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question about humbuckers.....
whats the diffrence between the humbuckers and the other pickups??? confuses a beginner like me... :(
# 1
humbuckers are 2 single coils 'fused' together to function as a single unit. why the trouble? to stop the hum, hence the name. the humbucker was invented by Seth Lover (R.I.P)
# 2
No worries. Click Here Everything seems a bit strange, at first.
There's a lot to learn - I've been at this since 1968. I've gotten to where I think I have some good ideas as to what the questions are. The answers still elude me. But I continue to seek them. :)
There's a lot to learn - I've been at this since 1968. I've gotten to where I think I have some good ideas as to what the questions are. The answers still elude me. But I continue to seek them. :)
# 3
ahhhhhh...... so what type of music are they used??? darn me... patience people pls :(
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# 4
Any style really. Metal,rock, jazz, blues, country, uh...be bop. It doesn't really have a certain style it fits in.
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# 5
wOw thanx!!! that helped a lot.... now im tryin 2 figure out what type of p/u 2 get myself.. heheheh thanx :)
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# 6
I'd say that humbuckers are generally more versatile than single coils ... Some people may not agree.
# 7
ahhhhhh ok... so i thin id go wid HB... what about H-s-H ??? would that be better???
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# 8
H-S-H is a popular configuration , but you''ll finally end up using only the bridge & neck pickups (I maily use my middle S to rest my fingers on it !!).
You may like to consider getting a guitar with only two H's , and having more control buttons, like 2 vol knobs (one for each pickup instead of one master for all).
You may like to consider getting a guitar with only two H's , and having more control buttons, like 2 vol knobs (one for each pickup instead of one master for all).
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Personally, I have a guitar w/ HSH config, and I rather like it. I like combining the mid single coil with the neck hum for a cool, snappy jazz/blues lead tone. I think the more pickups, the better tonal versatility.
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i dont really like HSH guitars i dont think there is any real use for the single-coil middle pick up...my guitar is an SSH and i love...i also like the HH configuration....my dream would be to have a guitar for http://www.moriarty.com with 3 humbuckers and coil-splitting for each one so i could use single-coils too that would be a cool guitar...plus it would have alot of versatility
....What a long, strange trip its been.....
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Originally posted by The Other One
i dont really like HSH guitars i dont think there is any real use for the single-coil middle pick up...my guitar is an SSH and i love...i also like the HH configuration....my dream would be to have a guitar for http://www.moriarty.com with 3 humbuckers and coil-splitting for each one so i could use single-coils too that would be a cool guitar...plus it would have alot of versatility
You have it wrong, Other One. It's
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I'm most likely getting a guitar from Matt within the next year or so. I'll be using Jerry Garcia's electronics, basically, with a few changes (Master Tone instead of 2 Tone; 3 Humbuckers instead of 2 Humbuckers and a SC in the neck, etc)
Keeping it relatively simple on the surface is important, which is why I may change my layout from 3 Coil Splitters to One Master Coil Splitter. It would go like this.
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3-Way Coil Splitter
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Position 1.) All- Humbuckers. - This means that whatever pickup I've selected, it will be a humbucker. Considering that Coil Splitting isn't done very often, this would be the position it'd be set at mostly.
Position 2.) Neck + Bridge Coil Split. - Middle Pickup remains humbucked, Neck + Bridge are coil split; If I had the pickup selecter at either Neck/Bridge, it would be split.
Position 3.) Middle Split- Neck and Bridge are Humbucked, Middle is split.
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It's a concept idea; I could even have one "Master Coil Splitter" switch, splitting all three humbuckers, or keeping all three humbucked. This would result in a guitar with these electronics
1 Master Volume
1 Master Tone
1 Master Coil Splitter/1 Three-way Coil Splitter
1 Five-way Pickup Selector
1 Effects Bypass Switch
I've simplified my electronics on the surface to the point where I could make them more 'hi-tech', such as the StarrLabs Digital Pickup Selector w/ LED lights. I would consider this if they didn't take up so much goddamn space (they are meant for stratocasters, mostly). I'm still changing everything around a bit, working with different ideas, etc.
~Incidents
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o oops yea ur rite its http://www.moriartyguitars.com my mistake....:)
....What a long, strange trip its been.....
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