Here’s some guitar nerd sheeit
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2024 4:32 pm
Ahh the old HM Strat. I guess if you know you know. Those who’ve had a good one, really do swear by em. The first one I had, which was the one that turned me into em of course, was all original and I found it for $200 used around 2003 or sumthin. Best deal on a guitar I ever got. So foolishly sold it..
I’ve scored a couple others since. It’s never quite been the same but the one I have now is close. I’ll break it out still. I even put back in what would have been stock, a Dimarzio Super 3 again. And it’s killer. But was a bit dark in the guitar overall. Not bad enough for me to change it again. But I’ve often made note of how physically the humbucker route is simply further from the bridge than most guitars. I’m fact it’s the biggest of any guitar I own. Which means it’s physically in a place where it’ll pick up more warm tone..
The OG Hm Strat shipped with the TBX tone control. Some hate it, some have modded it to be better. Which I used the modded wiring. Anyway, my first one was all stock. TBX and all. I have an original TBX control from my current HM I just never used cause I heard all the negative complaints about how “it shouldn’t be In a guitar circuit “ etc etc cause of the resistor. Fuck it, I was converting it back to stock anyway!!
Man’s I truly DONT know exactly how it works but it does cut some bass as well. I think. It certainly sounds like it does when turned all the way up. Which if I have a bit too bassy bridge pickup, then turn that up and it’ll even it out some. And damnit , if that’s not exactly what it did! It’s literally perfect! Haha. It’s like they knew that pickup was a little too bassy for the guitar but with the TBX it balances it out!
Plus I only use a master vol and master tone, instead of 2 tones, cause I can’t stand a standard placement of the Strat vol. so on the 2 single coils, it’s real easy to just roll the TBX down to the center “detent ”, which is just a 250k pot at that point. Which works better for those of course…
Yep
I just wrote all that out. Boredom I suppose
I’ve scored a couple others since. It’s never quite been the same but the one I have now is close. I’ll break it out still. I even put back in what would have been stock, a Dimarzio Super 3 again. And it’s killer. But was a bit dark in the guitar overall. Not bad enough for me to change it again. But I’ve often made note of how physically the humbucker route is simply further from the bridge than most guitars. I’m fact it’s the biggest of any guitar I own. Which means it’s physically in a place where it’ll pick up more warm tone..
The OG Hm Strat shipped with the TBX tone control. Some hate it, some have modded it to be better. Which I used the modded wiring. Anyway, my first one was all stock. TBX and all. I have an original TBX control from my current HM I just never used cause I heard all the negative complaints about how “it shouldn’t be In a guitar circuit “ etc etc cause of the resistor. Fuck it, I was converting it back to stock anyway!!
Man’s I truly DONT know exactly how it works but it does cut some bass as well. I think. It certainly sounds like it does when turned all the way up. Which if I have a bit too bassy bridge pickup, then turn that up and it’ll even it out some. And damnit , if that’s not exactly what it did! It’s literally perfect! Haha. It’s like they knew that pickup was a little too bassy for the guitar but with the TBX it balances it out!
Plus I only use a master vol and master tone, instead of 2 tones, cause I can’t stand a standard placement of the Strat vol. so on the 2 single coils, it’s real easy to just roll the TBX down to the center “detent ”, which is just a 250k pot at that point. Which works better for those of course…
Yep
I just wrote all that out. Boredom I suppose
