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Humbucker or single coil?
Whats your preference? I prefer humbucker, but I have heard alot of cool sounding jazz basses.
I'm asking myself this very question. I think my answer is humbucker as I really don't like the 60 hz hum from single coils. Usually, I end up replacing single coil jazz pickups with some type of split coil humbucking pickup, such as the Fender Super 55 and the Fender N3 Noiseless.
Humbuckers can give me more of a range of sounds from fuckin' heavy to kitten soft. So humbuckers lol. I like single coils with p pickups though. Nice blend
Fit a Humbucker and a coil tap, best of both worlds
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Fit a Humbucker and a coil tap, best of both worlds
What is a coil tap?
A Humbucker is two single coil pick ups, the output wire of the first is connected to the input wire of the second, they are fitted side by side, North North and South South so they are trying to cancel each other out, also one is wired in reverse, all of this's reduces feedback which was a big problem on arch top guitars but not at all on solid bodies. Humbuckers became popular when it was realised that they would distort at high volume. Anyway, a coil tap is a switch connected between the two coils so you can switch one off giving you the option of single coil or Humbucker, Bosh
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A Humbucker is two single coil pick ups, the output wire of the first is connected to the input wire of the second, they are fitted side by side, North North and South South so they are trying to cancel each other out, also one is wired in reverse, all of this's reduces feedback which was a big problem on arch top guitars but not at all on solid bodies. Humbuckers became popular when it was realised that they would distort at high volume. Anyway, a coil tap is a switch connected between the two coils so you can switch one off giving you the option of single coil or Humbucker, Bosh
So is a coil tap the same as a coil splitter?
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