crunchee Posted March 31, 2015 Posted March 31, 2015 Like the question says...I'm curious, as I'm thinking that players use them, that way they can control the overall volume from the guitar while running their amp(s) flat out at all times. True? Any other reasons for using them? TIA!
Jakeboy Posted March 31, 2015 Posted March 31, 2015 I have used them in the neck position to help the neck not get muddy and to balance out better with a "normal" bridge.
atquinn Posted March 31, 2015 Posted March 31, 2015 It's all relative. In most modern pickup sets, the neck pickup is underwound in comparison to the bridge pickup. So in that sense, I used underwound pickups in all my guitars.-Austin
bcsride Posted March 31, 2015 Posted March 31, 2015 To get beautiful cleans. Crisp, clear highs. Low wind single coils on a strat - mmm. Having said that, I always play my SD P90s which are a little hot.
gorch Posted March 31, 2015 Posted March 31, 2015 Underwound preferred here. I find them very articulate both clean and crunchy or distorted. They nicely growl and rock out. It could be kind of a vintage thingy with them since hot pickups weren't common if available before the end of the 70s I think.As it has been said, it's all relative. Underwound possibly means underwound in a certain pickup class. Or are we generally talking anything below < 7.5k resistance (PAF) for humbuckers and < 3.5k for single coils? P90s somewhere in between.
velorush Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 I like humbuckers that would be considered lower output. I think it yields more of the sound of the guitar than the pickup (as compared to higher output pickups). Hollow and semi-hollow bodied guitars seem to really demonstrate this best.I like single coils (specifically, Strat pickups) with slightly higher than typical output as I think the higher winds tend to attenuate high frequencies. Humbuckers tend to attenuate highs by their design (realtive to single coils).Opinion.
gorch Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 I like humbuckers that would be considered lower output. I think it yields more of the sound of the guitar than the pickup (as compared to higher output pickups). Hollow and semi-hollow bodied guitars seem to really demonstrate this best.I like single coils (specifically, Strat pickups) with slightly higher than typical output as I think the higher winds tend to attenuate high frequencies. Humbuckers tend to attenuate highs by their design (realtive to single coils).Opinion.Interesting! My experiences from series wired pickups tell exactly the same. Sound not just gets hotter but also tighter with any other pickup dialed in.
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Like the question says...I'm curious, as I'm thinking that players use them, that way they can control the overall volume from the guitar while running their amp(s) flat out at all times. True? Any other reasons for using them? TIA!
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