What Makes a Good Electric Guitar Pickup?
What makes a good guitar pickup? This video discusses what you need to consider when choosing pickups and in the process, the science of tone and how guitar sounds work is explained.
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This video discusses in depth what is key in defining what a pickup is, how it works, the things to know when searching for an ideal guitar pickup, and if choosing specific ones even matter. Is it the sound it helps make, the quality of the component, or the materials involved?
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00:00 Intro
00:17 Not sponsored
What is a Guitar Pickup?
00:21 What it is and how it works
00:50 Demonstration of functionality
00:54 Different types of pickups
Quality
01:12 Solid build quality
01:29 Wiring of the guitar as a whole
Frequency Response
01:43 Frequency response and input signals
02:15 Definition of frequency response
02:26 Pickup magnets: Alnico and Ceramic
03:00 Magnet strength, winding count, and inductance
03:32 Magnetic field covering more string length
03:45 Can accurately pick what you’re looking for based off specs
04:21 Volume balance between strings
Buzz and Noise
05:13 Humbucker noise cancelling design and wiring
05:40 Noiseless single coils
05:53 The same type of pickup can have different sounding models
Differences and if it Matters
06:19 Does sounding different make one pickup better than another?
06:46 What are your tonal needs?
07:01 Factors for why it may not matter
07:46 Changing pickups changes how the guitar “feels” to play
08:02 Pickup choice and music genre
08:27 Using EQ to change your tone even with atypical pickup choices
08:42 What matters most to you answers what makes a pickup good
09:12 Outro
09:37 Cat
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Originally posted by UCaCB1AkvopTF8dg_U77ZgwQ at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0TYuQpy1Go
For me, a good pickup is one that maintains notes articulation even at high gain (that's what I play), like my favourite SD Pegasus/Sentient set. Or, a super versatile one like the immortal SD JB; it suits any gain level
Your videos are always fantastic, bro!
i see ur trying ur luck with camera settings to make the 550 red unlike the other vidoes
Well im a bass player learning guitar now. At same time im an emg fanboy so in most cases ill buy emgs. Just put the gary holt emgs in washburn wi14 im reviving.
A good pickup is largely subjective and one that is suitable for what you want to play. I generally like high output pickups as I like to play a lot of metal or hard rock but I've also got single coil in my Strat and P90s in my SG Special. These are what I currently have access to and I like them all in their own way:
– Seymour Duncan Sentient & Pegasus
– Fishman Fluence Modern Ceramic
– DiMarzio Super Distortion & PAF Pro
– Bare Knuckle Boot Camp Brute Force (7 string)
– PRS TCI 'S'
– ProBucker 2 and Probucker 3
– P-90 PRO Soap Bar
– Fender 4th Gen Noiseless Single Coils
I have a question; how do you combat getting dust all over your beautiful guitars? Do you simply clean them regularly or are there any precautions one can do to avoid getting the instruments dusty? (because yours are out in the open so to speak and not inside of cases)
I always had a general idea about pickups but never truly understood the in's and out's of it so this video is heaven sent (Dokken reference) to end the year on a high note
I got a new pickup for my seven string for Christmas – it has a hot signal and rolled off treble. Now I know why – it has more winding!
What makes a good pickup? Not fishmans thats what
Hey i tried the panama toneride sounds good from a SD distortion guy.
As always, I appreciate your approach to your videos.
I had a seymour duncan jb sh4 for a while, with my new guitar I have a combo Sentient / Nazgul. The Nazgul is very hot, I am not used with this, I didn't like the sound first. Very sensitive to small mistake, as said in the video. But with some sound tweaking, I begin to be OK, with it. Hopefully I will manage better my sound and be happy with it. I will dowtune in drop C or C# a month or two.
Very nice sharing ???????? thank you ????????
Have you tried Q58 pickups that are on Q series? It's very clear, bright, and at the same time, very balanced pickups, good low response too. Ever heard or tried?
Not fishmans. ????
81/60
Jb/59
Jb/jazz
Alpha/omega