Guide lines for the HSS lovers: List of stacked singel sorted by output?

[IMENATOR]

So there was a thread some time ago where SD staff came with a way to have a number to tell which pickup is louder than other but it was a list made only for Humbuckers. Is there something like that for single coils? True, stacked, active?

I really want a list of single coils sorted by output to figure out how to choose a neck single coil for an HSS setup. For example if I try a combo and then I realize I need something louder to better match the volume or distortion tones such list would be very useful.

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Guide lines for the HSS lovers: List of stacked singel sorted by output?

The problem with this simplistic numbering concept is that it is only valid if you always adjust every one of your single coil pickups to the same distance from the strings.

The stats are only one part of the picture.

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: Guide lines for the HSS lovers: List of stacked singel sorted by output?

I'd like to think that the recommended height settings are based on which layer of the magnetic field the string will spend most of its oscillation in, as too low will be the weakest part of the field, and thus miss out on quieter notes and subtle phrasing, and too high will be in the strongest part, which can shorten the life of the note.

 

[IMENATOR]

Re: Guide lines for the HSS lovers: List of stacked singel sorted by output?

The problem with this simplistic numbering concept is that it is only valid if you always adjust every one of your single coil pickups to the same distance from the strings.

The stats are only one part of the picture.

Yeap but reality is I need a guideline, reasonable variation can included. Otherwise I am still in the same place with the same problem. If the guys at SD could include single coils in that measurement they are doing that would be great.