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Re: Pickup "copies" rant

9/1/2002 11:58 PM
Jason Lollar	Re: Pickup "copies" rant To me Vintage means that you can expect a certain overall tone and output, thats it. I think alot of companies go overboard with small detail and overlook the overall end result. If you are just making copies and using the same type of materials and stucture all you can really achieve is subtle differences in tone, which IS better? I dont know if you have ever seen my advertizing, it says "the best Custom pickups made" Maybe it would be more accurate to say the only place that youll find making custom pickups like these or built to your specs. Custom meaning designed from the ground up. I know about Bartolini and Duncan but they are locked into certain patterns.I could go on and on about it and I would start to sound like a used car salesman which I dont think is appropriate to use a board like this for. One thing I notice is everyone talks about tone but no one talks about how a pickup feels. How senstive is it to changes in picking pressure? How compressed or dynamic it is. how many different tones you can get with different playing techniques. To me thats a big part of it, hearing not only does it sound better but it feels better. Definition is a big factor too that no one ever talks about but sells alot of pickups.

9/1/2002 11:58 PM

Jason Lollar

Re: Pickup "copies" rant

To me Vintage means that you can expect a certain overall tone and output, thats it. I think alot of companies go overboard with small detail and overlook the overall end result.
If you are just making copies and using the same type of materials and stucture all you can really achieve is subtle differences in tone, which IS better?

I dont know if you have ever seen my advertizing, it says
"the best Custom pickups made" Maybe it would be more accurate to say the only place that youll find making custom pickups like these or built to your specs.
Custom meaning designed from the ground up. I know about Bartolini and Duncan but they are locked into certain patterns.I could go on and on about it and I would start to sound like a used car salesman which I dont think is appropriate to use a board like this for.

One thing I notice is everyone talks about tone but no one talks about how a pickup feels. How senstive is it to changes in picking pressure? How compressed or dynamic it is. how many different tones you can get with different playing techniques.
To me thats a big part of it, hearing not only does it sound better but it feels better. Definition is a big factor too that no one ever talks about but sells alot of pickups.

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