Magnetic pickups

Total DC Resistance

Pickup placement

Single coils

Winding

Alnico 4

Single Core

Brass pickups

Covers

Conclusion

All you need to know about guitar pickups

How do pickups work?

Different types of pickups

Passive vs. Active pickups

Magnet types

Acoustic guitar pickups

Intro - 3 Great Pickup Options

Fishman Soundhole Pickup

Schatten Soundboard Transducer

L.R. Baggs Anthem System

Sound Demo

Pickups 101

Single Coils

Single Coils & Humbuckers

Humbucker Single Single (HSS)

Advantages of humbuckers

Coil Splits

Advantages of HSH

Disadvantages

The Most Versatile Guitar

Conclusion

Introduction

Single Coil P Bass Pickups

Split Coil P Bass Pickups

'60s Jazz Bass Pickups

PJ configuration

Active PJ

Humbuckers

HH Configuration

Soapbar Pickups

Player Of The Week

Question Of The Week

Gear Of The Week

Intro

What we're doing

Pickup Install

Comparison

Conclusion

Intro

Not the First Humbuckers?

Seth Lover Designs the PAF

Wrong Number

8-string PAFs?

A Closer Look

Magnets

Coil Winding

String Spacing

Wax Potting

Modern PAF-style Pickups

The PAF Tone

Iconic Tones

The Wrap-up

Intro

JAM! (Norm's Rare Guitars, LA)

I'm a bit of a P90 fan...

A quick history of the P90

Their construction/sound

Bonamassa's a fan!

Ever popular

My love affair with the P90/Yamaha Revstar 502

JAM! (Live in Spain, 2017)

P90s for rhythm work

JAM! (Ain't No Moonlight, Buck & Evans)

The Best Guitar I've Ever Played

The Best Pickups I've Ever Played

JAM! ('55 Gibson Les Paul)

Chasing THAT Tone

JAM! (Yamaha Revstar/Tyson Tone P90s)

They're not perfect...

P90s and PAFs

Frustrating but rewarding!

JAM! (Black Pumas, Colors)

Intro

Seymour Duncan Interview

Factory Overview with CEO Marc DiLorenzo

Derek Duncan Intro & Warehouse Visit

Testing Magnet Wire

Production Planning

Drilling Pickup Covers

Grinding Pickup Magnets

Pickup Bobbin Assembly

Adding Seymour Duncan Logos

Pickup Winding

Pickup Pigtail

Humbucker Assembly & Quality Control

Wax Potting Pickups

Bottom Plates & Sub Assembly

Pickup Design with VP of Engineering and New Product Development Kevin Beller

Building PowerStage Units & Pedals

Seymour Duncan Custom Shop

Intro

Example 1

Difference between single-coil and humbucker pickups

Overdriven Blues Example

Conclusion

When to Use Humbuckers

Can you tell the difference?

Final Thoughts

Wrap Up

Where to go if you need help

Testing the pickup

Testing pickups with ohmmeter

Installing the pickguard

Mixing brands of pickups

Preparing the wires

Soldering the wires to the switch

Soldering the wires

Putting the guitar back together

Installing new strings

Conclusion

Introduction

What actually is a pickup?

The humbucker

Why would you bother changing pickups at all?

The inconvenient truth of 'Which pickup is best?'

What factors go into the tone shaping of a pickup?

Pickup myths

Resistance = output?

Should I buy my idol's pickups?

Should I just stick to a single manufacturer after I've found a pickup I like?

Are expensive pickups a false economy?

Should I avoid pickups that all have a certain factor if I've not liked pickups with it before?

How wire gauge and resistance affects a pickup

9.5k of 42.5 AWG vs 9.5k of 44 AWG comparison

How the magnet(s) affect a pickup

Magnet comparison

How covers and baseplates affect a pickup

Humbucker cover comparison

Alternative ways to wire a humbucker

Series vs split vs parallel

The importance of pole spacing

A few thoughts on a newbie considering installing pickups

A brief summary of the entire video

What's coming next time

Introduction

Intro Track | The new pickups

Why am I swapping pickups?

The "old" bridge pickup

The "old" neck pickup

Swapping the pickups

COMPARISON | Neck PUs | Clean

COMPARISON | Bridge PUs | Clean

COMPARISON | Bridge PUs | Overdrive

COMPARISON | Neck PUs | Overdrive

My impressions

Outro jam