Newsgroup: it.arti.musica.strumenti.chitarra
Titolo: red special

Ciao ragazzi,ho appena comprato la Jim Reed red special con floyd rose,ma 
non capisco bene le modulazioni di suono degli switch sul corpo.Quali 
combinazioni per avere un determinato suono?come si usano?
Qualcuno la possiede e puň aiutarmi?
Grazie 

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sono 2 righe da 3
prima riga: tasto sopra accendi speni PU al manico, tasto sotto lo metto 
controfase (o come divolo si dice, io non sono un elettrotecnico)
seconda riga: tasto sopra accendi speni PU al centro, tasto sotto lo metti 
controfase (o come divolo si dice, io non sono un elettrotecnico)
terza riga: tasto sopra accendi speni PU al ponte, tasto sotto lo metto 
controfase (o come divolo si dice, io non sono un elettrotecnico)
poi ci sono tutte le varie combinazioni tipo PU centro e manico in fase, 
contro fase uno si e uno no e via discorrendo. 

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Guarda le combinazioni sono anche troppo.....
Ti posso dire che Brian utilizzava di solito
- ponte + centrale entrambi in fase per situazioni alla Now I'm here
- manico + centrale sempre in fase per situzioni tipo Somebody to
   love o Stone cold Crazy
- manico in controfase + centrale in fase per assoli striduli tipo
  Save me, Bohemian Rhapsody e Don't stop me now.
Ma perchč la RS col Floyd????? Potevi prendere quella col
ponte fisso piuttosto che vedere stuprata la caratteristica
vintage di quella chitarra. Cmq buon divertimento.
-- 
Alessandro "Brian"  Re
 
www.everqueen.com
 

 rose
PLONK
PS: :-)
-- 
Z. 

 
tempo fa trovai questa cosa...è in inglese, comunque ti da alcune dritte 
su come sfruttare le varie combinazioni...ciao
The mysteries of pickup combinations!
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Brian May guitars virtually always feature the same unique pickup 
switching system Brian uses on the Old Lady herself. For some reason, 
Burns don't bother to give you a manual if you buy one of their 
otherwise excellent guitars, so here is the BrianMayCentral guide to the 
mysteries of the Brian May pickup switching system!
Rather than the standard 5-way or 3-way toggle switches on Fender and 
Gibson guitars, Brian May guitars feature 6 little individual switches. 
For each pickup there is an on-off switch and a phase reversal switch, 
which gives many more interesting possibilities in combining pickups. 
Brian May guitars are also wired in series rather than parallel, which 
also gives different tonal possibilities. So what do all those switches 
actually do?
On-off switches
Let's start by just looking at the on-off switches - we'll worry about 
the phase switches later. Each pickup has its own switch, so it can be 
turned on or off independently of the others. This means that the guitar 
has a true 'standby' mode where all of the pickups are off. The three 
single coil pickups each produce slightly different tones due to their 
positioning. The bridge pickup is brightest and most trebley, the neck 
pickup is much warmer and more mellow and the middle pickup is between 
the two, both physically and tonally. Any combination of 1, 2 or all 3 
pickups can be selected. Brian's favourite tone is the bridge and middle 
pickups both selected and in phase (more of that in a moment). Switching 
on all three pickups is also very interesting and gives a huge tone. 
Because the pickups are wired in series, selecting more than one pickup 
increases the output of the guitar and can therefore give you more gain.
Phase Switches
Now, let's have a look at those phase switches. These only apply if you 
have 2 or more pickups selected as one pickup alone can't be out of 
phase with itself. Phase is also relative, so it is the difference that 
matters. If that sounds too obscure, let me give you an example. Switch 
on both the bridge and middle pickups and put both of the phase switches 
in the down position (i.e. towards the floor). The sound will be Brian's 
favourite rhythm tone. Now flick the phase switch on the middle pickup 
to the up position. The sound will now be much thinner and more trebley 
as the lower frequencies cancel - the pickups are out of phase. Now 
flick the phase switch on the bridge pickup to the up position. The tone 
will be back to the full rhythm tone we had originally - i.e. it doesn't 
matter if you have the switches up or down, it's the difference in phase 
which matters. Now that we've got that cleared up, lets look at some of 
the possible combinations. Generally speaking, putting two pickups in 
phase will produce a full, rich tone and selecting two pickups out of 
phase will produce a piercing trebley tone. You can also get some really 
interesting combinations by putting all three pickups on but selecting 
one to be out of phase with the other two. There are a total of 13 
possible combinations (there are actually 21 possibilities, but some are 
the same as each other because of the phase differences explained 
above). Let's look in detail at some of the tones to try...
Bridge and Middle pickups in phase
This is Brian's favourite pickup combination, which he uses 85% of the 
time. For chords and rhythm work this combination can give that lovely 
full ringing tone, but still maintains good separation between notes so 
it doesn't turn muddy. A good example of this tone are the riffs on 
Hammer to Fall and Tie Your Mother Down. This setting is also good for 
lead work and was used by Brian for the opening solo in Brighton Rock.
Neck and Middle pickups in phase
This is a very rich tone, which gives has an amazing violin-like quality 
if you back off the gain a little. Brian used this tone for the solo 
work on You Take My Breath Away and Leavin' Home Ain't Easy. For smooth 
solo sounds like this, Brian often uses his fingers to pick the strings 
rather than a sixpence and he gently strokes the strings to coax out 
those smooth rich sounds.
Neck and bridge pickups in phase
A cutting but rather sweet sound.
Neck and Bridge pickups out of phase
A strong bright lead tone. Brian used this on the solo work for Liar.
Neck and Middle pickups out of phase
This is a real 'screaming' lead tone, which is piercing at high volumes. 
Brian used this tone extensively on songs where he wanted a really 
emotional cutting solo, such as Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody to Love and 
The March of the Black Queen.
All 3 pickups selected with neck out of phase
This uses all three pickups and sounds a little bit like a Rickenbacker 
tone, or a harder version of Brian's favourite sound (mid + bridge in 
phase). Funky rhythms at low levels, hard and hollow at high levels.
All 3 pickups selected with bridge out of phase
A very rich sound at very high levels (Violin type tone)
All 3 pickups selected with middle out of phase
Brian calls this "Bread and butter" after that rhythm sound. Makes a 
strange clang on the low strings. Piercing at high levels.
I haven't covered all possible pickup combinations here, so try a few 
out for yourself and see what interesting sounds you can make.