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Unbalanced coils, unwaxed vs waxed humbuckers, hot vs low output, etc.
This time we discuss some of the most important facts about humbuckers.
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Timestamps:
Introduction
00:12 Intro Jam | LP | Double Trouble + NUX Looper
01:26 Humbucker Fact 1 | unbalanced coils are not bad!
03:03 Playing | ES-330L | Double Trouble + NUX looper
03:28 PROS of unbalanced coils?
04:22 CONS of unbalanced coils?
04:42 Playing | LP | Carl Martin Panama + NUX looper
05:11 Humbucker Fact 2 | Unwaxed pickups are not worse!
06:21 Playing | Barocsi Exploder | Double Trouble overdrive
07:01 Humbucker Fact 3 | high output humbuckers better?
08:20 Playing | LP | Double Trouble + NUX Looper
08:57 Humbucker Fact 4 | PU height adjustments
09:32 Playing | LP | clean | Walrus R1 reverb
09:59 Humbucker Fact 5 | Adjusting the pole pieces
10:47 Playing | Barocsi Exploder | BOSS OD1 + King of Tone
11:15 Fact +1: Humbucker covers change the pickup's sound
12:18 Playing | LP | Carl Martin Panama + NUX looper
12:49 And what about gold plated covers?
13:57 Playing | ES-330L | Double Trouble + NUX looper
Gear used in this video:
(the Bitly links are Thomann affiliate link)
-Gibson Les Paul Custom Shop '58 reissue bit.ly/2FxKvek
-Gibson ES-330L Bigsby
-Barocsi Exploder (heavily modded Harley Benton EX-76)
-Honey Bee Double Trouble: bit.ly/33COaU3
-Carl Martin Panama overdrive: bit.ly/2VsuePB
-Walrus R1 reverb: bit.ly/2M8xjDa
-Analogman King of Tone analogman.com
-BOSS OD1
-NUX SOS Looper bit.ly/31TMxPx
-REVV Dynamis 7/40 head: bit.ly/2IxwoId
-Universal Audio OX BOX bit.ly/2IyOeuj
-Two Notes Captor X: bit.ly/33FPfcW
-One Control Agamidae switcher: bit.ly/2YZgiib
-Ernie Ball cables and strap: bit.ly/2Io0dfg
-Cordial CRI series cables: bit.ly/2XiVLBR
-Evidence Audio patch cables: bit.ly/2Ixylo1
Other gear I use in my videos:
-Harley Benton Fusion-II Roasted SSP bit.ly/31FVawf
-Fender Telecaster Custom Shop '53 reissue
(a similar custom shop tele: bit.ly/2KFVJld)
-Gibson Les Paul CM 2015 - heavily modified (thin nitro refin; Lollar Dog Ear P90; Emerson electronics)
-Barocsi Troublecaster - Custom built T-style guitar with Gretsch Filtertrons
-Barocsi "Frankenstrat" (2000 Fender American Standard body + Warmoth neck)
-Walrus Audio D1 Delay: bit.ly/2W4McqU
-Coppersound Foxcatcher: coppersoundpedals.com/
-Supro Tremolo bit.ly/2Zpxn75
-REVV G2: bit.ly/2NbpV9R
-REVV G4: bit.ly/2ZhxX39
-Tate FX Antares overdrive www.tatefx.co.uk/
-Walrus Audio Lillian phaser: bit.ly/3czfxB8
-Tate FX Raise the Dead Germanium: www.tatefx.co.uk/
-Dunlop Gypsy Fuzz pedal: bit.ly/2VKw4K0
-SIB Nick Nitro (discontinued, you'll find it used)
-J Rockett Archer overdrive: bit.ly/2Ges1z8
-Morgan 1x12 cab Twilight: bit.ly/2KFihDq
The speech mic:
-SENNHEISER MKH 416: bit.ly/2w1EAMP
Audio Interface:
-Audient iD44: bit.ly/2Jo73zN
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@vinicioserafini5929 3 года назад

I had a '72 Thinline tele with wide-range humbuckers that was sitting unplayed next to my desk for more than a decade 'cause I love her looks and was a wonderful present for university graduation, but could just make it sound dull or too sharp. Never thought about adjusting the pole pieces (stupid me). Watched your video, gave the pole pieces a chanche and, god, it sounds so much better now! You made me love an old friend again, thanks a lot!

@KrisBarocsi 3 года назад

Ahh man, stories like this make my day!! So glad to hear that and I‘d love to play that tele of yours one day. Haha! I’m sure it’s a sweet guitar. Cheers!

@vinicioserafini5929 3 года назад

@@KrisBarocsi Never say never!

@DocRockBaby 3 года назад

I think you and your Tele will have a beautiful friendship from here on, may she bring you years of pleasure and cool grooves brother man 😎

@Ndlanding 3 года назад

Yip! It's amazing what a little pole-pulling can do. I've often pulled or pushed up/down the magnets in my Fender PUPs, when the G or B are too loud or quiet.

@vinicioserafini5929 3 года назад

@@Ndlanding honestly, I always thought that raising or lowering the pole pieces would have more or less the same effect of lowering or raising the whole pickup. It was a really pleasing surprise for me finding out that you can actually fine tune the character of the pickup in a much more "precise" way. I guess you never stop learning.

@MisterTee 3 года назад

I was recently roaming the mean streets of Bend, Oregon when a bearded young man wearing tight fitting trousers approached me and said “BRO, UNWAXED HUMBUCKERS HAVE BETTER DYNAMICS RANGE THAN WAXED HUMBUCKERS. I NEVER KNEW THAT BEFORE TODAY BRAH”. I looked at him, took a step back, and said “LITTLE MAN! I HAVE NO FUCKIN IDEA WHAT ANY OF THAT MEANS BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSION!” I then went about with my day

@alandennis3853 3 года назад

You make a great point about high output buckers. Most of us have more gain on tap than we realistically need and modern amps/modeling software can likely get you wherever you want in that regard. Why trade dynamics or definition when you can have sweet nicely voiced humbuckers and distort them as much as you want? Great video, and even better playing!

@KrisBarocsi 3 года назад

That’s exactly the point, I couldn’t agree more Alan. Cheers!

@frantisca 3 года назад

Hi Kris, So glad someone adresses this subject. Put things right for unbalanced, unwaxed, asymetrical HB. Cheers !

@melancholyhussar 3 года назад

Excellent video. I can honestly say from my own experience that everything you say is true. Using lower output pickups and getting the distortion from that amp results in a much more beefier and more articulate and dynamic tone and a wider range of tonal options by using the volume and tone controls on the guitar. Unwaxed pickups definitely sound better and, with practice, the feedback can be harnessed and made musical. Great playing, too! Thank you.

@ALtheDoctorWho 4 месяца назад

When I was a kid I found the same thing fooling around with Humbuckers all of them were miss matched and each one had there own sound. Even the power of the magnets. In those days no wax potting and I like the way they sounded better. It's the same thing with Amps too in those days if they ran out of a part they would use the next value not to mention that there was also a percentage that the part could be off. The cloning Idea is the best solution.IMO One thing that is just about impossible to get right is the grain and density of the wood. Each Guitar will have it's own response with the same pickup. It can drive you crazy. I know you understand this. Great Video. Thanks for sharing. c]8-)

@TexanUSMC8089 2 года назад

Great video. All of your vids on pickups are great. The polls, covers etc...I come back and watch them again every now and then.

@KrisBarocsi 2 года назад

Man, that’s so cool to hear! Thanks a lot!

@incognito2246 Год назад

Helpful tips. I made the same experience with my Tokai Love Rock which sounded too fat and not enough nerve. My solution : - I chose a set of OX4 low wind A4 magnet pickups , un-wax potting. - I lowered the neck pickup as much as possible into the cavity, and adjusted the bridge pickup height in function for a good balance. - I adjusted the pole pieces to have a better attack and notes separation. - I adopted 50’ wiring and put a simple treble bleed on neck pickup only (250 pF). But I didn’t remove the cover, because I don’t like the look without ! ☺️

@06szymonszymanski 3 года назад

I love my 59 Epiphone with USA Gibson pickups. I love low output pickups combined with Hi gain pedal and plexi style amp 😊 Brilliant video Kris 👏🏻

@payman.amini1 Год назад

Very informative, thanks!

@clockwork914 3 года назад

Beautiful playing Kris❕

@jamesmarchetti3286 2 года назад

I'd liked the video and subscribed. Great info simply presented and complete! Thanks this was better than all the tons of videos I watched on the same topic.

@KrisBarocsi 2 года назад

Thanks a lot James! Glad to see that you enjoy the videos. 🙌🥳

@Purusam 3 года назад

Great video, Kris!

@eddaymusic 3 года назад

Love your tone at 6:30. And excellent info. Thanks!

@FendCore 2 года назад

My opinion is that I've been ignoring your YT channel for way too long! Congrat for both great playing and also great technical knowledge!

@KrisBarocsi 2 года назад

Good to see you here and thanks a lot! Enjoy the videos!

@DocRockBaby 3 года назад

The Les Pauls from the 50's like the 58 and especially the 59's they were all unwaxed, I have an 08 standard plus there's a pair of burstbucker pro's in it and as far as I know they're the lowest output of the burstbucker pick-ups and honestly they sound savage I wouldn't change my LP for anything and I have a 2018 335 that has a pair of MHS (Memphis Historic Spec) humbuckers and again they sound amazing clean tones with reverb are sweet as you like switch to OD and again savage sound, having said that I'm not one for buying a guitar because of what pick-ups are in it or if the coils have the same amount of windings or anything if it feels good in my hands and sounds good to my ear that's good enough for me, great video brother man really enjoyed it 👍😎

@baorozzo 3 года назад

Thanks for teaching us so many precious concepts and facts!

@KrisBarocsi 3 года назад

And I thank you for watching my videos. It’s much much appreciated! 🙌

@igortikho 3 года назад

Really nice Kris!👍👍🎸

@popollo22 3 года назад

Great video. I’m a bit in the dark about how high or low to set humbuckers because I’m still learning and don’t really have a “sound” I stick to. One of my guitars has medium output humbuckers which I love. The other has p-rails so I assume that would be a good example of an unbalanced humbuckers since the humbucker is made up half p90 and half single coil blade.

@WatchesnguitarsDK 3 года назад

I ordered a set of Wizz Premium Clones with unbalanced coils and A3 for the neck position and more evenly wound coils for the bridge and with A2 magnet. They are freaking awesome! The magnets are really a fun thing to faff around with. I have spare UOA5, A2's, A3's and A4's (the latter came from my OX4's Low Wind - they are now short A5 in the neck and A8 in the bridge). Thanks for a great video once again.

@KrisBarocsi 3 года назад

I bet those sound magical dude. Thanks for watching!

@guterwilli5399 3 года назад

Hi Chris, always a pleasure to listen to your statements...👍 Those are always neutrale and informative...👌 Big thanks👏👏👏 Greetz

@KrisBarocsi 3 года назад

Thanks a lot Bernd!! 🥳

@christophgufler9590 3 года назад

Hey Kris, great video! I only know your white explorer from your old videos, I even thought you don't have that guitar anymore. Could you tell us a little bit about that guitar, what you did on it and what's your thought's on it? That would be great! Thanks for your content, you're inspiring me and teaching me so many interesting things!

@CharlieGreenberg Год назад

High quality video. Like your friendly and personal attitude and also quality of video and audio 🎉

@KrisBarocsi Год назад

Cheers Charlie! 🙏

@jeroentenberg3791 3 года назад

Thank you Kris, I really learned something!

@KrisBarocsi 3 года назад

Glad to hear that. Thanks for watching! 🙌

@willdenham Год назад

Thanks Chris, I actually didn't know that gold deadened tone. That helped me with the decision of putting gold tops on my new pickups I ordered for my 78' Custom LP. I wanted to match the gold hardware on it. I don't think he look is not worth the tone loss and they cost more that way too.

@willdenham 2 года назад

I have a set of hot D'marzio's or T-tops, I can't tell which in my 78' Custom LP and I like to play with high amp volume. I use an attenuator at home but on stage they squeal like crazy. I love the natural gain I get with just the amp and guitar but players have recommended that I wax them. I don't want to lose any dynamics like you were talking about, but I love them.

@irf888 3 года назад

Hi. Very informative video, thanks. And very tasty music/playing. I would add that me for me I adjust every Humbucker Pickup top surface in my guitars to be parallel with the strings. Regards.

@marions.120 3 года назад

I was watching some news and your notification came.... news can wait I guess!✌️🤪🎸🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶

@KrisBarocsi 3 года назад

haha! So cooooool thanks a lot!

@arisl2370 3 года назад

Gotta love them woody tones from a Les Paul... awesome Kris !

@KrisBarocsi 3 года назад

Yep, couldn’t agree more!

@Snowy0123 2 года назад

I had a strange vibration/overtone coming from my G string on a PRS McCarty 594.. I was trying to diagnose for months what was causing it.. I scoured the internet.. I checked nut,frets, loose hardware,high frets low frets,break angle,strings etc.... I was ready to sell it when you said something about saddle cuts on les paul style bridges being cut like a V and sometimes 5hey can pinch strings.. low and behold I took a nut file and lightly smoothed out my saddle and it worked.. I can't thank you enough..

@KrisBarocsi 2 года назад

That is so cool man, I‘m really happy to hear that! 💪 Enjoy that sweet McCarty!

@VanjaSpirin Год назад

Very good video.

@KrisBarocsi Год назад

Thank you very much!

@marcmadler454 3 года назад

First hell yeah! Love your vids!

@PooNinja 3 года назад

grab any seats? Sorry I’m late I was arguing that guy at Rich’s about what lotion he uses.

@KrisBarocsi 3 года назад

Dude, you faaast! Haha! Enjoy the video!

@necurrence1776 3 года назад

I was testing my humbuckers the other day to see if I can make them sound like single coils. By tweaking the amp I got close enough. What I'm saying is an amateur like myself didn't actually needed coil splits on my guitar. Medium output alnico 5 humbuckers seem to be versatile enough.

@andrewgarcia3136 3 года назад

a les paul with good paf style pickups and 50s wiring is really all you need. if you know how to work the controls on the guitar there are a lot of different tones there

@w1secc 3 года назад

Hey Kris! I really loved the video, if you could please tell me one thing. What is that song that you're playing on the Exploder in 06:21? I completely fell in love with that and would like to dig it more...

@alextavera741 3 года назад

Hi Kris, nice video. What PUs do you have in your LesPaul? Neck/bridge, potted or unpotted?

@RockGuitarVibes 3 года назад

Well done - the only thing I'm missing are some words about spacing 50mm / 53mm.

@KrisBarocsi 3 года назад

Good point!! I forgot to mention that. Why not talking about it in a Comment Time video. 😁

@geraldhills41 Год назад

My 1978 les paul custom sounded great without the pickup covers ! Alas I sold that beautiful guitar !

@teddeeh 3 года назад

Id say 2 factors are Magnets Pole piece types. Slug, screw and hex all have different sounds. You could really go futher with metal types too.

@thesjkexperience Год назад

It’s amazing how different the slug coil sounds from the screw coil. When I make humbuckers for telecasters I often use two slug coils. Gets you 20% or more closer to a wide range HB tone. Screw coil is really sweet sounding.

@monwarulhoque8555 Год назад

Man! You’re a great guitarist!

@KrisBarocsi Год назад

Thanks so much man! 🙌

@olisaush6552 3 года назад

Maaan, that Explorer sounds fantastic! What PUps are these? Great vid btw.

@KrisBarocsi 3 года назад

Thanks a lot! A full video coming up on that guitar soon-ish. Stay tuned :)

@allanwhittick2930 3 года назад

I think you should make a video with some dimarzio paf 59s, play without cover then, play with different covers etc. I think this would be interesting.

@axilleas 3 месяца назад

The reason for the imbalance in PAF pickups was that they weren't winding to a resistance value but untill the bobbins were full.

@LX19M 8 месяцев назад

Hi, would you please tell which pickups are in the 3 guitars you used in the video? Thanx😎

@MatthaeusEbonah Год назад

I have a parts build that came with a neck humbucker and nothing in the bridge (blasphemy for a tellie I know). Anyway, the neck pickup is WAY too warm. It's great for jazz music. But I don't play jazz. I play funk. I plan on modifying the bridge section. Any suggestions for good clean rhythm humbuckers? I'm used to tellie/ASAT single coils.

@andiebetjemann7920 3 года назад

There are some people in the Gretsch Forum, who removed Pole pieces from their Broadtron Pickups in a Fashion Like the Fender Widerange Humbuckers. Is this similar to the Principle you've mentioned with the unbalancing?

@dmitriyrusakov9261 2 года назад

I have set of Semur Distortion Humbikers (SH-6) on my Gibson Les Paul 2005. Pick up in neck position is very muddy and has low tone voice. How can I correct EQ the neck pick up? Meantime voice of the pick up in the bridge position is exellent.

@ericcarpenter3263 3 года назад

Every gain stage maxes sound over the top when you crank it. If you have microphonic pickups, and unpotted pickups can most time have them, it’s gonna amplify that ring and bad stuff. And because it’s high frequency, it’s gonna seem loud. If you use high gain, unpotted pickups are out of control and I can see how people wouldn’t like it. Thanks Kris, for pointing that out, they aren’t bad just not the right thing for that situation.

@biglog6402 2 года назад

Low output unpotted humbuckers are quite useable at any volume or gain, it depends on the quality of the pickups. As proven by all the old original rock bands that had giant stacks at huge volume and didn’t have wax potted pickups at that time. No need for wax potting it’s nonsense as they’re humbuckers, the design bucks hum.

@MoMo-xb7nr 2 года назад

This is great! And you look like my next door neighbor hahaha i have to show him. If you casually indulged in a leafy green plant, and he played guitar, they’ll be two of you hahahaha

@KrisBarocsi 2 года назад

😆 Maybe that’s me… dear neighbor.

@petkopeet 5 месяцев назад

Can I change humbucker polepiece screws without rewaxing pups? Do I need to dip new screws in wax before installing?

@infoscholar5221 Год назад

Oooh...let's patent pop off 'bucker covers! It started here. Great vid, bro. I like you style! But seriously...pop-off humbucker covers. There is clearly a market. Throwing you a sub, bro.

@KrisBarocsi Год назад

Hey man, thanks a lot!

@donicetti 3 года назад

Hey Kris! I really love your videos (…és nem csak azért mert magyar vagyok 😁) …so what I would like to know is whether the special pre-built wiring like the Emerson does make the sound better, fatter and cleaner or not? Can the difference be sensible or audible? This is a big dilemma for me at this point regarding the humbuckers…just like the 50’s vs modern wiring. 😊

@KrisBarocsi 3 года назад

Whoop whoop 🙌 Nagyon köszi! Now THAT is a question that needs to be discussed in a Comment Time video. 👍 Stay tuned! Szia!

@macshock632 2 года назад

So, any medium/low output, unwaxed hb for les paul you like and could mention?

@willdenham 2 года назад

Angus used lower output PAF's into old Marshall's, seemed to work out pretty good. Plenty of gain as well.

@KrisBarocsi 2 года назад

Exactly! 👌

@cybered2 3 года назад

Hi Kris, i want to ask if you could take an old and used guitar, maybe in the very low price range like you could find it on a flew market or at thrift stores (30-80 Euro) and than make this thing playable again. Typically the action is to high or low, the frets need more than a good polish (levelling/re-crowning?), the neck is always kind of wonky, one or two cables have to be resolderd etc. I guess such instruments are more than one time the entry point for new players on a very tight budget and they surely didn't have the money to go to the the Thoman workshop or a local Luthier because "it isn't worthy" when i have to pay 79Euro only to get an inspection and have to pay a lot more money for fixing the issues. In my opinion a lot of these things can be fixed with effort and patience... when you know what you have to do and so... i think you get the point, maybe you could show us something like that in a new "Guitar Tweakz" episode. Thanks :-)

@TheAtheistworld Год назад

What’s that redish lespaul model? Pups? Fukn good sounding one. Thnxx brother ❤

@MedeSINman 2 года назад

I have a 2019 Gibson ES-235 semi-hollow body with burstbucker pro 3(way to high output for me), and I really want to get low output pickups but I really don't know where to go.. Lollar low wind imperials? Potted, un-potted? I don't play with lots of overdrive but because it's a hollow body I'm not sure about feedback.. not sure what to do.

@andreasbravos7943 3 года назад

T.G.I.T. !!!! (Thank God It's Thursday)

@Harakirication 2 года назад

@ Kris, What bridge pickup is mounted on your Les Paul ? Sounds killer.

@KrisBarocsi 2 года назад

Thanks a lot! The bridge pickup is a Seymour Duncan Skinnerburst Antiquity and the neck humbucker is a Raw Vintage PAF. I love them!

@rickhill6277 3 года назад

Kris, is this why my HB Fusion Tele HH has a loss of volume when I Split the Coils? Thanks Sir and Cheers from Salem, Ohio US.

@lueysixty-six7300 3 года назад

That happens to all coil splits. In fact, all single coils aren't as loud as humbuckers. You'll notice it in HSH/HSS Supetstrat configurations...or an SH Tele...or my👈(pictured in my icon) miniH/P90...although, to be honest..in this case it's negligible. The reason is quite intuitive. Two coils have double the output of a single coil. 🤷 Its that simple. Slap your forehead, now, to signify your stupidity, like thus:🤦 Bonus round: The reason my minihumbucker and p90 pickups are evenly balanced, volume-wise, is because the minih coils are smaller than standard, and the p90 coil is larger than standard.

@SW1 3 года назад

How about the actual tonal difference of F-spacing vs. regular? That is, does it really not sound "right" if your pole pieces aren't exactly aligned with the strings?

@biglog6402 2 года назад

Why would anyone want high output humbuckers or coil splits, they suck. Just a nice unpotted humbucker with unmatched coils will do with covers. Don’t get me started on different alnico magnets, they all sound slightly different 🤯. Nice video by the way.

@Steven_SK 3 года назад

That was a lot of good info! It was all things that make you go hmmmmmmmmbucker! ok ok... I'm going I'm going!!! Great vid.

@nexovox3432 3 года назад

Hi Kris, what about the mod that PRS uses on their guitars to limit the volume drop when splitting the coils? AFAIK they solder a 1.1k resistor in the neck and 2.2k resistor in the bridge on the ground lug of the push / pull pot when splitting. This should let some signal of the split coil still come through and counteract the volume drop. It would be cool if that also works with "off the shelf" pickups and how different resistor values affect the tone and volume when splitting.

@KrisBarocsi 3 года назад

Now THAT is a really interesting subject! I will come back to that PRS mod here, or on Guitar Tech Tips on the Thomann channel. You got me all excited here. Haha!

@nexovox3432 3 года назад

@@KrisBarocsi Awesome! Really looking forward to that video.

@paulscushschofield1288 3 года назад

ive put a pair of gold burstbuckers in my hb sc550 and theres hardly any difference between that and my mates gibson les paul custom with tim shaw. pick ups..to be honest. i think theres way to much hype in the pick up world..especially where price is concerned..some can cost £400-500 each and cost less than a pint of beer to make

@lokmankamal 3 года назад

what makes the pickup low or high output..the strength of magnet or the winding of the coil?

@biglog6402 2 года назад

A combination of both.

@xxdr34m5xx_4 3 года назад

Hey Kris, I want to buy a tele as my next guitar, my previous was a Fender Vintera Strat 50's modified. Do you have a recommendation for a good mid price tele ? Maybe between 1k and 1.5k € ? What do you like better on a tele, maple or rosewood neck ? Love Your Videos btw 🤟

@jicklesjingles8134 3 года назад

Could think about of a custom guitar if you have a budget like that. There are luthiers/guitar builders that offer guitars below 2k.

@xxdr34m5xx_4 3 года назад

@@jicklesjingles8134 yeah I thought about that, maybe you get more guitar for the money than when buying a fender vintera or something similar

@KrisBarocsi 3 года назад

Thanks man!! Between 1k and 1.5 I’d definitely go for an American Performer. I love those guitars. Good build quality and good hardware. A lot of Gitarre for the price. I’m not sure about luthiers for that money. I guess it depends on the country, but here in Germany you’ll have to pay at least 2k (or a lot more) for a good luthier guitar. 1100€ for the performer tele is a fair price. Just be prepared to wait a few weeks, everything seems to be sold out atm. And the fretboard: I love both rosewood and maple on guitars. On teles though, I prefer maple. :)

@jicklesjingles8134 3 года назад

@@KrisBarocsi check out Suwak Custom Guitars for example. Great craftsmanship and fair pricing. Made in Germany 👍

@KrisBarocsi 3 года назад

@@jicklesjingles8134 will do! Thanks for the heads up!

@mattreeves6145 2 года назад

Are those the stock pickups in your 335, and if not what are they? They sound killer man!

@KrisBarocsi 2 года назад

Hey, yeah these are the original MHS humbuckers. But they are not regular: for some reason Gibson wired them parallel for this ES-330L series, so they sound more quiet and clear compared to the normal series wiring. Cheers

@donald-parker 3 года назад

I'm curious about the science behind the difference in sound between a PU before and after wax potting. I'm not disputing your claim, but I can't say I've noticed it in PU I potted myself to get rid of annoying microphonic squeals. My assumption before your video was that the PU sound is all about electrical/magnetic properties (strings, windings, wire, magnets, etc). Given that wax is non-conductive, non-magnetic, and not really even in the space between the strings and the magnets, what could explain a difference in frequency response?

@KrisBarocsi 3 года назад

That’s a very interesting question and I have a very non Scientific but very logical explanation for that difference. It has to do something with being slightly microphonic or not. I’d love to talk about that in my next Comment Time video. Cheers

@pauldncn1 3 года назад

Nice You answered more than 5 of my questions Thanks I know my lp style over works because of the high output pickup Whatever I set the gain at its over the top Thanks Kris 🙏 Soldering iron and desolder pump time

@bedlam46 Год назад

the funny thing is, i swapped out my pups on my 58 historic for bareknuckle nail bombs,, super high output! something like 13-14k! - but,, they clean up so nice on a old mashall type amp. Swings and round abouts i guess...BTW,, mine are open cream and not covered the gibson people are not impressed it did that! LOL..

@martinopinto6323 3 года назад

Often the opposite happens. A lot of players say that active pickups are not dynamic and sound cold. What do you think Kris?

@infoscholar5221 Год назад

If I want two coils, I put my telecaster switch in the middle position.

@schmoemi3386 11 месяцев назад

The old P.A.F.s having unbalanced coils was not intentional but due to manufacturing precision. But as they're all after the sound of the old P.A.F.s, they unbalance them now intentionally for the replicas...

@dhollongstreet4725 8 месяцев назад

I just totally skipped past the Gibson style humbuckers and bought filtertron style.

@Ndlanding 3 года назад

If your PUP is unbalanced and you coil split it, the volume difference may be much greater, if the working coil is the quieter one, I'd reckon.

@KrisBarocsi 3 года назад

Hey, if you coil split, the weaker one goes to ground and will be muted. That’s why I said there’s less of a volume loss with unbalanced humbuckers. Cheers

@Ndlanding 3 года назад

@@KrisBarocsi I suppose you must measure the impedances of each coil before doing the split, then?

@drmagex 3 года назад

So the Tesla OPUS1... with the top of should sond goood! in the new HB 550 II..... hummmm

@andrewgarcia3136 3 года назад

as far as i am concerned, matched and unmatched coil humbuckers are totally different beasts. and i much prefer them unbalanced.

@insidious.92 3 года назад

how about guitar collection video? :)

@PooNinja 3 года назад

Seymour Duncan Invaders. (Drops mic floats* away like a boss) *hidden wheels in boots to create floating illusion ( David Blane ain’t got nothing on me🪄)

@KrisBarocsi 3 года назад

🤣🤣 you my sir are the real Invader. Where did you hide your troopers? 🧐

@PooNinja 3 года назад

😂

@kmichaelp4508 3 года назад

Unpotted, unbalanced and not overly wound. Oh would this sound like a mini humbucker? Clarity. Now we just need some lower end!!!! But maybe in a simi hollow you would automatically get that. What do ya think 🤐

@PlatinumBlack90038 3 года назад

Prefer the sound of mismatched humbucking coils, both covers on, nickel-plated hardware; and prefer humbuckers and spaghetti ― unwaxed and al dente. 🍝

@jamesonpace726 3 года назад

You could've said more clearly: "Stay off the forums ya idiots!" Other than that, crystal clear...!

@Case_ 7 месяцев назад

This is a weird video full of very questionable statements, but one in particular I find just baffling - that when you coil split a humbucker, "the louder coil will remain active". How exactly do you suggest this would work? You can quite literally choose which one of the coils will remain active and which one will go to ground, simply by wiring the coil split that way. If you wire it so that the screw coil will go to ground when you activate the coil split, then the slug coil will be the active one. If you wire it so that the slug coil will go to ground, then the screw coil will be the active one. Whichever is "stronger" (if there even is a stronger one) doesn't matter.

@dacvader2 Год назад

Sir, your coil splitting d efinition is way off my friend. You choose what coil you turn off,and which one stays on. That's the point of having the push pull or dpdt switch.

@joesteffe6155 2 года назад

Too my ear the PL sounds much better .

@ronyishai9272 2 года назад

“The only thing that wasn’t clear here was the humbucker” - some single-coil die hard probably 😂

@lueysixty-six7300 3 года назад

Has that LPJ behind your noggin got a "potbelly top carve"..?? Woooaah! Phwooaar!! 😦 Ain't ne'er seen that 'afore...!🤠👉

@dave.F0X 3 года назад

Raising the pickup poles to modify dynamics is over rated. It made no noticeable difference in my tone test anyway.

@ciggy_ 3 года назад

I think it’s interesting how humbuckers seemed to get a reputation as a fatter pickup than single coils. I wonder if that’s just because of players getting larger sounds without the hiss? (Maybe it’s just because they are bigger than single coils hahaha) . I mean what I’ve heard of early PAFs they seem to be made to sound like singles, without the hum Hence humbuckers I suppose

@yetimatzenightcat8702 Год назад

Ja, da wird viel humbug erzählt über diese hämburger 😂

@BigEdWo 3 года назад

sure.....you did not mention that humbuckers can be wired in parallel. you asked for it.

@KrisBarocsi 3 года назад

You are so right! I haven’t thought of that. 😅 I was mainly focusing on the misinformation I read everywhere all the time. I completely forgot about series, parallel, coil split, coil tap etc. All of that should come in an other video. 👍

@BigEdWo 3 года назад

@@KrisBarocsi hahaha nice