Hi All,

What can one do to get a fatter and deeper sound on the Strat??I play Shadows-music and my sound is thinner than the sound of Hank B Marvin. Who knows the answer??
I'll tried Duet as a VST-plugin , but that won,t work cause the sound was floating with the Duet on.Btw I use Adobe Audition 1.5 for recording my Music, finally I can add that I have Fender 57/62 pick-ups in the Guitar


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Fred

This plug-in might help...it certainly won't hurt :

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid?C ... ID=1571798

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You might consider moving up a gauge in your strings.If your currently using "9's", move up a gauge to "10's" and tune down half a step to Eb. Works for me. Hope this helps..........Mike

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- Tweak the EQ (likely you need to punch up the mids)
- Consider some light compression (and ... if really needed ... some Chorus)

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Thank you Mike, Mike and 01GT eibach for your replays and tips. i will certainly try out the tips you gave me, thank you

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Fred

if you still find it a bit bright you could change the tone cap from a 43uf to a 33 or 22uf , but i think the 22 would be a bit too dark but you never know till you try , and if you are going to change and you use the tone controls on settings other than 10 , try to get some paper in oil caps , i use them in my humbucker guitars , i havent got round to changing the the fenders yet

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You could try going through an EQ pedal-with several frequency bands on it- and bring up your mids and bass or use a touch of delay just enough to enhance the tone a tad.

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Apparently, changing the pickup(s) is not an option.

Honestly though, I've never known of anyone who found 57/62s too trebly.

Notwithstanding, you might want to consider putting one of those ferrous metal plates on the bottom of at least, your bridge pickup. It will expand the mids and lows and raise the volume a hair too.

The only other suggestion would be to change your capacitor to a higher microfarad value as this will roll off even more high end as you back off your tone pot. This is of course, premising the offending pickup or pickups are wired to a tone pot and if they aren't, do it as this of itself will darken their tonality even without the aforementioned plate or replacing the OEM cap.

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You may also try moving the pickups farther from the strings.

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

If you have a boost, distortion or overdrive pedal in your effects chain and it is not true bypass check the tone control on it. Even with the pedal off the tone control will affect the signal to the amp. If you set the tone on the pedal between 9 and 10 o'clock it will add some bottom to your tone especially in the bridge position.

um.... right... so..... what exactly IS "shadows-music".... wikipedia has nothing

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A good mic for the speaker off axis, and a dynamic mic for the room and a tweed deluxe 5e3 (one of the fattest sounding amps for recording) a low to moderate volume. Record it clean, mix and add effects of your choice. Takes some practice but the right tone balance can be found.

Hi Floyd,the Shadows were a largely instrumental band from England that were really big in the 60s and guitar great Hank Marvin-who introduced the Strat to England-was the lead player.The Shadows also backed up recording star Cliff Richards.Telestar was one of their big hits I believe.

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Myself, I just put the guitar on the neck and middle pickup and turn the tone down to 7.

Not a lot of use for you though eh Zaanse?
If I were you mate, I'd be looking at staying on the current bridge pickup, but adding a seperate eq effect between the guitar and effects. Raise the low mids a bit 60-200hz (cos your already doing great in the high mids) and maybe roll off the high end (13khz or above region) a notch or two. Nothing too drastic, affect not alter.
Adjust volume to suit.

Floyd, you don't know who the Shad's are? They were the British equivalent of the Ventures, but they sounded good.
I jest but Hank Marvin is a absolute study in guitar as a tool for vocal-like expression.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q33CkHqbq5c&feature=related

Looking around the muso sites lastnight cos my ska band aint going anywhere. Lo and behold I see a advert for a guitarist wanted for a Shad's tribute band just some 40 miles from me. I am very very tempted to go for it, despite being thirty years too young. For me that simplistic beauty is what it's all about.

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Thank you, thank you all for suporting this threat, i will see want I can use from your tips, thanks again everybody

Floyd; Shadowsmusic is that music that adds echo and trem by all kinds of numbers, that is Shadowsmusic. There biggist hits are amoungst others Apache, Wonderful Land, Atlantis, Frightened City, Sleepwalk, Guitar Tango, Theme for young Lovers, The Deer Hunter,Geronimo, FBI, etc,etc,etc,etc

Fred