both do amazing in their own areas, humbuckers obviously for heavier rock tones and beefy sounding tones, single coil for glassy/glimmery clean tones but i couldnt live without either of them
Both are great, but both can be way better. Especially if you are a working musician and play a variety of guitars. Wire the humbuckers in parallel. Wire the bridge single coil to the tone control to roll off abrasive highs. Best of both worlds! Cheers
I'm partial to an HSS configuration although I definitely prefer the all single coil look and I just have to say once again how great that sonic blue 60s style strat looks.
@@btgoros yup, I know but what I mean is that the 1st position in the HSS configuration it can give you that heavy tone than a single coil, but the 4th position gives you that "mellow" sound and sounds very funky, so HSS has a bit more versatility compared to the SSS.
Fun fact the humbuckers he used, are actually wired to basically act like single coils, Scott and Tim mainly chose humbuckers because they though it looked cleaner than it would with a SSS layout
Humbuckers all look like that (two single coils combined) but a lot of them have covers over them because it makes them look better and has a slight effect on the tone
anyone with a few miles runned knows that both are amazing I personally likes humbuckers to solo single note lines with some overdrive single coils covers all the rest, chords, solos with harmonies in it and..... well, if i had to choose, i would stick with singles.
I've always wanted to try a Humbucker bridge and Single Coil neck configuration myself for a lot of higher gain guitar playing. I've found playing a single in the neck for lead work to be very entertaining and it really help accent my dynamics a lot better than a regular humbucker in the neck would.
Strangely I liked the HB’s on the clean tone, because they sounded brighter to me. But the SC’s on the distorted, because they weren’t as low end heavy.
you should have turned it into a hendrix considering you already have the reversed headstock. The reversed bridge strat really brings out those bass frequencies for that hendrix tone
Depends on the amp as well. I have low-wattage tube amps, and I prefer the cleans with single coils, as my humbucker are just too hot for true cleans. When I play through my solid state pedal into a digital interface and into powered monitors, I love the cleans with my humbuckers. It also depends on whether you have low-output (PAF's) or high-output (dime buckers) HB's.
I had to get the fender v mod humbuckers because they can switch between humbucker and single coil modes as I love both with distortion or clean for different vibes. There are other humbuckers with single coil modes, but imo fender has the only ones that actually sound good in single mode.
I loved playing the humbucker on my Yamaha PAC, but the neck pickup just grew on me. The glassy twangy throaty tone I got out of the neck single coil sounded so good in my mature years of guitar.
My 8-string has a coil split (only energizing one coil in each pickup) and I've been loving that for heavy rhythm tones, it's got a throat to it that almost feels like it's using some kind of mod pedal but it doesn't. Shockingly versatile.
All my partscasters have single coil neck pup and HB bridge pup, can get all those glassy strat sounds from the neck(but when I roll off the tone it can be good for jazz) and then a super distortion in the bridge for the hot stuff
personally im a humbucker guy but i like a singlecoil in the neck. besides that classic fender neck sound it also lets me switch my clean tone from crunchy to glassy on the fly
Please, don't mind my 2 cents on your post for it did come up on my feed. Have a rocking good time enjoying your cool guitars. Me, I play my homebuilt teak wood Tele mainly with a Duncan hum on the neck.
I feel like I liked the bucks better for clean and the single better for distortion. At least since you had both setups in neck pos. Not sure what would happen with bridge pos, especially if you played with tone knob and double-especially if you played with amp EQ, too.
Go with humbuckers and coil split them, I'm not sure what the situation is with Fishmans. I have a test on my channel that compares split coils to single coils and they're pretty hard to tell apart, impossible in a full mix. The key is to use high output pickups though. Splitting an 8.5k neck pickup will sound pretty weak. I switched to a 15k neck pickup so it splits at a more realistic output. And if possible, mount the humbucker at the same angle as the bridge single coil on a strat if you wanna keep the authentic strat sound.
Should've tried all 3 voices on those lepage humbuckers on each [that lepage voice 2 and 3 are better for clean tones but I'm a voice 1 guy for distortion. So many options.] You'd probably prefer passive humbuckers a lot more considering your playstyle since they don't have the odd trappings of active pickups.
For what I've seen via your channel of your taste and style, I'd say singles for you even though I much prefer humbuckers personally. Here's the long answer, if you want one can do it all guitar, go ssh with a coil tap or if you like different guitars for different jobs, my preference, have an sss strat as your no. 1 and another with a humbucker in the bridge that feels right to you when you're in a distortion mood.
I have a serious question for all you gear heads. I have a 20 year old Gibson sg, and run it through an Orange Crush 20RT. No matter how hard I try, I get the same boxy sound. I like it, but every time I adjust something on the amp, it's still roughly the same tone. Please help I really want to get over this.
Single core vs humbuckers. There's really no fair comparison they both have their own place in music. I love the sound of the single core in My telecasters but the humbuckers in my Les Paul sound great too.
I am using old DiMarzio YJM signature pickups (HS3) in my USA strat and get plenty of sustain, they are very well balanced and most important for me, noiseless. I have also tried HSS combination with Dimarzio Super Distortion in the bridge and it was really good but it has much higher output than HS3 so you have to balance patches well in different positions.
Boludo toda la vida usando humbuckers y ahora tengo unas ganas de unos simple, el sonido es mucho más abierto en los clean y las distorsiones suenan más vintage
Fishmans specifically are able to do single coil tones very well, I'd recommend trying other sets in general and maybe even the fishman single coil set
both the scott lepage and tim henson pickups have single coil voicings as well as the tim henson pickups having a hyper clean tone which is meant to replicate a nylon string acoustic so i don’t think he wired the other voicings of the fishmans into the circuit
I love single coils for lead work and humbuckers for brutal rythem and chugs so I have a single coil in the neck and humbucker in the bridge and BOOM best of both worlds 😁
The first two tests didn't have the switch positions matched. Can't change two variables and draw a conclusion about one of them. The two sustain trials were so close that you could've gotten wider results by trying it multiple times on the same guitar.
Strats sounding like strats, although I always prefer how humbuckers handle distortions. Can't speak for all strats but mine gets waaaaaay too muddy if i dial in too much gain or fuzz.
Nah, not really, man. My Strat and my Tele both have the same exact bridge pickups; there are only subtle differences in the bridge position, probably due to the differing types of wood, saddle material, and nut material on both instruments. Also, my tele is like 8.5 pounds and my strat is like 7 pounds, so that also affects the sound. The point being that the bridge plate doesn't do fuck all, imo.
What I've learned over the years is your genre & how you play can help determine your pickups. Single coils tend to sound better if you play lead, humbuckers for rhythm. Single coils pair well with Blues humbuckers with heavy rock/metal
For me... As a 21 years old boy and Imma metal head so I've been using humbucker my whole life. I love the sound of humbuckers more but I still kinda wanna try single coil tough but humbuckers will always be my go to.
You don’t have to be beholden to one sound. I have a strat and guitars with humbuckers. I love both. I just play the guitar the music seems to call for.
Single coils hands down. You just can't get that real strat sound with anything else. My primary is an 03 American Series strat with a Hotrail in the bridge, it works but I wouldn't wanna press it beyond that
That’s why HSS is the way to go. I use the Hum-bucker at the bridge for beefy leads or heavy distorted rhythms. The single coil at the neck for clean rhythms and substitution for acoustic guitars. The single coil in the middle for the twangy leads.
ye its gotta be humbuckers for me, i dont even like standard distortion, im a fuzz and overdrive gal, but if it sounds like what i like purely cos its humbuckers, then take the two singles out my HSS and gimme a second Hum
See, end of the day there are songs that requires single coil pickups as there are songs that are better with a humbucker. Think of the Honky Tonk Women intro. There are times when a single and a hum go together so well as well. Thus, the coolness inherent in a 5 piece Rawk n Rawllll bands😊
I think that for all you played, single coil works better. I´m a metal guy and I began to love single coil specialy for leads. For Palm mutes, I prefer humbucker. The reason why I began to prefer single coil pickups is because they are more expresive and I think that It´s a more important quality than the Tone by Itself. You don´t need to marry one of them. You can have a humbucker that splits to single coil with a push pull and you have both worlds, That´s what I do.
both do amazing in their own areas, humbuckers obviously for heavier rock tones and beefy sounding tones, single coil for glassy/glimmery clean tones but i couldnt live without either of them
Cream disagrees
False dichotomy - HBs do fabulous cleans. I wouldn’t use this video as representing the possibilities of HB cleans.
Both are great, but both can be way better. Especially if you are a working musician and play a variety of guitars.
Wire the humbuckers in parallel.
Wire the bridge single coil to the tone control to roll off abrasive highs.
Best of both worlds! Cheers
I'm partial to an HSS configuration although I definitely prefer the all single coil look and I just have to say once again how great that sonic blue 60s style strat looks.
Hot rail pickups are a thing
@@Jazda1Jazda Yeah I just mean in the context of this video. If it were my personal guitar I'd be putting a hot rails in the bridge for sure.
Funny, I prefer the HSH configuration on an Ibanez 7-string
@@SirQuack-mi9sz I have the same setup on my Ibanez
Nice name you got there mate
To me the neck pickup of a strat IS the guitar sound. No other guitar/pickup combination has as much character IMO.
My single coils identify as humbuckers. Anyone who says they can hear a humming will be charged with thought crimes.
Transphobic
@@Ottophil I’ll play any style of pick up. Please respect my single coils right to identify as they choose.
Jesus Christ 🤣
Nice one 🤣
My single coils identify as microphones
That's why I love HSS configuration, I love the warm sound of the Humbucker on the bridge for rock and the 4th position of the single coil for funk.
4th position means middle + neck position right?
@@btgoros yup, I know but what I mean is that the 1st position in the HSS configuration it can give you that heavy tone than a single coil, but the 4th position gives you that "mellow" sound and sounds very funky, so HSS has a bit more versatility compared to the SSS.
Fun fact the humbuckers he used, are actually wired to basically act like single coils, Scott and Tim mainly chose humbuckers because they though it looked cleaner than it would with a SSS layout
Humbuckers all look like that (two single coils combined) but a lot of them have covers over them because it makes them look better and has a slight effect on the tone
@@Zack-bl2gg sorry there was a typo there
anyone with a few miles runned knows that both are amazing
I personally likes humbuckers to solo single note lines with some overdrive
single coils covers all the rest, chords, solos with harmonies in it and.....
well, if i had to choose, i would stick with singles.
Danilo, you are spot on......... Thanks for speaking for me also.......
Spot on, I just feel like I need humbucker for single note lead, the rest single coil does better
I've always wanted to try a Humbucker bridge and Single Coil neck configuration myself for a lot of higher gain guitar playing. I've found playing a single in the neck for lead work to be very entertaining and it really help accent my dynamics a lot better than a regular humbucker in the neck would.
Strangely I liked the HB’s on the clean tone, because they sounded brighter to me. But the SC’s on the distorted, because they weren’t as low end heavy.
Both easily solved with EQ.
I use humbuckers for cleans and single coils for dirty stuff
But they weren’t glassy
you should have turned it into a hendrix considering you already have the reversed headstock. The reversed bridge strat really brings out those bass frequencies for that hendrix tone
Ohhhh! Hahaha Im going through the same and it’s making me doubt about my whole identity 😂 thank you so much to let me know I’m not the only one haha
IMO single coils have really nice distortion but I prefer the clean of the Humbucker anyone else think this or am I just weird
most people think the opposite. Humbuckers work quite nicely for jazz tones clean but beyond that I'm not much of a fan of their cleans.
Depends on the amp as well. I have low-wattage tube amps, and I prefer the cleans with single coils, as my humbucker are just too hot for true cleans. When I play through my solid state pedal into a digital interface and into powered monitors, I love the cleans with my humbuckers.
It also depends on whether you have low-output (PAF's) or high-output (dime buckers) HB's.
I had to get the fender v mod humbuckers because they can switch between humbucker and single coil modes as I love both with distortion or clean for different vibes. There are other humbuckers with single coil modes, but imo fender has the only ones that actually sound good in single mode.
I loved playing the humbucker on my Yamaha PAC, but the neck pickup just grew on me. The glassy twangy throaty tone I got out of the neck single coil sounded so good in my mature years of guitar.
I like HSS for strat and a gibson sg with humbuckers that split. Those two are my favorite combos I have
My 8-string has a coil split (only energizing one coil in each pickup) and I've been loving that for heavy rhythm tones, it's got a throat to it that almost feels like it's using some kind of mod pedal but it doesn't. Shockingly versatile.
Man your black strat looks so cool with double humbuckers
All my partscasters have single coil neck pup and HB bridge pup, can get all those glassy strat sounds from the neck(but when I roll off the tone it can be good for jazz) and then a super distortion in the bridge for the hot stuff
Two completely different sounds
I couldn’t pick which I liked better but they both sound incredible
personally im a humbucker guy but i like a singlecoil in the neck. besides that classic fender neck sound it also lets me switch my clean tone from crunchy to glassy on the fly
I only noticed when I looked at the video. When I wasn’t looking I didn’t even hear when you switched guitars lol😂
Thats some clean humbucker, many humbuckers are muddy af
I’m loving the humbuckers
Still waiting for the day they make a humbucker with atleast one strat single coil so you can split it and have a proper strat tone.
Please, don't mind my 2 cents on your post for it did come up on my feed.
Have a rocking good time enjoying your cool guitars.
Me, I play my homebuilt teak wood Tele mainly with a Duncan hum on the neck.
for me it's gotta be the humbuckers across the board they just sound so beefy beautiful and can they ever pack a punch
BADASS guitars!!!!!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
that play of John Mayers version of " Wait till tomorrow" was clean af
Hey mikey, what pickups are in the custom shop strat? I'm very curious!
I freaking love the neck and middle single coils, but i think the bridge pickup sound better with humbucker, except for fuzz
I feel like I liked the bucks better for clean and the single better for distortion. At least since you had both setups in neck pos. Not sure what would happen with bridge pos, especially if you played with tone knob and double-especially if you played with amp EQ, too.
Go with humbuckers and coil split them, I'm not sure what the situation is with Fishmans. I have a test on my channel that compares split coils to single coils and they're pretty hard to tell apart, impossible in a full mix. The key is to use high output pickups though. Splitting an 8.5k neck pickup will sound pretty weak. I switched to a 15k neck pickup so it splits at a more realistic output. And if possible, mount the humbucker at the same angle as the bridge single coil on a strat if you wanna keep the authentic strat sound.
Should've tried all 3 voices on those lepage humbuckers on each [that lepage voice 2 and 3 are better for clean tones but I'm a voice 1 guy for distortion. So many options.] You'd probably prefer passive humbuckers a lot more considering your playstyle since they don't have the odd trappings of active pickups.
For what I've seen via your channel of your taste and style, I'd say singles for you even though I much prefer humbuckers personally. Here's the long answer, if you want one can do it all guitar, go ssh with a coil tap or if you like different guitars for different jobs, my preference, have an sss strat as your no. 1 and another with a humbucker in the bridge that feels right to you when you're in a distortion mood.
I have a serious question for all you gear heads. I have a 20 year old Gibson sg, and run it through an Orange Crush 20RT. No matter how hard I try, I get the same boxy sound. I like it, but every time I adjust something on the amp, it's still roughly the same tone. Please help I really want to get over this.
Single core vs humbuckers. There's really no fair comparison they both have their own place in music. I love the sound of the single core in My telecasters but the humbuckers in my Les Paul sound great too.
Single core? Never heard of her.
I am using old DiMarzio YJM signature pickups (HS3) in my USA strat and get plenty of sustain, they are very well balanced and most important for me, noiseless. I have also tried HSS combination with Dimarzio Super Distortion in the bridge and it was really good but it has much higher output than HS3 so you have to balance patches well in different positions.
That’s like the big apple Strat. Did you keep the five way switch?
Boludo toda la vida usando humbuckers y ahora tengo unas ganas de unos simple, el sonido es mucho más abierto en los clean y las distorsiones suenan más vintage
how do you achieve the glassy tone? which mods i have to put into my player series?
Humbuckers for the chugs, single coils for the twangs
I have a hsh pickup config on my guitar and im pretty happy with it
Fishmans specifically are able to do single coil tones very well, I'd recommend trying other sets in general and maybe even the fishman single coil set
both the scott lepage and tim henson pickups have single coil voicings as well as the tim henson pickups having a hyper clean tone which is meant to replicate a nylon string acoustic so i don’t think he wired the other voicings of the fishmans into the circuit
If I install a single coil neck pickup on a Les Paul will it sound like a stratocaster. That would be awesome
Why did you do the DS1 test using the neck single coil vs bridge humbucker?
I love single coils in my Strat. I also love the humbuckers in my Les Paul 😂
Hi, do you use the ds1 into the dirty channel of your amp?
I love single coils for lead work and humbuckers for brutal rythem and chugs so I have a single coil in the neck and humbucker in the bridge and BOOM best of both worlds 😁
how can you activate all voice combinations of the fishman pickups with only a 5 position switch
The first two tests didn't have the switch positions matched. Can't change two variables and draw a conclusion about one of them. The two sustain trials were so close that you could've gotten wider results by trying it multiple times on the same guitar.
The bell tone is heavenly on the single coils.
btw at 0:25 what song is that from or is it something you made?
It's the verse line of Hendrix "Wait Until Tomorrow"
@@procrastinator6902 I'll check that out thank you!
I prefer to use a Single Coils Sim, on Humbuckers Guitars, for cleans tone and switch for distorted tones on humbuckers.
That’s why there’s HSH and HSS and SHH for people who can’t decide. Or you can just do HHH.
Strats sounding like strats, although I always prefer how humbuckers handle distortions. Can't speak for all strats but mine gets waaaaaay too muddy if i dial in too much gain or fuzz.
What is that song u used during the distortion test
Single coils sound great with the glassy tone, but the humbuker's beefy-ness kinda hurt the glassy tone.
Put a telecaster bridge pickup in the bridge position of a strat it's perfect.
The bridge of the tele is part of why it sounds the way it does as well. But then you lose the whammy.
Nah, not really, man. My Strat and my Tele both have the same exact bridge pickups; there are only subtle differences in the bridge position, probably due to the differing types of wood, saddle material, and nut material on both instruments. Also, my tele is like 8.5 pounds and my strat is like 7 pounds, so that also affects the sound. The point being that the bridge plate doesn't do fuck all, imo.
fffck it give me that Humbucker Beefy madness for my DoomMetal tones any day of the year
What I've learned over the years is your genre & how you play can help determine your pickups. Single coils tend to sound better if you play lead, humbuckers for rhythm. Single coils pair well with Blues humbuckers with heavy rock/metal
I unfortunately can’t lay my opinion on this bc I’ve never used double humbuckers but it sound thick and strong
depends, I switched from a humbucker to p90s and they break up nicely, and chug for metal, without having that annoying low mid chaw-sound
Im on the HSH side with the bridge humbucker being slanted
Single coil all the way. So much clarity
I gotta go with single coils on this one. Generally, single coil works better for lead. Humbuckers on a heavy body for rhythm.
For me... As a 21 years old boy and Imma metal head so I've been using humbucker my whole life. I love the sound of humbuckers more but I still kinda wanna try single coil tough but humbuckers will always be my go to.
You don’t have to be beholden to one sound. I have a strat and guitars with humbuckers. I love both. I just play the guitar the music seems to call for.
Buckets have a slight edge in my opinion. Go HSS!
The P90 elite are calling. Join us 😈
Personally I would pick the single coils for a Strat but hum buckers are good on teles
Thanks
Or you can do what I did: swapped to humbuckers and added a coil split switch. 😄
What amps do you use
They have different uses, keep both. And get a tele they also have a pretty unique tone
Easy. Single coil in the neck, humbucker in the bridge. It’s the best combo
They each have strengths, i honestly prefer hss config
Why not try out P90’s!!!! A great representation of the best of both worlds.
why use different pick-up settings?
Single coils hands down.
You just can't get that real strat sound with anything else. My primary is an 03 American Series strat with a Hotrail in the bridge, it works but I wouldn't wanna press it beyond that
What the first song he plays????
EVERYONE SAYING THEY BOTH DO GOOD, SO HERES MY OPINION, NONE ARE GOOD, I PREFER SSH PICKUPS XD (u can have both through a flick of a toggle switch :D)
Do a room tour
I’ve loved humbuckers all my life but the single-coils guitar sounded noticeably better to my personal taste.
Please put out music I need more of the funk
I'll take my Seymour Duncan JB humbuckers any day
Easy solution split coil pickups
Single coil all the way. Especially for you.
Yes.
The only strat sound!!
That’s why HSS is the way to go.
I use the Hum-bucker at the bridge for beefy leads or heavy distorted rhythms.
The single coil at the neck for clean rhythms and substitution for acoustic guitars.
The single coil in the middle for the twangy leads.
The hc has a fuller clean but goddamn spending 300 eur for pickups is not my jam lol
0:41 what song
for me humbucker is more muddy on a strat
ye its gotta be humbuckers for me, i dont even like standard distortion, im a fuzz and overdrive gal, but if it sounds like what i like purely cos its humbuckers, then take the two singles out my HSS and gimme a second Hum
I mean they’re the signature pick ups so… 🤷♂️
Sir your single foils with distortion is a gimmick because you would need a noise gate to fix the distortion feedback
Humbuckers= always muddy, single coils= clarity, smooth tone
With my eyes closed pretty much same tone and I was expecting it to be different so can't say I have a biased opinion
Get an HSS strat and add a splitter to have a humbucker and a single on the bridge at the same time😂
even with distortion the single coil sounded better
#1 humbucker #2 single coil #3 single coil
See, end of the day there are songs that requires single coil pickups as there are songs that are better with a humbucker.
Think of the Honky Tonk Women intro.
There are times when a single and a hum go together so well as well. Thus, the coolness inherent in a 5 piece Rawk n Rawllll bands😊
I think it depends entirely on the genre you play. The licks you played single coil wins. Play something heavier and humbucker all the way
I think that for all you played, single coil works better. I´m a metal guy and I began to love single coil specialy for leads. For Palm mutes, I prefer humbucker. The reason why I began to prefer single coil pickups is because they are more expresive and I think that It´s a more important quality than the Tone by Itself. You don´t need to marry one of them. You can have a humbucker that splits to single coil with a push pull and you have both worlds, That´s what I do.