jhughs
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What is that "scooped" sound?
I gotta dumb question and not sure where to ask it but this forum, but what, exactly, is that "scooped" sound I keep seeing referenced?
I even just saw something saying Strats with rosewood fretboards have a more "scooped" sound than maple.
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AndyW
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Re:What is that "scooped" sound?
2009/11/27 21:54:26
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To me, that means scooped mids(EQ).
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spacey
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Re:What is that "scooped" sound?
2009/11/27 21:54:33
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My understanding is "scooped" refers to less frequency in the midrange.
I could guess the term derived from the "smile" of a graphic eq. showing the mids "scooped" down and mayby the lows and highs even boosted.
Choices of woods and pickups can surely achieve this sound.
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AndyW
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Re:What is that "scooped" sound?
2009/11/27 21:55:41
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Hey spacey...jinx! 
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spacey
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Re:What is that "scooped" sound?
2009/11/27 21:58:55
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 Hey Andy...that seems to happen quite often to me. It makes me feel good. Nice not being alone.
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Re:What is that "scooped" sound?
2009/11/27 22:29:20
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Also know as a disco smile.
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jhughs
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Re:What is that "scooped" sound?
2009/11/27 22:48:22
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Oookay, so just turn down the "Mid".
Cool, so I can keep the maple fretboard.
Cheers.
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CreatingNoise
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Re:What is that "scooped" sound?
2009/11/28 21:55:24
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Cool, so I can keep the maple fretboard unless you need scalloped mids (lame attempt at humor)
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guitardog247
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Re:What is that "scooped" sound?
2009/11/28 23:44:41
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I had a strat in a former life. I put a humbucker in the bridge for some reason.
That'll change the "scoop" I imagine. Or maybe it made it scoop more. I don't remember, but it was a chunk of tone for sure.
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Re:What is that "scooped" sound?
2009/11/28 23:51:35
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 Also know as the Graphic EQ Smiley edit: oops, I just realized that I missed Spacey's "EQ smile" reference.  
post edited by cryophonik - 2009/11/28 23:53:20
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Re:What is that "scooped" sound?
2009/11/28 23:56:46
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What if it scooped the other way? From low to mid and back to low again? Making a frown opposed to a smiley? isn't that still scooped sound?
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Re:What is that "scooped" sound?
2009/11/29 00:12:46
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guitardog247
What if it scooped the other way? From low to mid and back to low again? Making a frown opposed to a smiley? isn't that still scooped sound?
That would be more like a "lo-fi" or "AM radio" sound.
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guitardog247
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Re:What is that "scooped" sound?
2009/11/29 00:18:46
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spacey
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Re:What is that "scooped" sound?
2009/11/29 00:19:20
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I wouldn't think so following the same logic as the originator of the "scoop".
As scoop would be taking away.
Not sure if there is more slang terms but "boosting mids" is the only term I know for that.
Boosting the mids is not unusual for a guitarist. One can also purchase pre-wired pickups for Strats that have the Clapton or Gilmour set-ups for this. (best I recall).
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guitardog247
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Re:What is that "scooped" sound?
2009/11/29 00:41:09
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Oh, thanks Spacey. Your right, I'm thinking "boosting mids" totally. Which an engineer or two has done to my sound before, for guitar. So scoop is considered scooping away. But it make me thing of the frozen custard place down the street. Man, that stuff is way better than ice cream.
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Re:What is that "scooped" sound?
2009/11/29 01:22:36
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guitardog247
Well, not necessarily.
Yeah, true. How about the "bleeding eardrums" sound?
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mcourter
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Re:What is that "scooped" sound?
2009/12/01 17:21:13
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The scooped sound does indeed refer to the lack of mids in positions 2 and 4 on a 5 position switch, when the neck/mid or mid/bridge combination is used. A humbucker does not eliminate it. Someone makes a jack designed to eliminate that scooped tone, but I love it and use it often
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