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cozmik_cowboy
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Username: cozmik_cowboy

Post Number: 86
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 11:48 am:   Edit Post

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
Intermediate Member
Username: paulman

Post Number: 184
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 12:24 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: cozmik_cowboy

Post Number: 88
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 5:52 am:   Edit Post

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

Peter
grateful
Intermediate Member
Username: grateful

Post Number: 181
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 6:24 am:   Edit Post

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

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