View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
edsdds .

Joined: 02 Dec 2015 Posts: 5 Location: Minnesota
|
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 3:12 pm Post subject: Is the new Offset Duo Sonic HS my answer? |
|
|
So I love the sound of my Les Paul but of course heavy and not the most comfortable when just jamming in the living room. I also have a ton of parts right now looking to build a Strat to cover the single coil sound I am missing but I know I will miss the humbucker. Plus a Strat is a good sized guitar still and a longer scale and a trem I don't use.
Anyway I am really thinking about one of these HS Duos. Here is my only concern and worry. I don't really want to go by pure sounds samples on youtube and I know I won't find one locally, but will the single coil in the neck in a clean setting still sound similar to a classic single coil neck pickup? It will not sound exactly like a Tele or a Strat neck position in clean tone but I would be happy with a Fender clean sound out of it.
Could this little guy cover all of these points?
-Humbucker in bridge for some heavier sounds
-Neck single coil hopefully with Fender classic sound
-Sweet middle position for the in between
-Nice comfy short scale
-No trem to worry about
-Awesome color selections. |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
Darth Stang .

Joined: 17 Jan 2016 Posts: 163
|
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 3:41 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Personally I would buy a 1956 duo sonic and route it for humbuckers. There has never been such a thing as a short scale with a humbucker and a locked down bridGe. Never existed, never has been done so no one can advise. No one on the site would know anything about such a thing . I would buy the rickenbacker |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
Ankhanu .


Joined: 10 Nov 2009 Posts: 2892 Location: Nova Scotia
|
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2016 3:19 am Post subject: |
|
|
Darth is wrong
There have been a couple Jaguars with humbuckers and fixed bridges, the Pawn Shop Mustang Special was a double humbucker, fixed bridge model, the Vista Musicmaster was fixed with a humbucker... etc. I don't have a tonne of experience with these models, so can't advise as well as others.
I imagine the single-coil will likely sound kind of similar to a Musicmaster, Swinger, normal Duo-SOnic or similar. Not Strat or Tele like, but good sounds in their own right. _________________
ekwatts wrote: |
That's American cinema, that is. Fucking sparkles. |
Donate to Ankhanu Press |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
Fakir Mustache .


Joined: 25 Sep 2013 Posts: 3430
|
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2016 6:56 am Post subject: |
|
|
Darth Stang wrote: |
There has never been such a thing as a short scale with a humbucker and a locked down bridGe. Never existed, never has been done so no one can advise. No one on the site would know anything about such a thing . I would buy the rickenbacker |
 _________________
dezb1 wrote: |
I only buy synths with mini keys as I like the shortscale synths. |
|
|
Back to top |
|
 |
speedfish .


Joined: 27 Oct 2011 Posts: 1141
|
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2016 9:27 am Post subject: |
|
|
Used Squier Cyclone. Contoured body more comfortable than slab body. Block the tremolo like Eric Clapton. _________________ Disciple of Pain
"I'm like the monkey screwing the skunk. I haven't had enough, but I've about had all that I can stand!" |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
singlepup .


Joined: 10 Dec 2010 Posts: 4073 Location: San Diego
|
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 3:14 am Post subject: |
|
|
I've played the Pawn Shop Mustang Special a few times in shops and really liked it. If you're into wide range HBs, that's a great option. |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
daftsupernova .


Joined: 01 Jun 2012 Posts: 2493 Location: bottom of in a hell
|
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 4:44 am Post subject: |
|
|
I also played with pawn shop mustang and it sounds great, I wanna buy one for myself one day. _________________
Doog wrote: |
Tone is stored in the balls |
theshadowofseattle wrote: |
That's why there's two: one for pee, one for tone. |
|
|
Back to top |
|
 |
jagsonic .


Joined: 28 Dec 2009 Posts: 763 Location: Germany
|
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 8:44 am Post subject: |
|
|
Really really like the sound and feeling of my squier cv duosonic. Really really good sofaguitar
For the h-s placement i have a fender cyclone which is very versatile sounding. Both - duo and cyclone don't sound exactly like a tele or strat, but definitively fender-ish... _________________ The Black Ignaz |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
Fran The Curmudgeon

Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 21232 Location: Nottingham, Englandshire.
|
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:18 pm Post subject: |
|
|
jagsonic wrote: |
Really really like the sound and feeling of my squier cv duosonic. Really really good sofaguitar
For the h-s placement i have a fender cyclone which is very versatile sounding. Both - duo and cyclone don't sound exactly like a tele or strat, but definitively fender-ish... |
The Duo in my avatar is basically a CV model but with a 65 RI Mustang neck and SJAG-II pickups.
I agree, great sofa guitar, but not to be underestimated, it's good enough for gigs. The SJAG pickups are also fairly hot and there isn't any need for a humbucker with them really.
Even if you wanted to play heavy riffs, there are plenty of processors available to tweak the natural sound of these single coils. _________________
dezb1 wrote: |
Stop fucking about and get an SD-1 |
robroe wrote: |
I got a stomach ache. Anyone got any heroin? Or like a gun or something? |
brandonwinmill wrote: |
Maybe i'll sell my internet. It's lost its fun since i already beat it twice. |
|
|
Back to top |
|
 |
JordanD .

Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 904 Location: Manchester, UK
|
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 2:15 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I wish I never sold my Squier CV Duo, I loved that guitar but loved having a roof over my head more.
These new Fender offset models are interesting but like most here have said, quite uninspired. I think I know where they're coming from, doing common mods to the guitars and selling them as stock. I don't get why everything has to have 9.5 rad and medium jumbos though. |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
speedfish .


Joined: 27 Oct 2011 Posts: 1141
|
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 3:16 pm Post subject: |
|
|
JordanD wrote: |
I don't get why everything has to have 9.5 rad and medium jumbos though. |
Standardization keeps manufacturing cost down. _________________ Disciple of Pain
"I'm like the monkey screwing the skunk. I haven't had enough, but I've about had all that I can stand!" |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
StevePirates .


Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 689 Location: Reno
|
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 4:19 pm Post subject: |
|
|
The Jaguar Special HH is a nice guitar, but it is heavy (at least mine is). The Blacktop Jaguars I've tried have been nicely balanced and sounded pretty good. _________________ Hell is other people. |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
dots BADmin

Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 1013638 Location: on the move
|
|
Back to top |
|
 |
Cymbaline .

Joined: 22 Feb 2012 Posts: 214
|
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 6:57 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Remember the PS Mustang isnt a full size Mustang. Sounds great and is a beautiful guitar but I had to send it back because its Ass is too small. SO SO glad I got teh Kurtdz instead, just blocked the trem, same thing with my SS.
BTW recently put a custom gauge set on my SS, holy balls it sounds like a new guitar, chords ring so much truer, tuning stability improved, unwanted slop-bending prevented.
52-38-28-20-16-12. Tension is >9kg and <10kg on every string, that's why I went with these gauges, to get close to the same tension on each string. |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
Fran The Curmudgeon

Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 21232 Location: Nottingham, Englandshire.
|
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 7:43 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Thread got me thinking, wish I'd bought one of those Squier Cyclones when they were selling them at around £120. You don't seem to see them now.
Alternatively, THESE look fun to mod. _________________
dezb1 wrote: |
Stop fucking about and get an SD-1 |
robroe wrote: |
I got a stomach ache. Anyone got any heroin? Or like a gun or something? |
brandonwinmill wrote: |
Maybe i'll sell my internet. It's lost its fun since i already beat it twice. |
|
|
Back to top |
|
 |
dots BADmin

Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 1013638 Location: on the move
|
|
Back to top |
|
 |
Thomas .


Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 3220 Location: Glasgow, UK
|
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 10:33 am Post subject: |
|
|
Fran wrote: |
Thread got me thinking, wish I'd bought one of those Squier Cyclones when they were selling them at around £120. You don't seem to see them now.
Alternatively, THESE look fun to mod. |
I think my mate's still got the one I gave to him. I can always ask if he wants to sell it (I don't think he uses it any more). |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
NickS .


Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 9566 Location: Nr. Basinggrad, UK
|
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 11:16 am Post subject: |
|
|
To get this back on track, OP spoke of a single coil in the neck, humbucker at the bridge. |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
ultratwin The 25.5" subversion

Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 6731 Location: Seoul
|
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 11:53 am Post subject: |
|
|
...Which Fender Japan did do a very limited run of a number of years back, a proper single-knob weirdo w/3-way switch.
|
|
Back to top |
|
 |
jagsonic .


Joined: 28 Dec 2009 Posts: 763 Location: Germany
|
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 12:46 pm Post subject: Re: Is the new Offset Duo Sonic HS my answer? |
|
|
edsdds wrote: |
Could this little guy cover all of these points?
-Humbucker in bridge for some heavier sounds
-Neck single coil hopefully with Fender classic sound
-Sweet middle position for the in between
-Nice comfy short scale
-No trem to worry about
-Awesome color selections. |
for all i know about duos and cyclones i would say yes without having one of these new offsets in my hands... _________________ The Black Ignaz |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
|