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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:12 pm
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I bought a MiM Strat a few months ago, and I love the thing to death. Its the best sounding guitar I've played in a while.

And of course, a good guitar has good pickups right? Well these are the cream of the crop!

These pickups are SO sensitive they will pick up PURE distortion (wah, metal dist, flange, etc.) with hardly any noise. Not only that- these pups are so strong, they can actually amplify my voice if I talk into the guitar (or if the amp is up loud enough).


But thats the thing, if you own a Strat, does it do that to you too? I personally have nothing against that, in fact, that is just cold hard proof of how awesome those pups are. :D


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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:26 pm
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Hmm.. multi-tasking the pickups and saving on the cost of a microphone. I've never tried that, but given the current world climate chilling into recession it can't hurt to save a few bucks here and there! :lol:

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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:29 pm
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Wouldn't it be a good idea though? Heh, I would do it, but I can't sing at all. I can't even do those classic death metal growls without cracking (My voice is matured, but I'm congested like 90% of the time somehow).


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Rocker_Gamma wrote:
These pickups are SO sensitive they will pick up PURE distortion (wah, metal dist, flange, etc.) with hardly any noise. Not only that- these pups are so strong, they can actually amplify my voice if I talk into the guitar (or if the amp is up loud enough).

I have never seen pickups that can't pickup your voice
(if loud enough voice & or volume)...
It is true that hotter pickups or maybe even brighter pickups
make it easier to hear (more audible).
I am curious to know what pickups u have.

Which MiM strat did u buy?
Maybe one of these?
Lone Star™ Stratocaster®
Roadhouse™ Stratocaster®
Deluxe Players Strat®
Or did u buy a used one?

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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:34 am
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Thats called microphonics and is usually the sign of cheap pickups. Typically pickups use wax potting to reduce this. See:
http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/faq.html#4

The more microphonic your pickups are the more they tend to give unmusical feedback (squeal).

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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:08 pm
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bss wrote:
Rocker_Gamma wrote:
These pickups are SO sensitive they will pick up PURE distortion (wah, metal dist, flange, etc.) with hardly any noise. Not only that- these pups are so strong, they can actually amplify my voice if I talk into the guitar (or if the amp is up loud enough).

I have never seen pickups that can't pickup your voice
(if loud enough voice & or volume)...
It is true that hotter pickups or maybe even brighter pickups
make it easier to hear (more audible).
I am curious to know what pickups u have.

Which MiM strat did u buy?
Maybe one of these?
Lone Star™ Stratocaster®
Roadhouse™ Stratocaster®
Deluxe Players Strat®
Or did u buy a used one?


Just a plain-Jane 2008 MiM Standard. Not much else said about it. :?


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