Humbuckers
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J E C
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Re: Humbuckers
Not necessarily. It depends on your sensibilities as to what sounds/tones you want out of your instrument, and the way you want it to look. You are never going to get the exact tone/sound of a particular single coil by splitting any HB unless that HB is made using THAT PU, and even then...? But if you like/love the sound of a particular HB when full and split, then yes... in that instance it would be pointless.
Not necessarily. It depends on your sensibilities as to what sounds/tones you want out of your instrument, and the way you want it to look. You are never going to get the exact tone/sound of a particular single coil by splitting any HB unless that HB is made using THAT PU, and even then...? But if you like/love the sound of a particular HB when full and split, then yes... in that instance it would be pointless.
Falloffthebonetone
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Re: Humbuckers
No way. A true single coil and a split humbucker are not the same thing. I mean we have stacked single coils now that are humcancelling right? Well why do we need humbuckers? Because it's not the same. In tone, look. power, design, everything.
No way. A true single coil and a split humbucker are not the same thing. I mean we have stacked single coils now that are humcancelling right? Well why do we need humbuckers? Because it's not the same. In tone, look. power, design, everything.
Lake Placid Blues
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Re: Humbuckers
A split humbucker doesn't have the tonal depth or the full bell like chime of a single coil. It works to about 75% but the tone is not exactly the same.
A split humbucker doesn't have the tonal depth or the full bell like chime of a single coil. It works to about 75% but the tone is not exactly the same.
blueman335
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Re: Humbuckers
Yes and no. A split HB IS a single coil, so is a P-90 (which was in guitars before Leo came up with his scaled-down budget version). The difference with Fender single coils is that they have 6 pole magnets, instead of one bar magnet. That's where the tone difference comes from.
Yes and no. A split HB IS a single coil, so is a P-90 (which was in guitars before Leo came up with his scaled-down budget version). The difference with Fender single coils is that they have 6 pole magnets, instead of one bar magnet. That's where the tone difference comes from.
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Funkfingers
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The terms single coil and split humbucker are being used erroneously as representing Fender and (half) Gibson construction, respectively - as if these were the only ways of building a pickup.
James, I suggest that you take a look at this. http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/find-your-tone/the_basics/
The terms single coil and split humbucker are being used erroneously as representing Fender and (half) Gibson construction, respectively - as if these were the only ways of building a pickup.
James, I suggest that you take a look at this. http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/find-your-tone/the_basics/
Kam
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Re: Humbuckers
A 6k rod magnet single coil and an 8k bar magnet humbucker split to 4k are just two very different critters.
A tangential point but it also makes a difference in sound which of the coils is cut out with the split. The one closer to the bridge will sound slicier and thinner than the other one in a bridge humbucker. The one closer to the bridge in a neck humbucker will sound slightly more like a Strat middle pu -- just a pinch more guh-guh-guh instead of pure loo-loo-loo.
A 6k rod magnet single coil and an 8k bar magnet humbucker split to 4k are just two very different critters.
A tangential point but it also makes a difference in sound which of the coils is cut out with the split. The one closer to the bridge will sound slicier and thinner than the other one in a bridge humbucker. The one closer to the bridge in a neck humbucker will sound slightly more like a Strat middle pu -- just a pinch more guh-guh-guh instead of pure loo-loo-loo.