Getting to know your pickup: a tool for measuring the frequency response of the impedance
(Note: this post has been updated to refer to the further developed newest version of the Pickup Wizard!!) Here is something very useful and special: GITEC member Helmut Keller (an expert in instrumentation for studio acoustics/electronics, and for RF, and an avid guitar player) has put together an exciting tool for measuring our pickups: THE […]
Most important for the sound of a pickup: the Q-factor – some theory and practical application
When preparing an upcoming article about the Fender Humbucking Pickup (the one with the six adjustable CiNiFe-magnets positioned in two rows of three), we had a discussion about the “Q-factor”. It turned out that things were far more complicated than most textbook definitions of the Q-factor imply. Since (in combination with the resonance frequency) the […]