These look cool
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stratamania
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They don't float my boat, to be honest.
stratamania
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Oh, absolutely it would be a dull world if we all liked the same thing. Who knows on a finished guitar I might even think that they look cool, even if it would not be something I would choose for myself.
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Maybe if I saw it on something it worked. But that and GFS's foil pickups both remind me of some of the less successful attempts at innovation that were bypassed. If it looked odd because it needed to, I'd be cool with it. But I don't see the point and it doesn't do it on the strength of asthetics alone for me.
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That kind of thing always reminds me of the ultra-cheap guitars from Japan in the '70s. They'd install 3 or 4 oddball pickups, often with gold foil or lace or something, along with a half dozen or more switches and a cluster of knobs, which appealed to the teenagers of the time. Unfortunately, they were usually borderline unplayable, wouldn't hold a tune and invariably sounded awful. Plus, they were often literally microphonic - if you hollered into them I guess the foil or the cover vibrated in sympathy and the coils could sense it. Made out of fiberboard, masonite or some sort of mystery wood. Stuff like this was all over the place...
... and they practically gave 'em away at the pawn shops.
... and they practically gave 'em away at the pawn shops.
