Single bridge humbucker - is there a sound difference?

[gregory]

Re: Single bridge humbucker - is there a sound difference?

It championed proper experimentation.

I have no issue with that, even if others find such quests to arrive at a deeper undertanding of the truth "boring".

 

[BleedingFingertips]

Re: Single bridge humbucker - is there a sound difference?

I heard on a video once (I think Phil X) someone say that having a bridge pickup unfettered by any other magnets in the neck or middle gives the purest vibration/signal/other physics term I don't know.

I can tell for sure that my 1H Jackson with PATB-2 has more sustain than my another 1H Jackson with Nazgul in it. But this observation is not valid of course with regard to your question. The true reason why I like 1H guitars is that neck PUs sound dull to me and it's impossible to get good lead tones out of them without tons of delay and chorus. But I play mostly metal.

 

[beaubrummels]

Re: Single bridge humbucker - is there a sound difference?

The same humbucker installed in a 1H guitar sounds different than when installed in a 2H guitar, IME. I don't believe it's all string pull, but body wood, weight and routing.

 

[gregory]

Re: Single bridge humbucker - is there a sound difference?

That sounds far more plausible to me.

To Cristopher's point I think it has more to do with what's going on below the bobbins and how that translates up to where the strings are. If the middle pickup of an HHH was an invader and for some (other) stupid reason this was paired with a Skinner Burst then maybe there could be some readily noticeable interaction. If true, then I'm sure there would also be noticeable output from the Skinner Burst with its A3 magnet removed.

Again, for those only half-following along, we're talking humbuckers without singles.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Single bridge humbucker - is there a sound difference?

I would think the added tonal benefits of having a neck humbucker far outweighs the shift in string movement it might cause. To me, with humbuckers, the 'benefits' of excluding a neck humbucker are nothing to worry about.

 

[eaeolian]

Re: Single bridge humbucker - is there a sound difference?

From minuscule to extremely miniscule.

I would go with "unmeasurable".

 

[gregory]

Re: Single bridge humbucker - is there a sound difference?

I would think the added tonal benefits of having a neck humbucker far outweighs the shift in string movement it might cause. To me, with humbuckers, the 'benefits' of excluding a neck humbucker are nothing to worry about.

While I'm willing to consider the effect of a massive amount of magnetism in the middle position of an HHH, on the fields of neighboring pickups, there is no amount of hand-waving that will convince me that a traditional humbucker in the neck position, even an SH-6N with its double-thick ceramic, is going to cause any noticeable shift in string movement.

 

[Chad]

Re: Single bridge humbucker - is there a sound difference?

I would think the added tonal benefits of having a neck humbucker far outweighs the shift in string movement it might cause. To me, with humbuckers, the 'benefits' of excluding a neck humbucker are nothing to worry about.

Yeah, I don't really care because I absolutely want a neck pickup. And regardless of what amount of effect it has, the fact remains, tons of killer tones have been created in guitars with more than one pickup.

But if a person plays on their bridge (or whatever) pickup 100% of the time and think the difference is substantial, then it might be worth it. Like Malcolm.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Single bridge humbucker - is there a sound difference?

While I'm willing to consider the effect of a massive amount of magnetism in the middle position of an HHH, on the fields of neighboring pickups, there is no amount of hand-waving that will convince me that a traditional humbucker in the neck position, even an SH-6N with its double-thick ceramic, is going to cause any noticeable shift in string movement.

I agree with this. At least it isn't anything I can tell.

 

[Blackie13]

Re: Single bridge humbucker - is there a sound difference?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Fbo0BaPAs



I think it does make a difference....