A Comprehensive Comparison of Guitar Pickups: Single Coil vs. P-90 vs. Semi-Hollow HB vs. Humbucker

This is a comprehensive comparison of the main electric guitar pickups: Single Coil, P-90, Semi-Hollow Humbuckers, and Humbuckers. We compare the neck position, the middle, and the bridge position. One could also look at this as Fender Telecaster vs. Squier Jazzmaster vs. Gibson ES-335 vs. Gibson Les Paul.

Below, you can find timing for each of the different sections.

00:00 Intro/Explanation
01:03 List of Pickup Types
01:31 Why there's no Strat
02:18 Clean Chords in the Neck Position
02:51 Clean Chords in the Middle Position
03:23 Clean Chords in the Bridge Position
03: 56 Plucky Riff in the Neck Position
04: 15 Plucky Riff in the Middle Position
04:33 Plucky Riff in the Bridge Position
04:52 Clean Finger Picking in the Neck Positon
05:22 Clean Finger Picking in the Middle Position
05:55 Clean Finger Picking in the Bridge Position
06:26 Dirty Palm-Muting in the Neck Position
07:01 Dirty Palm-Muting in the Middle Position
07:37 Dirty Palm-Muting in the Bridge Position
08: 11 Dirty Riff in the Neck Position
08:31 Dirty Riff in the Middle Position
08:53 Dirty Riff in the Bridge Position
09:14 Final Thoughts and Outro

Signal Chain: Fender Telecaster/Squier Jazzmaster/Gibson ES-335/Gibson Les Paul - Class Reunion (For Dirt) - Fender Blues Jr. - Shure SM-57 - Apollo 8