what a nice way to explain how it works.... thank you sm

To the point, and precise! If there is a better video out there, I'd like to see it done! I wish I could give it more than one thumbs up!

Is that Llanstefan Wales in the background?

Good demo. I see lots of comments about lower resistance being "warmer". The missing bit to the evaluation IMO is to also show the effect of the tone control. My theory is that the 1M "brighter" volume pot can sound a lot like a 500K or 250K if you roll off the tone a bit. Which seems to me like the 1M pot gives more sonic landscape to play with.

One of the best explanation and finally I got to understand the use of the treble bleed. My only issue that if someone on the beach saw that drawing Im sure it would not associate that with a treble bleed circuit:p

Hello there Mr Glen-im a session player in nyc. How did this get only 2 comments?!? That shit sounds killer. I was thinkin about getting a cheap sg-if I do, I’m gettin Black Sands. These SMOKE every humbucker size p90 on KZfaq…”It’s Late” thought I was the only one who plays that! Haha. 2 AC30’s w blues, & an old 80’s hardwired MXR Stereo chorus , try that on its late…Great sounds my man-your pickups are spectacular…

Jazz players need a neck pickup with clarity.

Thanks Glyn. I really like learning about pickups and you explain so well. LOL, I'm not saying take on teaching as a career as I REALLY like your pickups too. Cheers.

That sounds like a great pickup! Cheers Glyn. (I don't need another guitar ... I don't need another guitar ... I don't need another guitar ... I don't need another guitar ...)

Excellent stuff man; thank you!!!

This is only a Strat issue? Or single coil issue or can we apply this to all pickups?

This video should be at the top for answering the question of what a treble bleed is and does. Thank you!

This is great! For years, I've known that higher isn't always better. Plus magnet type has a little influence. In my Yamaha, they're ceramic. I've set my pickups to "the middle ground," and they've done well. I've also tried the "raising higher strings vs lower strings" comparison. This starts to get nit-picky, but I always want to see what my gear is and isn't capable of. For the record, it gets interesting results, and is totally a "taste" thing - but it's well worth trying.

The higher you go the brighter , opposite applies . Caps are opposite of that principle

Just installed a second humbucker in my homemade guitar and discovered that the second pickup was out of phase with the first because the common channel was very thin and much lower volume. But because of KZfaq, I simply reversed the wiring of one of the pickups and it worked perfectly.

I tried 1M pots in my LP and liked what I heard. The deal breaker was the pot's taper. I went back to the 500k pots.

as usual...the presenter is playing to show off his ability and not to illustrate the video

that s weird... humbuckers should have coils and magnets in opposite directions...the phase should nt be the same...otherwise there wont be noise cancelation

Ok @mrglyns pickups so how am i going to fit these in my gretsch which has broadtrons (which suck) have you got access to converse mounts. Or do you know where i can get them in new Zealand

You've definitely got it backwards. Its more dynamic and less compressed with the pickups lower/further away from the strings, and less dynamic/more compressed when higher/closer to the strings. Your demonstration kinda sucked because you started off picking fairly hard in the beginning of both examples, which didnt leave much room to show the difference in dynamics. But despite that, it still is pretty audible that it was more dynamic with the pickups lower/further from string. I even grabbed a good pair of headphones and re-listened to make sure. Then i was curious if maybe it was just you being inconsistent with your attack, so i did a little research. No where can i find anyone saying its more dynamic and less compressed with the pickups closer. And from my own experience as well, guitar pickups have always been more dynamic further away. 🤔

I've read magnetic field strength varies by cube of distance. So a very small change in distance will be a very large change in magnetic field strength.

Excellent video. Please, I ask you to answer a few questions. When unrolling the wire, isn't it necessary to heat it a little with a heat gun so that the wax melts and it can be done more easily?. If a Stratocaster pickup with heavy formvar 42awg wire has a resistance of 5.8k and by unwinding the wire I manage to get the resistance to 5.6k, will the change in tone be noticeable?. Thank you very much for answering.

You've made it easy to understand. Thanks, nice and short as well. Cheers from the Sunny Coast of Queensland in Australia!!

Gonna order the set pretty soon!

Great vid! I just saw a Peter Green LP setup...all this time I thought they MUST be LEVEL!

Promo SM 😀

Awesome vid Glyn!

Good video Glyn, thanks for sharing. I'm one of the people who're interested in this sort of thing (obviously I guess). Cheers.

Very cool. Interesting that they were already rewound but not period correct. I guess that’s something that happened a lot in the 80’s and 90’s but now people want vintage spec, and vintage value. Ha

This was brilliant. Such interesting discussion and technical too!

the clear view i am most intrigued by and pining to get into my baritone….❤

You’re a wizard Glyn! I love P90’s too. Fatter than single coils but not a humbucker and still push the front of an amp well

Great talk, very interesting and enlightening! Cheers!

Playing my tele with the cruel mistress and tui pups in as we speak :)

Would love to hear a demo!

i swapped my custom buckers out of my LPB7 for the set of cloud 9’s am never going back these pups are the absolute tits!!!!! so so good!! thanks glynn 🎉❤

Spewing I missed this one. Half way through so far and its a ripper chat!

I pretty much use stereo barrel jacks. One, to keep wiring options available and two, they don’t need as big of a hole drilled as a standard jack. I also tend to add unusual features that require batteries as well!

Thanks Glyn, there are some great ideas there!

Epic!

What an amazing sound .. what was the rig he was running through

It happens anyway. It’s just that you can hear it louder with the pickup higher. Try it. You will see. I wish you showed how it “ disappears “ by lowering the pickup. It doesn’t happen and you probably know it.

Super concise and to the point, I appreciate you explaining the intentions and tech specs all in a video under 5 minutes! Looking to replace a Dimarzio Humbucker sized "Vintage P90" in the neck of my SG for doom/grunge playing, any info on how the Draig Neck does with lower tunings like C Standard or even A Standard? Thanks!

That neck pickup specifically sounds incredible!

Now THAT is an intro! 👏🏻

Fantastic tones here! One of, if not THE best sounding 'bucker sized P-90's I've ever heard. Good stuff Mr. Glynn and props to Custom Build Guitars otherwise I'd have probably never heard of you. Damn glad i did, though! 👏🏻

Sounds fantastic! 👏🏻

The CLEANEST TeleBass pickup I have heard so far..

You've made my day, I did an upgrade on my affinity strat, I swapped the bridge single for a fleor humbucker with 15.34 ohms and the option of split coil, I only found an issue on the second position , it sounds like with less bass or presence and I believe it could be because the humbucker is out of phase so I think I will have to swap the hot wire and the green wire

To my ears 500k works best.