in a few years, we could be arguing about the imagined tonal properties of this.

[St_Genesius]

May as well get a head start. Actual experience has NEVER been a prerequisite to having an opinion in an internet guitar forum, after all.

http://gizmodo.com/mesoglue-hopes-to-eliminate-electronics-soldering-1751998630

 

[BloodRose]

Re: in a few years, we could be arguing about the imagined tonal properties of this.

A slight twist, but I dont know why we cant use clip type connectors instead of solder. Gibson does on some of their pickups. That tech is already here.. And I would guess not alot more pricey. Im not talking Gibsons motherboards. But clip that wires to the pots, pots to pups. Just tossin it out...

 

[pushedcrayon1]

Re: in a few years, we could be arguing about the imagined tonal properties of this.

A slight twist, but I dont know why we cant use clip type connectors instead of solder. Gibson does on some of their pickups. That tech is already here.. And I would guess not alot more pricey. Im not talking Gibsons motherboards. But clip that wires to the pots, pots to pups. Just tossin it out...

I've been a big fan of this idea for a long time. Seems very easily to swap out parts if all you need to do is click two things together.

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[KeeperOS]

Re: in a few years, we could be arguing about the imagined tonal properties of this.

"Soldering has been around for thousands of years"?

Huh, didn't know the Romans used to solder their armors back in XXX B.C. I know my ancestors never did.
(Soldering ≠ Welding and that was invented in 5 B.C.)

And although progress is always good, it's been decades since active pickups went the jumper/clip way and that's still a hard sell on passives, I believe we've got a long way to go before this.

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: in a few years, we could be arguing about the imagined tonal properties of this.

Is this bond reversible?

Pots and switches can eventually wear out. Some members of this forum even have the audacity to swap out pickups that are not broken just to change how their instruments sound. (Shock, horror!)

 

[KeeperOS]

Re: in a few years, we could be arguing about the imagined tonal properties of this.

Good point, in the video they used it to attach a desktop CPU to a heatsink. can't imagine how one would want it there permanently, what if you want to swap out some other component.

 

[Johnny the Kid]

Re: in a few years, we could be arguing about the imagined tonal properties of this.

"Soldering has been around for thousands of years"?

Huh, didn't know the Romans used to solder their armors back in XXX B.C. I know my ancestors never did.
(Soldering ≠ Welding and that was invented in 5 B.C.)

And although progress is always good, it's been decades since active pickups went the jumper/clip way and that's still a hard sell on passives, I believe we've got a long way to go before this.

I could very well be wrong, but aren't EMG and SD the only major builders of active pickups? It seems there's more than a few passive companies that advertise their lack of batteries (Lace and DMZ come to mind).

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: in a few years, we could be arguing about the imagined tonal properties of this.

Numerous other brands have come and gone. Larry 'n' Steve gave up pretty swiftly. Reflex Reds and Blues, anyone? Alembic can usually be relied upon to add something to the melting pot. Ibanez used to make their own (or pay somebody else to make them). Shadow. Fishman Fluency. Strata/Status Bass.

 

[LLL]

Re: in a few years, we could be arguing about the imagined tonal properties of this.

"in a few years, we could be arguing about the imagined tonal properties of this"

What's this "we" stuff? :laughing: