Would you like 96 different pickup tones from one guitar?

[JCM 800]

I don't even know what to say.


http://www.awesome-guitars.com/index.html

 

[tele118]

lol no

 

[halcyon85]

No. I only need the five.

 

[stevieboy]

Cmon man, it's 76. 96 would be overkill, because the human ear can only distinguish 76 unique pickup tones.

 

[guitarz1972]

Do I have to use all of them? Can I keep 5 pickup tones and flip/sell the rest in the Emporium?

 

[Blix]

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[fetishfrog]

No,

I have a H/S/H config on my guitar and a 3 way switch. I've found, at least in my experience, the 'in between' tones get lost in a dense mix, so I just removed them from play.

I've never missed them.

Honestly, I get more tonal variation from my tone controls and pick attack now, as I had to concentrate on learning to actually do that. 96 different options via switching and whatnot does not appeal to me. YMMV.

 

[EricPeterson]

And all this time I have been getting by with 95.



In all seriousness I think you can get far greater variation in tone working on pick attack, volume and tone knob adjustments, pick material, playing with your fingers, etc, than you can get out of this, in that sense I would think a good player has far more than 96 tones at his/her disposal.

 

[paranoid70]

96? That's it. How about 250,000....?



INTRODUCING
THE GAME CHANGER
Guitar and bass players alike can now unlock their instruments' tonal possibilities with this patent-pending pickup switching system. Combining any order of pickup coils in series, parallel, in or out of phase gives you access to the most extensive library of never-before-heard tones. Imagine having complete tonal control of your instrument, with over 250,000 pickup combinations, without manually rewiring anything! True to form, the audio signal is never digitized or modeled in any way, providing a transparent analog signal path for the absolute purist. In conjunction with The Game Changer website, you can create, save, and share your tonal selections with the world!

http://gamechanger.music-man.com/home.eb

 

[Tone_Terrific]

96 channels...nothing on.

 

[A-Bone]

96? That's it. How about 250,000....?



INTRODUCING
THE GAME CHANGER
Guitar and bass players alike can now unlock their instruments' tonal possibilities with this patent-pending pickup switching system. Combining any order of pickup coils in series, parallel, in or out of phase gives you access to the most extensive library of never-before-heard tones. Imagine having complete tonal control of your instrument, with over 250,000 pickup combinations, without manually rewiring anything! True to form, the audio signal is never digitized or modeled in any way, providing a transparent analog signal path for the absolute purist. In conjunction with The Game Changer website, you can create, save, and share your tonal selections with the world!

http://gamechanger.music-man.com/home.eb

Now we're talking! Is it even possible to distinguish 250,000 tonal variations in pick-ups?

 

[twoheadedboy]

Would you like 96 different pickup tones from one guitar?

Not really.

 

[andrekp]

More to the point: would you even be able to memorize more than 20 different switch combinations to be able to repeat them at will? (I think I'd top out at five or six)

It's sort of like those phones that have a 500 place memory for speed dialling. How is that helpful?

 

[Rich_S]

No.

 

[78deluxe]

Considering taking the tone knob circuit out of the pickup wiring in your guitar will improve tone, the idea of something like this is variety over quality.

 

[Marc Roy]

I don't even know what to say.


http://www.awesome-guitars.com/index.html

What in the hell would I do with all that? Give me 5 pickup selections and I'm happy.

 

[Flyin' Brian]

I have the following available to me:

Strat Classic, EMG, Dual Humbucker, Lipstick
Tele
Les Paul w/humbuckers
Les Paul Jr w/P-90
Rick 360 6 or 12 string
ES-335
L-4

Jazz Bass
Precision Bass
Rick 4001
Hofner Violin Bass
Gibson Thunderbird

Steel & Nylon string acoustic 6 or 12 string
Coral Sitar
Banjo
Dobro

 

[Flogger59]

Just what I need on a gig, option anxiety.

 

[jmecale72]

What in the hell would I do with all that? Give me 5 pickup selections and I'm happy.

I can barely handle three or five right now!

 

[mark norwine]

awesome, indeed! the kit is held together with press-crimps and electrician's wire nuts.

(seriously??)

http://www.awesome-guitars.com/product/05.jpg