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Short answer: Yes, I think so too.
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Interestingly and coincidentally, I spent a little time today at the studio testing a new amp cabinet mic'd up with a KSM-32 and plotted on SMAART along with a direct signal straight into the board. This is but one step in the continuing process of isolating specific causal relationships between what I'm hearing and, of course, what I want to hear. As Steve correctly notes, there are quite a lot of variables. There are also fairly typical prescribed solutions and combinations of gear that tend to produce specific types of sounds, which he neatly outlined. When you color outside the box or, better yet, try to put a system together to do something unique, it takes a certain amount of experimentation. So, when you look at frequency plots like we were producing today, one of the things you'll discover is that your guitar's straight signal will have little spikes and dips all through it. Those spiked frequencies will tend to overdrive earlier than the rest of the signal, with the dips lagging well behind. Depending on what tonal characteristics you're actually seeking, that can be good or bad, but would suggest that the smoother the frequency response of the pickup, the smoother the rest of the signal will be, including when overdriven. It's just speculation, but I'd have to guess that those active pickups just exacerbate that particular problem with their higher output. The differences with each amp may, obviously, reflect a wide array of differences in their circuits or cabinets or speakers, etc., etc., etc. By the way, for me, the advantage of a hot pickup is that when looking for overdrive I have a bit more flexibility with gain staging...both at the guitar's volume knob, the preamp, or power stage, each of which has a distinct impact on the structure of the harmonic distortion. Of course, those pickups might also suck.
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dave was co-founder of RKS guitars and they produced a limited edition of a dave mason signature guitar. that is the particular guitar i was talking about. it is a great one!! play music!
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I've been using a modeler for quite a few years, so I have a different perspective...
I find that one particular guitar sounds best, generally, through one particular amp model. For instance, my Tele sounds great through a Dr. Z model, my LP-ish guitar sounds great through a Plexi, and my Crowdster Plus 2 sounds great through a Bassman model. I've found that the modeler I'm using today, however (a POD HD 500) is way more forgiving than the first one I ever got (a POD 2.0 YEARS ago). In other words, I can actually play any guitar through any of the amps that suit my style and get away with it. That said... When I was playing amps and when I was playing both I found that a truly great amp is far less picky. In other words, I could get any good guitar to sound really good through any amp I've ever owned that I really loved, including a Fender SuperSonic 60, Dr. Z Maz 38 Sr., and a really old DRRI.
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