Low Impedance guitar Pickup

[johnny_be_goode]

http://www.langcaster.com/Pickup-Kitsets.html

Sounds like a good idea, but seems kind of difficult to find battery space on fender.
Samples sounds good.

What do you all think?

 

[Guest]

wad's low impedance mean? :?

 

[namle]

rather actually get the Q filter by billlawrence?

ok just to get you guys start on GAS... check out on this

http://www.tonebone.com/tb-dragster.htm

shredcow? :wink:

 

[ShredCow]

Don't some of these things mess up some fuzz units?

I know my Blackstone will lose its extremely killer clean up ability.

 

[johnny_be_goode]

?

http://www.langcaster.com/Sounds/Fender-v-Cobra-test.mp3
http://www.langcaster.com/Sounds/Fender-v-Langcaster.mov

sounds louder, clearer and brighter...

 

[namle]

Don't some of these things mess up some fuzz units?

I know my Blackstone will lose its extremely killer clean up ability.

yup its true

now where is the 'perfect' stuffs for all these! :wink:

 

[shioks76]

u gain some u lose some.

Anyway all active pups are designed to be low impedence i believe.
That includes emgs and the sd livewires.

 

[johnny_be_goode]

hhmmm don't know if its the same as active pickups?
they do offer some different features...

standard high impedance pickup frequency response will be limited by the self-resonant frequency, which can be as low as 1500 Hz or possibly as high as 5000 Hz and is affected by the guitar lead capacitance. After peaking at resonance, the output drops rapidly at –12dB / Octave. This is a limit well within the audible range and well within the range where the quality of sound can be degraded.

....

uses a much heavier gauge of wire with only a tenth of the number of turns. This makes the inductance 100th that of a conventional pickup. Self-resonance is as high as 56KHz - way beyond the range of human hearing.

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* Low impedance, low inductance coils for electrostatic noise rejection.
...
* Eight magnet poles on neck pickup to prevent signal loss when bending
strings.
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* Low output impedance buffer capable of driving long guitar cables without loss.

Listen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS9f96qqUC0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdWjut-WilI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgwCpOHAYUA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5EG7KgJCRA

What do you all think?