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Post subject: HELP
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:41 am
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Look im new i have play some guitar 35 years ago.im working on heartbreaker by zep i have the setting from here but.i play a fender squier i think you would call it sustain when i get to the solo of heart breaker its all hammers n pulloffs i t dont sound right is it my guitar or amp what do i do to get the hammer pull off in this song to ring out thanks


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Post subject: Re: HELP
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:45 pm
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can you post a sound sample of where you have it now, and/or your settings?

From Wikipedia:

Page also disclosed to Guitar World that this song in general, and the a cappella solo in particular, was the first recorded instance of his famous Gibson Les Paul/Marshall Stack combination.

These modeling amps are great, but it will not entirely make your Fender Squier into a Gibson Les Paul. That might be the limitation you are hitting.

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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:51 am
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To add to strings10927's comments:

To be clear, there's absolutely nothing wrong with the sound from a Fender/Squier, but it will be different to a Les Paul. There are lots of reasons, perhaps the most significant is the pickup type. In case you're unaware, most tele/strat-style guitars usually have single-coil pickups. Most Les-Paul-style guitars usually have double-coil pickups (aka "humbuckers"). Of course, both ranges also have models with the other type of pickup, or a mixture of both types. There's loads of info on the net on why this is the case and the differences (both sound and technical) between the two pickup types, so I won't attempt to re-explain it here, your favourite search engine will provide you with endless reading if you're interested.

So, if you want to emulate Mr Page's sound on that track, perhaps (I don't know for certain, just a suggestion), the question to ask is "how do I make single-coil pickups sound more like humbuckers?" Indeed, that question does seem to have been asked and answered all over the internet. I found (because your question piqued my own curiosity) this discussion which seems to offer some helpful ideas (as well of course as some less helpful ones):

http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showth ... p?t=559182

And this video is quite interesting in the same vein:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsRfenEowQo


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