how much of a tone differance is it to have picups direct mounted to a guitar rather than under a pickgaurd in a routed out space. how will it affect the tone of the pick up? what will it add, more base or treble or sustain or volumn? And what about quarter sawn necks some jazz guy was telling me how great they are but he never said why. we all know about maple and rosewood tonal tendancies but what will a quartersawn neck do to those tone tendancies? warmoth offers them so there must be some demand. p.s. every one should check out tattood carrots warmoth built guitar its very nice. -thnx
warmoth guitar question
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Re: warmoth guitar question
fatty's on the ball again
quarter sawn wood is achieved by essentially cuttin pizza slices out of a log (very deep slices)
this is much less efficient then sliding it in layers
wish i could explain better, but fatty is right about costs
as for directly mounted pickups
pickups detect string vibration (which is altered by the wood combination of the guitar upon which the strings vibrate. that being said, the vibration of the pickups (what dirct mounting is supposed to accomplish) does not effect (IMHO) the string vibrations being detected by the picups
does that make sense
fatty's on the ball again
quarter sawn wood is achieved by essentially cuttin pizza slices out of a log (very deep slices)
this is much less efficient then sliding it in layers
wish i could explain better, but fatty is right about costs
as for directly mounted pickups
pickups detect string vibration (which is altered by the wood combination of the guitar upon which the strings vibrate. that being said, the vibration of the pickups (what dirct mounting is supposed to accomplish) does not effect (IMHO) the string vibrations being detected by the picups
does that make sense
mrfjones
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Re: warmoth guitar question
i have the neck pickups in all of my teles mounted directly into the wood and the bridge pickup is then mounted to the bridge. I think the tone is a little more full sounding but i really can't compare it any more. I do not have the same pickup in the neck position of anything else to compare it to. I did have a tele at one time with a pickguard mounted pickup but i changed it to a humbucker, so again i have no direct comparison. I don't think it could add any more sustain to the guitar but i do think it adds something since the pickup is also resonating with the wood of the body as it vibrates with the strings.
I haven't experienced any more feedback with a direct mounted pickup. I would say if you are going with humbuckers then you should just use the mounting rings. i think it looks better and is probably easier than direct mounting the pickups. If you are doing a tele then i would direct mount the neck pickup and if you are doing single coils like a strat then just mount them in a pickguard. You can't go wrong with the traditional ways, they are tested over and over again and produce some good tones.
I think it really comes down to the way you want it to look.
i have the neck pickups in all of my teles mounted directly into the wood and the bridge pickup is then mounted to the bridge. I think the tone is a little more full sounding but i really can't compare it any more. I do not have the same pickup in the neck position of anything else to compare it to. I did have a tele at one time with a pickguard mounted pickup but i changed it to a humbucker, so again i have no direct comparison. I don't think it could add any more sustain to the guitar but i do think it adds something since the pickup is also resonating with the wood of the body as it vibrates with the strings.
I haven't experienced any more feedback with a direct mounted pickup. I would say if you are going with humbuckers then you should just use the mounting rings. i think it looks better and is probably easier than direct mounting the pickups. If you are doing a tele then i would direct mount the neck pickup and if you are doing single coils like a strat then just mount them in a pickguard. You can't go wrong with the traditional ways, they are tested over and over again and produce some good tones.
I think it really comes down to the way you want it to look.
