Help! I need more middle in single coils on Luke II

[franne500]

Hi All,


Yesterday I did my first major gig with my "new" (bought it second hand) Luke II.

The whole band uses in-ears and, being a sound engineer myself, my mix is VERY true to what the audience are hearing - only with my guitar being higher in volume.

I have had this idea from rehearsals, that when I use the humbucker in bridge (emg 85 ?) it cuts through the mix very nicely and clean, but when I switch to the neck and middle single coils it kind of "vanishes" in the mix.
As far as I can tell it needs more middle to cut though - the bands sound tech told me the same, but he used the words : "it's like you disappear when you play on the first frets".

SO,,,,,,,,,,,,, My rig is as follows : Furman Power Conditioner - ADA MP-1 - TC Electronics G-Force - Mesa 20/20 - ENGL 2x12" pro - Mics 2 x Audio Technica AE3000. The band plays 80's pop/rock cover songs.

Will i get more middle if I raise the single coils ?
Should i change the pick ups to the X-series ?
Should i try the new Tansistion humbucker and see what I can find for single coils (on Lukes new album he has A LOT more middel in his tone) ?

Any advice would be VERY WELCOME !

 

[Roubster]

You can try to integrate the Suhr Koko Boost into your rig. It has a clean boost on one side and a mid boost on the other with the option to select which mid frequencies to accentuate.

 

[Norrin Radd]

Tubescreamer.

 

[auxren]

What about the Ernie Ball MVP?

 

[Jack FFR1846]

Hums down, singles up.

 

[franne500]

Hums down, singles up.

Will that give me more middle ? I thought that only raised the volume

 

[mikeller]

Those pickups are fixed height. Roubster has the right idea.

 

[franne500]

They can be raised with foam or "spacers" under neath - i guess i will try they height adjustment before i start changing pups.
Nothing is won by adjusting EQ on my pre amp since the humbucker sounds great.

 

[mikeller]

Yes, you can indeed shim them