phil_the_bassist Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Morning gents! A bit of background: I'm a pretty percussive fingerstyle player, I like to add muted notes and tap the strings with my right hand to get a bit more groove, or to drive a beat. When I was in my covers band and original band it was fine as I had a bottom-heavy sound so the taps and thumps came out sounding like a kickdrum. Now I've joined a band where I'm doing all Jam tunes, I've tweaked the eq to get a more middly, Foxton-esque tone and the taps and thumps are coming out like nasty clipped bangs...but I don't want to change my technique. I'm guessing the problem is the strings hitting the bare poles of my p'up and giving too much of a blast of signal, would either a pup-cover or new soapbar pup help this? Do I need a decent compressor? Any other ideas? Cheers phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I'm that kind of player, too. I drop the pickup pretty low to tone it down a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Me too, I think it's the only easy solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrenochrome Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 [quote name='wateroftyne' post='524751' date='Jun 26 2009, 12:00 PM']I'm that kind of player, too. I drop the pickup pretty low to tone it down a bit.[/quote] me too, all my neck/mid pups get dropped down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_the_bassist Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 ahh, hadn't thought of that! thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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