PHIL X -- was "right"?

[eSGEe]

1 pickup VS 2 pickups for tone

 

[steveb63]

Gotta love Phil X.

Can sing as well he plays guitar. Also very "enthusiastic"

He always strikes me as the one kid in every grade school class that is a little hyper.

 

[eSGEe]

yep--

 

[Ebidis]

I knew it all along.

 

[JohnnyGoo]

You guys preachin to the choir.

 

[Clockworkmike]

Never thought about it but it makes total sense really. The more you route out a guitar, the less overall body is there to create sustain and resonance. Great example is Leslie West and his Les Paul Juniors: tiny guitar, insanely thick sound

 

[Beagle]

Yup.

 

[Ebidis]

Never thought about it but it makes total sense really. The more you route out a guitar, the less overall body is there to create sustain and resonance. Great example is Leslie West and his Les Paul Juniors: tiny guitar, insanely thick sound

There is also the thought that only one pickup has less magnetic pull on the strings dampening string vibration, therefore affecting tone and sustain.

I think there is something to that, because these two guitars sound HUGE.

 

[gball]

I do tend to think there is something to this. But...I use the neck pickup too much to give them up entirely, so I only have one guitar with a single pickup.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

I do tend to think there is something to this. But...I use the neck pickup too much to give them up entirely, so I only have one guitar with a single pickup.

Maybe having a 1 pup guitar can also be for the scenario like where there are 2 or more guitar players. SO there will be a blending of tones of maybe 1, 2, 3 pup guitars at one time.

 

[SG John]

Yup.

 

[Session 5]

I still like having the two P90s over the one. To me two pickups makes the guitar look nicer, IMHO.

 

[Clockworkmike]

I still like having the two P90s over the one. To me two pickups makes the guitar look nicer, IMHO.

I like the multi pickup option myself: rather have it there and not use it than want it and it not be there. But i have nothing against single pickup guitars either

 

[Don O]

Reminds me of an old movie title that I used to bring up at work when trying to solve a problem by looking at it from a different perspective. The tile is “Don’t raise the bridge, lower the water”.

In this case, don’t remove a pup, ADD more strings.

 

[Inspector #20]

I do tend to think there is something to this. But...I use the neck pickup too much to give them up entirely, so I only have one guitar with a single pickup.

Exactly.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Yup.

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[Inspector #20]

I often use both pickups together. I see no sonic advantage to one pickup.

Looking for subtlties does nothing but distract.

I used to sit down and record different pickups and listen to the playback and watch the waveforms. What a waste.

Crank it to '7' and just play. You cannot hear any difference between my Schecter, Jackson or Les Pauls live in a mix...

 

[Ramo]

i like that shecter

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Crank it to '7' and just play. You cannot hear any difference between my Schecter, Jackson or Les Pauls live in a mix...

Interesting to read this. It makes me remember a cool challenge over at ETSG once where about 5-8 guitars were played for the same licks, and then one had to try to pick which guitar was being used 1-6 pr 1-8 I forget.

Needless to say, I thought I had good ears this way, but I failed miserably at deciphering.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

i like that shecter

SO does Robert and Don O just bought one!!