:oilpit: Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Ok, so I was wonderin'..... A humbucker is two single coils next to each other, because of the wiring or something it cancels the hum and gives you that lovely humbucker sound. Those are standard single coils Would a humbucker with two P-90s sound differend than a standard 'bucker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myspace.com/jessenoah Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 that is a good question idk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 First of all... A humbucker is not "two single coils" put toghether. It is a little different... I can explain later... if I get the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 A conventional humbucker (or Humbucking pickup) is a type of electric guitar pickup that uses two coils, both generating string signal. Humbuckers have high output since both coils are in series and because the magnetic circuit is low loss. Like a single coil pickup, a humbucker induces a slight magnetic field around the strings which in turn induce an electrical current on the coils as the strings vibrate. But since the two coils are of reversed polarity and reverse-wound and connected in series, noise and interference is significantly reduced via common-mode rejection. They get their name because they cancel out a large portion of the interference (they "buck the hum") induced by alternating current sources normally experienced with single coil pickups. Magnetic "hum" is mostly created by transformers and power supplies inside various electrical equipment utilizing household AC current. As AC current is put though a coil, it induces a magnetic field around the coil that quickly becomes weaker with distance. When it reaches the guitar pickup, the strength is very slight, but once put through various pedals and amps it becomes much more evident. Using a guitar without humbuckers, a musician would hear a slight but annoying hum at the amp at silent sections of the music piece. Sources of magnetic hum generated in the studio and on stage include, but are not limited to, high power amps, processors, mixers, motors, etc., as well as criss-crossing power lines. Humbuckers dramatically reduce the hum effect compared to single coil pickups. Humbuckers are great at cancelling out low sine wave frequencies (such as those produced by big AC transformers) but poor at canceling out higher frequencies and various harmonics (such as those produced by guitar strings). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 And the whole reason they were invented in the first place was to "buck the hum", not looking for a new tone. That was either a big bonus or a drawback, depending on what your personal preference is. The two coils are very close together but since they can't physically occupy the same space, they do get a slightly different "view" of the vibrating string and therefore some frequencies are accentuated and others are diminished. I suppose if a person took 2 thin P90 sized coils and stacked them on TOP of one another they would buck the hum but still retain much of the P90 tone. I'm sure someone has already done that; I'm not one to swap pickups unless the existing ones suck beyond sucknirvana, then I go for overkill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Humbuckers have opposing windings and coils which is what makes them works so two p-90' wound and opposite of each other and with opposite poles would almost/kinda make a humbucker and yes you can stack the humbuckers also which is what the silent and single humbuckers made for Fender style guitars do. thats why coil splits on a humbucker sound more like a single coil your shutting one of the coils down so you mimic a single coil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 A conventional humbucker (or Humbucking pickup) is a type of electric guitar pickup that uses two coils' date=' both generating string signal. Humbuckers have high output since both coils are in series and because the magnetic circuit is low loss. Like a single coil pickup, a humbucker induces a slight magnetic field around the strings which in turn induce an electrical current on the coils as the strings vibrate. But since the two coils are of reversed polarity and reverse-wound and connected in series, noise and interference is significantly reduced via common-mode rejection. They get their name because they cancel out a large portion of the interference (they "buck the hum") induced by alternating current sources normally experienced with single coil pickups. Magnetic "hum" is mostly created by transformers and power supplies inside various electrical equipment utilizing household AC current. As AC current is put though a coil, it induces a magnetic field around the coil that quickly becomes weaker with distance. When it reaches the guitar pickup, the strength is very slight, but once put through various pedals and amps it becomes much more evident. Using a guitar without humbuckers, a musician would hear a slight but annoying hum at the amp at silent sections of the music piece. Sources of magnetic hum generated in the studio and on stage include, but are not limited to, high power amps, processors, mixers, motors, etc., as well as criss-crossing power lines. Humbuckers dramatically reduce the hum effect compared to single coil pickups. Humbuckers are great at cancelling out low sine wave frequencies (such as those produced by big AC transformers) but poor at canceling out higher frequencies and various harmonics (such as those produced by guitar strings). [/quote'] Wow Axe!!! You don't usually have much to say but when you do.... Surprise, surprise, surprise!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Axe is still pretty quiet! he pasted Wikipedias definition in but hell had me going for a minute also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:oilpit: Posted October 20, 2008 Author Share Posted October 20, 2008 Pshhh, AXE isn't that smart! P.S. Look what I just found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_farkas Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Axe is still pretty quiet! he pasted Wikipedias definition in but hell had me going for a minute also It had me going but then I went to Wikipedia and found a good explanation that was good reading. Good thread and I learned a lot. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modoc_333 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 And the whole reason they were invented in the first place was to "buck the hum"' date=' not looking for a new tone. That was either a big bonus or a drawback, depending on what your personal preference is. The two coils are very close together but since they can't physically occupy the same space, they do get a slightly different "view" of the vibrating string and therefore some frequencies are accentuated and others are diminished. I suppose if a person took 2 thin P90 sized coils and stacked them on TOP of one another they would buck the hum but still retain much of the P90 tone. I'm sure someone has already done that; I'm not one to swap pickups unless the existing ones suck beyond sucknirvana, then I go for overkill.[/quote'] isnt' that exactly what the P100 was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Probably. As stated, I don't follow pickups much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 It's so much easier than typing the same thing ... As well as showing just how easy it is to find the info your looking for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_farkas Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 That's why I love Google. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 If I paint my pick guard, will it affect my tone ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 If I paint my pick guard' date=' will it affect my tone ? [/quote'] Not if you use a primary color, and an oil based paint. Latex, of course, deadens the feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybass Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 isnt' that exactly what the P100 was? Not sure about the p100 but the BJA les jr has stacked p90's to reduce the hum and the blueshawks had a dummy coil mounted through the rear of the guitar between the pups to cancel hum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Pshhh' date=' AXE isn't that smart! P.S. Look what I just found Actually, I knew AXE was much too smart than to waste all of his valuble time typing something he could so easily find with a quick search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Pshhh' date=' AXE isn't that smart![/quote'] Then why waste your time asking, when Google is your friend? Yer geetin awl skeenurd on us... oiltard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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