Humbuckers vs. Single Coils

[Moustache_Bash]

Awwww, yeaaaaa. Getting generic up in here.

Which do you prefer to use?

Why?

I like single coils because they sound super trashy, but I've been thinking of putting humbuckers in my strat because I'm kinda sick of all the noise when I play loud.

And yes, you can only choose one. No coil tapping/splitting/humbucker+single coil guitars. Life sucks.

[ryan summit]

got a humbucker in the bridge
and two asian singles wired togetherbucker in the neck
there was no both or other choice
so bucker 'twas

[patrickviolence]

shield your guitar

[dubkitty]

if forced to choose i'd go single-coil, but i use both for dufferent things, and by far prefer 'buckers for fuzz.

[morange]

Singles for me; about to wind some myself, for my tele, actually. Power drill scatterwind here we come.

[ryan summit]

; about to wind some myself,

no shit
if theyre like microphonic as hell
and noisy and feedbackky and evil
let me know
is this your first attempt?

[oldangelmidnight]

I just did a search for "power drill scatterwind" and "CIA Kennedy assassination conspiracy theory" was the first response.

[morange]

Shh.


Yeah it's be my first attempt. I'm going to have to rig up some kind of turn counter. There's a little program someone wrote that counts connections between pins on a cable from the computer; some people rig up cheap little calculators to add 1 over and over.

I want the pickups microphonic to some extent; I want them really sensitive. I'm not going to pot them; just wrap them in some tape. I'll let everybody know how it goes. I have everything I need (bobbins from mojotone and wire from ebay; and some neodymium magnets to magnetize the pole pieces!) - just been putting it off / working. I even obsessed about wire material for a while (http://ilovefuzz.com/viewtopic.php?f=192&t=34040). Procrastination really is one of my biggest character flaws, though.

[morange]

Shit, my mom took the cordless drill. Project will remain on hold for now.

[hollowhero]

Single coils. I like their crisp attack and clarity...no mud for me

Shit, my mom took the cordless drill. Project will remain on hold for now.

[Mudfuzz]

ilovebuckers

[Bon Hoga]

shield your guitar

This. Or get Lace Alumitones.

[DarkAxel]

Buckers sound really flat and boring to me

that said, I like the MIJ Fender Jaguar HH Special Edition with buckers... it sounds different with the strangle and the short scale and all... but otherwise i just don'T really like buckers

from all the experience i've had, single coils (general term) always have more of the attack i'm looking for... the snap and twang and the thing that makes the sound really agressive and dynamic and awesome

[ChetMagongalo]

I think I like SC more. with bass I dont think I like most buckers. on guitar I like both a lot and I love coil tapping and options. oh yeah!

[coldbrightsunlight]

Singlesssss. I love the bite and the way fuzz reacts to them.