[quote="GoldenRhino"][quote="ThinlineTele"]Pedals don't play a big part in Mukai's sound. A Telecaster on the middle pickup position into a Vox AC30 (preferably Top Boost) will get you 99% there.[/quote]

This. Also, you guys gotta hear the tone on my Telecaster's middle position. I botched the wiring when I installed my bridge pickup, so now the middle position sounds TOTALLY nasal, out of phase, whatever the hell. It's kinda funny. TYMT says I should keep it the way it is cause it's so unique. Instead of "Mukai" I get "squownk squownk squownk"[/quote]

I've wired my LP for phase switching - and it's really cool to have that nasal tone at your disposal...but I think I would be really disappointed if I couldn't switch out of it, unless you just stick to lead work, but even then...

It's a setting that I'm eternally grateful for, but that I rarely use.

What do you guys mean by phase switching? Is it practical?

My Tele's middle actually DOES sound a little like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEJVn3CcaGw

Just a bit harsher, and less "I meant to do this." It's actually sort of an embarrassing clusterfuck. My neck pickup is the stock MIM tele pickup, sounds fine. Middle position is out of phase nasal. Bridge position is SEYMOUR DUNCAN HOT RAILS YEAHHH WITH STRINGS TOO CLOSE TO THE PICKUP.

I guess it just makes my guitar uber-versatile. It can sound fine clean, a little over driven, out of phase, and distorted. It's just...not really a Tele anymore...

When I changed the pickups on my first Tele the middle position was out of phase at first. It sounds really weird and shrill; I didn't like it at all. The regular Tele middle position is magic, though. I suspect the out of phase thing works better on humbucker guitars.

[quote="Aplaca"]What do you guys mean by phase switching? Is it practical?[/quote]

When two pickups are out of phase, each pickup cancels out the identical sounds on the other pickup, resulting in whatever sound is left over. In phase pickups merely add sound on top of each other. Out of phase wiring produces a nasal sound that is lower in output (since you're subtracting sounds rather than adding sounds). Phase switching is the ability to put the pickups on your guitar in and out of phase at will.

Is it practical? Sure - it's more like adding a whammy bar to your guitar. It's not necessary; it's just another tool in your arsenal.

[quote="Spike"]You can only do a phase-reversal mod on a Humbucker equipped guitar, however.[/quote]

That's just plain untrue...

[quote="sheerheartattack"]That's just plain untrue...[/quote]

Yea, and thats why I deleted it.

I had read that you could only do it on Humbucker pickups, but I went and looked it up after I posted it and I was wrong.

we haven't mentioned Mukai's pickups yet, I don't think. Fender Custom Shop Texas Specials?

I hate to break this conversation up, but this thread's tenure on this forum is almost a year past my own, and all my old NG stuff went away with my old computer. So I was curious... Was there a link in here somewhere for music? Reading this thread makes me want to listen to NG again.

Thanks

Got you covered bro, check your pms.

[quote="Marekenshin"]Got you covered bro, check your pms.[/quote]

And once you've sorted out your menstrual issues, check your messages.

you tele guise might be interested in wiring a superswitch (its got lots of lugs)

you could get neck, both in series in phase, both ||, both in series out of phase, bridge

Posting about a year too late,
All I gotta say is FUCKING NUMBER GIIIRRRRL <3

Favorite track/album?

性的少女
TOMBO
MUKAI NIGHT
Pixie Du
Ooatari no Kisetsu
Space Girl
Num-Ami of course
Young girl 17 was my song... and then I turned 18 :/
うりえ
Iggy Pop
EIGHT BEATER
Num-Heavy Metallic is my favorite album

I want more Kimonos stuff though.