How does 'voicing' sound?

InternetAlias · #1 03-23-2013, 01:03 PM

This might seem like an abstract question, but I find the concept of voicing abstract - what does voicing mean when it comes to a pickup? Is there an example of two pickups in same position, playing the same line but with different voicing? This has been bugging me for a while, I understand that a high voiced pickup will have more treble and less bass with a peak high, and the lower voiced one will have the opposite, but are there any samples of this difference, I'd really like to hear it!

jamersonburton · #2 03-23-2013, 01:53 PM

I always thought voiced reffered to tone - modern/high voice: more bass and treble, less mids
Vintage voice: not as much bass, treble, and output as modern voiced.

Febs · #3 03-23-2013, 02:02 PM

This is for guitar pickups, rather than bass pickups, but it may give you some idea of how different pickup voicings can affect how a pickup sounds:

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support...umbuckers_and/

This is a comparison of different basses rather than different pickups, but if you pick two similar basses with different pickups, you can get some sense of the differences in the pickups:

http://www.lakland.com/audio.htm