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    Im new here, wondering if anyone could help me out on achieving the coveted (by me anyway) "twang" sound on my Jackson.

    Someone told me that twang was creating in the a special pick-up, and not by a pedal. I always thought it was a pedal, but i really dont know. Could anyone offer accurate information?

    thx alot

  • #2
    Re: Twang

    Nothing to do with pickups really. Just add a tiny bit of delay to your amp I think and it will sound twangy sorta.

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    • #3
      Re: Twang

      Are you seeking that Fender "twang"? If so, you might oughta get a Fender. IMO a Jackson shouldn't sound like a Fender, or a Gibson, or anything other than a Jackson, otherwise, why bother?
      You can get a "not-as-twangy-as-Fender" twang simply by using singles in the neck or splitting the hums, but if you want it to twang like Roy Clark, get a Tele or Strat and don't bother with Jackson.

      Newc
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      • #4
        Re: Twang

        you could swap out your singles for a twangier sound. That way you have all the playability of a fine Jackson machine with the sound that you're after. Twang can be cool, but I'd rather not wrassle with a Fender neck. I like my tilted headstocks too much.
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        • #5
          Re: Twang

          To Twang with a Jackson/Charvel do like I did buy a Charvel TX custom off EBAY for $260!! Oh yeah if you want to play some metal it will do that too! One versatile guitar. [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] Mine is black with white perloid pickguard and has maple fingerboard. Dead mint was advertised as NOS but I don't know for sure.
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          • #6
            Re: Twang

            roll your volume back to 6, put the pickup selector so the bridge and middle pickup are selected , that would be position 2 on a 5 way selector, if you have toggles select bridge and middle pickup. add a little slap echo and away you go, remember guitars don't twang, people do. But I still prefer to connect to a Mesa and let it rip any day.

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            • #7
              Re: Twang

              So if i want a Link Wray/Cramps style sound, thats what i need to do?

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              • #8
                Re: Twang

                Jackson used the J200 stacked single coils mostly, so you'd probably want non-stacked pickups.

                Newc
                I want to depart this world the same way I arrived; screaming and covered in someone else's blood

                The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

                My Blog: http://newcenstein.com

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                • #9
                  Re: Twang

                  Yeah, but Newc, the J200's were just noiseless versions of the J100's with a little more gain and higher midrange. "Twang" to me is best described as a Fender Tele in the bridge position through a vintage tube amp, that gives you the "twang."
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                  Gotta get away from here.
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                  • #10
                    Re: Twang

                    a tele thru a fender twin reverb HELPS alot.

                    twangy jacksons....single coil or coil tap the bridge humbucker, large strings, fairly high action, a STEEL bridge will give U more high end bite, for that tele like twang, i good vintage style TUBE amp with a nice spring reverb for the SPRANGGGGG sound.

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