straycat113
Well-known member
Well I love the sound of both and think every player who gets halfway serious needs both in his arsenal, meaning a guitar that has true humbuckers or true single coils. There are just too many players who have great tones to say one is better than the other it really just depends on the music you are playing at the time and what is best for the job. You are not going to get that true country twang with Humbuckers and you are not really going to cut it playing today's Metal with single coils, and the Blues is great using either.One thing I cant stand though is 60 cycle hum and have gotten into way too many debates on line with guys over this but it is totally not for me and that's great for anyone who likes it.lol
With todays technology though you can buy an ax that is capable of pretty much getting you through anything without a change. I could remember being 15 and seeing Zep at the Garden in 77 and bugging out how Page could pull so many tones out of his Les Paul and it was not till 96 when his Artist series guitar came out did I learn he had all these mods done that split his buckers or put them out of phase to get these sounds. For the younger guys out there things were not like today where you pick up a magazine and know the secret to everyone's rig as these are the guys who were creating these things on the fly. For those who did not see It Might Get Loud check it out, though it is the oddest pairing of players it works and is really entertaining. After Zep broke up Page got that label of being a bit sloppy live which at times he was,but truthfully I think a part of that problem was that his guitar was slung down below his knees which I could remember every kid playing like that to look cool, but also finding it a horror to play that way.
With todays technology though you can buy an ax that is capable of pretty much getting you through anything without a change. I could remember being 15 and seeing Zep at the Garden in 77 and bugging out how Page could pull so many tones out of his Les Paul and it was not till 96 when his Artist series guitar came out did I learn he had all these mods done that split his buckers or put them out of phase to get these sounds. For the younger guys out there things were not like today where you pick up a magazine and know the secret to everyone's rig as these are the guys who were creating these things on the fly. For those who did not see It Might Get Loud check it out, though it is the oddest pairing of players it works and is really entertaining. After Zep broke up Page got that label of being a bit sloppy live which at times he was,but truthfully I think a part of that problem was that his guitar was slung down below his knees which I could remember every kid playing like that to look cool, but also finding it a horror to play that way.
