I don't see any threads about the Steve Morse Music Man. I'm a new owner and am curious what other owners have to say about the Steve Morse model. How do you use the pickups. In groups maybe? Swap out any pickups? Any modifications? I"m sure there are a few players that have similar questions. Thanks. Don
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tommyindelaware
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the playability, verstility, and natural sounds in this guitar are magnificient. i got my first one in late 90. i have 4 now. i have also owned , and sold 6 or 8 since then to folks in the northeast. mostly friends, bandmates, clients, and fans.
i played around w/ graftech saddles.....but went back to the originals......to get back the bite. i do still use a graftech nut....as it keeps tune better.
i do have an idea for this guitar to make it more playable to folks not familiar w/ the complicated switching. it takes a little time to get so use to the switching that you don't have to think about it. alot of people are quickly turned off when they encounter that aspect.
tommy in delaware
(also huge steve morse fan)
i played around w/ graftech saddles.....but went back to the originals......to get back the bite. i do still use a graftech nut....as it keeps tune better.
i do have an idea for this guitar to make it more playable to folks not familiar w/ the complicated switching. it takes a little time to get so use to the switching that you don't have to think about it. alot of people are quickly turned off when they encounter that aspect.
tommy in delaware
(also huge steve morse fan)
Steve Morse Ernie Ball
Thanks for the post. I was going to switch to graphtech front and back but I'd hate to lose the chime this guitar has. The nut will be replaced with graphtech though. Have you made any changes in the switching setup on any of your Steve Morses? This guitar hung on the rack for a year or so before the dropped the price and I picked it up. I believe you're right. Most people are scared away by the switching. There loss I guess. I run through a Warbler Muse Juke 1210 and the sound is very detailed and 3D. Very chimey indeed. The neck bucker could be a tad warmer but I think that would muck up the interaction with the other pickups. I find it amazing that all those pickups work so well together. Trouble might appear in swapping out any of them. I did read that a guy had them rewound by Wolfetone and he thought they were better after. Personal taste? Don
Thanks for the post. I was going to switch to graphtech front and back but I'd hate to lose the chime this guitar has. The nut will be replaced with graphtech though. Have you made any changes in the switching setup on any of your Steve Morses? This guitar hung on the rack for a year or so before the dropped the price and I picked it up. I believe you're right. Most people are scared away by the switching. There loss I guess. I run through a Warbler Muse Juke 1210 and the sound is very detailed and 3D. Very chimey indeed. The neck bucker could be a tad warmer but I think that would muck up the interaction with the other pickups. I find it amazing that all those pickups work so well together. Trouble might appear in swapping out any of them. I did read that a guy had them rewound by Wolfetone and he thought they were better after. Personal taste? Don
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tommyindelaware
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i find the neck pickup very warm. the bridge is nice and hot too.... w/o sounding honky. the neck single is very strat. the bridge single is a great rhythm pickup...and combined w/ the bridge humbucker....sounds like a fat tele. the 2 humbuckers together do a nice dicky betts thing.
been playing these models for 12 years...and i still love em.......
tommy in delaware
been playing these models for 12 years...and i still love em.......
tommy in delaware
Steve Morse Ernie Ball
Thanks for your time in this post. Not much has been said about these guitars. I bought with my knowledge of good instruments and it sure is nice to hear that I'm on the right track. Yes I find all pickups combos to be pleasing and useful. Very rare. Thanks again. Don
Thanks for your time in this post. Not much has been said about these guitars. I bought with my knowledge of good instruments and it sure is nice to hear that I'm on the right track. Yes I find all pickups combos to be pleasing and useful. Very rare. Thanks again. Don
I had a chance to trade into one but 2 things sent looking elsewhere.
1. The neck seemed too thin for my taste.
2. I worried about sustain problems with so many magnetic fields from so many pickups.
I was at a guitar show when I ran into the Steve Morse model so pluging into an amp was not an option.
1. The neck seemed too thin for my taste.
2. I worried about sustain problems with so many magnetic fields from so many pickups.
I was at a guitar show when I ran into the Steve Morse model so pluging into an amp was not an option.
Steve Morse Model
I thought the same thing about the sustain but after pluggin' in all that disappeared. I usually play wider neck too but this neck fits the bill real well for fast execution of bluesy rock riffs and quick double stops. The thing that I like the best about the neck is the way you can play funky slinky rhythms on it. Just great, and I have fairly big hands. I can wrap my thumb over the top of the neck and fret the high E string while playing the lower string with my fingers. A smaller neck for sure. I prefer a larger neck for Jazz related material though. Still having a blast on the Steve Morse guitar. It's not a plug & play unit until you figure out the pickups combinations. I am finding the switch coming a little easier. Also finding I'm using the switching on the fly. Different settings for low string work and various ones for rhythm. Kind of cool. Don
I thought the same thing about the sustain but after pluggin' in all that disappeared. I usually play wider neck too but this neck fits the bill real well for fast execution of bluesy rock riffs and quick double stops. The thing that I like the best about the neck is the way you can play funky slinky rhythms on it. Just great, and I have fairly big hands. I can wrap my thumb over the top of the neck and fret the high E string while playing the lower string with my fingers. A smaller neck for sure. I prefer a larger neck for Jazz related material though. Still having a blast on the Steve Morse guitar. It's not a plug & play unit until you figure out the pickups combinations. I am finding the switch coming a little easier. Also finding I'm using the switching on the fly. Different settings for low string work and various ones for rhythm. Kind of cool. Don
