135 - The Mysterious World of Bass Pickups (Explained!)

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🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Put simply, pickups capture the vibrations of a string and turn it into an electrical signal, but there’s a whole world of minutiae regarding magnets, windings and pole pieces that can drag you deep into anorak territory! In today’s episode, we’re shedding some light on the different types that are available, and the advantages and disadvantages of each one. In this episode Series vs. Parallel explainedWhat’s the difference between a soapbar and a humbucker?What's a pickup pole? And why is It...

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0:00.0	This neck is huge, dude.
0:09.1	Is it huge?
0:10.1	It's huge.
0:11.1	This is a wide six.
0:14.1	Oh, he's at the wide six.
0:16.4	I don't know why anybody.
0:18.3	Why did you get the wide six?
0:19.9	Well, I didn't order it. I mean, you know,
0:22.2	like I just, I found it online and I'm like, ah, incredible. I mean, to me, the BT6, Ken Smith
0:28.0	with the big headstock, good night. So he's not like a regular Smith. It's like a, it's like a
0:34.8	slightly wider fingerboard in string spacing.
0:43.3	It's outrageous.
0:44.7	It sounds like a Smith, man.
0:46.2	Yeah, it does.
0:47.0	The Smith sound is, it's something that I just have such an odd relationship with.
0:51.1	Like, I hear you play it.
0:52.4	And I'm like, yeah, but like, catch me on the wrong day,
0:56.0	and I'd be like, oh.
0:57.8	Oh, yeah.
0:58.8	Well, I mean, you know, like the bridge pickup on these, it's such a strange.
1:04.2	It's like an angry dog barking at you, yeah.
1:07.5	But the neck pickup's cool.
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