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Pickups (Output (Adding more winds of coil in passive pickups, Vintage…
Pickups
Output
Adding more winds of coil in passive pickups
Vintage-style has the lowest output
Higher outputs make it easier to overdrive the amp
Lower outputs give-off a cleaner sound with a higher dynamic range
Wiring
Humbuckers can be wired in parallel or in series
Parallel wiring is standard and produces a low and bright output
Parallel
Lower output
Bright sound
Signal is split and re-combined
Series
Higher output
Warmer sound
Signal travels through both coils
Other concepts
Other
P90
Single coil
Originally made by Gibson
Hot Rails
Single coil-sized humbuckers
Potting
Pickup is dipped in wax
Prevents unwanted feedback
Gives a less-vintage sound
Piezo pickups
Physics
Creates a magnetic field around the strings
Generates a voltage that corresponds to string vibrations
A series of magnets wrapped in insulated copper wire coils
Placement
Near the bridge
Sharper and brighter sound
More sustain
Near the neck
Softer and rounder
Less sustain
Coils
Single coil
Brighter and crisper sound
Has individual magnets (using
pole pieces
) for each string
Has some background buzz
Best for blues and country
Noiseless versions exist
Best for cleaner sounds
Humbuckers
Two coils wrapped in different directions
Full and warm sound with more sustain
Magnets have opposing polarities
Cancels-out the hum
Best for rock and metal
Invented by Seth Lover at Gibson in 1955
Best for distorted sounds
Circuitry
Active
Voltage is boosted by a battery powered preamp
Low noise and sustained sound
Higher output power
Great for very clean or highly distorted sounds
Appeared in the 1970s
Weaker magnets with less string pull
Passive
Voltage is generated only by the magnets without additional power
Natural and organic sound
Sound suffers in high interference environments
Stronger magnets create more string pull that affects tone and sustain
Magnets
Materials
Ceramic
For heavy metal and hard rock
Modern trebly sound
Alloys
Alnico VIII
Has the power of ceramics and the warmth of Alnico V
Middle ground between ceramic and alloy magnets
Alnico V
Best for lead guitar
Aggressive sound
Alnico II
Associated with the earliest PAF humbuckers
Sweet tone
Alnico III
Best for the neck pickup
Weakest of the alloy magnets
String pull increases as the magnet becomes more powerful
Layouts
Individual magnetic poles
Single coils
Magnetic bar
Humbuckers
Blade style
Better for string bending
Configurations
S H (b - n)
H S S (b - n)
H S H (b - n)
Fitment
Humbuckers in single coil cavities
Reversed-wound single coil in the middle position
Rail humbuckers
Half-sized dual coils
Side by side configuration
Stacks
Dual coils
Stacked top to bottom
Single coils in humbucker cavities
Single coils in humbucker-sized casing
Coil split humbuckers
A humbucker where one coil can be switched-off
Coil tapped humbuckers
A single coil pickup with two levels of output