#Guitar single coil vs humbucker series#
The most popular examples of series setups are the Brian May “Red Special” and almost all Danelectro guitars. Only a few guitars use series wiring for their pickups. This generates the classic tone our ears know from countless records, when a guitarist uses the bridge and middle or middle and neck pickups in tandem (positions 2 and 4 on a normal 5-way Strat switch). The standard way to connect multiple pickups is to wire them in parallel. We’ll begin with some theory and then look at several cool applications for this wiring.Īs you know, like most guitars sporting more than a single pickup, your Strat lets you select any pickup by itself or choose certain dual-pickup combinations. In this and next month’s column, we’ll explore parallel/series pickup switching schemes for the single-coil pickups in your Strat. Hey fellow guitarists, it’s time for another cool mod. Parallel wiring: Stratocaster Parallel/Series Switching Here is what Dirk had to say about Series vs. I remember at least one forum member did have a B-bender put into an American Performer Tele you might do a search for that and check out the thread.This article was written by Dirk Wacker and posted on on November 15, 2011.
Keith is also pretty well known for using the 70s-era Telecaster Customs that had a neck humbucker (specifically a design made by Fender called a "Wide Range Humbucker") and Les Paul-style controls Keith used his from the mid-70s through the early 80s as at least a stage guitar but again I'm not sure just how much he used that neck humbucker.īut you're more interested in traditional Tele tones so stick with the neck single coil. Keith Richards is famous for putting a full-sized humbucker in some vintage Teles, but frankly I'm not sure just how much Keith used it. I've seen blues, rock and jazz players with the neck humbucker more than I've seen country players, but as I say anyone trying to blend the two worlds can do this. Thanks for listening/reading, and allowing me to publicly obsess.Ĭlick to expand.Hmm I suppose people started putting humbuckers in the neck position of a Tele chasing the warmer neck pickup tone like they would get from a Les Paul, ES-335, or for the jazz players even a hollowbody jazz guitar while retaining the bite of the traditional Telecaster bridge pickup. I should also mention that there is a real possibility of having a Glaser B Bender installed in whichever I choose. So I would like to hear more educated opinions on the two options I have presented. I hear a difference between the single coil and the humbucker, and the humbucker has a coil split (?) which is supposed to render a single coil sound. I am not an experienced enough player to properly judge which model I should get. So, here's my question or dilemma, or whatever: One was with humbucker, the other was traditional single coil. Both Performer Teles I sampled have rosewood FB, which I am OK with. I would have liked to try out the Ultra series with the D profile, compound radius, but no local stores have one in stock. It is a bit wider at the nut, has a 9.5" radius fretboard, and C profile neck, jumbo frets. Vintera, and Performer-the most comfy neck by far is the Performer. Of the models I have sampled -Player series, Nashville Deluxe. Most important to me is how the neck feels and plays. I have gone to some local stores and tried out (to the best of my novice abilities) some different models. I have spent waaaay too much time looking at tele-porn and perusing this site. Predictably, I am now gassing big time for a Telecaster. I tell you this as an introduction and to give you an idea of my interests. I saw Asleep at the Wheel for the first time in 1976, and a number of times since, and come away every time thinking, "This is the best band I've ever seen." My wife and I had tickets to a Marty Stuart performance in May of 2020, and well, we all know how that turned out.
My aspirations for guitar are all of the above. My latest YouTube rabbit hole obsession is B bender as well as listening to a bunch of steel guitar stuff. Long story short, I have become a country enthusiast, having played mostly blues, some zydeco and a bit of country the last 20 years on bass. I bought a DuoSonic a few months ago-short scale, so closer in scale length to the ukulele. I've been working on guitar the last few months, by way of baritone ukulele. Long time bass player here, finally getting serious about learning guitar.
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