And now for something
completely different: the Bluesbucker looks like a standard humbucker,
but sounds like a P90 and cancels 60-cycle hum as effectively as the
average humbucker. This means any guitar with standard size humbuckers
can now have the sound of P90s without altering the guitar in any way
and without noise. Patented Virtual Vintage and Airbucker technology
let the Bluesbucker “see” a narrow string window like a true
single-coil, making it extremely sensitive to playing dynamics. When a
pair of these pickups are on together, they achieve the open, slightly
hollow sound that two single-coils produce. Splitting the pickup
produces a sound similar to that of a Strat pickup, with very little
drop in output.
The coil with the 6 adjustable slotted poles is
the “hot” coil. The coil with the solid poles is along for the ride to
cancel hum and look cool. Since one coil is doing most of the work, the
direction the Bluesbucker is installed makes an obvious difference in
the sound. When the hot coil is closest to the bridge, the sound is
brighter; towards the neck is warmer. Even though the look is a little
nontraditional, we like the sound of the bridge pickup “backwards”
(with the screw coil towards the neck). With a Bluesbucker in the neck
position with the screw coil towards the bridge (also “backwards”) the
combined sound is Tele-like. With the neck pickup in the more
traditional direction, the combination is like two P90s. The
Bluesbucker comes with special wiring instructions.
Recommended For: All positions
Quick Connect: No
Wiring: 4 Conductor
Magnet: Ceramic
Resistance: 10.07 Kohm
Year of Introduction: 2001
Color: Black
Pole Pieces: Nickel
Spacing: Standard
