Jazz and blues players were the first to adopt the design. Humbuckers are darker and fuller sounding than single coils. As a result any hum picked up is cancelled out in a similar fashion to balanced audio cable. I've been a fan of the stack design since installing some of Seymour's prototypes in a Strat for my employer, early 1980's. The two coils are connected out of phase, but inverting the magnet in one puts the signal back in phase. Possibly with some re design, shorter bobbin f'rinstance, archtopguy you could make one that fits a solid body pickup cutout, and that would be a hit I'm sure. So when I saw this stack-HB design you know I just had to pay attention. Sure made it obvious why you never see one in a solid body guitar. Reason I got interested in this, some years back I was given a regular CC-type pickup to install, more or less a copy of the original, with huge U-magnet and all. I'm gonna have to try this with store-bought pu's my crustomers bring for installation. Matching the proper resistance values to each pickup type makes them sound and perform correctly. If anyone else has any Input, or Ideas, please jump in!Aw Terry, you're such an empiricist! (note winky eye smiley thing) And I approve 200% ! Better to find out problems before the pickup is mounted in an instrument. Humbucker (double coil) pickups typically require that 500 K volume and tone controls (potentiometers) be installed in your guitar, while single coil pickups typically use 250 K volume and tone controls. Ive been working on learning some early Yngwie and Ive been trying to get that. All of my guitars are HH routes without pick guards. Most (but not all) GibsonĀ® guitars have humbuckers. Even sparkling single coil or P-90 sounds in classic humbucker sizes are easily handled by the Roswell LGS10 and LGA90. Single Coil-ish Neck Humbucker Discussion in Pickups, Electronics & General Tech started by MikeR, Jun 8, 2020. Most (but not all) FenderĀ® guitars use single-coil pickups. Humbuckers also get the nod for playing in buildings with electrical interference from neon signs, etc. Single coils tend to be brighter and crisper, with greater note definition between strings, while humbuckers are often louder, darker, and heavier. I prefer single coils, but humbuckers often work better for playing through a dirt box. If you have a regular SC, Bucker, and your Stack, you can compare the 3. Because single coils also sound great and they sound different. With my SQUIER FAT STRAT DOUBLE COIL WITH WHAMMY.
Now, I put my SQUIER BULLET STRAT SINGLE COIL at 3 & 4 sounds great.
You will always have some noise, testing like this, but you can compare different pickups and different wiring configurations. A method of recording I like doing is, Plugging my guitar right into the mic input, With the right guitar volume level, the recordings sound good. This does two things, you can test for hum canceling and microphonics. Plug it to the amp and wave it in front of the amp. Then clip the test leads to the raw pickup lead in wire. Take a raw guitar jack and solder a pair of wires with alligator clips.