Corbic
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I can tell the pickup differences when I listen to music but can't tell the difference between pickups when listening to the Seymour Duncan pickup samples :smack:
Last night, I was searching through the humbucker tone samples, and trying to find the difference between the '59, APH-1, and Seth. No differences at all to my ears (and probably my computer speakers fault, but anyway).
So then I start listening to Guns N' Roses, and I can immediately tell the difference in tone between Slash's APH-1 pickups and whatever pickups the rhythm guitarist was using. I could tell it was Alnico 2, it sounded smoother, not harsh, a very flowing sound. And I could tell the rhythm guitarist was using Alnico 5 or Ceramic, it was more aggressive, and didn't have as much mids as Slash's tone. Note that I was listening to this through my headphones that came with my CD player (cheap earphones).
I can do the same thing while listening to Cream, in N.S.U. the guitar sounds so much smoother and not as aggressive as in S.W.L.A.B.R. I can tell the difference between the Alnico 2 and 5 in those songs.
So why am I not able to tell the difference between the Seymour Duncan clips? Is it that my computer speakers aren't very good, or just my ears? And if it's my ears how can I tell the difference between Alnico 2 and Alnico 5 while listening to music?
Last night, I was searching through the humbucker tone samples, and trying to find the difference between the '59, APH-1, and Seth. No differences at all to my ears (and probably my computer speakers fault, but anyway).
So then I start listening to Guns N' Roses, and I can immediately tell the difference in tone between Slash's APH-1 pickups and whatever pickups the rhythm guitarist was using. I could tell it was Alnico 2, it sounded smoother, not harsh, a very flowing sound. And I could tell the rhythm guitarist was using Alnico 5 or Ceramic, it was more aggressive, and didn't have as much mids as Slash's tone. Note that I was listening to this through my headphones that came with my CD player (cheap earphones).
I can do the same thing while listening to Cream, in N.S.U. the guitar sounds so much smoother and not as aggressive as in S.W.L.A.B.R. I can tell the difference between the Alnico 2 and 5 in those songs.
So why am I not able to tell the difference between the Seymour Duncan clips? Is it that my computer speakers aren't very good, or just my ears? And if it's my ears how can I tell the difference between Alnico 2 and Alnico 5 while listening to music?
