Fishman's new pickups
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TimmyPage
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Re: Fishman's new pickups
This sounds like a really cool idea, and it has some real potential. I think that 'modelling pickup' is a bit of an unfortunate misnomer, as it is literally picking up the magnetic signal the same way a regular pickup would. The word modelling though.. I bet you money that no matter how amazing they sound, there will be a thread on TGP, or a bunch of youtube comments talking about how they sound like 'digital trash'.
I remember reading about one of the high end high gain amp companies (I think it was Bogner? Could be wrong) which used a chipset to tune the amplifier frequencies, and at the time there were threads online saying 'Why would I pay 3k for a digital POS?' and a lot of clips I saw had a handful of people pointing out they could 'hear' the digital tone.
I guess, you taste the wine with a mixture of your eyes and your pocketbook.
This sounds like a really cool idea, and it has some real potential. I think that 'modelling pickup' is a bit of an unfortunate misnomer, as it is literally picking up the magnetic signal the same way a regular pickup would. The word modelling though.. I bet you money that no matter how amazing they sound, there will be a thread on TGP, or a bunch of youtube comments talking about how they sound like 'digital trash'.
I remember reading about one of the high end high gain amp companies (I think it was Bogner? Could be wrong) which used a chipset to tune the amplifier frequencies, and at the time there were threads online saying 'Why would I pay 3k for a digital POS?' and a lot of clips I saw had a handful of people pointing out they could 'hear' the digital tone.
I guess, you taste the wine with a mixture of your eyes and your pocketbook.
darthphineas
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Re: Fishman's new pickups
cork sniffers = tone sniffers
put some digital 'modeling' gear up against analog in some blind tests and see how things pan out with the results.
cork sniffers = tone sniffers
put some digital 'modeling' gear up against analog in some blind tests and see how things pan out with the results.
Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
Re: Fishman's new pickups
It is hard to get a true idea of the sound through 2 1/5 inch computer speakers. I am going to wait until I play them before passing judgement.
It is hard to get a true idea of the sound through 2 1/5 inch computer speakers. I am going to wait until I play them before passing judgement.
darthphineas
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Re: Fishman's new pickups
While I'm not involved in the project and have no affiliation, it seems like a good joke to the pickup culture.
I've been recruiting PhD engineers for projects like this in silicon valley for a LONG time and have become more technically minded than when I started out.
I'd hazard the guess that the preamp on these is dependent on how they've set the magnets. It sounds like they do some kind of hyper charge and then reduce the held charge to desired levels to play well with the pre-amp, which is supposed to be analog. Yes. Psyched.
While I'm not involved in the project and have no affiliation, it seems like a good joke to the pickup culture.
I've been recruiting PhD engineers for projects like this in silicon valley for a LONG time and have become more technically minded than when I started out.
I'd hazard the guess that the preamp on these is dependent on how they've set the magnets. It sounds like they do some kind of hyper charge and then reduce the held charge to desired levels to play well with the pre-amp, which is supposed to be analog. Yes. Psyched.
