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Post subject: What is the best type of pick-up for any type of guitar?
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:35 pm
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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?


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Post subject: Re: What is the best type of pick-up for any type of guitar?
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:54 pm
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Wow! :shock: 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.


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Post subject: Re: What is the best type of pick-up for any type of guitar?
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 12:05 am
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@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 !!

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Post subject: Re: What is the best type of pick-up for any type of guitar?
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 12:33 am
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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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Post subject: Re: What is the best type of pick-up for any type of guitar?
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:43 am
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Well said Bros.

Easher88 enjoy the hunt.

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Post subject: Re: What is the best type of pick-up for any type of guitar?
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 4:53 am
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Unless you're spending big bucks on an active setup...all passive is the way to go.


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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 4:56 am
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Define "best" :?:

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Post subject: Re: What is the best type of pick-up for any type of guitar?
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 5:42 am
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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.


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Post subject: Re: What is the best type of pick-up for any type of guitar?
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:55 am
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