Whats the point of having one pickup on a guitar?

[Darkstorm]

Yes single pup guitars are very limited tone wise.

[SirJackdeFuzz]

Yes single pup guitars are very limited tone wise.

 

 

???

 

 

. . . ever jamed an Esquire ?

[SirJackdeFuzz]

http://www.gretschguitars.com/gear/index.php?product=G6119-1959&cat1=&cat2=&q=&st=1

 

 

. . . even GRETSCH have a single pu model !

[Elias Graves]

WTF is that? Do want!

EG

[SirJackdeFuzz]

WTF is that? Do want! EG

 

You too can have one for probably $1000.00.

 

 

That is a Warmoth build

[Elias Graves]

I knew they had a dc body. Holy crap, someone did a very nice job on that.

EG

[alphamarquis]

dude. single PU so when you are drunk/stoned otu of your mind there is less to {censored} up....as long as you don't touch the amp

[ExiledCrow]

They are for mouth breathers who can't count to two.

 

Which is a really funny quote given your avatar ....

 

 

 

One of my major GAS provokers is the (discontinued) Jackson Kevin Bond sig .... And y'know if I end up playing a bad-ass black V with pentagram inlays I'm only going to be playing it one way ...

[Carbohydrates]

A few people have mentioned 'better neck tenon' as a reason. I come bearing photos! Imagine how much wood in this joint would be routed out if you stuck a neck pickup in there:

 

 

[mikelitzguitar]

dude. single PU so when you are drunk/stoned otu of your mind there is less to {censored} up....as long as you don't touch the amp

 

 

HAHA! Very nice, escpecially because the signature guitar I had in mind was an Alexi Lahio of Children of Bodom guitar (apparently he gets completely smashed before a lot of shows:thu:)

[mikey4402]

I have been asking people this for years... Like with thous strats with one pup.

The most common answer is "less to mess with".

First off that answer seems like a con as opposed to a pro...plus if you have three pups you don't HAVE TO mess with anything.

These guitars arnt any cheaper... Im with the OP i just dont understand.

[mikelitzguitar]

I have been asking people this for years... Like with thous strats with one pup. The most common answer is "less to mess with". First off that answer seems like a con as opposed to a pro...plus if you have three pups you don't HAVE TO mess with anything. These guitars arnt any cheaper... Im with the OP i just dont understand.

 

 

That's how I feel too, less to mess with is sort of a con to me. I like to be able to customize my tone with every available option, and 3 pick ups give more versatillity to the tones you can achieve

[ashasha]

I think I may do just that.

Before you pull it all the way out, you can probably do a quick test by just lowering the neck pickup all the way down. There should be a noticeable difference.

[citizens_X]

i just pulled the trigger on this.

[BlackCat]

I got my first one pickup guitar recently and I'm pretty pleased with it. I normally do a fair amount of switching between pickups but surprisingly I'm not feeling limited by the one pickup configuration.

[nighthawk15]

Really depends on the guitar and what you want to use it for I think. I couldn't imagine my strat not having a neck single coil, but in my other 2 guitars with HBs I rarely find any use whatsoever for the neck pickup. I don't see the harm in having extra options, but for a guitar I primarily planed to use for rock I would be pretty ok with just a bridge pickup. Neck humbuckers are usually a bit muddier than I'd like when used with gain. Maybe I just haven't used the right ones though or EQd the amps I've used correctly for them.

[mikelitzguitar]

Haha I'm the opposite, I usually play on the neck pickup

[TheFigurehead]

That's how I feel too, less to mess with is sort of a con to me. I like to be able to customize my tone with every available option, and 3 pick ups give more versatillity to the tones you can achieve

That's why I have 4 pickups... and a varitone.

[Loudog99]

I rarely use the bridge pickup on my tele or strats. I live in the neck or neck/ middle setting on both, but could easily get by with just a neck pickup.

In fact, my brother is making me a tele body with single neck pickup route. Not sure If I'll go P90 or HB, but it will be a dedicated slide guitar with just a volume knob- neck tone is perfect without a tone knob.

Lou

[Cymro#1]

I might just as easily ask: What is the point of having two or three pickups on a guitar?

 

 

More tonal variation I think is probably what the guitar academics would come up with:facepalm:

[Elias Graves]

i just pulled the trigger on this.

YES! That's just pure HOT!

EG

[LARRY L]

I like lots of tones. This Ibanez LP I bough new in '77 has been modded- a 3 position bridge pickup, a strat pick up turned on by a push pull tone knob and a neck pickup. I have 3 separate volume pots to get a huge range of tone..

[Roy Brooks]

Some of my guitars have one pickup. Here is my 1952 Gibson ES-150.


1950s Harmony H42 Stratotone Newport and H44 Stratotone.


Here are three of my Danelectro-made Silvertones. I have three more. All of my Silvertones and Danelectros have one pickup.


All of those guitars are just fine with one pickup. They get the job done. Those Silvertones are among my most versatile guitars.

[bsman]

I don't feel like reading through four pages, so my apologies if this is a repeat of something previously opined: If there was a statute limiting us to one guitar each, this argument might have some merit. However, since we can have as many as we want (and can afford), why the hell not??? I might as well ask: "what's the point of having more than one pickup on a guitar?"

[Elias Graves]

Its just another choice. Another option. If you know what you want, one is all you need. Besides, with all the different pedals available, you can make a single pickup guitar do a lot of stuff. With the right amp, tone knobs actually function as well.

EG