raven
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"Humbucker" guitar pickups
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Aug 19 17:49 UTC 1996 |
This is the item to discus double coil "humbucker" pickups on
electric guitars. These pickups are reputed to have a warmer "fatter"
sound than single coil pickups. I would have to say this is true as I
have a stratocaster clone with single coil pickup and a Gibson with humbuckers
that sounds warmer and jazzier, yet also has a good distorted sound.
Feel free to discuss the physics of guitar magnets, personal anecdotes
about pickups, or any other guitar pickup related thought.
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scott
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Aug 20 00:14 UTC 1996 |
Well, I'm more of the Fender single-coil school myself.
Interesting trivia about the Fender Precision Bass pickup design: It's a
single coil humbucker! The two sections are wired out of phase, while each
string is only covered by a single section and therefore sounds more like a
single coil pickup. If you set up a P-bass with proper cavity sheilding, it's
about the quietest pickup design around.
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