Well I'd probably leave that booster on :D
Thanks for the feedback Zaned
So it would be better to boost a soft pickup than tone down a high output pickup?
And what were you saying about pick attack? So if I want more pick attack I'd be better off with a higher output pickup?
What's the biggest differences between high and low output pickups?
I can't really put that pick attack into words :) It's a matter of compression too, which high output pickups tend have more of. And it's very dependent on the guitar too, what kind of a tone it has and what you want to highlight/suppress with the pickups.
When choosing pickups, I tend to go for a pretty balanced sound; warm but clear, and with bite when I want it. And still keeping in mind what I feel that particular guitar excels at. After I've accomplished that,
I've noticed that I can play pretty much anything with it :) Not that I would choose my cold sweat equipped PRS McCarty to play Hank Marvin; I'd choose my alder bodied strat with slab board '59s for that. It can still rock hard after Hank has left the house.
About boosting, different amps just react differently to that. Try getting a highish gain hard rock tone from a vintage plexi and low output pickups. But use a booster, and you have something that's been used for more recorded hard rock tones than can be counted. Modern amps tend to have enough gain by themselves, but a booster can still bring you different flavours..if the amp likes boosters. Some don't.
I do like the woody, dynamic and honest tone of low output pickups, that's the direction I've leaning to lately. Which probably means I'm getting more guitars and BKPs in the not so distant future 8)
Hmph. Hopefully some of that makes sense.
-Zaned
