Thursday, July 7, 2011

Best Pick Ups Of An Electric Guitar

By Twyla Molnau


Most people are impressed with how an electric guitar sounds. Great solos from legends such as Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton and other legends have been stuck in people's minds. Some have been influenced to play because they like the raw, distorted sound of a guitar solo.

Most people want to copy the way they play and they start having lessons and trading guitar licks. As a guitar player, it is vital to have a good and clear tone and the only way to produce that is having the best guitar pick up. Two choices are considered for your guitar: a single coil and a humbucker pick up.

A guitar pick up is a part of a guitar that is mainly the heart of sound production. A single coil pick up is commonly clear and focuses on high tones while a humbucker sounds flat and bass type. An example for single pick ups are found in Fender Stratocaster guitars and for the humbucker, the best example is Gibson guitars.

When choosing a pick up, the quality differs from the magnets being used. Lot of magnets is improvised but here are the most widely used in the market: Alnico 2, Alnico 5 and Ceramic. Plus they added Alnico 8 and Neodymium in the line up as a result of technology and innovation. These magnets are capable of swallowing the sound of the string when played.

Variety of brands has been released and has been a great help in the guitar industry. Popular brands like EMG, Seymour Duncan, DiMarzio, Bill Lawrence and Fishman. Also new innovations such as Lace sensors were at the top of the line. Choose a brand that suits your taste, whether it will be a high output distorted sound or a low output jazzy sound.

You have now been pimped with these available pick ups you can now definitely have your signature sound. You can have a customize type of your own. Just follow the details above and you can never go wrong. It is wise to do your sound test before buying the pick up to make sure it is the one for you.

You have the best instrument in the world, now is the time for that guitar to have the best pick up that brings out the best tone and quality.




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