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how many capacitors do i need for a guitar with 2 humbuckers?

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So you're saying the problem with my guitar tone is I'm too fat? Well that's a good a reason as any to loose weight.

I need a rubber mat because it's awkward to make my belly touch the back of the guitar. Sure buddy, me too. 😉

Just as a reality check .... You should listen thru a good set of headphones instead of your computer speakers. Good video!

Great Job Man 🎸

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Should be much longer. Twice as long at least. It’s very good.

sozo is good

So, I'd imagine that the large bellyof a fat guitarrist would have the same effect, rught?

I have nearly always stripped the polymer finish off any electric guitars I owned , they resonate much more without , plus sometimes you find great looking wood underneath !

Aaaaah! So that's why my guitar sounded rubbish, but when I sold it, the new owner had great tone!!! I am fat, with central obesity. 😢

If any Man gets pregnant, it would have to be an asshole baby

This is why I try and make the back of guitars as resonant as possible including a bracing system not dissimilar from the top's

@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar I was involved in the construction and release of the Vo-96 acoustic guitar synthesizer unit that takes advantage of the multiple harmonic notes up and down the length of the vibrating strings. It does this using electronic servo controlled magnetic coils arranged in opposite poles. It was only at around 40% of its total capability when the first 100 were released and they were game changers in what guitar could be in my opinion. Love the deep dives and thorough explanation of how technology, technique, and tone are all involved in “your sound”.👍🤙🖖

6 minute mark; radio signals in amplitude modulation (am radio) have a carrier wave, and sidebands, not to mention harmonics of the frequencies.

all about the same 👍

I remember recording a song with my band a ways back. it was just bass, drums, keyboards and rhythm guitar with a few licks but on listening to the track we could all swear we could here a violin/fiddle in the mix! harmonics!

I have a friend that can get 3 notes from the same string and fret..the 10:26 real note and 2 wierd harmonics..it's impressive

Interesting I have a one question if you don’t mind. Your experiment with the humbucker pressed against the wood, most humbuckers are suspended in a body cavity attached to a plastic pickup surround by a spring and a screw does this reduce the pickups ability to sense the vibrations in the wood?

Just tried this out on my mustang that I put an SH-8 invader in 👍

Camp 1: Tone is in the gear! Camp 2: Tone is in the hands! Waylon:

Did this gentleman just completely destroyed the infamous tone wood debate? PRS is going to get this video down!

“Pregnant people”? Not pregnant women, but “pregnant people”? Wow.

an open string has more overtones than a fretted string

Dude! Nerd away! That’s why we all subscribe to you! No apologies! lol!

It's simple physics, but I like it. It's all about the impulse energy and the resonance and refection of the guitar construction. Maybe you can get more of the guitar sound if you combine the microphonic pickup with a plate of bronze that is fixed to the body. Bronze is a very good resonating material and it could increase the resonance in the pickup... It's always great to watch your videos! It's one of the most inspiring RUclips channels that I watch.

Harmonic inversions are cool too. If you strike the low F with a hard attack and immediately stop the string while holding the three top notes of an F barre chord, they ring out the next inversion.

Harmonic notes that ring when striking an open string are also a major triad! Notes on low E string for example when hit open are 1,3,1,5,1,3,1 from the E major scale (i.e. the harmonic notes on/near frets 0,4,5,7,9,12). Is a flat seventh also just perceptible on/near fret 10 on the low E string? Never heard about this until very recently on Kiko Loureiro from Megadeth on his RUclips channel. No wonder a major chord on an electric guitar can ring so many magic-sounding notes when played through a cranked amp!

Hey Wayne! Cool video. The way I remember you is I call you the Green Gizmo Guitar Guy. The 4G!

When the guitar vibrates, wouldn't the pickups move very slightly relative to the strings, and this would add to something to the signal that comes out? I would be subtle, of course.

Did you try it with a piezo acoustic guitar plugged in?

Interesting topics and very good demos of each phenomenon. I was aware of all of them, as I test everything I can on my guitars. The weird low notes that can be heard when playing combinations of certain high fret intervals are a result of "Sum and Difference tones." Regarding the "sound dampening" that takes place when your stomach touches the back of the guitar, I also noticed a dramatic effect on my Strat if I didn't use the cover on the Tremolo Spring Cavity in the back of the guitar. I know a lot of guitarist remove the cover and prefer the results, but doing that significantly degrades the sound of my Strat. YMMV

Fabulous information Waylon. Ask folks who have played flying Vs with somewhat microphonic pickups if the wing's resonance contribute to the sound. Tone machines. My buddy had a tele that was so lively and rich sounding back in the 70s. One of the things was, you guessed it, you could yell into the bridge and hear it on the bandstand. Like you said, there is a balance. Keep up the great work.

sounded better with the "baby"

the pickup that picket up the sound of the wood was microphonic, you could also talk into it, you fix it by wax potting it

When I want to go for old style feedback sustain with my LP, I lean forward to let the body hang away from my body. Will only work with a real amp and some volume of course.

Leave an EAR gap behind your guitar!

"Because I am not currently pregnant..." :D:D:D

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Well I must be a lot nerdier than I thought cause this was bloody interesting! Very informative! I always learn something from your videos, keep up the great work 🤘🤘

for those wondering a pickups microphonics is cause by the wax potting and how the coil is sealed

I couldn't really hear the difference with the acoustic, but with the electric there was a striking difference.

Such a great video, loved it!

I heard a noticeable difference when you were playing the electric guitar acoustically. I didn't notice anything when it was plugged in, and I don't think it matters anyway, because most of the time (at least when you're standing) it'll be resting against your body. I don't really see any way of playing while standing up to leave a gap between your body and the guitar, and it's bordering on a tonewood type debate to even bother.

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is this equilvalent to Varitone?

Would it be easier to use an external equalizer or not?

I could only hear a decipherable difference during the clean sustainable chords section, it seemed to have a more overall warmer sound but not muddy. I am listening only on my phone so thats my .02 cents. Cool experiments like this are not meant to be a definitive conclusion but more about personal tonal exploration and expression. ❤

This is a great idea! Would it work with a fender tbx pot? Like for the 1meg side controlling the boost and the 250k side acting like a volume control?