thanks for the discussion, Mark. We have to consider that there's no vol.pot. or even a tone pot attached in the vid. Maybe that's why the highs are overrepresented.
Normal pups only cover a certain area of the strings; i think that the parallel coils of the flatpup cover a longer string distance. This could explain the somehow floating sound (like in a church). Or it's only due to the fact that my amp is bad. I gonna check it on a better one soon, stay tuned..
Sounds pretty good to me. Judgements about whether it's "top-heavy" or whatever probably need to take into account the sound of the guitar it's attached to (and also the strings and tuning). To my ears it has a good output across the frequency range. As far as I can hear there's a good response on the lowest string - I'd want to hear more of it before making a final judgement. And remember, if there's plenty of treble you can always back that off a bit with tone controls. The more I think about it the more this sounds remarkably good for a humbucker.
hi Wes, my audio eqipment is bad, just a cheap mini amp. I designed it for a 3 stringer - in the shown vid it's a 4 stringer. I think that's why the lower string is less loud. Maybe I should design a real "Flatpup 4".. hmm?
Positioning and height tuning is then the task of the instrument builder ;-)
See, now that sounds good. Still a little top-heavy but has more lower end than the previous soundcheck.
I know this is not what you intended, but what if you...mounted it higher. Perhaps a 3-5mm strip under the pup to raise it? Or perhaps on the bass end to make that closer to the strings.
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thanks for the discussion, Mark. We have to consider that there's no vol.pot. or even a tone pot attached in the vid. Maybe that's why the highs are overrepresented.
Normal pups only cover a certain area of the strings; i think that the parallel coils of the flatpup cover a longer string distance. This could explain the somehow floating sound (like in a church). Or it's only due to the fact that my amp is bad. I gonna check it on a better one soon, stay tuned..
Sounds pretty good to me. Judgements about whether it's "top-heavy" or whatever probably need to take into account the sound of the guitar it's attached to (and also the strings and tuning). To my ears it has a good output across the frequency range. As far as I can hear there's a good response on the lowest string - I'd want to hear more of it before making a final judgement. And remember, if there's plenty of treble you can always back that off a bit with tone controls. The more I think about it the more this sounds remarkably good for a humbucker.
hi Wes, my audio eqipment is bad, just a cheap mini amp. I designed it for a 3 stringer - in the shown vid it's a 4 stringer. I think that's why the lower string is less loud. Maybe I should design a real "Flatpup 4".. hmm?
Positioning and height tuning is then the task of the instrument builder ;-)
Also are you using acoustic strings? Clean channel? I would like to hear what it sounds like with distortion.
-WY
See, now that sounds good. Still a little top-heavy but has more lower end than the previous soundcheck.
I know this is not what you intended, but what if you...mounted it higher. Perhaps a 3-5mm strip under the pup to raise it? Or perhaps on the bass end to make that closer to the strings.
-WY