Guitar Picks Ups – Single Coil and Double Coil – Are They Different?
Before taking a look into the differences of single coil pickups and double coil pickups we need know there are primarily two different types of pickups. They are magnetic picks which is where single coil and doubles coil picks are categorized. The other common pickup is piezo electric pickups. Piezo comes from the Greek word meaning to squeeze. The piezo pickup reacts to vibrations rather than a flux in the magnetic field. In the past the piezo pickups were made of ceramic material however now they are mostly made of polymers. As these pickups work with vibrations and not a magnetic field they will work with any type of strings such as steel, nylon or gut. The string used does not matter. Mostly the piezo pick is used on acoustic guitars being installed in the bridge. The magnetic picks tend to be broken into two categories: The single coil pickup, and the double coil or humbucking pickup. Magnetic pickups gain their magnetic fields most commonly from two styles of magnets. There are
