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extended range - per string outputs?

Discussion in 'F.O.H.' started by fretfingers, Sep 29, 2018.

  1. fretfingers

    fretfingers Member

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    Listening to Tosin talk about his done but then hearing how silly the open low 8 sounds clean got me thinking that maybe the right amp for the higher strings isn't the right amp for the lower.

    What if we had a way to send different strings to different amps?! You'd lose the string interaction that effects the tone of the preamp but maybe you gain a whole new approach to guitar tone?

    Is it just my add talking or could this be an interesting approach for improved extended range tone?
     
    #1 fretfingers, Sep 29, 2018
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    Look at why people use more than one amp, or why it's common to split the bass DI in metal. Granted it's not the same thing, but it's still a similar idea; you're processing different frequency ranges individually.
     
    #2 Ji Sung, Oct 7, 2018
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    Per string output would be weird, but you could biamp your signal. It was a pretty common technique to run a really gainy mesa alongside a less distorted plexi. Getting articulation while still having girth.
     
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    Could be the future of pickups. More technology in the pickup itself. recording would give you each string output. 8 different signals. I'm not sure how you'd record that because a normal cable probably can't do that I imagine. We have technology like Ax Fx III which sounds incredibly close to real amps. So maybe it's time for pickups? I know there is like one pickup that does this. But I mean more advanced and better sounds. Something allows you to get something like 8 different outputs for the strings or whatever. If not 8 we can start with 4 outputs (two string outputs).

    Though we are just speculating. I don't think anyone here (in this post) works on pickups or the technology behind it. Pickups haven't really changed since the 50s, maybe it's time.
     
    #4 AscentToZenith, Nov 5, 2018
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