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Permalink Reply by Clock The Wolf on August 2, 2013 at 7:33am

Either will work just fine. I've got multiple 3 and 4 stringers that use both...

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Permalink Reply by David McQueen on August 2, 2013 at 8:28am

I used a Gitty 4 pole single coil pickup in one build and I am really pleased with the sound. It seems to have a decent impedance.

https://www.cbgitty.com/cubecart/guitar-electronics/pickups/black-e...

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on August 2, 2013 at 10:56am

There are also a number of guys around here that will make you a custom four string bucker for the right price. Ted Crocker, skee6, juju aka soundssogood, bob Harrison, me....

There's ways of making a 'dummy pole piece extender' or 'fakey bobbin top' over your regular six string pickup so it looks like a four pole pickup from the top..

Have fun with it

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Permalink Reply by Diglydog on August 4, 2013 at 1:40am

Artec, and probably other manufacturers, make humbuckers with fully enclosed tops or 'toaster' designs.  That way, there's no pole pieces to line up.  Here's a couple of examples off eBay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Artec-ceramic-Mini-humbucker-pickups-P58-/1...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Artec-ceramic-Mini-humbucker-pickups-/14074...

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Permalink Reply by Kentucky Mojo on August 6, 2013 at 7:22am

For Jazz you may want to go single coil if you are looking for a more "mellow sound". Humbuckers give more umph... more power, usually more of a harsher vibe than mellow IMHO. But its in the ear of the beholder. I'm doing a telecaster cbg to get a nice bluesy tone and using Fender Texas Specials (What I have in my 2 stratocasters) to get that tone.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on August 6, 2013 at 2:24pm

Don't know about that, while buckers are real popular with the hard rock crowd, they're real popular on jazz boxes too. Which come to think of it is what they were invented for :)

The Texas specials are great eh

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