humbucker or trembucker???

[gianniboy]

hi, building up a warmoth soloist, alder body, maple/rosewood neck.
now i got a dd bridge, jazz neck, and a floyd rose original bridge......do i need humbuckers or trembuckers, what the difference in sound????????

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: humbucker or trembucker???

All necks are standard spacing. In a guitar with a Floyd or Fender style trem, you should have a TB trembucker spaced pickup. The poles line up under the strings perfectly. Otherwise, it will work, but isn't going to pick up the E strings as efficiently. Just my 2 cents, but for that guitar, I'd go with a C-5 trem/Jazz

 

[gianniboy]

Re: humbucker or trembucker???

anybody else?, who uses floyds and humbuckers or trembuckers?

 

[Wilds]

Re: humbucker or trembucker???

If you have a floyd you should use a trembucker because it fits the string space perfectly!

 

[The JEM Ghost]

Re: humbucker or trembucker???

I don't own guitars without a Floyd:
For bridge position humbuckers: allways get the Trembucker versions, they compensate the wider spring spacing at FR-bridges with wider pole pieces.
For the neck i mostly use the normal versions except for necks with a nut wider then 43mm, then i put Trembuckers in the neck spot as well. Taste can differ on this one, but for the bridge on FR guitars there is no doubt: trembucker spacing!

 

[SABOTAGE]

Re: humbucker or trembucker???

anybody else?, who uses floyds and humbuckers or trembuckers?

You can use either with the OFR and get good results
it is however best to use the wider spaced TB-6 distortion.
back in the day before pups were even available with the F-spacing or trem spacing many a player made due with a regular spaced pup
players such as EVH,VAI,SATCH,RANDY RHOADS and many others had to use a regular spaced pup with their trems
:dance:

 

[Jessica]

Re: humbucker or trembucker???

I always check by measuring from the high e string to the low e string across the bridge pickup.....over 2 inches is a trembucker, under 2 inches is a regular humbucker.

 

[gianniboy]

Re: humbucker or trembucker???

thanks everyone, i guess a trembucker it is......now anyone wanna trade a dd trem for a dd hum....lol

 

[repulse87]

Re: humbucker or trembucker???

Should I get the humbucker or trembucker in my PRS? It has the PRS tremolo.

 

[MikeS]

Re: humbucker or trembucker???

thanks everyone, i guess a trembucker it is......now anyone wanna trade a dd trem for a dd hum....lol

Some notice the difference in spacing, others don't. The standard spaced DD will work fine, it just might sound a tad weak on the E strings. If you've already got a standard spaced DD, I wouldn't worry too much about trading in for a trem spaced version.

 

[KLINKDETROIT]

Re: humbucker or trembucker???

You can use either with the OFR and get good results
it is however best to use the wider spaced TB-6 distortion.
back in the day before pups were even available with the F-spacing or trem spacing many a player made due with a regular spaced pup
players such as EVH,VAI,SATCH,RANDY RHOADS and many others had to use a regular spaced pup with their trems
:dance:

Is it more important to have wider spacing for a distortion pickup? I have a tb-6 and my buddy has a sh-6 both in Gibsons. Mine lines up better. Is this more important for the distortion line of pups?

 

[SABOTAGE]

Re: humbucker or trembucker???

Is it more important to have wider spacing for a distortion pickup? I have a tb-6 and my buddy has a sh-6 both in Gibsons. Mine lines up better. Is this more important for the distortion line of pups?

KLINK read more carefully, re-read his question,

hi, building up a warmoth soloist, alder body, maple/rosewood neck.
now i got a dd bridge, jazz neck, and a floyd rose original bridge......do i need humbuckers or trembuckers, what the difference in sound????????

he has a regular DD and i told him "it is best to use a TB-6 with a floyd"
with the floyd it is always best to use a trembucker at the bridge spot no matter what model it is(TB-4 JB,TB-6 DD.TB-5 custom,etc)