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Originally Posted by KevWind
Ouch,,, gasoline really ? Don't equivocate just tell us where you stand .....
I have heard some of your pickup recordings I would say more like deep chocolate vs. watery Vanilla  . |
I think my pickup setups sound pretty good live - what they're meant for, and the recordings are ok for demos. But to get to "OK" involves not only good pickups, but IRs, an internal mic (big factor) and a custom preamp. When I listen to most recordings done with a pickup, I last about a second and a half - the amount of time it takes to click the stop button. Just not a sound I care for at all. I like both vanilla and chocolate, but I don't think most pickups rise to the level of any acceptable flavor, for recording. There are ways to blend them into a mic'd recording, but that's a whole different goal and process, and even there I've heard too many recordings that mixed in a pickup where you go "what's that annoying character I keep getting a hint of?".