Tonal Quality of the USA Pickups vs Japanese Pickups

[MissionBrown]

I have a Kurokumo Mosrite of California, and I like the guitar a lot.
Acoustically the guitar has quite a bit o bottom end.
But plugged in, the neck and bridge pickups seem to be geared toward the upper register.
My guitar doesn't really have much bass, compared to my other guitars.

Do I have a dud set of pickups or is this petty typical of the Mosrite sound?

[Dennisthe Menace]

But plugged in, the neck and bridge pickups seem to be geared toward the upper register.

MissionBrown, the Mo's were always known for that in which even the Ventures did a tune called "Driving Guitars" because of the mids and treble response from the original pick-ups .
Also, it might be a combination of the Princeton Reverb which all you would need to do is just simply re-EQ your tone settings, and then your all set !

[MissionBrown]

I have the tone down low when using the Mosrite.
The Princeton is a very bright amp, especially when cranking the reverb.
That splat can really cause some ear pain if right in front of it. And that's true of all my guitars.

I guess that's why the outboard reverb's tone control is so popular.

[MWaldorf]

Interesting. I've got to dial in much more treble on my Mosrites than with Fenders. Where do you have your pickups in relation to the strings? The closer they are the beefier the tone, and higher the output. Personally I keep the pickups close to the strings for more attack response.

[101Volts]

What do you mean, Do they have a lot of treble or harshness?

Austin

[MissionBrown]

Interesting. I've got to dial in much more treble on my Mosrites than with Fenders. Where do you have your pickups in relation to the strings? The closer they are the beefier the tone, and higher the output. Personally I keep the pickups close to the strings for more attack response.

Of course, that would be obvious (slaps head).

Went off to the kitchen to grab a screwdriver and had my guitar on.
The strap stitching gave way without warning and the guitar crashed to the floor.
Now I have a bunch of scratches and a huge gouge out of the guitar body and a dented headstock.

[Sarah93003]

Yikes! That is a real bummer!

[MWaldorf]

Besides pickup height, an appropriate amount of dents and chips does wonders for a guitar's tone!

Seriously, that really stinks.

[dubtrub]

That's a crying shame. I experienced the strap button screw breaking off on my 1962 Strat and crashed to the floor. Fortunately no serious damage was done. It is a helpless feeling though.

[JimPage]

What a shame!!! So sorry to see that happen, MissionBrown.

Bob Shade and I partnered on a guitar gizmo I patented last year, and it will help keep an acoustic guitar fitted with an internal pickup from doing that. Not applicable to a typical electric guitar, though. It will be on the market in a few weeks, I think.

When I showed the idea to my friends at CF Martin a couple of years ago, they were enthusiastic about it; in fact, it was due to their encouragement that I went to the trouble of patenting the thing. They had MANY horror stories to relate about guitars falling off straps.

You do feel helpless when it happens; helpless and sick to your stomach.

I am also not a big fan of the average guitar stand; my daughter, when she was in first grade, knocked over a Gibson Gospel acoustic I had on a stand in our bedroom. Popped the headstock right off at the nut. Not unusual with certain Gibsons, I understand. Mosrites have much more wood in that vital area, and that is probably because Semie had seen his share of broken-off headstocks in his repair days.

--Jim