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Title: Active pickups in MDF?
Post by: hobleguitars on February 06, 2006, 08:22:46 PM

I was wondering whether the rumour that active pickups sound the same in any guitar was true. Go chaz told me, and frankly it sounds silly. But if it's true then I'm making an MDF-beast!

Title: Active pickups in MDF?
Post by: sambo on February 06, 2006, 08:47:07 PM

ok i want to see this... (although technically i cant see it because you live in warwickshire... and even if i was with you i couldnt actually SEE the call because thats impossible... i could see you MAKING the call of course... but not the actual initiation of the call itself... and similarly i couldnt see andy and you at the same time... unless i had the aid of a video chat service such as Macintosh's Ichat AV... ANYWAY)

because i want to 'see' this (explanation above) i'll answer your question so you can go and ring andy  :P  .... here goes....

answer = ermmmmmmm yes  :roll:  they sound the same in all things....

Title: Active pickups in MDF?
Post by: Steve-Mr Pig 2U on February 06, 2006, 09:05:57 PM

Active pickups make guitars sound pretty simular due to the way they work. MDF would be a pretty poor wood to make a quitar from mostly becasue it warps in contact with moisture and because it is compressed fibre which does not resonate well.

Title: Active pickups in MDF?
Post by: Hell Hound on February 06, 2006, 09:08:14 PM

That crazy assumption is false, active pickup just give what the wood give with just a slight hint of their own sound (some compression and a different voicing depending on the magnet used). Put an EMG81 in a cr@p guitare and you get a real loud cr@p guitar :lol:

Title: Active pickups in MDF?
Post by: Gochaz on February 06, 2006, 09:35:02 PM

Quote from: Steve-Mr Pig 2U

Active pickups make guitars sound pretty simular due to the way they work. MDF would be a pretty poor wood to make a quitar from mostly becasue it warps in contact with moisture and because it is compressed fibre which does not resonate well.

AHA! Knew it worked. Ner-ne-ner-ne-ner ner. In theory at least.

Title: Active pickups in MDF?
Post by: Ol on February 08, 2006, 10:51:01 AM

The tone of this thread was lowering the high standard of the forum, so I got a bit happy and nuked anything that wasn't on topic.  

Keep it on topic, answer the question if you can, and everyone's happy!

rgds
ol.

Title: Active pickups in MDF?
Post by: hobleguitars on February 08, 2006, 02:14:32 PM

Sorry about that. I've decided to scr@p my MDF project, and concentrate more on real tone woods. It won't happen again. At least, not on my ship.