IMPORTANT INFO really need help!

HI :cool:

can somebody please explain the difference between a ( hum canceling) and a (true single coil) pick up? :eek:

:confused:
and what is :sustain
: more sustain

sustain is how long a note sustains for after you play it... so, when you play a note, and the sound keeps going on for quite along time until you take your finger off the fret, then that's alot of sustain, but when you play a note and even though your finger is still on the fret, the sound fades and dies out really quickly, then that is not very much sustain at all.

as for pickups, hum cancelling pickups (humbuckers and hum cancelling single coils) will help stop that humming/buzzing that you hear when you play with a lot of volume, gain, or both.

true single coils do not attempt to try to cancel that hum, and produce a brighter tone.

someone else could go into more detail on this then I could, but that's the gist of it.

Thank you so much! 6strngs_2hmbkrs
this is very nice! :D

My pickups have the worst sustain and i bet it doesn't even TRY to cancel hum or buzz! :eek:

thanks once again!

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Originally Posted by: nioioThank you so much! 6strngs_2hmbkrs
this is very nice! :D

My pickups have the worst sustain and i bet it doesn't even TRY to cancel hum or buzz! :eek:

thanks once again!

hey no problem

if you have a stratocaster, or a strat copy, then that is likely the case. the alder wood that the body is made out of probably doesn't sustain too well, and the pickups are single coils.