Are genuine low impedance pickups a good idea?
low impedance (Low Z) pickups could be plugged straight into the mixing desk without the need for an impedance matching device (DI box)
There would be less interference in long Cable runs.
The big problem is that Low Z pickups would have a different resonant frequency, wide frequency sound, so a different sound.
Historically, I believed the reason guitar's have High impedance pickups was to match the fact that Valve amps have high impedance.
Les Paul used genuine Low Z pickups in his personal guitars.
(I don't consider EMG or Alumitone as Low Z, because they are designed to imitate High Z pickups.)
"Music makes the rules, music is not made from the rules."
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