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sorry guys, but this pickup note tracking discussion is by far the stupidest thing I've ever read regarding guitar tone
sorry guys, but this pickup note tracking discussion is by far the stupidest thing I've ever read regarding guitar tone
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I mean,sorry guys, but this pickup note tracking discussion is by far the stupidest thing I've ever read regarding guitar tone
clearly you've never witnessed the ToAn Is In Ur HaNdZ argument, or the ToAnWoOdZ mAtTeR debate (or the 200+ pages of complaining about trump/politics on a guitar forum )
sorry guys, but this pickup note tracking discussion is by far the stupidest thing I've ever read regarding guitar tone
Microphones aren't slow or fast. They don't "track" frequencies at different speeds. The fact that some of you can't agree if EMGs "track" bass slow or fast, or are saying that bolt on necks "track" faster makes it seem to me like you yourselves don't really even know what you are talking about and you are just throwing fancy sounding mumbo jumbo around in order to appear as some pickup tone connoisseurs.I mean,
Please do go on?....
Microphones aren't slow or fast. They don't "track" frequencies at different speeds. The fact that some of you can't agree if EMGs "track" bass slow or fast, or are saying that bolt on necks "track" faster makes it seem to me like you yourselves don't really even know what you are talking about and you are just throwing fancy sounding mumbo jumbo around in order to appear as some pickup tone connoisseurs.
yeah I shouldn't have used the word microphones but your link talks about the differences between different types of microphones(condenser, dynamic etc) not pickups which are all essentially the same except for EMGs and Fishmans. I really doubt that the small tonal differences between different high output guitar pickups would cause audible differences in transient responses. Also you might want to consider your own comment for the tittle of "stupidest fucking comment I’ve seen here in a long time"You are kidding right. They absolutely do have differences in tracking ability in relation to their frequency bandwidth.
Actually thougjt about it for two minutes and decided that this is literally the stupidest fucking comment I’ve seen here in a long time.
https://www.teachmeaudio.com/recording/microphones/responses/#transient
Ceramic magnets do produce a stronger field, but that alone doesn't actually change the sound, it just increases the total output (which, of course, will change the sound if you thereby drive an amp further into distortion).
What's more relevant is that Alnico is magnetically "softer" (It has a higher reversible permeability) than ceramics, i.e. it changes its field more when affected by the string's movement. This effect is not very strong, but it notably influences the pickup's electrodynamics: the inductance becomes bigger, as a result the resonance frequency is lowered. Also, Alnico is an electrical conductor; this will "drain away" some of the resonance.
All these effects together cause Alnico pickups to sound somewhat warmer, gentler than ceramic-magnet pickups; however other factors such as winding number are of cause also important – it's not really possible to say "that's an Alnico sound"
yeah I shouldn't have used the word microphones but your link talks about the differences between different types of microphones(condenser, dynamic etc) not pickups which are all essentially the same except for EMGs and Fishmans. I really doubt that the small tonal differences between different high output guitar pickups would cause audible differences in transient responses. Also you might want to consider your own comment for the tittle of "stupidest fucking comment I’ve seen here in a long time"
Well...the magnetic field actually does travel at the speed of light. The electric current nearly does too.and doesn’t just happen magically at the speed of light.
Well...the magnetic field actually does travel at the speed of light. The electric current nearly does too.
But the change in this case is in the direction of the string movement /excursion which causes the chance of the electric polarity.Sure at dc. At ac we aren’t concerned with the travel speed. But the speed of change. Or are you going to argue that inductance doesn’t exist.
you forgot left-side toan—hollow body on the bass side, solid body on the treble.clearly you've never witnessed the ToAn Is In Ur HaNdZ argument, or the ToAnWoOdZ mAtTeR debate (or the 200+ pages of complaining about trump/politics on a guitar forum )
you forgot left-side toan—hollow body on the bass side, solid body on the treble.
I would equate fast tracking to pickups with lower bass output.