jazzyvee Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 What effect does the pickup aperture have on the sound. For example a single coil Jazz bass size compared to a singe coil soap bar style pickup. Obviously it is seeing a larger portion of the vibrating string but what does that mean in terms of the quality, type of sound etc. jazzyvee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Soapbar pups are problematic as sometimes there is a single coil - Fender-style - in it, sometimes a P90-style broad coil, and sometimes a dual coil humbucker. It's just a shell to fit a specific hole which can be filled with various pickups to taste. As far as the aperture question is concerned, I'm no expert, but my understanding id the wider the aperture, the greater the number of overtones sampled. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 (edited) With a wider aperture, I gather that some of the higher harmonics are reduced. Since the harmonics of a vibrating string occur as divisions of its length, if a harmonic divides the string into fractions shorter than the width of the pickup there will be some phase cancellation. It's hard to directly compare though, as there are relatively few instances of pickups with the same magnets, wire and number of turns with only the coil shape different, and plenty of other things that can affect frequency response. Edited June 21, 2014 by Beer of the Bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Don't soap bar pickups give a cleaner sound? I'll get me coat..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyvee Posted June 21, 2014 Author Share Posted June 21, 2014 That Lux like you are Wrights but I was hoping to use them as Simple Pears but that may sound Lush, but then, that's Lifebouy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 [quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1403380273' post='2482296'] That Lux like you are Wrights but I was hoping to use them as Simple Pears but that may sound Lush, but then, that's Lifebouy. [/quote] You soft-soaping me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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