RTP-area local music and culture

[Chris Rossi <rossi AT webslingerZ.com>]

Chris Calloway wrote:
> --- Chris Rossi <rossi AT webslingerZ.com> wrote:
>
> > As a point of reference, I'd rather have a sweet
> > toneful pick up than 
> > something with a really hot output.  That's what the
> > gain on my amp is 
> > for.  In all likelihood these Lindy Fralin pick ups
> > for $230 would sound 
> > fantastic, but that's a lot of dough.
>
>
> Lindy Fralin are really hot pickups with piercing
> feedback with gaininess even with mild overdrive.
> They're also made for Fenders.
They also make humbuckers and P-90 style pick ups aimed at Gibson guitars.

> And then when you are done, can I have your piercing
> pickups? I bet I can get $230 for them on ebay.
The tone is not piercing.  The microphonic feedback is.  There are two 
kinds of guitar feedback, this is the bad kind.  Strings are not part of 
the equation.  The kind people actually make musical use of is the kind 
that actually drives your strings not the pick up itself.  The symptoms 
exhibited by these pickups are signs of aging, and not the good kind. 
Maybe there's some way to fix it.  I don't know.

thanks,
rossi