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Nov 26, 2012 6:48 PM

Has anyone else noticed this about the Danelectro 3021 pickups in Workbench?

To start off, the Danelectro model is a great one to mess around with.  I like the sound... similar to tele territory, and yet has its own distinct flavor.  I have presets for all of the different pickup settings, instead of just the default neck+bridge one. 

 

There are some issues I have found, and I did a search but didn't come up with any other discussions about the following:

 

First of all, the default bank seems to have been set up with bridge pickups in BOTH positions.  I initially wondered if that was some type of modification commonly done to the actual guitar, but a search turned up nothing of the sort.  So, I changed it and put a bridge pickup in the bridge position.  You do get a slightly different sound, and I'm wondering if this was at all intentional, or just an oversight on the part of the programmers? 

 

The second issue is one I discovered while looking up pictures of the actual 3021/DC59 guitars.  They have very obviously angled pickups.  There is a good picture here: http://medias.audiofanzine.com/images/normal/danelectro-59-original-93815.jpg

 

A rough estimate of the angle by measuring off photos is approximately 7 degrees.  Has anyone else gone in and added this angle to their Dano pickups?  I have to admit, the sound difference is minimal, but if we are going for authentic emulation here... then why leave something like that out?

 

Anyway, like I said, it's a great model to have included, and I am interested in making the most of it.  By the way, another great modification to do in Workbench is to run the neck+bridge pickups in series.  I have presets for both series and parallel on this one.

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