The bridge pickup is often used for distorted riffs or rhythm parts, whereas the neck is used for some lead parts. This is an older concept, and with the development of rock music, the roles of pickups on different positions have changed. At the end of the day, there are no strict rules to stick by when it comes to making your own music. It is often used for some fingerpicking or clean rhythms, for solos on distortion or overdrive, or you can even hear it in some clean or slightly overdriven jazz or blues solos.
The strings above the neck pickup are a bit looser and, as a result, the tone will have less attack to it. There are more lower-end frequencies in there, making it sound muffled, yet somehow really warm and appealing. In a lot of cases, you can hear the famous rock guitar legends playing lead parts through the neck pickup. If you listen, the tone is a thick and creamy sounding Les Paul on the neck pickup.
Used for that recognizable bluesy melody. The list could go on…. Using the neck pickup has its purpose in rock music. Playing power chords on the A and E strings through the neck pickup might make your tone too blurry.
The added thickness of warmth makes up for the lack of pitch as well keeping the notes ringing longer and smoother. When the first drum hits, the tone switches because Slash, the lead guitarist, activates his bridge pickup.
Really, this is a personal preference. The pickup you choose to use, or the combination of pickups, depends on the kind of sound you want to create. A good example is the effect of a Les Paul.
On the flip side, that same guitar when he uses both pickups together in a heavy distortion will completely sound different. Wire — particularly the wire used to make electric guitar pickups is very important. It helps shape the sound that comes from the pickup.
Different manufacturers use different kinds of wire and each offers a unique advantage over the others. Cores — a core is used to create a magnetic field, which is essential for all electric guitar pickups. The size of this core determines not just how much power is used to create a magnetic field, but more importantly it effects tone, especially with single-coil pickups. Magnets — the magnet in an electric guitar pickup is a pretty simple device, but vital to the overall sound of a pickup.
Packaging — this is the actual housing of your pickup. A better housing helps reduce unwanted noise from both outside interference and internal parts. Each pickup is calibrated for the specific location that it will be mounted on your guitar. This is something you can easily observe when you use the bridge pickup and hear the treble content increase and the volume decrease. You can feel the strings stiffen and become less mobile the closer to the bridge that you play.
As the string moves away from the anchor point in the bridge and increases in elasticity, there is an increase in volume and bass, because the string has potential for greater movement. For this reason, each pickup needs to be manufactured for its correct position.
Using bridge pickups in the neck position can result in a much louder output than desired. Fans of single pickup guitar sounds sometimes argue that they can sound better than electric guitars with two or more pickups and share various opinions on why this might be the case.
One theory is that having one less magnet affecting the strings allows the strings to vibrate more freely. Both of these ideas are very hard to test, but interesting to consider. An electric guitar pickup consists of a series of magnets wrapped by fine copper wire. The strings moving in this magnetic field generates a small signal that is then sent via the guitar controls and cable to the amplifier. Each pickup is calibrated relative to their position of placement in the guitar.
Bridge pickups have higher resistance and therefore more output than their neck position counterparts.
This helps to balance the output of your pickups and make it easier to create the exact guitar tone that you are after. The same things apply to the bridge pickup on an electric guitar. As bridge pickups are closer to the bridge, they sound a lot brighter and sharper. In the neck position, the strings are looser and there is less tension. This results in a warm, thick, mellow tone. The relative position also affects how loud each pickup is.
The basic construction of each pickup is the same.
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