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Stay tuned.....
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good stuff Mick the Octane pup arrived, are you going to coil split it or any out of phase wiring options ?
you just going the 1 bridge bucker or adding single coils to middle and neck ?
Have you relic'd that strat or was it already like that when you bought it ?
can't wait to hear this thing sing
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Ohhhhh yyyeeeeeahhhh
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Originally Posted by wokkaboy
nope, none of that fancy stuff... straight up humbucker + 1 volume.
This is a test/demo of the humbucker so I want it to be as pure as possible (i'm even debating using the volume pot haha)
sounds good Mick, looking at the pickguard with only a bucker hole I assumed that was your plans
in super strat territory now!
well, well, well!
someones grown a set :)
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Hawt. Love a single humbucker in a strat.
That's just all kinds of dirty....I love it. It wants you to crank it Mick, it really wants you to crank it......Quote:
Originally Posted by zeromick
Loving your photography Mick, you clearly know what you're doing.
So what's the verdict Mick how does the octane sound?
Cheers Adam! I have a rough idea haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by adam
It's good! like, the moment i plugged the guitar in and hit a dirty big Em I got a very large...... smile on my face.Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Hopefully I'll do a sound demo tomorrow and get that up ASAP
cool Mick look forward to the demo, will you be swigging a bottle ? haha
Get Hyped.... My review of the new Tonerider Octane pickup + video/sound demo will be up in the next few hours...
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So!
In the spirit of testing the Tonerider Octane humbucker I've only installed the humbucker... no other pickups, no coil splits, tone knbos or jiggery pokery... just the humbucker and a volume knob, near as pure as you can get it.
This pickup delivers what it promises, it is aggressive (in a good way)
Power chords are full but don't lose any clarity with high gain amps and pedals where others I've played tend to get a little muddy, There's still a very nice balance between the lows and highs while not completely scooping the mids (mids are the instruments voice)
Up the dusty end of the neck is not somewhere I'd normally be in the bridge position but I found a very nice 'fullness' to the pickup here. In a mix with other guitars high notes up past the halfway point can sound shrill and gutless but this seems to have a presence about it, a warmth if you will.
I think it's worth mentioning the clean tones as well, as a high gain pickup the clean tones can get overlooked but I think instead of dribbling on I'll let the video speak for itself here.
Summary... I rate it, so much so that I'm going to leave it in this guitar. If you're looking for something to play dirty, dirty riffs, something for a drop tuned guitar or just a very well rounded bridge pickup for rock/metal I think you'd be hard pressed to find something else this good for this price.
https://vimeo.com/176008570
sounds unreal Mick, the clean sound is pretty impressive too. You nailed the Smashing Pumpkins track. What was the 2nd track and what distortion were you using ? it was super dirty the sound ! Also love the video production
Weaponry. That Octane's just got itself a jersey for an upcoming project.
Cheers man, there were 3 tracks...the first was the intro to "It’ll Be Ok” by Limp Bizkit, second was “Zero” by the Smashing Pumpkins and the third was “The Aeroplane Flies High” by the Pumpkins as well. The only pedal I used was on the dirty part of Aeroplane, it was my Rat distortion.Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
The first two tracks the guitar was 1 step down (DGCFAD) and the last was drop C tuning.
I was playing some other stuff in Drop A# as well and it still sounded tight.
ah ok no worries Mick I didn't count the first intro. Guess the drop tuning makes it sound chunkier.
I will be ordering an Octane for my next humbucker axe. Wonder how the bridge octane would go in a neck position as I couldn't see a neck version of the Octane on the PBG website
I kept the drop tuning thing in mind as Tonerider claim that the harmonics tighten up the tone when drop tuned so naturally.... I had to drop tune haha. Chunky but with definition, i think its actually more noticeable on the cleans.Quote:
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Thanks so much for the video Mick. great video, Looks like it was straight into the amp.
DAMN....another set of toneriders I now have to get....just got to get a new build to go with them....wait....then I'll work out what to tell the wife.....
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cheers dude, not straight to the amp (although 90% of the clip was just guitar +amp) it was pretty close.
To do an honest review I wanted it to be as pure as possible, you can make anything sound good with a tonne of effects and stuff, none of that here :)
Awesome demo and a great video clip. This pup is hair-raising, love it. Second demo reminded me of My Bloody Valentine sound - I reckon this pup would be good to emulate some tracks from their Loveless album
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Originally Posted by andrewdosborne
urge to play "Only Shallow" rising.....
Would also work well for this MBV track!
https://youtu.be/t0dJqlvOSq4
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Mick, can you please do ALL our videos from now on. That intro was sensational.
The whole video is excellent, a great demo of the pickup, covering all the dynamics and tones. Well done mate!
I sent a link to the folk at Tonerider yesterday, but I'll send a vid link to them tonight.
The Octane sounds very good... I wish I'd bought more now.
Sometimes is my quintessential MBV song, very beautiful!Quote:
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haha, cheers man I wish! Its always fun to play with something new and get into that sort of specific head space you know?Quote:
Originally Posted by adam
If I can do that AND something constructive at the same time its a win :)