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Title: Guitar pickups
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on January 30, 2007, 11:48:02 AM

There have been numerous discussions here on the differences between SC-1, AXY, MXY & Fatboy p/ups, but I don't recall seeing anything about the higher-pitch-range transducers.  The Products page shows, on various guitar models, HG, HGR, HG4 & STR p/ups.  As I have never seen an Alembic guitar in the flesh, let alone heard one, can someone please give me the rundown on what's the jive with each?
Thanks.
 
Peter

Title: Guitar pickups
Post by: paulman on January 30, 2007, 12:24:20 PM

Hey Cozmik...
 
Methinks I have the HG pickups on my Skylark, and HG4 and STR on my Further.  I believe the HGR's on on the Orion style guitars.  
 
HG is humbucker style, STR is single coil strat size.  What the tonal differences of each with R and 4 at the end I do not know.  The Skylark and Further are so totally different it's difficult to tell how much of the different, yet kick-ass, tone is just the pickups.  
 
Hope that helped.

Title: Guitar pickups
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on January 31, 2007, 05:52:02 AM

Thanks - I get the shape thing.  It's the tonal differences I was curious about.
 
Peter

Title: Guitar pickups
Post by: grateful on February 01, 2007, 06:24:10 AM

Hey Peter,
 
According to the Further spec page, they're plain HGs.  I find the strat size pickup is reminiscent of a strat, presumably because of its size (strat pickups sound cleaner than humbuckers to my ear).  The HGs sound fuller, but nothing like a conventional humbucker because they're so clean.  I don't know if the HG4 or HGR sound different to the HGs, as I've not heard them.  This is my subjective opinion.
 
Mark