Single Pickup Guitars.....

[baimun]

Fender Esquires.... LP Jr's.... EVH style superstrats...

So, if you've played a single pickup guitar, what was your favorite pickup?

 

[jelloman]

Humbucker...can be split for single coil...

 

[Modern Saint]

That is rough question Tony...

I like the sound of a good strat pickup as well as the P-90 sound. My Melody Maker also has a single coil similar to a strat which is very nice sounding.

 

[Chad]

I am thinking my next guitar will be a single TV Jones in the bridge.

 

[Alex W]

If I had to have a guitar with one pickup it would be a tv jones humbucker. I might end up buying a Filipino Bacchus and dropping a couple tv jones in it

 

[GilmourD]

I voted humbucker but I like that Tele with the P90.

 

[Sauntman]

Humbucker, Eddie Van Halen style.

 

[micwalt]

Humbucker, Eddie Van Halen style.

Yeah!

 

[GreatDane]

Humbucker. In the neck position.

 

[CBHScott]

It depends on my mood. While I would prefer a splittable PAF-type humbucker, I'm all about the filter/fideli/___-tron-types at the moment. Having said that, however, that first pic of the red Firebirdesque w/ the single P90 made something move...

 

[nuke_diver]

Poll fail cop0

Need to be able to make multiple selections

For me it is Pure90's and Vintage V60's

 

[GilmourD]

Humbucker, Eddie Van Halen style.

Yeah!

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[Maltomario]

I'd vote hamburger (Tapped)

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I'm voting humbucker. . I only own one guitar in this configuration and it's not very versatile. My least favorite guitar in that regard

 

[Pine Apple Slim]

I've owned two single pickup guitars.

Best one was '51 ES125 w the original single P90 in the neck. That thing was amazing so I voted P90.
Shoulda kept that guitar but I got greedy and in a fit of GAS sold it for a hefty profit.

The other one pickup guitar is my parts Esquire w a GFS lil Killer 10K rail. Its just OK. Fine for rock but it doesnt really have enough highs for a true tele bridge sound. I like the Esquire a lot(Eldred mod) but I havnt found the right pickup yet.

 

[knotty]

Why, just why why why? I dont get it. Why give up the options???????

 

[Mark Wein]

Only if it were something like this:

 

[telecaster911]

I am thinking my next guitar will be a single TV Jones in the bridge.

 

[Pine Apple Slim]

Esquire aficionados, an probably Jr fans too have a theory that the extra pickup puts additional magnetic force on the strings even when switched off. Therefore there is a positive difference in the sound of identical Teles one 2 pickup and one Esquired.

 

[Chad]

Where do you think I got the idea?

 

[knotty]

Esquire aficionados, an probably Jr fans too have a theory that the extra pickup puts additional magnetic force on the strings even when switched off. Therefore there is a positive difference in the sound of identical Teles one 2 pickup and one Esquired.

Thanks for that. I see the theory but am not convinced. If you have decent sustain then the "dormant" coil is having negligible effect surely.