I've been looking at making myself a guitar, a Fender style guitar, but don't really know what to do about the pick-ups in the guitars? If there's a certain type of pick-up that may sound better than others or sound cleaner then others? Or if there's just a good pick-up that sounds good with a decent price range?

Wow! That is an unanswerable question. It's so much personal preference. My best suggestion would be look for the word alneco. Nothing ceramic. Seymour Duncan, GFS, EMG, Fender, DiMarzio, Lace Sensor, and the list goes on and on. We could talk for days about personal preference, but it's just that. Wish it was easier.

@jackdragbean:

+ 1,000 !!

You really need to go and play a guitar with each... they are extremely different between the basic sub-types - Single Coil, Humbucker, Lace, Soapbox.

There is no right answer to the question !!

cheers!

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I agree with both posters above.

It is impossible to say.

Go to a guitar shop and play some different guitars. Choose the pickups which you like most.
Be prepared that they will probably not sound exactly the same in your selfmade guitar but the general characteristics will be there.

The sound of a pickup depends on so many factors and each pickup sound is also a matter of individual taste and preference.

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Well said Bros.

Easher88 enjoy the hunt.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

Unless you're spending big bucks on an active setup...all passive is the way to go.

Define "best"

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There is no best. Everyone has a different opinion of that. What is your best sound from a guitar that you ever heard? Find out what made it and there you are. Simple isn't it.

Demo - just to confuse, listen to EC at the diddlelouludilllou bit then AFL's diddlelouludillou bit, have we got single coils immitating H'buckers or H'buckers immitating single coils, or should I just have a lie down in a darkened room till it's all over , at least enjoy the vid