extended range - per string outputs?

[fretfingers]

Listening to Tosin talk about his done but then hearing how silly the open low 8 sounds clean got me thinking that maybe the right amp for the higher strings isn't the right amp for the lower.

What if we had a way to send different strings to different amps?! You'd lose the string interaction that effects the tone of the preamp but maybe you gain a whole new approach to guitar tone?

Is it just my add talking or could this be an interesting approach for improved extended range tone?

 

[Ji Sung]

Look at why people use more than one amp, or why it's common to split the bass DI in metal. Granted it's not the same thing, but it's still a similar idea; you're processing different frequency ranges individually.

 

[newamerikangospel]

Per string output would be weird, but you could biamp your signal. It was a pretty common technique to run a really gainy mesa alongside a less distorted plexi. Getting articulation while still having girth.

 

[AscentToZenith]

Could be the future of pickups. More technology in the pickup itself. recording would give you each string output. 8 different signals. I'm not sure how you'd record that because a normal cable probably can't do that I imagine. We have technology like Ax Fx III which sounds incredibly close to real amps. So maybe it's time for pickups? I know there is like one pickup that does this. But I mean more advanced and better sounds. Something allows you to get something like 8 different outputs for the strings or whatever. If not 8 we can start with 4 outputs (two string outputs).

Though we are just speculating. I don't think anyone here (in this post) works on pickups or the technology behind it. Pickups haven't really changed since the 50s, maybe it's time.

 

[this-is-a-cool-username]

In the sixties they experimented with magnetic pickups per string ... maybe it is time to bring that back ^^
compensated pickups + fanned frets could solve many problems for 8 string players imo
https://reverb.com/item/1622535-vintage-very-rare-japanese-guitar-with-6-pickups-stereo-output

 

[researchtriangle]

What if we had a way to send different strings to different amps?! You'd lose the string interaction that effects the tone of the preamp but maybe you gain a whole new approach to guitar tone?

Look up hexaphonic ("hex") pickups. This has existed for standard-range guitars for a long time. The Kramer Ripley guitar might be relevant as well - mixing of strings was done onboard the guitar with final output being "only" stereo. EVH used it.