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funkyjazzjunky
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Username: funkyjazzjunky

Post Number: 817
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Friday, August 31, 2012 - 8:52 am:   Edit Post

Since the each p/u is single coil, why is the housing so large/wide?

(Message edited by FunkyJazzJunky on August 31, 2012)
terryc
Senior Member
Username: terryc

Post Number: 1963
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Friday, August 31, 2012 - 9:35 am:   Edit Post

'Cos it's got a big muthaf***ing coil in it! LOL
Don't think strat or tele here..chunky magnet with lots(but not too much wire)
Big aperture means big string capture and it looks so cool too!
adriaan
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Username: adriaan

Post Number: 2964
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, August 31, 2012 - 9:42 am:   Edit Post

Because it's a big wide magnet, with a big wide coil with (IIRC) a relatively small number of windings. The idea behind the design is to have as little coloration as possible, so you hear the strings, not so much the pickup.
funkyjazzjunky
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Username: funkyjazzjunky

Post Number: 818
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Friday, August 31, 2012 - 1:06 pm:   Edit Post

Then why is the cancelling coil so much thinner? I thought the hum cancelling coil was a mirror image of the sensing coil.

VMG
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 5212
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Friday, August 31, 2012 - 1:30 pm:   Edit Post

Not all single coils are narrow. Think P-90s. The "dummy" humcanceling PU doesn't have a core. Coil only.

Bill, tgo
peoplechipper
Advanced Member
Username: peoplechipper

Post Number: 305
Registered: 2-2009
Posted on Friday, August 31, 2012 - 11:10 pm:   Edit Post

MMMMM! p90's! I love p90's! my favorite pickup...the fatter lap steel pickups in my 1960 melody maker are pretty awesome too...weird how the physical construction of pickups affects the sound;the theory of pickups is so straightforward, but little changes can be huge...Tony
edwin
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Username: edwin

Post Number: 1265
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, August 31, 2012 - 11:38 pm:   Edit Post

Because the humcanceller has no magnet.

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