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SINGLE COIL VS HUMBUCKER FENDER PRO
SINGLE COIL VS HUMBUCKER FENDER CODE
SINGLE COIL VS HUMBUCKER FENDER SERIES

Output Rating (Bass/Middle/Treble) – 6/4/6.

It’s a decent pickup that shines with pickups like the 57/62’s etc. I think in 2012 they changed to the DiamondBack with fat 50’s. They were in production starting from 1998 on the American Fat Strat to 2003 with TexMex in the single coil positions. It’s recommended for HSS configuration which means that it’s not a high output humbucker. However I did notice that Diamondbacks often have a 64 on the bottom of them likely the center number in their manufacturer code. FENDER HUMBUCKER WIRING – Except dual tap GOOD LUCK! Here’s what I’ve found out so far (subject to change!) – The date of my last change is at the bottom. But, yet another but, sometimes the number on the pickup means something else we know nothing about!!įINALLY – Fender constantly futzes around with their pickups so if you don’t be surprised if the same numbered pickup has a more then 8% difference in DCR but they do tend to average. They often reissued the SAME pickup with the different part number.

SINGLE COIL VS HUMBUCKER FENDER CODE

The part code is the SAME code that would be found on a retail package. The part code that is important is the 5 digit code in the middle and often the last 2 or 3 digits can be found in black marker on the back of the pickup. Measurement also play a BIG part in identifying the humbucker.Ī WORD on part numbers: Usually fender has a long part number, the zeros in the front and end mean nothing. Luckily, some of them have consistent numbers or a specific look “tweaks” to them, especially the later model ones. As usual, measurement would be a good way to figure them out but heck, it’s all over the place around 8K – So if it’s around 8K it’s a DH-1, A Twin Head, etc, etc, etc The 4th problem is the Fender sometimes gave the SAME pickup a different name (like Enforcer vs Atomic, Hot Rod DH-1) so really the measurement is one of the BEST identifying feature in a lot of cases. The third problem is if they do have a number sometimes you’ll have no idea what that number means. The wire colors seems to be very consistent with new pickups so it’s not very unique, The second main problem is the many of them have NO identifying numbers on the bottom.

THE GOTCHAS! One down side of identifying humbuckers is that the bottoms are used over and over and over again and are often not a great indicator of the pickup and their design in most cases. Fender also had Stratocaster runs that used Seymour Duncans, most often Pearly Gates in the early 2000s.

Although Fender didn’t actually make that many humbuckers they sometimes shared names and are all pretty decent to excellent. I focused on the new ones but is starting to be expanded to included older Fender Humbuckers. This page is all about Fender Humbuckers. That said let’s move on to identification I'm curious whether they'd fulfill my "snappy, twangy bass string" requirements (never had a chance to play a Firebird yet.To add to this be VERY careful with non dual tap Fender humbuckers with posts if you think it’s not giving you a reading. That said, Firebird-style mini-humbuckers still have me intrigued - supposedly, those sound like beefed-up Strat single-coils. Sorry, I need my Duane Eddy/Luther Perkins-twang on the low strings, any pickup that kills that snap and twang is incompatible with my playing style! I simply don't get along with that pickup type (not even with Filtertrons, which are said to be relatively single-coil-ish, as far as HBs are concerned) - what I hate so much about them is how the low stings/wound strings (low E, A and D) sound on very single HB-equipped guitar I ever tried, the low strings sounded dull, dry and thuddy, compared to the snappy, twangy, lively, stringy, crisp tones you get with most single coils (some over-wound P90s are almost as bad as humbuckers.)

SINGLE COIL VS HUMBUCKER FENDER PRO

On all my other humbucker guitars (SG, Cabronita-ish Tele, Gretsch Pro Jet), I replaced the HBs with HB-sized single coils.

SINGLE COIL VS HUMBUCKER FENDER SERIES

I've got a humbucker in the bridge position of my 12-string Tele (but use it in the split/single-coil setting most of the time), and I've got a humbucker in my "portable pedal steel" (a lap steel with a Duesenberg Multibender) - but I wired the coils in parallel, instead of in series as with a regular humbucker - those are the only two HB-equipped guitars I own!