{"id":18377,"date":"2020-02-11T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=18377"},"modified":"2020-02-11T11:34:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T11:34:06","slug":"play-bass-and-guitar-at-the-same-time-with-this-new-pickup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/play-bass-and-guitar-at-the-same-time-with-this-new-pickup\/","title":{"rendered":"Play bass and guitar at the same time with this new pickup"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">This unique pickup takes 2 signals at once so that you can effortlessly sound like half the band using just your guitar.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n<p>A Little Thunder is a very unique pickup. As opposed to octave pedal effects, this little humbucker is capable of shifting the low strings&#8217; signal an octave or 2 lower whilst still outputting a regular guitar tone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pickup can apply it&#8217;s octave down effect to the bottom 1, 2 or 3 strings on your guitar &#8211; which can be set using software. It is charged using Micro USB and a red or green LED light is used to show whether a -1 octave or -2 octave effect is being applied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Little Thunder - Add a Powerful Bass Signal to your Acoustic and Electric Guitars\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rlIHvB4ox8g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The pickup has been around for a couple of years now but the creators have just announce version 2.0 for 2020. It even gets ZZ Top&#8217;s Billy Gibbons&#8217; seal of approval, who says: &#8220;It tracks elegantly without latency and it&#8217;s highly intuitive. 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