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Title: S1 & S2 P/U question
Post by: funkyjazzjunky on August 31, 2012, 08:52:35 AM

Since the each p/u is single coil, why is the housing so large/wide?
 
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Title: S1 & S2 P/U question
Post by: terryc on August 31, 2012, 09:35:07 AM

'Cos it's got a big muthaf***ing coil in it! LOL
Don't think strat or tele here..chunky magnet with lots(but not too much wire)
Big aperture means big string capture and it looks so cool too!

Title: S1 & S2 P/U question
Post by: adriaan on August 31, 2012, 09:42:32 AM

Because it's a big wide magnet, with a big wide coil with (IIRC) a relatively small number of windings. The idea behind the design is to have as little coloration as possible, so you hear the strings, not so much the pickup.

Title: S1 & S2 P/U question
Post by: funkyjazzjunky on August 31, 2012, 01:06:15 PM

Then why is the cancelling coil so much thinner?  I thought the hum cancelling coil was a mirror image of the sensing coil.
 
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Title: S1 & S2 P/U question
Post by: lbpesq on August 31, 2012, 01:30:58 PM

Not all single coils are narrow.  Think P-90s.  The dummy humcanceling PU doesn't have a core.  Coil only.
 
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Title: S1 & S2 P/U question
Post by: peoplechipper on August 31, 2012, 11:10:44 PM

MMMMM! p90's! I love p90's! my favorite pickup...the fatter lap steel pickups in my 1960 melody maker are pretty awesome too...weird how the physical construction of pickups affects the sound;the theory of pickups is so straightforward, but little changes can be huge...Tony

Title: S1 & S2 P/U question
Post by: edwin on August 31, 2012, 11:38:10 PM

Because the humcanceller has no magnet.