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Back from the Penang AsianBeat final compitition... A bit tired but still want to write...

We stop at guitar pick_ups last post...

I will straight to the points now..

Single coil - A single coil pickup it sound more clear and clean, I am NOT a big fans of single coil pick up; as it is more suitable for less aggresive type of music. You guys know the funk strummin?? I dunno the name of this type of style, with wah wah..single coil best suit of this type of sound, becoz' it's clean & clear tone. For Heavy metal or more aggresive type of sound next pick_up is more suit.

Hambuckerz - its made up with two single coil pick_ups, so it has more power then single coil since it's double up. For power chords riffing, Hambuckerz is best suit, and hambucker sound more aggresive. More powerful can give more...

In pick_ups it has active and pasive.

Active pick_ups with a battery to power up; if the battery is weaker or low batt then it will not sound properly. But with an Active pick_up and the battery is good, you can get more from those active Pick_ups. The reason is Active pick_up is the magnatifield is power up by the batter so it provide you a more efficency magnatifield so that the sound is more sensitive and powerful. But the drawback is you have to take care of the battery. If the battery is going flat and you are playing live, you are in trouble becoz' it will sound flat as well.

Pasive pick_ups, you no need a battery, but in the long run the magnatifield will be weaker and weaker. Some brand X cheap pasive pick_up after using for couple years the quality will be drop. But it less complexity since it doesn't have battery to power it and it's easy to use, less worry and careless if compare to active pick_ups. Some ppl like it more then an active pick_ups.

Okie...now come to conclusion, which pick_up suit me the most??? Out there got dozen of brand, plus active and pasive, you will ask yourself, which one suit me??? how can I choose??

Well, you no need to worry now if you are beginner. But if you are guitar player that definding your own sounding and tone...Pick Up is very important to you.

But how are you going to choose one that suit you the most? You have to know what type of sound you want to get in the very first place. And you have to read up a lot stuff regard about pick_up sound, the reviews and etc etc etc... and look up refferences. For example, like myself I am really into getting Metallica's powerchord riffing sound plus kirk hammett wah wah solo sound..so I deep into Metallica's gear, they are using EMGs, EMG 60 for james and EMG81 for Kirk Hammett. EMG is an active pick_ups....

I replace EMGs with my Ibanez S-series, with EMG81 on neck, S1 on middle and EMG85 on bridge. It sounds totally different, it was like different guitar to me becoz' it sound totally different. Previous pick_ups was Duncan(I dunno the model) it was an pasive pick_up... Why I choose 81 and 85 and not 81 both? becoz' when I replaced the pick_up the shop owner ask me to try out 85 as 85 got more out put and do not follow kirk 100% juz try out with different approach and learn more about EMGs' sound..I am grad that I did it becoz' yes I learn more.

Its so powerful! sensitive! and can give me the sound I wanted from long time. A lot of ppl doesn't know it. Pick_up is the key for an electric guitar. This is great knowledge and expensive investment, again back to the basic theory, you got to try it out and feel it and search for the SOUND you want. Do not go follow trend; you can take some band as refference but not to follow them 100%ly.... Try to defind you own Trademark, Signature, Identity in sound, tone. This need a lot of times and trying out. Do not simply like I like Metallica and simply juz buy ESP for not knowing what type of sound you like except you are a guitar collector. Love to collect guitar with artist name on it, the signature series guitar. Those guitar will cost you a lot; if you are to defind you own sound for your band do not go for signature series guitar. Like KH-2 cost about RM7000.00, with this kind of money I can get a customize guitar from ESP or other guitar company. Do not follow trend, try to find yourself the sound you want that my advise to you.

Next I will write more about electronic and electric guitar stuff...

Tips...

Did you know buying guitar actually we are buying the neck??? do you know what it means? next I will write ...

rockON!

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