Re: Pickup Choice


"RichCI" <richci@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Texas Pete wrote:
> > On 30 Dec 2005 05:41:10 -0800, "RichCI" <richci@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > >"...a perfect blend of power and tone: both single-notes and chords
> > >jump out of the amp and fill the room (or the track) with a wall of
> > >sound. The balance of tones is classic-thick, boosted mids, big lows
> > >and fat highs. This is the sound you've heard for over three decades on
> > >platinum records, from players as varied as Ace Frehley, Al Di Meola
> > >and Paul Gilbert."
> > >
> > >Is everything is just louder? Louder compared to what? Telling me
> > >those three players all use the same pickup is pretty useless since
> > >they all have radically different tones and I'm certain that more than
> > >just a pickup plays a part in their tones.
> >
> > Exactly.
> >
> > I feel very fortunate to be so much more interested in making good
> > music rather than obsessing over subtle nuances in pickup tone that
> > only a bat can hear. Maybe if I could play like DiMeola I'd change my
> > tune, but in the meantime you could say I'm quite content to be so
> > unsophisticated.
> >
> > BTW, the best sounding guitars I've ever had my clumsy mitts on were
> > a couple of world class classical acoustics: a Hauser and a
> > Velasquez, with my poor ol' beat up Martin D-21 a distant second. A
> > really good acoustic guitar kicks ass tone-wise on any and every
> > electric every time. I guess with acoustic axes the
> > obsessive-compulsive types start arguing microphones instead of
> > pickups, but really, you gotta be there to fully appreciate them.
> > Just like pickups, honest.
> >
> > Texas Pete
>
> Apples and oranges when it comes to electric vs. acoustics. Two
> totally different sounds. But, yeah, I would imagine that the die hard
> acoustic players probably argue microphones. =D
>
Dont forget picks. Very important. MJP


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