- gibson pickups are humbuckers made by gibson
- esp humbuckers are humbuckers made by ESP

pickups = humbuckers (or single coils, but not in this case)

wat u mean "pickups = humbuckers (or single coils, but not in this case)"

pick ups is humbuckers(understood)

then ( or single coils, but not in this case)"

what do u mean?

There're 2 types of pickups, which are singlecoils (The ones with one layer of magnets) & humbuckers (2 rows of coils).

Of course, there're other types of pickups - the P90 (Singlecoil wired in a humbucker way)& hum-cancelling singlecoils (Humbucker in a singlecoil cover).

wow..this is getting more confusing to me...haha

btw is there anyway to test the quality of the guitar without playing a song?

ok, here's the photo of a humbucker (and it does come in a variety of colours)


here's a photo of a single coil


and here's a photo of a P90


hope it'll help...

This closeup shows three magnetic pickups on an electric guitar. From left to right they are a humbucker and two single coils.

Usually an electric guitar has more than one magnetic pickup os there will be a combination of pickups is called a pickup configuration. To make life easy, they are usually notated by just writing out the pickup types, using "S" for single-coil and "H" for humbucker, in order from neck pickup to bridge pickup. Some pickup configurations are:

• S-S (Fender Telecaster)
  
• S-S-S (Fender Stratocaster)
  
• H-H (Gibson Les Paul)
  
• S-S-H (Fender Fat Stratocaster)
  
• H-S-H (many superstrats)

Less frequently used configurations are:

• H (Gibson Les Paul Junior)
  
• H-H-H (Some Gibson Les Paul Gold Tops and Customs)

Still blur ?

Cheers to all the pics posted.

Here's a pic of the Seymour Duncan Hotrails (Hum-cancelling Singlecoils) :


This post has been edited by led_zep_freak: Mar 1 2006, 11:15 PM

anyone ever bought from guitarfetish.com?

those GFS PUs are really groovy looking..and prices are very nice too. But i wonder if they'd shipped in here - and what'd be the shipping fee?

thx guys i understand better now...ok now i wanna ask the sound or wat music the folowing pick-ups are good for. wat type of sound they produce & how 2 know that guitar is a good quality guitar? any features?wood cutting? wood type? shape?


S-S (Fender Telecaster)

S-S-S (Fender Stratocaster)

H-H (Gibson Les Paul)

S-S-H (Fender Fat Stratocaster)

H-S-H (many superstrats)

H-H-H-(LP black beauty)

There's plenty of information comparing single-coils and humbuckers on the internet, including this forum, so try a search.

But seriously, there's not alot the members of the forum can do for you, because describing a sound through words is really hard. For example, if I told you that a single coil was bright and glassy, whereas a humbucker is dark and fat, would you really know what I mean? Your best bet: try a Fender Stratocaster (3 single coils) / Telecaster (2 single coils) and a Gibson/Epiphone Les Paul (2 humbuckers) - those are about as different as you can get. Same amp, same settings. Get someone else to try it for you if you're not confident that you can really get the tone from the guitar.

Or another way is to find out what your favourite guitarists use.

This post has been edited by Reload: Mar 2 2006, 10:59 PM

great..i understood what is bright & glassy & dark & fat.thx a lot.

ok nows the question i wanna ask which i think its simple for u alll la..but im a bit lost ..

what type of music is bright & glassy/ dark & fat?

rock, jazz? wat genre?

There's really no specific tone for each genre, although I would say the typical jazz tone (Wes Montgomery, Pat Metheny, Mike Stern) is dark and bassy.

and surf rock (beach boys) is rather bright and twangy.
for punk/british rock, you have both schools : bright agressive tone (strat) or dark thick tone (SG)

hehe

sorry to be a sad lad, but it's not really the right place to talk about that, is it ?

hey gentleman.

i play a little bit of acoustic here and there. but i would love to invest on a electric guitar as well.

after reading through the thread, i figure out that i might get a little help from you guys to find me a suitable guitar.

i'm looking for somethin within my 500 bucks budget. what sorta good e.guitars i can get from there?

Remember, you would also need an amplifier for an electric guitar..... so 500 bucks wouldn't get you that far........
Maybe if you can save an extra 500 bucks, you MIGHT be able to get a decent setup

or u could get a guitar for 500, but plug it into your computer until u have money to buy an amp.. up to you.

i got a friend who has a studio somewhere at his backyard. therefore, i could always take a trip down to his place to have a jamming session.

all i need is a guitar of my own, cos' i might damage his and can't afford to pay back. well, it's all a start-up.

anything less than 500 bucks? maybe u guys can recommend me.

oh btw, i read the papers few days back. i saw an ad of yamaha having a sale in its subang parade branch. is yamaha e.guitar any good?

If you can, save up for the Yamaha Pacifica 112. It's around RM700+ but it's worth it. The feel of the guitar is amazing for the price and when set up properly, it puts cheap copies by SX, Squier etc to shame. Plus, it's pretty light, won't give you any backaches lol.

yammys are surprisingly light! and they sound good too.. my yammy is like a feather (compared to other electrics lol)

This post has been edited by nerd: Mar 4 2006, 12:46 AM

Guys & pros out there. what do u think abt this guitar? worth the price ? how to test the guitar to know there is no defects outside & internal?

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=257331