On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:21:17 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
When I started
engineering they
already were used in studios. It's too funny that one thing didn't
change, the pick ups for electrical guitars were and still are
electromagnets needing special pre-amplification.
There are some choices today, that are at times even better because
the pickup coils are velocity sensitive, which isn't entirely
suitable for a bass axe.
I have in recent years seen several different kinds of microphones
Yes, but for good old rocking sound of a solid body six string guitar
there's still noting better than a passiv single coil or passiv
humbucker. Especially when using passive single coils, you want good
pre-amplification.