Active Pickups That Sound "Broadcasty"?

[lightandmind]

Wouldn't active pickups be the route-to-go for a musical, modernized broadcast-style heavy guitar sound? Like heavy, but simultaneously clean and non-abrasive, (MUSICAL!), what would be good for that? Maybe two humbuckers in-conjunction with a Mahogany ax and a nice broadcast-style EQ with the Low Pass engaged?

[Nick Sevilla]

Wouldn't active pickups be the route-to-go for a musical, modernized broadcast-style heavy guitar sound? Like heavy, but simultaneously clean and non-abrasive, what would be good for that? Maybe two humbuckers in-conjunction with a Mahogany ax with a nice broadcast-style EQ with the Low Pass engaged?

"Broadcasty"



Ahem.
I don't think you think this word means what you think it means.
Everything, and I do mean EVERYTHING you hear on the radio / internet radio, has been mixed and mastered.
A guitar pickup all by itself with nothing else will not get you that sound.

Cheers

[Scodiddly]

When I saw the word "broadcasty" I figured it meant "like a Fender Broadcaster", ie an early Telecaster sound. Bright and jangly or twangy.

[lightandmind]

Wow, no fellas! Like the sound of a Large Diaphragm Dynamic being ran through a broadcast-pre or Neotek-type board, something like that, very modern and musical with the "air" at the top lopped-off. Surely active pickups sound a good bit more "broadcasty" than regular PUP's, just looking for something a much further down the spectrum. I'm actually a mastering engineer by trade, so I'm familiar with what the additional processing is doing to the source, just looking for a nice set of active pickups whose sound is reminiscent of broadcast equipment. Thanks!