How Versatile is a Single Pickup Guitar? My Tone Secrets!

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How versatile is a single pickup guitar, how many tones can you get out of something like a Les Paul Jr, and will it be a guitar that could work for you? In this video we explore all of these questions!
0:00 - Intro
0:19 - What Guitar Are We Using Today?
0:43 - Intro Performance
1:32 - The History of the Single Pickup Solid Body Guitar & Some Famous Users
3:33 - What P90 Pickups are So Great At!
4:21- Playing Example: Tone Variation
5:18 - My Experience Playing This Live!
8:10 - Tone Testing
8:41 - Playing Example: Clean Tone using the Volume Control
10:29 - Playing Example: Overdrive Tone using Volume Control
11:35 - This Guitar Forces You To Explore Your Own Playing
14:15 - Outro & Where To Find Karl!
A huge thank you to Karl from Karl Longbottom Guitars for loaning me the '037' - his take on the iconic Les Paul Jr, single pickup guitar. Learn more about the guitar and it's specs on the website:
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@ChrisHarveyGuitar 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching guys! Anyone had any experience with single pickup guitars? What do you think of them? 🎸

@picksalot1 7 ай бұрын

I started with 3-single coil Strat. I've tried many mods, even getting 7 possible pickup combinations. What I found is my tone, versatility, and enjoyment was inversely proportional to the number of knobs and switches on the guitar. My Strat now has a single humbucker in the Bridge location, one tone and one volume knob. I do run it through an HX Stomp, to get different sounding guitars. But, the tone variations, timbre, dynamics, and excitement comes through one pickup. It's worth noting that Acoustic Guitars have the equivalent of single pickup (the wooden Bridge), and you can get a huge variation in tones and dynamic from that.

@ChrisHarveyGuitar 7 ай бұрын

That’s so true, that proportionality in enjoyment vs hardware/functions is something that is so important and something I think a lot new guitarists should bare in mind - more functionality doesn’t necessarily lead to a better experience playing the guitar! It sounds like you’ve found a great sweet spot with your rig, I’m sure it sounds awesome! 👌🏻 Yeah, I totally agree! Playing acoustic really shows you how much you can get out of a guitar! Thanks for commenting and for taking the time to watch the video and share your experience! Really appreciate it man! 🙏🏻

@davidkay3443 2 ай бұрын

Out of the 8 guitars i own 5 have a single pickup.. 2 tom delonge style strats with an invader pickup.. an epiphone coronet with a new yorker single pickup.. a double cut les paul junior with one p90 and a tele style with a single hunbucker.. i dont know why but they just sound better.. its basic and pure rock/punk.. i mainky play rhythm with few solos.. so suits my needs perfectly.. nice video..

@rokkimason4199 7 ай бұрын

Yes!!! I pulled the neck pickup out of my Les Paul and I will never go back! Immediately,the tone changed. More body,more sustain,truer clearer notes. And the switch effectively became a cool cutoff switch!!! Sweet!!!

@ChrisHarveyGuitar 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting man! That sounds like a really cool mod, awesome that you're enjoying the tones you're getting out of the guitar too! That's the key to staying inspired! Hope you have a great holiday season!

@Blinkerd00d 7 ай бұрын

I have only one pickup on my am. Strat and on my ibanez artcore....both are humbuckers (strat=invader ibanez=i forget) but i have them both set up with coil split w. a Push/pull knob. I set them both up years ago and still are my favorites.

@ChrisHarveyGuitar 7 ай бұрын

Those sound like really great options! Great tonal options without too much fuss! 👌🏻🎸 nicely done! Thanks for watching and for leaving a comment, I really appreciate it!

@Blinkerd00d 7 ай бұрын

@@ChrisHarveyGuitarI'm an electrical engineer and I design and build custom guitar pedals... so if anyone is interested in the nerdy specifics on coil split/tap/phase inversion or tone control caps etc, just let me know.

@BrianLeverett 7 ай бұрын

I brand new to a Junior, so I have much to learn. Thank you for this! Beautiful playing!

@ChrisHarveyGuitar 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting Brian! Junior's are so undervalued so they're well worth considering! 🎸👌🏻 Merry Christmas buddy!

@colinsibthorpe6926 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this Chris, very interesting article. I didnt realise there was such a big influence in single pick up guitars. It sounded great, especially with the P90.

@ChrisHarveyGuitar 7 ай бұрын

Hi Colin, thanks so much for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment! I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the video and the tones/playing! These single pickup, les paul jr inspired guitars are real hidden gems, there's something really unique about the sound - sometimes it's hard to portray that in videos but if you ever get the chance to play one you'll know what I mean!

@godsinbox 7 ай бұрын

series capacitor or inductor on a switch, parallel capacitors on a rotary switch (varitone) can help with new tones

@Blinkerd00d 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, A series resistor and cap (treble bleed) is what it must have... he said the volume knob doesn't make it lose treble.

@ChrisHarveyGuitar 7 ай бұрын

I haven’t experimented with these but sounds really interesting! 👌🏻

@godsinbox 7 ай бұрын

treble bleed is normally parallel across the volume pot terminals.@@Blinkerd00d

@godsinbox 7 ай бұрын

@@ChrisHarveyGuitar the king tone switch is a good start. a series/parallel push pull pot is something you can mod, or use that push/pull for a series 150 uf cap. it will cut bass for a quasi 'bright switch', or in conjunction with a standard tone when fully on, will allow only mids to pass for that honky money for nothing riff. of course most of this could be done with a 10 band eq pedal or a wah!

@hoffguitars479 7 ай бұрын

They are awesome. I built a hybrid guitar with a single mini humbucker in the bridge. It can rock hard or run smooth and steady. The orange paint with the black stripes is a really cool look!

@ChrisHarveyGuitar 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching man and thanks for taking the time to comment! Great work on that guitar, sounds like a killer instrument, a bridge humbucker is always a great tone! Yeah this guitar is definitely a looker! 👌🏻 Orange is my favourite colour so naturally it was already off to a good start before I even plugged it in!

@karllongbottomguitars9192 7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, Chris 👍 I fully agree, single pickup guitars are super versatile , especially when fitted with a P90, which, in my opinion, has the most dynamic range of all pickups. They make you think about how you play the guitar instead of how you play your pedals or amp

@ChrisHarveyGuitar 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Karl, really glad you enjoyed the video mate! That's definitely the case for me with this car, absolutely makes me play differently and makes me work the guitar more which is never a bad thing! It's great feeling like you're really getting the most out of the guitar