Chiguete
Experienced
So the reason why I'm starting this thread is because I'm asking in another thread https://forum.fractalaudio.com/thre...ple-neck-thru-with-alder-wings-guitar.149917/ recomendations for a pickup based on the type of guitar construction and wood, but part of that question is a more general question regarding how to choose guitar pickups now a days if you use a modeller.
Back in the 70's when the Super Distortion and other pickups came out the idea was to send a hotter signal from the guitar in order to push the amp harder, that was the ingredient for countless recordings because they werent that many pedals back then to help with boosting/overdriving/distorting the signal in to amps that where not high gain amps. Then high gain amps came and more pedals where around to even further get a hotter signal to the amp... BUT these days with modelers it is so easy to boost the signal going in to whatever amp you choose that really a hot pickup is really not needed.
So maybe the approach to choosing the correct pickup for a guitar needs to be looked at from another angle now that modelers are in the mix?
What do you guys think?
Back in the 70's when the Super Distortion and other pickups came out the idea was to send a hotter signal from the guitar in order to push the amp harder, that was the ingredient for countless recordings because they werent that many pedals back then to help with boosting/overdriving/distorting the signal in to amps that where not high gain amps. Then high gain amps came and more pedals where around to even further get a hotter signal to the amp... BUT these days with modelers it is so easy to boost the signal going in to whatever amp you choose that really a hot pickup is really not needed.
So maybe the approach to choosing the correct pickup for a guitar needs to be looked at from another angle now that modelers are in the mix?
What do you guys think?