Humbucker Clean Test - Can you spot the tonewoods?

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
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    So, just to answer a question for myself, based on all of the usual tonewood debates and having seen (and heard) more than enough demonstrations to know that a lot of gain effectively negates any kind of tone shift between pickups of the same species (i.e., humbuckers), I figured I'd grab some guitars off the rack here in the studio and see what happens when we run them completely clean.
    This is by no means a scientific experiment. That would involve using the same model of guitar with the same strings and the same pickups in the same setup, but with different woods. I don't have time for that. This is just for fun, and using a bunch of incredibly cheap guitar models to boot. All guitars are on the bridge pickup only.
    For this test, I used the new ML Sound Lab Gemini plugin in Reaper, using the Gemini Normal amp on the Normal Clean preset. This is modeled on a Fender Twin, as clean as possible. It has a fairly flat EQ and just a touch of compression (but otherwise totally dry). All I did was start and stop the recording. No changes in volume, EQ, or dynamics between them.
    Ready? Here's the sample list:
    Donner DJP-1000: ES335 style, semi hollow; maple top, maple body, maple neck and rosewood fretboard. $479.99 CAD
    Donner DST 400:HSS Strat style, solid; alder body, maple neck, laurel fretboard. $279.99 CAD
    Donner DST-152: HSS Strat style, solid; poplar body, maple neck, laurel fretboard. $259.99 CAD
    Donner DJC-1000: Thinline style, semi hollow; maple top, popular body, maple neck and fretboard. $195.99 CAD
    Bexgears 8-string kit: Solid body; poplar burl veneer top, okoume body, 5-piece maple/mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard. $375.99 CAD
    Eart T-380: HH Charvel San Dimas style, solid; maple body, roasted maple neck and fretboard. $539.00 CAD
    Eart GW2: HH headless, solid; maple burl veneer top, roasted padauk body; 5-piece roasted maple and padauk neck and rosewood fretboard. $519.00 CAD
    ...and for good measure:
    Fender MIM Stratocaster: HH Strat (2014), solid; alder body; maple neck and fretboard. ~ $1000 CAD

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