KH-2 Vintage too hot/trebly??
KH-2 Vintage too hot/trebly??
Hi guys!
I was just trying the KH-20 and I noticed that, swapping to the KH-2 Vintage, the KH-2 sounded very trebly/hot compared to the KH-20.
Then, I tried the KH-2 Ouija and sounded way similar to the KH-20, more fat/powerful...swapped again to the KH-2 Vintage and sounded too much trebly compared to the other two.
Of course, you can adjusat EQ in the amp/Axe/Kemper, but I found strange that, same wood, same pickuos, the KH-2 Vintage sounds more trbly and like with more "gain", more hot....do you guys have noticed something similar comparing the Vintage to other KH???
For the first year or so I had my Ouija (well, a KH-2 with Moon and Star inlays that was later painted with the Ouija) it always sounded muffled and weak compared to my other EMG equipped guitars. I assumed it was because of the paint on the pickups.
At some point, I was finally frustrated enough to take the electronics apart and re-soldered all of the connections. After that, it sounds more along the lines of what I expected.
Yep, sound different definitely...which is not a bad thing at all.
My obssesion was to know if there was something "wrong" that made it sound different, maybe a different cap in the tone pot or whatever...but definitely they have different character.
Indeed, the KH-2 Vintage sounds better with fat amps like Soldano, while the Ouija seems to interact better with Marshall oriented amps....always to my taste, of course.