Is it time for a new UGF pickup?
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So, basically an active pickup where the user can tune the pre-amp to their liking?
Well, sort of..
You would have IR 'models' of pickups, which you load in the pedal, and you can switch between the sonic character of whatever pickup you load in there.
ToneFiddler
New member
i think that is a great idea!
Or, instead of a pedal, a control on the body of the guitar like a Line 6 Variax?
Yeah, I think it has been proven that guitarists like their tech outside of the guitar.
Artie
Peaveyologist
They did kinda do that on the acoustic side with the Mama Bear. But apparently it didn't take off that great because the whole D-Tar side of the house has disappeared.
And that's a shame. I wanted to try both the Equinox (EQ) and Solstice (preamp). Both were pretty cool and probably would have worked great for electric too.
Artie
Peaveyologist
They also suffered horrible styling. They both had that "1963-Esso-gas-station-metal-toy-truck" look. Both would have been sweet in a 1U rack mount.
Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
The easiest way to do that would be an onboard preamp. You could run pink noise through your pickup and that would map the frequency response of your pickup. You could cancel out the frequency response of the pickup on the guitar, leaving an entirely neutral eq, and then add the frequency response of another pickup.
Or just bypass the pickup entirely. Use an optical sensor and run the output through a pickup profile. No more pickups needed. Every guitarist will adopt this obviously superior technology; with the right software, even strings as we know them will be a thing of the past. The forum, having outlived its usefulness, will shut down, and we will all have more time for practicing.
beaubrummels
Well-known member
I still have my Mama Bear. It works reasonably well, but it wasn't the transformative sound that appeared in the promo video (from the promo, I thought it could totally change one guitar into another). It is more like filters to try and twist the guitar into another EQ profile. I don't know if L. R. Baggs or Fishman do better these days at transforming acoustic sounds or not. (I don't have any of their gear.)
As far as pickups, the one thing I need would be a pickup that can flip from A2 to A5 on a switch. I tried two ways myself, starting with an A2 pickup and creating a filter with an LRC setup to flatten or scoop the A2 mid-peak into an A5 profile; and I tried the reverse with a peak filter on an A5 to give it a chimy A2-like peak. Would like to find a way to have all that on a single pickup, if possible. Instead of splitting, it flips the peak.
Another thing that would be useful is a pickup that somehow uses an electro-magnet that is only a magnet when switched on, and when not selected, is just a coil with no magnet; which could be used as a dummy/noise-cancelling coil or just inert, no influence on the strings or circuit. (I have no idea if this is even possible, but just an idea the struck me I could have used many times.)
As far as pickups, the one thing I need would be a pickup that can flip from A2 to A5 on a switch. I tried two ways myself, starting with an A2 pickup and creating a filter with an LRC setup to flatten or scoop the A2 mid-peak into an A5 profile; and I tried the reverse with a peak filter on an A5 to give it a chimy A2-like peak. Would like to find a way to have all that on a single pickup, if possible. Instead of splitting, it flips the peak.
Another thing that would be useful is a pickup that somehow uses an electro-magnet that is only a magnet when switched on, and when not selected, is just a coil with no magnet; which could be used as a dummy/noise-cancelling coil or just inert, no influence on the strings or circuit. (I have no idea if this is even possible, but just an idea the struck me I could have used many times.)
Aceman
I am your doctor of love!
I'll see if they will consult me on the design!
i had lunch with a bunch of duncan folks years ago, right before frank started at the company, and had an idea for a mama bear type device, but for electric guitar. not that different than what you are talking about. the tech has moved so far that it might be feasible now. not sure how well it would be adopted though
They'd sell them to all of us, though!
ToneFiddler
New member
yeah this would be a new great product, but i don't know if duncan wants to kill their own business
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Artie
Peaveyologist
Frank traded me some Fluence Classics for a guitar. They have so many switching options that I don't know what to do with them. I boggle my own mind.
I think I'll go play my 59's. :banana:
yeah this would be a new great product, but i don't know if duncan wants to kill there own business
Amp modeling hasn't killed the amp business, though.
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