spunky-naz

I actually wanted to do this tomorrow~~~ But I can't play my Guitar!! Any of those 3!! Because of so intense playing since after the exams.. Really~~

So I'll write an explanation about Pick-ups...
This is a model Guitar.

So the HUGE difference betweeen Acoustic and Electrics are ..... PICK-UPS!!
Pick-ups can be compared to the Soundholes as found on ALL Acoustic Guitars. (There are different variations of Soundholes but the most common is a round one in the center).

So yea, on the Far LEFT is a HUMBUCKER Pickup and the Middle and Far RIGHT are SINGLE COILS.

Pick-ups acts as a transducer that capture vibrations (from steel strings for example) and converts them to electronic signals which can be amplified and recorded.

Point 1 = Amplifiers (Loudspeakers) comes hand-in-hand with Pick-ups~~

A magnetic Pick-up consists of a permanent magnet wrapped with a coil of a couple thousand turns of copper wire. You know, like those tiny little engine Tamiya's that I used to play~~
How a Pick-up works is entirely physics, you know, magnetic flux and A.C through the coil of the wire, blah-blah

Point 2 = Pick-ups are magnets~~

Single Coil Pick-ups..
Have a look at SRV's and Eric Clapton's guitar. The 3 Pick-ups in place are Single Coils. Mine as well.. Why? Because that's a standard model of a Fender Stratocaster!! 3 Single Coils in this context would mean S-S-S~~


The Placing of Pick-ups are as follows:
From Left to Right
Bridge -> Middle -> Neck

Point 3 = S-S-S is very commonly associated to Fender

Humbucker..
This Pick-up uses 2 coils, both generating string signals. Both the coils are in series and the magnetic circuit is low loss (physics again). Since the 2 coils are of reverse polarity and reverse-wound and connected in series, noise and interference are essentially cancelled out through a differential Amplifier. Hence the name Humbucker (they "buck the hum")

Present in Gibson's or PRS Guitars
Or else there are called "2-single-coil-pickups-wired-together-with-identical-coils-of-reverse-polarity" Pick-up

An example of a guitar configuration would be H-H (present in Gibson Les Paul)

Point 4 = Humbucker is a cool name

Pick-up Selection..
Can you spot that particular lever? Just above those 3 knobs~~ That's a device required to choose the Pick-ups you want to activate.

The Pick-up selection switch has 5 positions. Position 1, 3 and 5 activate only 1 Pick-up (Bridge, Middle & Neck respectively)

*For easy understanding, the position in the picture is Pos.1*

Pos.2 is the activation of Bridge & Middle
Pos.4 is the activation of Middle & Neck

This is apparently standard. IF your Fender can choose only 3, and is made somewhere between the years of 60's and 70's then it's normal. But if it's a recent production, I have to say, you got CONNED!!!

Point 5 = Know your Pick-ups. Don't get conned.

Ok, I hope I have cleared your doubts about Electric Guitars. Questions are welcome. (^^)