Swoosh Magnecraft
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Theory and Function:
This page is generated to clarify some of the aspects of the Swoosh Magnecraft hand strap pickup. This idea and concept maybe foreign to most people in it's inception. Therefore some foreknowledge will be helpful to introduce the concept and to familiarize those who want to know through words and pictures.
Concept:
The idea and theory behind the Swoosh Magnecraft hand strap pickup is the variability of position as oppose to a stationary guitar mounted pickup. The natural action of strumming or picking during the process of playing the guitar creates a variety of subtle and not so subtle sound effects that mimic a lot of the sound effects found in most effects boxes for the guitar in general. Tones can also be manipulated from warm to bright and every thing in between depending on the pickup's distance from the strings or the bridge. Some of the sound effects that are possible with this concept are volume swells, chorusing, leslie effects, in and out of phase sounds etc... Acoustic sound simulations can be achieved with ease.
Rhythm techniques can be greatly enhanced. Modulation effects such as flanging, phasing and especially chorusing can be produced very effectively owing to the nature of a non-stationary magnetic field which sweeps across the strings during the process of playing. Some getting used to may be in order due to the novel nature of the concept as with anything else. These pickups will challenge your skills as a guitar player for advance techniques the first time one uses them and at the same time they can be used with effectiveness by anybody at any level of playing. The pickup is now no longer a stationary device that sits idly by underneath the strings but a flying piece of hardware above the string with a sweeping magnetic field that can be used to manipulate sounds and tones in real time. Anyway, a plethora of sound effects, tones and timbres will be present in the palm of your hand due to the physics of sonic and magnetic variability and Isaac Newton's inverse square law. And besides its fun to play and it looks cool.
Sound Effects Possible:
Chorus, Phasing, Leslie effects, Tones ( bright or warm) , Distortions (thin or thick) , Overdrives, Out-of-Phase, Tremolo, Vibrato, Doppling effects, Reverse playing simulations, Swoosh effects, Megnetic interference/merging effects.
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