No. While regular guitar pickups merely work at one certain point along the guitar's scale, Denny's mkII advanced HD technology affects the entirety of the string's amplitude.

Maintaining the genuine sound of the electric guitar has been one of the main focuses of the mkII's developing process. This is pretty much why no other then genuine pickup coils were eligible for this.

A variety of miniature pickup coils work directly underneath the surface of the fretboard. Modern manufacturing processes make it possible to put prooven, good technology into smaler formats.

The pickup elements themselves are located directly under the fretboard and are firmly installed in the neck. They are designed to stay in position at all times and require absolutely no maintenance.

No, for good reason. Whole concept of the mkII is to merge all the sound-producing elements of the guitar in a most beneficial way possible. Like its acoustic counterpart, the result is a complete musical instrument that stands entirely for its own.

Yes, you've noticed right. With the Pure edition you can focus...well, purely on your music, without being distracted by any knob settings. Furthermore your sound is never going to be distorted by any possibly occurring interferences caused by control electronics.