Direct coupling

[larry_emder]

http://www.edromanguitars.com/tech/directcoup.htm

Anyone tried it?
THis fella reckons it gives more overtones.....thats gotta be good, right?
I like the idea.

What do you guys think :wave:

 

[jeremy]

Re: Direct coupling

i think it might make a little difference but 25%? methinks ed roman likes to stretch the truth.

 

[aleclee]

Re: Direct coupling

Besides the fact that ER is full of doodoo (and I'd say that's a pretty well established fact), I believe that the approach that "____ is good so more of ____ must be better" is fundamentally flawed. By that logic, neck-through instruments should generally sound better than their set neck or bolt on counterparts. Though they certainly tend to offer better access to the higher registers, I've never played a neck-through whose tone inspired me.

Having the pickups directly coupled to the body will definitely impact the tone. Whether that tone is preferable is purely a matter of taste--kinda like the way SRV preferred cheapo coiled cables.

Finally, there's the question of whether having the pickups vibrating with the body might cause dead spots as pickup moves in conjunction with the string, reducing the amplitude of the string's motion relative to the coils.

 

[Guest]

Re: Direct coupling

Try it. If you like it you like it, if you don't you can always make a guitar set up like that into a normal instrument I guess.

I think it makes some sense but I doubt it's as dramatic as ER claims. Have to try a guitar like that one of these days.

 

[larry_emder]

Re: Direct coupling

Thanks for your input guys. I definately will try it and report back.

 

[mammoth guitars]

Re: Direct coupling

It will make a difference if the pickup has an abundance of microphonic output. Microphonics is where the pickup outputs sound like a microphone. Pickups that don't have any microphonics will not make a difference due to only picking up the magnetic change with the strings (other vibrations don't affect it).

 

[big_black]

Re: Direct coupling

It worked for Travis Bean. He attached both neck and bridge pickups, as well as a string-through bridge to to an aluminum neck.