by alanbakewell » Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:24 am
After all said and done this issue has been discussed on various threads for years. At the end of the day the pickups are only one part of a huge jigsaw.
We have, ( in no particular order ), Amplifier, ( settings too numerous to mention ). Lead, ( Cheap? solid gold / copper / oxygenated / Curly / straight / dipped in the blood
of a Wombat ). And the length, let's not even mention the length.
Effects unit. At the last count there were less stars in the Orion Galaxy than available effects units.
E.Q. boxes / Volume pedals / A/B switching pedals / Ad Infinitum.
Further leads to the guitar. ( Not to mention several wireless systems ).
The guitar. Even if we concentrate only on the Fender Stratocaster. Some person wiser than I will tell us how many woods are available.
If we choose to believe, each wood will react differently. Indeed are we not told that identical models may sound different to one another?
Strings. Good Lord above, how many debates have there been on strings? 8's? 9's? 10's? 11's? 12's? 13's? Something off the front of a Land Rover?
Plectrums. Large? small? thick? thin? What colour? What material? Some say this too will affect your sound.
And finally, ( unless you know different ), Fingers. Didn't somebody once play one of Hank's Strats and it sounded different to when Hank played it?
Anyway I'm off for my Saxophone lesson. ( Now then, which reed did he say I should be using? )
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