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@EwetoobSucks
2 жыл бұрын
Best Use of Lynyrd Skynyrds' Free Bird : Movie : Kingsman: The Secret Service (02-13-2014) Animation : Family Guy S16E06 The D in Apartment 23 (11-12-2017)
@CastToVoid
3 жыл бұрын
Came to learn about pickup trucks... still not left disappointed 👍
@eleazarlaggui9739
3 жыл бұрын
Peck-op trocks
@jaxonvictoria4345
3 жыл бұрын
Is it Toyota Truck Month again?
@sawbonesquad4876
3 жыл бұрын
Why "high output humbuckers" and how different are they from PAF style pickups?
@wizardito7741
3 жыл бұрын
The tonesnob: YEAH, BUT THE WOOD INDEED AFFECTS ELCTROMAGNETIC FIELD OF PICKUPS 👊😎
@mcbrodz1663
3 жыл бұрын
Nah the wood effects how the strings vibrate, strings still make sound when there’s not a cable connected
@ramonzeira
Жыл бұрын
How to measure a coil resistance?
@SunTzuBean
3 жыл бұрын
I didn't even know Colin had an acoustic guitar lol
@johnmaynes7142
3 жыл бұрын
I believe it’s calleds a Grandpa’s guitars.
@twstdlzard9659
2 жыл бұрын
@@johnmaynes7142 and grandpa is a badass🤘
@Fawkes1978
3 жыл бұрын
The pickup slant especially the reverse (Jimi Hendrix style) slant is a subject that is not well covered on KZitem. I'll definitely be waiting for Colin's video on that!
@mauricemusician7636
3 жыл бұрын
It definitely changes the tone. My experience with P-bass pickups shows the traditional way gets a fat bottom & a cutting top, but some like Ibanez reverse them for a smooth top & a tight bottom.
@Fawkes1978
3 жыл бұрын
@@mauricemusician7636 I always thought it would have been more sensible for strat bridge pickups to be reverse slanted to tame the ice pick sound of the high string and balance the bottom end of the low ones. I especially like the Ibanez Paul Gilbert models that have the reverse slant, but never got to play one. Let this become a large enough thread to get Colin's attention!!!
@MojoStrummer
3 жыл бұрын
@@Fawkes1978 you have to remember when the strat was created. Back in the 50s, in order to get good, clear sound on recordings, instruments needed to be much brighter than they need to be today, and amplifiers weren't as loud, so they needed to be able to cut through the band more easily when playing live since they couldn't just turn up the volume. So to compensate for the smaller string size and therefore lower volume, Leo Fender also tilted the pickup at that angle to increase the brightness of the high strings and accentuate the lows on the bass strings. The angle came about in the first place because on the prototype for the Telecaster, he used a lap steel pickup which was way too wide, so to keep the pole pieces under the strings he needed to angle it. The first part of my comment is just how he came to the conclusion of which angle to pick.
@markhammer643
3 жыл бұрын
I installed a bridge pickup like that some 30 years ago. It certainly adds more "meat" to the unwound strings, but at the cost of solid bottom. In the end, not my cup of tea. I switched it back, the way Leo intended it.
@JosephGallagher
3 жыл бұрын
Me too
@riffsnoleads
3 жыл бұрын
I like to open up another can of worms by changing the pole height on each pickup in addition to overall pickup height and resistance.
@jaxonvictoria4345
3 жыл бұрын
Not an answer but according to Dylan Talks Tone, Seth Lover and Gibson were “forced” to use adjustable screws as pickup poles on the humbucker because they assumed (I think is how it goes) people were used to the P-90s which had adjustable pieces.
@peterlatham2407
3 жыл бұрын
You should be in charge of 5he BBC . There remit from day one was and is "inform, educate and entertain". You certainly always hit that with your videos. Well done . Keep on rocking !
@shoegazeforever8810
3 жыл бұрын
I think the BBC lost and then forgot about the educate bit back in the early 1990s.
@JuveriSetila
3 жыл бұрын
DISCORD NOTIFICATION SQUAAAAADDDDD
@fredyklug3512
3 жыл бұрын
HERE!
@hazrod13
3 жыл бұрын
Here !
@HeadOfBucket
3 жыл бұрын
Something I've always been curious about is triple coil pickups (Like you would find on an old Ibanez IC210). Why aren't they used very often and what benefits and drawbacks do they offer over more traditional pickups?
@Waggel86
3 жыл бұрын
The middle coil is a dummy coil. A dummy coil is simply a coil without magnets. It meant to cancel hum and while a proper humbucker is better at hum canceling, a dummy coil gives a more authentic single coil sound. It can only do this if it's wound opposite to a normal coil. So in the case of that Ibanez it means that the 'neck' coil + middle is hum canceling. But middle + bridge coil is not. Those two are wound in the same direction.
@sk00by37
3 жыл бұрын
@@Waggel86 Are all pickups in the middle dummy pickups? Or do some produce sound? Sorry if this is a dumb question I’m a beginner
@PeterWasted
3 жыл бұрын
The three coil pickup could probably be assigned to the category of "Japanese weirdness" in that it didn't catch on and came from Japan! All credit to their ingenuity and willingness to try things but many didn't last for long. I've never seen an Ibanez triple coil pickup but I understand it had two coils with pole pieces and a middle coil without - a dummy coil. Various coil selections could be made. The front and middle coils and the back and middle coils would give two slightly differing hum cancelling sounds but would likely sound closer to single coils. I think the other options were series and parallel wiring of all three coils which would give a thick and a thin sound but would not be hum cancelling. For most people, that's the complete opposite of what we might want. Dummy coils can be helpful in taming noisy Strat type guitars where the coil can be hidden in the control cavity and selected along side the three individual pickups. It does reduce noise but it also takes away the "snap" of the single coil pickups. I think most folk who like it also like noiseless single coils which are much easier to deal with and they are straight replacements.
@therover4141
2 жыл бұрын
@@sk00by37 no they are not dummy pickups. Yes the pickup sound
@therover4141
2 жыл бұрын
@@PeterWasted no the 50s les paul customs were 3 pickups far before Japan
@Jake_Sachs
3 жыл бұрын
I have a TATA: Why do different cabs sound different even if they have the same speakers? Is it just the type of material they're built with, or something else?
@ScienceofLoud
3 жыл бұрын
A speaker's response is radically different in open air as opposed to in a sealed box. The internal air volume to driver size ratio will tune the resonant peak of the speaker. There is a lot of complicated maths involved, but the short hand is the size of the box (volume, dimensions, placement of the speaker, presence of porting, and resonance of the materials constructing it) change how the speaker sounds.
@piotrpiotrowski4681
3 жыл бұрын
Holy shit, I've just realized that a guitar with an option to move the pickup up and down the body is actually a brilliant idea. Maybe not for anyone, but it might just hit the spot with those with a penchant for experiments.
@K0r0n1s
3 жыл бұрын
I imagine it being good for studio use for the increased tonal options, less so fir live, but who knows^^
@kathrynwhitby9799
2 жыл бұрын
i recall one being produced somewhere back in the 80's or 90's. Can't remember by who though.
@Jasonmakesvideo
2 жыл бұрын
you could block it like a floyd rose but on both sides. i picture something reminescent of those hand/finger excersize thingys. the extra routing in the body might effect the tone,maybe for the better, but the wiring wouldnt like being moves around like that.
@greycastro1009
2 жыл бұрын
Verso Instruments makes guitars that do this. Matsumoku/Westone made a bass like this called “The Rail.” And I think I’ve seen other instruments out there with moveable pickups, but I don’t remember what makers they were from. I’ve never tried one, but they seem cool!
@greycastro1009
2 жыл бұрын
Schorr Guitars is another company doing moveable pickups.
@texanfournow
3 жыл бұрын
"Lez Paul" "peckup" heh
@ShockBot127
3 жыл бұрын
🤣
@ShockBot127
3 жыл бұрын
Would that be neck posession, or bridge posession? Lol
@RoanHayden
3 жыл бұрын
A new video already? Dare I say your channel has become "High Output" ;)
@Arfonfree
2 жыл бұрын
By the time I was 2 minutes in I was pondering... so just how bad would it sound if you swapped the bridge and neck pickups?
@reno145
Жыл бұрын
If you have a very muddy neck pickup, slap in a bridge model. There are a few videos around that show it. Great results.
@MrJumboblimpjumbo
3 жыл бұрын
A guitar with a single sliding pickup...is anybody making this yet??
@blainemarquise
3 ай бұрын
Tim Sway made one
@chusamusic1409
2 жыл бұрын
Still doesn't explain how to voice a pickup 😕
@amandocuencacarabia5531
Жыл бұрын
I just sitted through the skillshare ad just because you took the time to make it easy for us to skip it
@christophermurphy7113
3 жыл бұрын
I came ta lairn and I will be haird! TYVM!!!
@Fidozo15
3 жыл бұрын
Well my lp has 8.10k on the bridge and *16.2k on the neck* Should I flip em? Neck on bridge and bridge on neck
@sergeantcrow
3 жыл бұрын
Hi.. Just curious.. Did you swap them to see what happens ?
@FretLevelMidnight
3 жыл бұрын
Colin, I must know, as a Scot, are you able to vocalize the words "Purple burglar alarm" out loud without messing up?
@pajen0376
3 жыл бұрын
Terrified to ask about tonewood. So how about a video on it?
@supernintendo182
3 жыл бұрын
I second this.
@austinklinger892
3 жыл бұрын
I'd be very interested to see you do a comparison of covered vs uncovered pups. My eyes love covered pickups, but conventional wisdom says uncovered all the way for modern, high gain sound. I'm curious how much difference it actually makes
@therover4141
2 жыл бұрын
Loudness and more bright uncovered
@toastedphantom3007
Жыл бұрын
No damn difference
@WolfmanAndy
3 жыл бұрын
What if I want to have a (big) difference between pickups? I don't want them to be so "well" balanced that I get the same tone from each. I want some shrieking treble from the bridge and some heavy chug from the neck, with tone/volume controls, splitters and switches to get every tone in between? I have always been disappointed that a move from bridge to neck has so much of a volume drop.
@jacobkincaid123
2 жыл бұрын
So what makes a standard lambertone single coil pickup sound different than a standard single coil pickup? Wire thickness? Quality? Magnet quality??
@freezaxp
3 жыл бұрын
The peckup comparison we wanted but don't deserve from CSGuitars
@londog2010
Жыл бұрын
Why don’t manufacturers make guitar pickups with Neodymium magnets?
@BigTranquil
Жыл бұрын
Could you give explanations and examples of what the words used to describe guitar tones mean? Glassy, peircing, driving, bell like, bark, dark, scooped, dynamic, harmonic, musical, defined, detailed, nasal, honky, jangley, juice, deep, tight, bright, full, gritty, soft, hot, warm, balenced, thin, fat, flabby, to name just a few of the confusing words used to describe tone!
@jaxonvictoria4345
3 жыл бұрын
How are you liking the D Activators compared to the Gibson pickups?
@lanerussell7958
Жыл бұрын
Gotta ask...Burns Trisonics...how are those made? What makes them special?
@J.C...
Жыл бұрын
They're different on modern guitars. Gibson had a tub full of pickups and just grabbed them and installed them in the 50s. There was no difference. Not in how wide they were nor their DC resistance readings.
@everTriumph
Жыл бұрын
What about changing the wire gauge. Both pickups, for the sake of argument, can have the same number of turns but different impedances. How would they be disposed for best effect?
@sean5572
2 жыл бұрын
How does the winding of a hotrail pickup differ from a humbucker or singlecoil, bar the obvious? Are there any strange peculiarities that make them different, or are they just a scaled down humbucker? Most importantly, what type of tone would you get from one compared to a singlecoil or humbucker?
@JulioJustiniano
2 жыл бұрын
Would be pretty cool to see how much you can get out of one pickup. Series, parallel, north, south, out of phase (possible with itself?), saw something called a cocked wah mod can send a video I saw with that wiring.
@farzaanpavri
2 жыл бұрын
Will it be the end of the world if I wind my pickups the other way round? The neck pickup having more turns and DC resistance than the bridge pickup?
@thethingthatshouldnotbe3035
3 жыл бұрын
The legendary emg 81/85 are drastically different in volume (well, mine are). The 85 in the bridge is massively loud. Ive come across a couple of comments somewhere else, saying that they dont even use an 81, just two 85s.
@thethingthatshouldnotbe3035
3 жыл бұрын
@@JYZProductions that's interesting. I always wanted to swap the two in my epiphone explorer, but I never got to it (let's be honest, I'm probably just lazy). But I'll have to fix a crackling pot and replace the toggle switch pretty soon, so I might do it then.
@schmoemi3386
2 жыл бұрын
Isn't the 81 the one to be used at the brigde?
@misubi
Жыл бұрын
Why isn’t the middle pickup position more popular? It would make sense as a balanced position but most guitars only have bridge and neck.
@mpasistasyalanci
2 жыл бұрын
The example of where you strum on the string makes it easy to understand, but the explanation is a bit wrong. In the picking position you make a knot in that position on the vibration of the string and the main vibration there and its harmonics are not reproduced. The most exaggerated is when you pick exactly at the middle of the length (12th fret for a open string etc) , where the 2nd, 4th... etc harmonics are not reproduced, being the position with the most ''muted'' harmonics makes for the ''purer'' close to sine wave sound. Hitting the string close to the bridge in a small length ''kills'' only a very high order and pitched harmonic and its harmonics so overall you let more highs vibrate and it sounds brighter
@J.C...
Жыл бұрын
You can't tell how much wire is on either coil by measuring the total DCR of a humbucker. That makes absolutely no sense because it's factually wrong in most cases because most humbuckers come with 2 conductor wires. You can only check each coil on 4 conductor humbuckers and even then, you have to disconnect tiny wires that most people likely shouldn't even touch. You can tell how much is on a humbucker combined but
@anthonymichael3029
3 жыл бұрын
Oh god 90’s-00’s Classics are sooooo good. I am a dumbass for selling my goldtop
@TheM00ndawg
3 жыл бұрын
what if. you took mid pickups from three separate guitars, and put them into one. explosions? probably not.
@IdolMako
2 жыл бұрын
personally i rarely use my neck humbucker on my lp unless a song requires it, the bridge humbucker is way better and goes with almost every song
@cameronravenhilltv7778
2 жыл бұрын
Im predominantly a metal player, so i spend a good amount of time on my bridge pickup, however if i had to choose a favorite sounding position or pickup it would be neck position, preferably a tele style neck pickup.
@luismorsa666
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Colin, I have a tata, what’s better for distortion pedals? Low volume clean tone and high level distortion output, or high level clean tone and low level distortion output?
@sircampbelltenson7297
3 жыл бұрын
Cool fact: Hondo guitars (mostly active in the 70s to mid 90s) mostly use one width all the way along. My Fame 760D with its standard hardware has 3 neck width pickups and my Deluxe series 767 has 2 Neck humbuckers by default. The string spacing has never been an issue and even modern guitars nowadays have massively imperfect string spacing and I have never seen it affect tone (literally anything with a slanted humbucker has misaligned poles)
@TobyDN1982
2 жыл бұрын
Why not make a video with a difference between a covered or uncovered humbucker? I was going through your account and did not find a video addressing that :-)
@kristopherlawson1144
3 жыл бұрын
How do you balance the pickups in a setup, like if I want to upgrade my pickups on a guitar and choose different pickups how do I make sure they will to together
@alicejohansson4665
3 жыл бұрын
Would it be possible to make a humbucking P90 with two coils?
@alexwood8555
3 жыл бұрын
Now i need to know why strat bridge pickups are angled and why I hate them but love a tele bridge pickup?
@samuelxavier2473
3 жыл бұрын
Nice one. I knew there were differences but I always thought it was "Because reasons".
@ernestschultz5065
3 жыл бұрын
But I see that vintage PAFs are much closer in resistance than modern humbuckers. Like the bridge is only a little hotter than the neck. Where as today the bridge can be twice as hot.
@jessebreakspear6656
Жыл бұрын
it's like a bridge pickup sounds like a violin, and the neck pickup sounds like a viola
@hanshubert6675
Жыл бұрын
Wow, E had no edea how much the peckop posession well enfluence the sound. great vedeo!
@ThatBaritoneGuitarGuy
3 жыл бұрын
3:34 Wait. Why does Collin have a Grandpa guitar?
@ChefMush
Жыл бұрын
What if you put a bridge pickup in the neck, and vice versa?
@PerpetuallyTiredMusician
3 жыл бұрын
Question, do you wind custom pickups or are the ones listed on the web page the only models? Asking for one of my many fender jazzmasters since their single coils are a bit special :) Good and very succinct video Peace and stay safe
@Chimp_No_1
Жыл бұрын
Really interesting video ! Thanks !
@anomalousresult
3 жыл бұрын
are you building yourself up to a tonewood video?
@Infinighost
3 жыл бұрын
Too Afraid to Ask? More like, Always Wondered But Never Even Thought to Ask!
@xdoctorblindx
3 жыл бұрын
"AWBNETTAs" doesn't quite have the same ring to it as "TATAs"...
@tntisbased
3 жыл бұрын
colin is what the entire world think scottish people sound like
@richardmartinez3342
3 жыл бұрын
what is a common setting for pickup height?
@thegermansat
3 жыл бұрын
How do you like the 500T pickups? I have them on an explorer and they're fun, but anything clean is impossible.
@PooNinja
3 жыл бұрын
WTF is a P- Rail and why do I want one so bad???
@low58e
2 жыл бұрын
Very instructive. Thanks.
@sgtcaco
2 жыл бұрын
Can you do a tutorial on what strings do and how to put your fingers on them.
@picksalot1
3 жыл бұрын
I think another design component worth mentioning about pickups in general is their width and how that affects tone. A good example is the design the PRS ‘Narrowfield’ pickup. "The idea was this: take the unique tone of a well-made, great-sounding single coil and combine that with the positive characteristics of a humbucking pickup (full sound, no hum)." (From PRS Site) I think pickup width (sensing a longer section of string) is part of what gives Filtertron pickups their distinctive tone. Very good informative video. Thanks
@Luanhaider
11 ай бұрын
Your gothic V look beautiful
@ole-kristianhessevikliseth1022
3 жыл бұрын
Any advice on pickup height?
@simonpark843
2 жыл бұрын
An excellent video - thank you.
@editorrbr2107
3 жыл бұрын
Who loaned Colin their acoustic?
@RAkers-tu1ey
3 жыл бұрын
That was a great explanation. Thank You! Question: Do you consider pick up variations "gross" or "fine" adjustments to tweak the "sound" of a specific guitar? For example, presuming the pickups seem relatively balanced, if I want my LP to sound more like a Strat, should I start with pickups, or signal chain? Thanks.
@robbed_copy
3 жыл бұрын
Colin, would love to see a video where you make bad pickups on purpose. How few windings can you do? How much is too much copper? P Bass pickups on a guitar? Love the videos, keep up the amazing work
@KuzyukovAleksandr
3 жыл бұрын
Good stuff. Thanks 👍
@dutch_urth
3 жыл бұрын
I notice you didn't mention any difference between passive and active pickups in here. Does the same principle of the bridge being hotter than the neck still apply here, except with both pickups just being hotter overall due to their active nature?
@MojoStrummer
3 жыл бұрын
The hotter concept is literally a physics issue, so no matter what, you'll always need the bridge to be hotter for a balanced set. That's why the EMG 85/81 and 85/60 combos are so common. Rather than just sticking an 85 in both positions, they put the lower output 81 or 60 in the neck to compensate. If you aren't going with EMGs, typically the pickups come in matched sets to accomplish the same thing, rather than just being individual pickups you buy.
@Anshul1614
3 жыл бұрын
My Jackson rr js32t has a 6kohm in the bridge and a 13kohm in the neck. Yes, I was surprised as well. These are the stock Jackson cvr2 pickups and at first I thought they made a mistake. I installed a master coil split on the guitar and there is a significant volume difference. But then I realized they probably did that so the solos on the neck stands out and you don't need a level boost, it's already built in. Well, it could just be a mistake but I like it now
@blamingfish432
Жыл бұрын
My js32t kelly has a 16.5 in the bridge and a 9.4 in the neck 🤔 maybe someone at the jackson production line messed up
@Anshul1614
Жыл бұрын
@@blamingfish432 so maybe the difference is because I have the old Indian made model. I think it was just for India. Doesn’t have a control plate in the front of the guitar. So maybe they used some wacky pickups. But they sound GOOD. I put mine in the periphery drop C with the low A. Killer sound. I do love the Jackson fingerboard though. Never found another guitar even an Ibanez that plays as well as that cheap Jackson.
@joshuacriss2632
3 жыл бұрын
Well put and very informative. I did all of this research when I built my guitar. This would have been very helpful a few years ago. I've been following for quite a while now(around 5 years or so). Keep rocking brother.
@Legotankt34
3 жыл бұрын
Good video Colin. Maybe somebody should make a guitar with a single pickup that can slide from the neck to the bridge position lol.
@famitory
3 жыл бұрын
there's a bass that does this, The Rail. the entire electronics assembly is on a moving sled on two poles and can slide or be fixed in place. moving it while playing creates a phasery effect, as every time we pass by a node, that harmonic is effectively notch filtered out of the sound
@mauricemusician7636
3 жыл бұрын
@@famitory I used to own one of those! It's actually a great instrument. There's an old Gibson bass with a sliding pickup, too.
@guitaristaccountant
2 жыл бұрын
Ur youse fae Glesca?
@kawmic7
3 жыл бұрын
Placement primary.
@Supernautiloid
3 жыл бұрын
What’s a “peckup”?
@rendyandrian7149
3 жыл бұрын
Question for next TATA. What is the different between amp simulation and amp profile ?
@plumbummusic2051
3 жыл бұрын
An amp simulation is artificially created to be as possibly close to the real thing, it's simulating the amp, but it's not the original sound. A profile is a specific setting captured straight from the amp itself through dsp technology, which will reproduce it almost 100% faithfully.
@gabrielglenn1714
Жыл бұрын
If be VERY interested in seeing comparisons of different bridge and neck pickups in the opposite spots
@ScienceofLoud
Жыл бұрын
Why? All it would show is that the two positions would be less volume balanced. The differences are to compensate for their intended position under the strings so the two units sound balanced - that's all.
@johnsmith5010
6 ай бұрын
Cheers
@TheShinyShow
3 жыл бұрын
Bit late on this video, but how many people did you expect to get the Chewin the Fat reference at the end?
@ScienceofLoud
3 жыл бұрын
Including yourself, one more than I anticipated.
@WahPony
3 жыл бұрын
great vid
@RiffHarvester
3 жыл бұрын
#piffle
@dispersemedia
3 жыл бұрын
How about bass pickups? Obviously they're physically larger and have fewer pole pieces, but under a microscope how different are they from guitar pickups?
@ScienceofLoud
3 жыл бұрын
Fundamentally they are just copper coils around magnets and the physics is identical
@dispersemedia
3 жыл бұрын
@@ScienceofLoud Are they tuned differently? More or less output? I know the dimensions affect the sound as well, so are the coils wound differently to compensate?
@iam.miikey
2 жыл бұрын
What would happen if you put a pu at the twelfth fret? 🤷♀️
@ScienceofLoud
2 жыл бұрын
You'd reduce your playable range by half.
@kristopher6031
3 жыл бұрын
TATA
@ThunderBassistJay
3 жыл бұрын
Dear Colin, Do you have any idea why many bass guitars suffer from a dead sounding G-string at the seventh fret?
@michaelnewell9662
3 жыл бұрын
TATA subject: master vs volume ?? which does what? do you crank the volume to push the amp into overdrive and then dial back the master to save your ears?
@ebhmusicpage2875
3 жыл бұрын
I think the master is a maximum volume for the amp that you can set. You set the master and that is the maximum volume, then with the volume knob on the amp you change the volume of the amp within the range of the master.
@plumbummusic2051
3 жыл бұрын
Master will almost always be the output level of your amp's power section, in some other cases it may be the last gain stage on your preamp. Many amps label "volume" as the preamp's channel output, especially if it has more than one, but you'll also see "volume" for the preamp's input gain (distortion), like in some fender amps. It's complicated and will vary from amp to amp. But generally "master" will indicate clean amplification and "volume" will mean channel or distortion level in the preamp
@allenmitchell09
2 жыл бұрын
Peckup
@AHGrayLensman
3 жыл бұрын
The 496R and 500T were always the weakest points of the late '90s/early '00s LP Classics. (Well, aside from the joint between the headstock and the neck...) The 500T in particular is hilariously overwound if you want something akin to a PAF in the bridge slot.
@royenfield2
3 жыл бұрын
@ 0:47 the neck and bridge are reversed, yes?
@ScienceofLoud
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, the website is in error. As you can see from the readings I took they have listed the bridge and neck the wrong way round
@guillezav
3 жыл бұрын
TATA: what makes DiMarzio special?
@stu-j
3 жыл бұрын
The name!
@ScienceofLoud
3 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure why you think they are. Other than holding the patent for double cream humbuckers they are equivalent to any other pickup manufacturer
@andrevilaca6469
2 жыл бұрын
hearing your video really helped me understand a lot, now I can understand why telecaster original neck pickups are much smaller compared to other pickups, IT'S ALL ABOUT SPACING BABY!!
@carlocanlas-z1h
Жыл бұрын
TATA: 1. How tone capacitor works? How does it affect our tones? 2. How to set up floating bridge - PRS Fender etc. More power man! love your vids!
@Ontheroadbrogymgo
3 жыл бұрын
I believe at one time Jon Donais from Anthrax and Shadows Fall, put a EMG 85 in the bridge, and a 81 in the neck. I remember him saying something about better response. I don’t know.
@CraigFlowersMusic
3 жыл бұрын
Silver is actually the best conductor, better than copper, so are there pickups out there wound with silver? If not, why not? Would it work? Would it sound crap?
@ScienceofLoud
3 жыл бұрын
It's important to remember that it is inductance, rather than conductivity, that makes a pickup work. While silver is more conductive (only slightly), it doesn't exhibit much difference in its inductance therefore the only thing that would really change with a silver pickup is the price.
@singleproppilot
3 жыл бұрын
Silver has the best conductivity only when pure, but it oxidizes quickly when exposed to air, and unfortunately, silver oxides are poor conductors. That’s why you rarely see silver used for its electrical properties. It is for this reason that gold is often used for electronics where bare metal is required to establish an electrical connection. Gold is a very good conductor, but more importantly it will not oxidize and thus keep its conductivity for much longer.
@CraigFlowersMusic
3 жыл бұрын
@@singleproppilot Thanks, Paul. I am aware of this, being a union electrician. However pickups are usually dipped in wax, so I thought that would protect the coils from air in this case.
@singleproppilot
3 жыл бұрын
@@CraigFlowersMusic On second thought, the wire used to wind pickups is coated in insulation, usually an enamel or polyurethane, so oxidation might not be much of an issue. And yes, pickups are often potted in wax after winding. It may simply be a matter of any small benefit not being worth the cost of using a precious metal.
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