12-20-2022, 05:44 PM
Even more craziness:
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index....r.2422406/
Wow. Of course the whole point of the physics discussion is that the acoustic voicing of the guitar is not correlated at all with the electric pickup sound!
However ...
Quote:
Speaking from experience of dealing with guitars and has personally been owning hundreds of Les Pauls. The influence of pickups of the same general characteristics (ie: same Alnico magnet with roughly the same DC resistance) is very minimal. It's always the core acoustic voicing of that slab of wood (and how precisely the body & neck was glued together) that dominates through an amp.
The first statement is completely off because:
He is saying that pickups of similar magnetic composition and resistance sound the same? This is completely false.
Then he says it's the tonewood that shows through the amp? Wow. He has it completely ass backwards. Physics says it's the pickups that have the most effect and the solid-body "tonewood" is small.
Even many commenters were against this guy.
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index....r.2422406/
Wow. Of course the whole point of the physics discussion is that the acoustic voicing of the guitar is not correlated at all with the electric pickup sound!
However ...
Quote:
Speaking from experience of dealing with guitars and has personally been owning hundreds of Les Pauls. The influence of pickups of the same general characteristics (ie: same Alnico magnet with roughly the same DC resistance) is very minimal. It's always the core acoustic voicing of that slab of wood (and how precisely the body & neck was glued together) that dominates through an amp.
The first statement is completely off because:
- Different Alnico compositions can definitely lead to different frequency responses. Even the same magnet can have different mag strength
- Different windings, even if the same DC resistance, can have an effect
- The electronics make a large difference: potentiometers and capacitors, especially if they are not in spec. Some have +/20% tolerance and this can shift the resonant peak significantly
He is saying that pickups of similar magnetic composition and resistance sound the same? This is completely false.
Then he says it's the tonewood that shows through the amp? Wow. He has it completely ass backwards. Physics says it's the pickups that have the most effect and the solid-body "tonewood" is small.
Even many commenters were against this guy.
