Recently purchased a '79 Ibanez ST300 with the idea of doing some wolf type mods to it.
Already have a Strat that has great early 70's jerry tones, but looking to get a bit more tonal versatility in this build. Playing through a late 60s Fender Deluxe Reverb.
My initial thought was to put either a Dimarzio Dual Sound or a DAllen Voodoo69 in the middle, nail the Jerry tone with that one, but then have the neck and bridge be a bit different tonally. Maybe something a bit darker then what Jerry used... a PAF style pickup, Schaller golden 50, Seymore Duncan 59?? But still tappable... or am I an idiot to try and combine all this into one guitar? I play a range of music. Lots of jerry sure, but other stuff as well. Love the overdriven tones Trey gets. Allman Brothers, Clapton...etc... lots of tones to cover. How many can I build into one axe?
One thing I'd need to figure out. I think I'd still like to have the ability to use both the bridge and neck pickups at the same time. The "Gilmour Mod" when talking about Strats, I think? essentially a switch turning on the bridge and neck pickups. Could be a neat addition
I'm looking at pickups and wiring right now first. The Ibanez has a neat little preamp in there, will try to use that before I think about adding a buffer or blaster.
I'd love to get some opinions & advice on my approach to this build. open to anything while I can still get that Jerry middle single coil tone...
Lastly I will say that I love his mid 78 tone (think Redrocks), but I feel like there's a lot more going on there (preamp, power amp, speakers...etc) aiming for that tone might be hard, and maybe single coil wolf (73-75) is what I should aim for w/ the middle pickup.
Already have a Strat that has great early 70's jerry tones, but looking to get a bit more tonal versatility in this build. Playing through a late 60s Fender Deluxe Reverb.
My initial thought was to put either a Dimarzio Dual Sound or a DAllen Voodoo69 in the middle, nail the Jerry tone with that one, but then have the neck and bridge be a bit different tonally. Maybe something a bit darker then what Jerry used... a PAF style pickup, Schaller golden 50, Seymore Duncan 59?? But still tappable... or am I an idiot to try and combine all this into one guitar? I play a range of music. Lots of jerry sure, but other stuff as well. Love the overdriven tones Trey gets. Allman Brothers, Clapton...etc... lots of tones to cover. How many can I build into one axe?
One thing I'd need to figure out. I think I'd still like to have the ability to use both the bridge and neck pickups at the same time. The "Gilmour Mod" when talking about Strats, I think? essentially a switch turning on the bridge and neck pickups. Could be a neat addition
I'm looking at pickups and wiring right now first. The Ibanez has a neat little preamp in there, will try to use that before I think about adding a buffer or blaster.
I'd love to get some opinions & advice on my approach to this build. open to anything while I can still get that Jerry middle single coil tone...
Lastly I will say that I love his mid 78 tone (think Redrocks), but I feel like there's a lot more going on there (preamp, power amp, speakers...etc) aiming for that tone might be hard, and maybe single coil wolf (73-75) is what I should aim for w/ the middle pickup.