Blade vs. adjustable pole pieces

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Blade vs. adjustable pole pieces

Lastly, keep in mind how much I respect everyone in here. I ask them questions because I am sure they have tried more gear than me.

That said, if I say I have worked with the screws, and doing so doesn't make much difference to my ears, don't question it. It may not be what you've heard in your experience, but only I know my experience.

Apparently you have not read or understood my (or other's) comments.

I didn't mean to be so "biting" in my comments as vinta9e may refer to them. But he makes a really good point.

Your opinions are fine. Nobody has a problem with opinions. You have a right to your opinions and you can express them freely. If you have found that adjusting polepieces doesn't made a significant enough difference in tone for you and that you prefer a rail pup, well that's OK. But just keep your opinions as "opinions". And be willing to accept other viewpoints than your own (if, as you say, you "respect everyone in here").

Believe me, you will be respected for your experiences and what you have learned from them. And if you expect other's opinions to be just that, and if you don't accept them as "fact" because they don't fit with your experience, that's fine too. But look at it the other way around as well, and accept the idea that YOUR experiences may not fit with the understandings of others.

Your original question was very general..."Why aren't blades more popular relative to pole pieces?" A lot of people answered that question very clearly by giving many good reasons (some facts and some opinions) for the popularity of poles.

But YOU are the one who felt their reasons didn't fit with your "opinion" (or your personal experience) and thus they were not valid. For some reason you felt like you had to force your opinion on everyone else with extremely lengthy and diffuse rationalizations that didn't even have anything to do with your question. Just like your next post (two posts down)...you talk about pups that you like or don't like for playing metal. You talk about actives vs passives. You talk about really great passive pups (Alt 8, Distortion) that you don't like because they are scratchy.

And that's all I have to say about that.

 

[Inflames626]

Re: Blade vs. adjustable pole pieces

"But YOU are the one who felt their reasons didn't fit with your "opinion" (or your personal experience) and thus they were not valid. For some reason you felt like you had to force your opinion on everyone else with extremely lengthy and diffuse rationalizations that didn't even have anything to do with your question."

I asked why the pole pieces were popular within my context. Not theirs. A good answer would have probably been, "Oh, you don't hear a difference with the screws? Then a blade is probably a better option for you, then," instead of arguing about how I'm wrong about screws.

"The extremely diffuse rationalizations" are there to prove a point and to answer complaints with rebuttals and also to preempt any future rebuttals that may result. If the word count is excessive, you do not have to participate in the thread.

"Just like your next post (two posts down)...you talk about pups that you like or don't like for playing metal. You talk about actives vs passives. You talk about really great passive pups (Alt 8, Distortion) that you don't like because they are scratchy."

Really great is debatable. I find them unnecessary with the amount of preamp gain available in most modern amps.

And the two posts have everything to do with the OP because you need to know that background information to know what I'm looking for/expecting from a pickup. It was also useful information for the poster who asked if I had tried Bill and Becky's, because if I had said, "Yes, and I didn't like them," then he probably would have continued asking further questions to help me narrow down my tone.

I *preempted* his further questions by going on about what I like in a pickup. You consider these things digressions. I don't. Because he needs that information.

Also, going on about actives was necessary because popular active designs (which I tend to like for detuning, but not for standard tuning with complex mids) tend to be blade designs.

And the verbose iteration, if anything, was disproving your point because it was going to lengths to show how I do not seek a simple tone. More accurately--a more modular tone.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Blade vs. adjustable pole pieces

I rest my case.

 

[Inflames626]

Re: Blade vs. adjustable pole pieces

A case that was never made to begin with.

Basically, people are simply attacking my position because I find blades superior and they're annoyed that I am not finding their rationale supporting pole pieces to be sufficient. Mischaracterizing my tone as "simple" or whatever attempts to weaken my argument by lowering my standards, but I also showed that label to be false using verbose examples above that were disregarded based merely on length and not content.

 

[ericmeyer4]

Re: Blade vs. adjustable pole pieces

After reading four pages of this. The photo below illustrates my conclusions on the matter.

 

[Inflames626]

Re: Blade vs. adjustable pole pieces

I wouldn't say it's trolling. More about having the last word. Since it's my thread, the sooner we accept that I get the last word, the sooner we can get on with things.