I suspect individual alnico magnet pole pieces vs the same bobbin/wire &windings would sound somewhat different than six steel pole pieces energized by a bar magnet on the pickup's bottom (?)
A late friend who was a very good guitar player hated a Les Paul Recording Guitar pickup's sound - too "neutral"..
A late friend who was a very good guitar player hated a Les Paul Recording Guitar pickup's sound - too "neutral"..
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A friend oh, half a lifetime ago who also was a very good guitar player had a boost circuit built right into his guitar. It gave a hotter signal, which (you could tell...) both he and the input stage of his Fender Twin amp really loved. I imagine it did away with the hundreds of pf cable issue as well. I remember this guy would just knock it out of the park with a very competitive sound with that thing turned on.
One would think such a scheme would go hand in hand with good pickup design and be standardized these days. How hard can it be? How lazy / frustrated can a musician be over "oh, the battery again"? The technical problem with inconsistencies due to loading was solved decades ago.
I can only ascribe it to human nature, to want to fiddle-f with sorting out combinations of "cables" et al, to arrive at some "vintage" sound someone thought they heard, or thinks they can hear. Very similar behavior to some sub-genres of Audiophile. Validated by continuing sales. Pictured below, a simple solution to consistent sound -
Some years ago I bought an expensive name brand sound hole pickup for my 12 string Yamaha.
Later I bought a cheap Chinese pickup for fun and parts.
I put it in the 12 string just to see what I had.
It is still there 15 years later.
Good? Bad? Depends.
Later I bought a cheap Chinese pickup for fun and parts.
I put it in the 12 string just to see what I had.
It is still there 15 years later.
Good? Bad? Depends.