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Permalink Reply by JUJU on November 30, 2011 at 11:26am

maybe the B on the end of the number is for Bridge - usually the bridge pickup is a higher output than a neck pickup - do you have a tester to check the resistance output ?

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Permalink Reply by chris koh on November 30, 2011 at 11:56am

No dont have tester, good thinking bout the b at the end of the number it makes sense, going to head to guitar shop later today he will be able to test it I guess? 

Do you know if you used a bridge pick up on neck what that would be like?

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Permalink Reply by JUJU on November 30, 2011 at 12:57pm

yes like eric said the worlds your oyster with pickups and sounds - there really aint any rules as such it's all down to player taste - i have a a les paul fitted with two 15k hubucker rail pickups and it's sweet from blues to thrash it's setup in the Jimmy page configuration with switchable pot which changes the humbuckers to single coil so lots of sound options

another thing to consider is where you place the pickup as this changes tone also the nearer the bridge you go the more high pitched you go the closer to the neck you go the more low you go so what ever you want really

hope that helps  :)

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Permalink Reply by ChickenboneJohn on November 30, 2011 at 7:03pm

It really doesn't matter a huge amount whether it's a bridge or neck pickup, but guitar obsessives being what they are, they will analyse and worry themselves into a tizzy about this subject, discussing the polepiece spacings, number of turns, resistance etc.

 

Yes, the world's your lobster...put the pickup in a gutiar and have at it my friend.

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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on November 30, 2011 at 7:28pm

I wonder if pickup bridge or neck options only really differ on the length of the connecting wire rather than sound on six string guitars, often got them the wrong way round and not noticed any difference..(-:

i prefer the tone of a neck placed pickup on a CBG, i use flatpups and mini humbuckers, none of which are specified fror bridge or neck placing.

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Permalink Reply by ChickenboneJohn on November 30, 2011 at 9:22pm

Bridge and neck pickups tend to differ in a couple of respects - polepiece spacing and they are often wound to different resistances.

 

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