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i dun understand abt guitar pickups..do different brand of pickups produce different sounds like distorion or clean or sumthing??can someone educate me about guitar pickups pls..
electric guitar pickups
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MadWerewolfBoy
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Pickups are basically a device that has been produced through mechanical processes. Some variables such as number of windings around the magnets give different models different characteristics.
Personally, I find that only the weirdest and most unique pickups from specific brands are identifiable through a double blind test... Anything that wanted to emulate some vintage pup with a "sparkle" sounds similar regardless of brand... All the descriptions of the pups you read online on the pup manufacturer's sites are nearly total bull. The brand/model of pups lives on mojo that's where all the long story and history comes in on the site's description.
Basically there're a few groups of pickups with similar characteristics:
single-coil size:
vintage with extra trebles, vintage, modern with much less trebles, and respective humbucking silent variations. some are even humbuckers in single coil sized pups etc.
humbucker size:
vintage humbucker types, modern humbucker with extra high outputs, humbucker that emulates single coil trebles with low outputs, modern humbuckers with boosted mids etc.
There're certain unique models that fall into one of these categories and have unique tone but its hard to explain what one hears unless you try them out! mmm pups are where all the mojo are! haha =)
Personally, I find that only the weirdest and most unique pickups from specific brands are identifiable through a double blind test... Anything that wanted to emulate some vintage pup with a "sparkle" sounds similar regardless of brand... All the descriptions of the pups you read online on the pup manufacturer's sites are nearly total bull. The brand/model of pups lives on mojo that's where all the long story and history comes in on the site's description.
Basically there're a few groups of pickups with similar characteristics:
single-coil size:
vintage with extra trebles, vintage, modern with much less trebles, and respective humbucking silent variations. some are even humbuckers in single coil sized pups etc.
humbucker size:
vintage humbucker types, modern humbucker with extra high outputs, humbucker that emulates single coil trebles with low outputs, modern humbuckers with boosted mids etc.
There're certain unique models that fall into one of these categories and have unique tone but its hard to explain what one hears unless you try them out! mmm pups are where all the mojo are! haha =)
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thanx for the explanation..now more i less i get the picture about guitar pickups
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guitar pickups- they sound the same to the uninitiated/ new but as you progress & try out different guitars & pickups, you'd hear acure differences which would deem one 'different' from the other.
however, you can hear marked differences between passive & active pickups.
however, you can hear marked differences between passive & active pickups.
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generaly, yes.
but low/ medium ouput units can do high gain impressively. it's a matter of how you want your drive to come through.
my Duncan Jazz neck humbucker keeps up with the JB bridge very well during black metal takes (pictured giutar: Ibanez RGA121):
Dime
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thats what i had in mind.
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the Duncan Jazz reacts better to drive/ distortion in terms of clarity. if you wish for that 'wooly' neck tone, the '59 should be it.
EugeneSmasher
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I've never really heard any metal riffs done with singlecoils that packed a punch... But leads, plenty 
Caustic_30
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Sorry to hijack too, but what's all this muddy thing i keep on hearing about pups?
Are stock pups subject to this?
Are stock pups subject to this?
Dime
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its preference really.if you have a very good amp.the emgs will work perfectly compared.in other words.you must have a good combination of amp to see the emgs full potential.plus they run on 9v batteries.
