Humbucker vs. Single-coil
 

Hey, just as the title says, which do you think is better; Humbucker pickups or Single-coil pickups? Why?

They both have there intended uses. Humbuckers have more "beef" single-coils have better articulation

Yeah the single coil is alot more clean and snappy, but on both my electrics I have at least one of each

single coils because they have a cleaner sound, but if i was you and you like heavier sounds then i would like the humbuckers if i was you. word.

id take soapbars. the best of both worlds.

actually, the guitar i have right now has stock humbuckers. the guitar im going to get once i have sufficient funds, has two emg hz's i believe theyre called. they give a much more crisp sound while at the same time still having that beefy low end.

I like both. Actually a pickup cunfiguration that is getting seen more and more lately is a humbucker in the bridge and neck position and a single-coil in the middle. I think that's a very versatile set up because the positive thing about ingle coils is they really articulate subtle nuances of picking and string dynamics, but in the neck position they they tend to sound really "hollow". By moving the single-coil closer to the bridlge position it tends to get rid of a lot of that overly rounded sound

i LOVE the tele 72 custom classic with the humbucker in the neck and a single coil in the bridge.... i want one... :D

Yeah, Doesn't Tom Morello play one?

huh? cleaner sound? with distortion on and with all the buzzing?

i use humbuckers all the time except when i'm playing blues or some latin stuff.

not sure, ive only seen him with his "arm the homeless" one...

Most Single-coils worth their salt are built to employ some sort of noise cancellation. The Fender samarian cobalts sound awesome.

I like them both, they have different uses. I like having a single coil in the middle and a bridge humbucker both playing when i solo.

Yeah i'd agree pretty much.

In my guitar i have a H S H set up and play my metal stuff using the Bridge humbucker and my dire straights with the single coil. Its a good compromise and gives me the range i need with out two guitars.

But at the end of the day i'd go for humbuckers as the nosie cancelation and the fatter distortion sound they give wins me over.

Considering a second guitar with a full set of hotrails in it abit like dave murrays guitar from iron maiden like he used on the Rock in Rio gig.

I don't like single coils that much. I have an HSH set up and i never use the sing coil. I like humbuckers alot more. Although i do use the single coil to play some dire straits. Oh its great to see anothe dire straits fan ^ ^

humbucker, no end..

but i suppose it does depend on what your ater such as, if your after a twangy sound, then a single coil bridge-middle pickup would provide the correct sound

the humbuckers kick ass for metal though, unless you fancy a mellow solo, but for rhytm( i cant spell that) the humber power owns