{"id":41945,"date":"2017-04-16T16:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T14:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/?p=41945"},"modified":"2017-04-13T12:51:46","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T10:51:46","slug":"5-types-humbuckers-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/gear\/5-types-humbuckers-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"5 types of Humbuckers comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"

Humbuckers<\/strong><\/a> pickups don’t really need an introduction. Heard on countless of records, those pickups are equally as popular as the single coil <\/strong><\/a>pickups (usually found on Fender guitars such as Stratocaster, Telecaster and so on). Thanks to their double coil design running in series\u00a0(to prevent the typical “hum” heard on single coils) and higher output, Humbucker<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0pickups are usually associated with\u00a0powerful<\/strong> genres of music. The sound is a little bit darker, more compressed and more bass heavy compared to a single coil<\/strong><\/a> pickup. However, during the years, manufacturer<\/strong><\/a> managed to build several variations based on\u00a0the original design. Today we present you 5 types of Humbuckers and we will compare them sound-wise. Go Kris<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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Humbucker pickups<\/strong><\/a> have a creamy sound with a little bit of sparkle, perfect for most uses. Those pickups are generally found on the majority of guitars.<\/p>\n

EMG active pickups<\/strong><\/a> have a built-in pre-amplifier that drives the pickup coils, resulting in a cleaner, dryer and more compressed signal, key features for metal players that rely on those kind of pickups since ages.<\/p>\n

Mini Humbucker<\/strong><\/a> pickups have a more middy “quack-y” sound, sounding closer to P90 pickups<\/strong><\/a> rather than traditional Humbuckers.<\/p>\n

Humbucker in Single Coil format<\/strong><\/a> have been developed for providing more “meat” for Telecaster and Stratocaster guitar players. Depending on the guitar (as heard with the Richie Kotzen Telecaster<\/a>), they can still have the “twang” despite the output and power)<\/p>\n

Finally, Gretsch Filtertron<\/strong><\/a> pickups have a distinctive sound which can be only explained as the “typical” Gretsch sound – a thinner and lower output Humbucker with plenty of attack and a rather extreme open sound.<\/p>\n

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Guitars
\n<\/strong>Gibson\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/a>Les Paul Standard T 2017 BLB<\/strong><\/a> (Traditional pickups)
\n<\/span>Diamond Guitars\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/a>Bolero STF TR<\/strong><\/a> (Active Pickups)
\n<\/span><\/span>Gibson\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/a>LP Pete Townshend Deluxe 76<\/strong><\/a> (Mini Humbuckers)
\n<\/span>Fender\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/a>Kotzen Telecaster BSB<\/strong><\/a> (Humbucker in single coil format)
\n<\/span>Gretsch\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/a>G5422T Electromatic OS<\/strong><\/a> (Filtertron pickups)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Victory Amplifiers The Sheriff 22 Head<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>
\nHarley Benton G212 Vintage\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
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TC Electronic Ditto Stereo Looper<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Lovepedal\u00a0<\/span>Hermida Zendrive<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Humbuckers can be passive, active, single coil sized or miniaturized. What’s your favorite one?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":42006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tblog_post_audio_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1083],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gear"],"category_colors":{"color_key":"gear","css_classes":{"text":"cat-gear","text_light":"cat-gear-light","bg":"cat-bg-gear","bg_light":"cat-bg-gear-light","border":"cat-border-gear","text_on_bg":"cat-text-on-gear"}},"reading_time":{"minutes":2,"formatted":"2 min"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}