PUBLISHED: Jul 30, 2015
DESCRIPTION:
A-B CHARACTER test of 4 top mounted pickups on a jazz guitar.
Single coil: P90 and Dynasonic pickups
Humbucker: Parallel and Series pickups
TIP: Decided on a pickup type that suits your playing style and technique. Thén compare brands like Gibson PAF, Seymour Duncan, Kent Armstrong, D'Armond, Gretsch, etc.
LISTEN TO:
P90 Jazz guitarist: Martijn van Iterson
Dynasonic Jazz guitarist: Jesse van Ruller (early work)
Parallel Humbucker Jazz guitarist: Victor Baker guitars, Peter Bernstein
Series Humbucker Jazz guitarists: Pat Metheny, Jim Hall, John Scofield, Wes Montgomery, Jonathan Kreisberg, etc, etc.
Pickups were built in a 1997 Epiphone Emperor Regent, a 17", fully hollow laminated guitar with good acoustics.
(Audio sample at the start of the video is the stock floating Epiphone humbucker)
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