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I just read a review about a pickup that's powerful enough without becoming quot;vowel likequot;. What the hell are they talking about? I have this mental sound in my head that each time I hit a chord it cycles like:
Aaaaaa Eeeeee Iiiiiiiiiiii Oooooo Uuuuuuuuand sometimes Y

I have no idea. But I want whatever it is they are smoking.

Usually, when a pickup is over wound and/or uses a ceramic magnet, the pickup can have a vowel like sound to it. Especially in power chords. It gives the tone a quot;long Equot; type sound versus the wide quot;ahhhhquot; type sound with lower output humbuckers..

A good example of the quot;long Equot; type tone under heavy gain is Godsmacks quot;Keep Awayquot; song. Listen to the power chords in the song, especially in the chorus. It has a long E type voicing compared to... letsay ACDC's quot;You shook me all night longquot; which has a wider quot;Ahquot; sound. ACDC may not be the best example because their sound is very middy and slightly nasal at times. Hope this kinda helps.Tom

I've used that description myself, but not when talking about output levels... and I tend to think of it usually coming from a neck pickup. I usually think of Satch as having quot;vocalquot; lead tones, like on the song quot;Always with you, always with mequot; for example. There are times in that song that I'd swear he's using a wah, but upon closer listening you can tell that's not what's going on. Other words for the sound I'm talking about could be quot;tubularquot;, quot;roundquot;, etc.

I would interpret quot;vowel-likequot; as meaning round sounding. You know what a fuzz sounds like when you dime the fuzz? Like that. Undefined and midrange prevalent. That's what I think of when I hear that description.