lacemusic.com wrote:
The Lace Sensor® family has a unique radiant Field Barrier system that surrounds both the coil and magnets, reducing annoying 60-cycle hum. The patented Lace Micro Combs® replace traditional bobbins, yielding a wider tonal range and better string balance than traditional pickups.
Unlike ordinary pickups, Lace Sensors generate 36 separate magnetic "sensing" fields which, in the areas where they contact the string, "read" the strings' vibration. (Regular pickups only generate anywhere from 4 to 12 fields).
Lace Sensors also have Radiant Field Barriers: metal slides which frame the inner core of the Sensors and perform two function. The first is to shield the Sensor from the outside noise and 60 cycle hum. The second is to produce a broader yet more concentrated umbrellas of sensing field that standard magnetic pickups.
Less Noise, More Harmonics
As compared to standard pickups, sensors read a greater physical area of the string, while picking up less outside interference. This makes the signal-to-noise ratio nothing short of phenomenal for a single coil system. Also, a wider range of harmonic content is read by the Sensor, delivering a more complex tonal response.
Increased Sustain, Truer Pitch
Since they operate so efficiently, Lace Sensors can utilize the much lower energy magnets than ordinary pickups, and this in turn bring about a whole new realm of properties. In regular pickups, the magnetic fields are so strong they physically dampen, or drag on, the strings' vibration, reducing sustain and actually changing the pitch. But in Lace Sensor, string dampening is virtually nonexistent. This means your sustain is increased dramatically while the string holds its true pitch for the duration of the note.
Yeah, they operate like normal single coils because they are. To my ears everything they claim is true, I wouldn't play a strat without them. I think putting them in this Jag should be interesting. The TOM and the increased sustain from the lack of magnetic field from the PUPS should be interesting/fun. You could put them in any Jag without any routing just make a custom guard and you're good to go.
I got the guitar on lay away atm, I couldn't get a pic cause the camera in my phone isn't working. I'm working it all out in my head right now. I think I am going to make a template using my JM and locate the trem from the bridge. I hope the spacing is the same. I'm not completly sure what to do about the stop tail holes. I think the best thing to do would be drill and dowel them. I think the trem will be close to where they are, so I'll want them to be structuraly sound. I think once I get past that this should be easy. The guitar has some scuffs and dings on it so I wont feel at all bad about refinishing the body.
more to come.
David
It's not about the gear! It's about you, your hands, your imagination, your feelings.
