So, my understanding is that the pickup is influenced by the string moving and tells the speaker to make a sound.
So, everything else should be no consequence, besides maybe sophistication of pickup and size of string.
So, why do other things seem to matter? I’m at a loss for a lot of specific examples, but people are always discussing various elements of their guitars and their impact on sound, but I don’t see how anything really impacts sound. Like why all the cutouts, swoops, materials, different saddles and bridges, etc. I’d understand on an acoustic, but on an electric a lot of it seems like it shouldn’t matter.
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Most of it doesn’t really matter or is at least barely audible and 99,9% of people wouldn’t hear a difference.
How the bridge is constructed and connected does matter a little, as that does affect how quickly the strings lose energy e.g. stop moving. But most of the design for electric guitars is for aesthetics, durability and comfort.
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