I stumbled upon a vey interesting post on JustinGuitarCommunity.com : Experimenting with the pickups magnetic field to create new music
I want the opnion/experience of StkEX's Musicians Community on this
I don't think typing everything again so hereby I am quoting the exact post:
Today,My bro suggested to use a coin as pluck/plectrum after I developed calluses on my thumbs due to practicing I noticed that using coin made tone a brighter/crisp(since it's hard metal) and also it subtly affected the tone due to magnetic field of pickups attracting it downward(try to strum/plcuk slowly and you will notice the difference) The another idea came to my mind of using magnets as pluck to see if the interference in magnetic field produce any difference but in my case it didn't I used a key ring magneti attached to coin and used coin as a pluck(since it wa so thing that it cannot be directly used),maybe that's why it didn't affect the tune(because magnetic field strength was quite low) or maybe ibanez's default pickups are not that great
Anyway,
SO anybody tried this or going to try? If yes
Please post the .wav recording(RAW/Unedited) and follwoing details
) Pickup-used
)Magnet strength(optional)
- )Magnet type
- )Magnet's dimension( lxbxh or diameter/thickness)
- )Any effects used
- )Amp setting/Amp Name
- )Way of Using/Plucking:Directly plucking through magnet or attaching magnet to some metallic object and then plucking it
- )Orientation of Magnet :Which side of magnet was plucking the string(NP or SPole)
- )Pickup Arrangement