The neck pickup on a 22 fret guitar is much warmer sounding than the same pickup on a 24 fret guitar.
But, why?
I was thinking that the distance between the fret and pickup on a 22
fret and a 24 fret guitar must be the same at some points on both
guitars. Say, 5th fret on a 22fret guitar and 8th fret on a 24fret
guitar, so should sound similar. The fact is that a 22 fret guitar's neck pickup does sound warmer than the equivalent 24 fret guitar.
It's a very interesting subject, an intriguing phenomenon.
"Music makes the rules, music is not made from the rules."
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Many thanks, so it's just a simple bit of physics.
Wow, very nice explanation indeed.
I preferred the original version though where the birds only appear at the end, thought that was a lovely touch.
same on a double cut away LP Special.
Edit: "worst of both worlds" was a bad way to put it actually since some people do prefer the pickup being closer to the bridge; I really mean that on a 22 fret, the extra frets are sacrificed to get the pickup position so on an SG why not have the frets when it's not even going to be a sacrifice?