Looking for a pickup primer

[St_Genesius]

A buddy of mine is looking to learn a bit more about the gear side of things, and will be purchasing his first electric after years of playing acoustic exclusively. He plays and records neo-folk and alt-country almost exclusively and I've been helping to talk him through some of his options, but I'd like to be able to point his towards a fairly succint and clear breakdown of they types of pickups out there (in really broad strokes...Humbuckers vs. Strat/Tele single coils vs. P90s...etc.). Does anyone know of an online primer that sets forth these issues in such a fashion. I know enough to answer his questions and I've given him a rough idea of what's what, but a centralized knowledge base would be useful for him, I think.

 

[big_black]

Re: Looking for a pickup primer

Ummm...The Pickup Lounge?

 

[St_Genesius]

Re: Looking for a pickup primer

Well, if he were the type to browse message boards, you'd be absolutely right. But I'm looking for for a single document at which to point him. I'm pretty familiar with the way he learns new things, and that's what would work best, I think.

Ummm...The Pickup Lounge?

 

[big_black]

Re: Looking for a pickup primer

Yeah, most peope aren't patient enought to sift through 50 posts abput how awsome the C5 sounds in their Les Paul. :laugh2: Maybe you could take him to the local guitar shop and show him the differences. If he's not the type you'd find around here, I'm not sure a bunch of bable about DC resistance and magnet types are really gonna mean a whole lot. He sounds like the type that just wants to HEAR or FEEL the difference.

 

[dd12939]

Re: Looking for a pickup primer

Might try the FAQ, Glossary, and Q & A on SD's website. That should get him a pretty good start