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Originally Posted by Phelonious Ponk
I have an M80 in my Gibson. Adjusting the pole pieces will only change the string to string balance, It won't make it sound less like a magnetic pickup. The M80 is a top-notch mag pickup that senses body resonances as well as strings. It's about as natural as a mag pickup gets. All pickups have their colorations. if you want a truly natural sound, you need a microphone, but then you'll have feedback issues. With that said, I personally will take the coloration of a really good mag over a piezo any day, but to get the most out of either, you may need some EQ. Are you using the M80 in active mode? From there to a good, quiet EQ pedal should give you enough flexibility to create a sound you like. If not, mags just aren't for you.
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That's very well said, I like to dual source with a mag, it tends to reduce the electric sound. But I really like the sound of just the magnetic.
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