Single Coils and vinyl LPs

[Guitar Toad]

I recently saw magazine article where an old schooler was singing the praise of old albumns on a turntable. The suggestion is that the vinyl with a needle/stylus gives better dynamic sound profile than digital music. Even though there's bit a noise or hiss, to some audiophiles the digital sound doesn't reproduce the same a the old 33 1/3 rpm LPs.

Is the true single coil vs hum-free noiseless (stacked single coils) comparison analogous?

Why don't more strat guys use the noiseless single coils that Seymour Duncan already offers? The Classic stacks and Duckbuckers especially get good reviews.

Are they not true to the pure single coil tone?

 

[jeremy]

Re: Single Coils and vinyl LPs

honestly? nope.
i use the classic stacks and like em alot, ive used a duck in the past and i liked it. put any of them up against a texas hot and its no comparision.
that being said, there are some situations that having hum is not gonna cut it. studio recordings, bars that have lots of neon, guitars with active preamps ect...

 

[Toenail-Tommy]

Re: Single Coils and vinyl LPs

I believe guitar players to be rather conservative (departamentally), when i comes to guitars. Look at the whole valve thang. But me, I'm super guilty. I want staggered polepieces, cause they "look" right. How dumb is that? Also, those headless Steinberg guitars, just plain "look" wrong to me too. So it might be with singlecoils.

Noiseless/sensors might appeal more to me if they had fake polepieces. How dumb is that? But then there's the issue about how they sound, and I'm sure others will have a proper opinion down below |
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[Guitar Toad]

Re: Single Coils and vinyl LPs

honestly? nope.
i use the classic stacks and like em alot, ive used a duck in the past and i liked it. put any of them up against a texas hot and its no comparision.
that being said, there are some situations that having hum is not gonna cut it. studio recordings, bars that have lots of neon, guitars with active preamps ect...

The Texas Hot is way better sounding? Cool!

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Single Coils and vinyl LPs

I swapped my Fender CS 62's for a set of Dimarzio Virtual Vintage stacks adn was happy for a while. "Look ma. no noise!!" . After a while though, I swapped in the 62's again on a whim and haven't gone back to stacks on my 62RI. I now have an old set of Albert Lee signature pickups (very similar to APS-2's) in that guitar.

I do have a set of EMG SA's (DAve Gilmour set) in my MIA '77, but I use that guitar for non-traditional strat stuff (heavy gain and processing).

 

[Guitar Toad]

Re: Single Coils and vinyl LPs

But me, I'm super guilty. I want staggered polepieces, cause they "look" right. How dumb is that? Also, those headless Steinberg guitars, just plain "look" wrong to me too. So it might be with singlecoils.

Noiseless/sensors might appeal more to me if they had fake polepieces. How dumb is that? But then there's the issue about how they sound, and I'm sure others will have a proper opinion down below |
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I know! I want staggered pole pieces, too. And P90's look funny to my so I don't even consider them. But evidently they sound really hot! Rails don't look right either, although they may sound good. I had some Bill Lawrence L500's a long time ago in a Les Paul copy and I loved 'em. But, now I can't hardly consider the rails, they don't look right. Please help!

But, the classic stack "looks" vintage? but, tonally they don't compare. Got it. I have Texas Hot neck on the way.

 

[JoyDivision24Hours]

Re: Single Coils and vinyl LPs

Some people find less refined designs more charming. That's why I will always pick a Telecaster before a Steinberger headless guitar. I definetely think my 45rpm vinyl singles sound more alive than the CDs. Not perfect, but alive..

 

[Jester700]

Re: Single Coils and vinyl LPs

Vinyl sucks, make no mistake. Good riddance.

Noiseless pickups can get pretty close, and in some cases as mentioned, the benefits outweigh the sound difference.

Staggered poles annoy me, especially the old style ones that don't even match the modern strings people use with them.

Opinionistic rant mode off... ;-)

 

[Guitar Toad]

Re: Single Coils and vinyl LPs

Vinyl sucks, make no mistake. Good riddance.

Noiseless pickups can get pretty close, and in some cases as mentioned, the benefits outweigh the sound difference.

Staggered poles annoy me, especially the old style ones that don't even match the modern strings people use with them.

Opinionistic rant mode off... ;-)

Jester700, Thanks for the good rant.
Pretty close, eh?