| zakco wrote on Tue, 02 February 2010 02:05 |
I owned a couple of Lace Sensor equipped strats when they came out. While I wouldn't say they outright suck, they lack much of the character that I consider to be classic strat tone. Just a little too polished and not enough attitude for my tastes...
Seeing as we're reminiscing here, does anyone remember fenders' attempts to improve their nuts? Both the roller nut and the ball bearing version...had one of each. ouch. Hard to beat a chunk o' bone.
-Z-
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Traditional single coil pickups used in the Fender guitars only pick up signal when the string moves horisontally across the magnet (beware of simplification here, though).
Furthermore, the top end frequencies are very transient and after striking the string they fade off quickly. (i.e. twang)
These parameters are integral parts of the characteristics of the sound of these instruments.
Now, enter Lace Sensor.
They pick up a signal when the string alternates horisontally as well as vertically.
They also pick up top end frequencies (i.e. treble) over a much longer duration in time. (i.e. no twang)
FWIW, the later incarnations of the Lace Sensor technology sounds a lot more like regular pickups.
