Author Topic: Guitar pickups (Read 99 times)

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

paulman · « **Reply #1 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.

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2007, 05:52:02 AM »

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

Peter

grateful · « **Reply #3 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