I just had a crazy idea

[The Atomic Ass]

I was plunking around on an acoustic piano when I thought of something. Me thinking is not good.

A piano is a stringed instrument, right? So I wonder how it would sound with guitar-style pickups through a wee-bit of gain.

Luckily for the piano, I don't have the money to do this. But I'd like to know if anyone knows of such an attempt, and how it panned out.

 

[FortePenance]

hell of a large pickup!

 

[WarriorOfMetal]

Electric piano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[The Atomic Ass]

Electric piano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

But can it sound good distorted?

hell of a large pickup!

Or many, many smaller ones. There are after all, almost 200 strings to capture.

 

[Psychoface]

ive run guitar effects with a keyboard into my amp.. it sounded decent

 

[Stitch]

Tell you what is awesome - Ebows on piano strings.

 

[Esp Griffyn]

Already been invented. Wish I could play Piano, but I just couldn't rock out with one, when you try to rock out with keys you end up playing a Keytar or looking like Jordan Rudess on some bell end rotating kayboard stand!

 

[Stitch]

Thats what the Fender Rhodes piano did, Max. When you hit the keys very hard it would peak and compress and offer a slightly 'tighter' more aggressive sound. Subtle, but noticeable.