuts all the sound from the guitar. So if i turn the bridge volume full on, and then turn the neck volume like, to say 2....it just sprinkles a bit of neck pickup sound into the bridge pickup sound. and if i turn the bridge volume to two with the neck volume full on, then it sprinkles a bit of bridge pickup sound with the full neck pickup....however, if i turn either volume knob to zero, then it cuts all sound. i cant hear so much of a difference if i turn the tones different. So can anyone tell me if that is the correct wiring for this guitar? Thanks, Chris   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 01-2005 Posted on Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 10:13 am:    BINGO!! Now your an expert! For now, maybe see if you can sneak one wrap of electrical tape around at least one (if not both) of the wires that tend to cross. NOW...how do the V2s sound with the fix...I should think a whole lot better. You owe us an answer on this one ;O)   Vintageboy Username: Vintageboy Registered: 02-2005 Posted on Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 11:50 pm:    well, i got home and i played it. I havent had a chance to really blast it out of my amp, but its definately an improved tone. un crossing those wires and lower the pickup greatly improved sustain and took away some of the bassiness. I can now hear the actual tone of the string when i play a chord, and it sounds like a string playing a note, not just a note. Im still not sure about the pickup, but I guess I'll play it for a few days. I have a pedal on tis way in the mail to help me tweak the overdrive of my amp, so I'll see how it sounds with that pedal before I change pickups. Has anyone here played Virtual PAF's? If so, whats your opinion. I noticed (i think i did anyways) that theyre the stock pickup in the wier model. Chris   Guitaki Username: Guitaki Registered: 01-2002 Posted on Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 10:44 am:    Vintageboy: Good to hear that You got the shorting wires apart! I don't know which way that specific guitar is supposed to be wired, but that is exactly the way I'd wire a 2-vol 2-tone system. For me it makes sense to have a pot for volume swells at all times, and to have the output grounded when turning volume(s) to zero. The volume controls and the pup selector do overlap, but there is a reason. You can dial neck pup volume to 2, bridge to 10. Now You can go from smooth jazz neck-pup to solo bridge-pup with a flick of a switch. It would take a while to do that without the selector. Also, it is very common to want to switch from neck to bridge pickup. With only the volumes, one would have to dial two pots to their opposite ends, and one would have a different tone while doing that. A fast flick with the pup switch does that in an instant without going "thru" other sounds.   Overdriver Username: Overdriver Registered: 12-2005 Posted on Tuesday, December 06, 2005 - 8:40 pm:    I know a lot of people like the Super '58s or other stock pickups that came on the '77-'80s Artists, but I don't. A guitar that good deserves the best PAF type pickups. I have an '80 AR 100 CS and use Seymour Duncan Seth Lovers on it, but there are a lot of boutique pickup makers that make very good PAF clones that are better than the Super '58s. I have three Artists and none of them have the original pickups, two of them because I took them off and one of them because they'd already been taken off. I haven't played Virtual PAFs but I've heard they're quite good.   Vintageboy Username: Vintageboy Registered: 02-2005 Posted on Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 2:49 am:    yeah i ordered a virtual PAF. I guess i just figured, the guitar seems to pickup a lot of warmth and sustain, putting a hot pickup in there just seems like it would be an overload of tone. Ive had seymours but havent beent oo happy with them. I had a screamin deamon and a trembucker 1. The screamin deamon just sounded a bit flat to me and the trembucker is pretty cool, if only for distortion. The virtual PAF jumped out at me becuase it was a normal output PAF like pickup with a "3-d sound" which i think will make for some cool sounds when i record a double take and pan them hard left and right. Good to know someone thinks the arists fits with the PAF. Everyone on here swore bu the V-2's and super 58's. Chris   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 01-2005 Posted on Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 9:59 am:    VB, OD is right about the 58 as an awesome pickup, but wrong about them as common stock in '77 - '80 Artists. The 58 was the go to pup in the AR line from '80 - '85 (and beyond in reissue form). The pup most commonly found in 76-80 solid body artists are the Super 80's (Super 70s too), which is nothing like the Super 58, that, INMNSHO, beats the crap out of any PAF knock off I've heard. Very warm and very full. Super 80's have been thought of as having an "overload of tone" by many, especially when coupled with the sustain block and brass/"bone" nut and overdiving the signal. But, if you like Santana's tone like I do, then the original 58s will get you there...if you can find 'em. Just giving you the corrected history and another opinion on the 58s.   Overdriver Username: Overdriver Registered: 12-2005 Posted on Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 11:36 am:    That's interesting info Strings. I'm by no means an Ibanez expert. Ask me about vintage Les Pauls and I could tell you everything about them My first Artist was a new one in '78 and was a 2618. From what you say, the pickups must have been Super 80s and I didn't like them. I had a couple of original Gibson PAFs lying around and put them in it. That made the complete difference....stunning tone. Actually, I still have a pair of Super 80s in my parts box. I don't remember what pickups my '80 AR 100CS originally had. I guess everyone has their own idea of the ideal tone...that's what keeps the replacement pickup companies going   Vintageboy Username: Vintageboy Registered: 02-2005 Posted on Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 12:03 pm:    is the V-2 the super 58 becuase i was under the impression i had a V-2 in my guitar. Its an 81 AR100, creme pickups and mounting rings, no cover, sunburst. DO I have super 58's? I've never had sucha problem with microphonic feedback in my life till i got these pickups, and thats been through a pedal, and on two differetn amps. The only other guitars that is in the same range (actually worse) is this old vintage gibson es335 (i believe) with original stock pickups, and that thing screams like a woman anytime distortion is on.   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 01-2005 Posted on Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 12:38 pm:    OD Yeah, as I always say...that's why there is chocolate and vanilla! Is it possible that the gap now is (as I do believe the pups removed from your 2618 were the Super 80s) that you have never sampled the 58s? Based on your love of the PAF type, I think that you'd be more than impressed. If you are ever interested in an incredibly flexible (with more options) classic LP type, see if you can't get your hands on a AR300 between '81 and '83. Here's a pic of mine: ALSO, did I read correctly that you picked up a '57 LP (Burst??)...original or reissue? As I don't see how the grand or so you received from the Ibanez sale would help supplement a $40,000 (minimum) dollar purchase as ther were only 1700+ of those babies made...hell of a purchase if so.   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 01-2005 Posted on Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 1:13 pm:    No VB, the V-2 is NOT the Super 58 as we discussed at the top of this thread. However, many like the V-2 in one capacity or another...I've never tried them...and I'd bet Overdriver's '80AR100 had them too...sounds like it might be the same model as yours. Screams like a woman how...In a good way? ;O)...sounds like you mean in a bad way. Ya know VB, as fouled as the electronics were on that axe...it may be that the V-2 that is causing you problems is fouled in one way or another. Let us know how it sounds when you replace it. Read back up top again to see that many swear that it is a good pup.   Overdriver Username: Overdriver Registered: 12-2005 Posted on Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 2:52 pm:    Strings.... You certainly know your stuff about Ibanez pickups. I'm not sure which of my Artists the Super '80s came out of....I thought it was the '80 AR100CS but I may be wrong....my other two are a '77 2618 and a '78 2819. So it could be from one of those, as I bought one of them with non-original pickups. The original 1957 Gibson PAF pickups I had lying around I bought in '75. They came out of a Les Paul Custom. BTW. Unless they've been refinished, '57 Les Paul Standards were all Gold Top. The burst didn't appear until '58. The only other Les Paul in '57 was the black three pickup all mahogany Custom. I did own an original '59 burst that was stolen back in the '70s. At that time they could be had for around $3000...a long cry from the $200,000+ they're fetching now!   Vintageboy Username: Vintageboy Registered: 02-2005 Posted on Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 2:53 pm:    i know everyone has raved by the V-2's, when i mean screams like i woman, i mean it badly yes hahahaha. I mean, my AR has got some serious feedback issues at higher volumes. Granted in high gain, of course, there is feedback, but this is a very fast appearing feedback that just jumps out of no where and sticks around. With previous pickups ive had, i can have the volume loud (like at a show) and leave the amp in the overdrive channel when im not playing and its fine, but with the ar100, if i stop playing the guitar, soon thereafter, a very ugly pitched feedback begins, so i have to switch to the clean to stop it before it starts. not to mention, now through the rat pedal i have, its even more pronounced. I'll let you know how the virtual PAF sounds. I bought this guitar for 340 i believe, and i had to replace the input jack and there was the crossed wire pair in the back of it. I guess its still a pretty good deal considering what i see other ar100's go for on EBAY. You know, I know this guitar sounds great, but its just a matter of getting rid of some other funny things about it, like the microphonic feedback...(the three position switch is going also).   Vintageboy Username: Vintageboy Registered: 02-2005 Posted on Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 8:52 pm:    Ok, i told Masterplan I would add a sound sample of my guitar, with V-2 pickups. I just butchared smoke on the water up to play something that shows the different sounds of the guitar. It sounds alright in this way, becuase im only playing i think three strings at one time with a very controled strum. http://www.skidward.com/demo.mp3 thaqts the demo clip   Masterplan Username: Masterplan Registered: 12-2005 Posted on Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 3:16 am:    Now I can hear them, Will plug my Laptop into the studio system when I get home from work and have a good listen.   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 01-2005 Posted on Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 10:00 am:    VB - Pretty good sound for an MP3 all things considered. What you can really detect is the quality output of that Peavey and your capture setup. So, when you replace the V-2, please record and post the same passage for comparison.

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