wonderful land on strat and burns

[harley]

a couple of people have asked for a direct comparison so here is wonderful land on burns marquee and MIJ based strat. other than the guitar everything else is identical. Zoom G2.1u with EFTP straight into the PC. all you are hearing is guitar and pedal


www.4shared.com/audio/OzWbDYwI/wonderful_land_strat.html

www.4shared.com/audio/M_rIYvIx/wonderful_land_burns.html

[Charlie Hall]

They both sound very good but I think the Strat is slightly closer to the original, it sounds fuller in the high mids than the Burns.
Regards,
Charlie

[harley]

thanks for that Charlie.
surprisingly similar tho dont you think. by the way, this is the strat with the "iron gear" pick ups i mentioned some time ago

cheers
Ian

[zager]

Hi Ian, to me the Strat sounds a lot clearer and cleaner sounding than the Burns. The Burns sounds at times to be a bit muffled and distorted if thats the right words, although I prefer muted section played on the Burns better than the Strat. Regards Tony

[Charlie Hall]

Hi Ian,
Sort of similar but I hear a distinct difference.
I hadn't realised the pickups on your Strat weren't the originals. I remember you mentioning the iron gear pickups a while back, they sound good (at least the bridge pickup I heard sounds good .
Regards,
Charlie

[macnik]

Hi Ian
On listening to the two side by side I can hear a definite difference between the them. To my ear the strat sounds as Charlie said closer to the original, and for me has a clearer more bell like tone and a richness in the lower strings that I don't hear in the Burns.
I enjoyed your playing on both and if you hadn't posted them side by side I don't think I would have noticed any difference.

Regards
Ian

[twang46]

Hi Ian

Two nice posts there, well played !

I prefer the Strat of the 2 although the Burns has a really good "sound" as well.
What differences did you find when you fitted the "Iron" pup's from the standard ?
I also hear the "richness" that has been mentioned in your Strat.

Loved the bt, never heard it before, it sounds a lot different to the UB Hank one I have

Cheers

Dick.

[harley]

thanks for the comments guys. the iron gear pups are £50 a set!! the way i saw it it was worth £50 to try them and i have since bought them for my MIM. as for the difference, clearer, brighter and slightly higher output. bt is one of Gorans (thanks Goran) goran.tangring.com

[Len]

Hi Ian,

I listened to both of these several times and I think I agree with Charlie about the differences though they are both excellent recordings. I think the Strat sounds closer to the original. The Burns always sounds a little more "Nasally" to me; a thicker sound. But I am no expert and certainly don't have Charlie's ears. So I'd listen to him. However, since we seem to agree in this instance maybe you can listen to me too - if you want. ;D

Cheers,
Len