These hotter pickups drive the amp harder and you can really start to hear a difference in output between these pickups and vintage-styled single coils. If you have a slightly hotter humbucker in the bridge position, you still have a few choices. The Duncan Five-Two is also a great choice if you prefer warmer tones. The Antiquity Texas Hot is a popular single-coil that will work well in this setup. If you want a traditional single-coil, you have some great choices too. It is still quiet and blends well with vintage-to-medium output humbuckers. These pickups retain the look of a traditional single-coil by putting the coils on top of each other rather than side-by-side. If you don't happen to like the look of these two choices, there's always the Classic Stack series. They both retain the signature tone of a single-coil but are very quiet, so you don’t have any 60-cycle hum issues that normally plague these types of pickups. If you have a vintage output humbucker in the guitar (like something modeled after a PAF) and want a quiet alternative to a traditional single coil, Seymour Duncan's Vintage Rails and close cousin, the Duckbucker, make great choices. In other words, as a single coil pickup increases in output, it loses the tone that you probably wanted a single-coil for in the first place. The higher output a single coil is, the less clean & clear glassiness you get. This will make interacting with an amplifier much harder and playing with a band difficult as you try to compensate for the lower volume when using the neck or middle pickups. Adjusting the pickup height can alleviate some of the difference in volume but that sometimes isn't enough.Ĭhoosing the right balance isn’t as simple as just getting a higher output single-coil either. You hear this by switching your pickup selector between pickups: if you hear a big volume boost between the single coils and humbucker, you may just have a balance problem. While the difference can be minor depending on what's being compared, more often than not they are much louder. The increased output of humbuckers means that they are simply louder than single-coils. The difference in output isn't only heard in tone but also in volume. While single-coils and their lower output are known for clean, clear and lighter tones, humbuckers are thicker with more lows and mids. Then compare that to traditional players that are associated with humbucker-equipped guitars such as Angus Young and his Gibson SG. Take some of the most popular Strat players like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix or Ritchie Blackmore, and a certain sound comes to mind. Whether it is used with a clean amp or boosted with slight overdrive, it still has a signature range of tone.
Compared to humbuckers, it is much lower. The traditional sound that we think of when it comes to single-coils has a lot to do with their output. The first and most important thing to be aware of when it comes to matching humbucker and single-coil pickups is output. It takes a lot of balance to create a good match. In today's article, we'll be looking the important factors that go into properly matching single-coils with humbuckers along with plenty of suggestions for popular pairings from our friends at Seymour Duncan. While a brand new electric using one of these pickup combinations is ensured to work well from the get-go, it's not as easy as just sticking any kind of single-coil and humbucker. A lot of players love the ability to switch between the two distinct tones with just one guitar. If you've ever thought about getting a guitar that features a humbucker/single-coil pickup setup (such as an HSS, HSH, etc.), you're not alone.
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