is this idea totally unworkable?

tone4days

tone4days

Heel Whacker
so i am seeing these 9 string guitars typically associated with heavy gain / high distortion / crushingly brutalz modern music

and they got me wondering about potential pickups for these guitars that could be appropriate for *non* heavy music

would it be possible to have one pickup optimized as a bass pickup just under the 3 low strings and another optimized for guitar just under the upper 6 strings ... they would not share magnets / winds / bobbins / etc ... each could be routed to a separate output for appropriate signal processing and amplification ... the idea would be that one might want vastly different tonality for the bass lines than for the rhythm and lead guitar parts

further - could these 'partial width' pickups be adjacent to each other? or would they have to be staggered for physical dimension practicality?
 
Re: is this idea totally unworkable?

have you not heard of charlie hunter?
 
Re: is this idea totally unworkable?

It happens often enough. Google Charlie Hunter Guitar and you'll see some examples.

Telling you which pickups can or can't be next to/near one another is more difficult. Some pickups will have magnetic interference if the field is strong and/or active outside the boundaries of the pickup.
 
Re: is this idea totally unworkable?

Jerry Sentell has made a few 4/2 and 3/3 custom splits for six strings. Probably has done them for 7 strings too.
 
Re: is this idea totally unworkable?

nope - didnt know Charlie Hunter

got some listenin' to do

thanks

ETA - watched
mind blown
thanks for hippin' me to him
 
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Re: is this idea totally unworkable?

There have been designs where each string has its own sensor coil. This opens doors to extremely complex wiring and operation. The trick is to get versatility and ease of use together.

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