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- Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
- Date: Tuesday, 15 Dec 1992 13:34:06 PST
- From: <WAUGH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
- Message-ID: <92350.133406WAUGH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.audio,alt.guitar,rec.music.makers.guitar
- Subject: Re: Electric Guitar Pickups?
- References: <1992Dec14.191308.18818@ee.ubc.ca> <BzBHy8.G8o@ns1.nodak.edu>
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- In article <BzBHy8.G8o@ns1.nodak.edu>, jhalvers@plains (Jon Halverson) says:
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- (stuff about passive pickups deleted)
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- > Active pickups are another story. Basically what they are is a very low
- >imp. pickup with a built in pre-amp. The signal therefore is much cleaner.
- >The output voltages are usually set up to match reg. pkups.
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- How do today's active (low impedence) pickups compare with those low impedence
- jobs seen on old "recording" guitars put out by Gibson and others. The L-5S
- and the Les Paul both came in low impedence versions. These generally have
- lower market value than their humbucking counterparts. Might these oldies be
- fitted with an internal pre-amp and be used with regular amps?
-
- Brian
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