What Are Hot Rails Pickups? | Too Afraid To Ask

[@ScienceofLoud]

This video was sponsored by Skillshare. First 500 people get 2 months FREE membership here: skl.sh/csguitars The only 'stupid questions' are the ones you are Too Afraid To Ask. "How are Hot Rail pickups made?" is the question for this TATA video. Let's make one and find out. Leave your TATAs in the comment section and I'll make a video answering them. Wind your own pickups - www.nebulabelgium.com?aff=2 #hotrails #humbucker #pickup More from CSGuitars: Gain access to exclusive content at: www.patreon.com/csguitars Buy CSGuitars Merchandise - www.csguitars.co.uk/store Website - www.csguitars.co.uk Contact - [e-mail] Affiliate Links: Thomann - www.thomann.de/gb/index.html?offid=1&affid=367 Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/2mGGg CSGuitars uses: LEWITT Microphones - www.lewitt-audio.com/ Hoffnine Cabinets - www.hoffnine.co.uk/ Hosa Cables - hosatech.com/ Dragon's Heart Guitar Picks - www.dragonsheartguitarpicks.com/ Title graphics and logo by: www.studiosmithdesign.co.uk/ Join the discussion at: Facebook - facebook.com/csguitars Instagram - instagram.com/csguitars/ Twitter -twitter.com/CSG_Scotland Music available at: Amazon: amzn.to/2HUdXgV iTunes: apple.co/2JvpCjp Google Play: bit.ly/2KgSzkl Or stream on Spotify: spoti.fi/2HuYPTP

[@croc3862]

I got charged for a year subscription a month into a free trial by them and had to threaten a lawyer to get my money back

[@grunions9648]

@@captaincuntybollocks3266 Because presumably it was Skillshare's lawyer he had to threaten with legal action? I mean, I'm guessing but that's how it read to me

[@koffieverslaafde627]

CSGuitars could you do a video about attenuators? Might be interesting

[@grunions9648]

@@captaincuntybollocks3266 Haha well ok you earned a like from me

[@DMSProduktions]

It's a rip off!

[@RyanConnop]

This guy would never be able to work at a guitar store. He's friendly and informative.

[@aidan6536]

Most people at my local guitar stores are always friendly and helpful, idk where your going. Even just ordering from sweetwater they'll call you just to see if you have any questions.

[@kaiser7695]

Alto music is pretty good

[@laa0fa502]

@@aidan6536 its just a joke about some of the bad guitar shops we've all been to. Consider yourself lucky you have a good local shop

[@drewjohnson4794]

I hate it when the guitar store guy starts showing off then I don't feel like playing anymore. Stupid.

[@drewjohnson4794]

@@aidan6536 Sweetwater is an online shop to most people. I'm pretty sure most who like this comment started playing and buying guitar gear before internet shopping ever existed. Before internet shopping music stores had no incentive to be good salesmen because there was nowhere else to get the gear that they sold. They almost all were filled with guys in bands who would all ignore you if you weren't one of the known local guys or if you weren't playing like Stevie Ray Vaughan. Literally they'd just ignore you until you were walking out the door then they'd be like oh sorry man can I help you find anything. If you were lucky. Even buying a pack of strings was an annoying ordeal to the average learning guitarist. They'd always keep them behind the register like they were cigarettes or something lol. You'd have to stand there listening to the same 3 hungover guys talking about the same god darn thing they were talking about the last time you came in until one of them actually realized you needed something. Oh man it was an awful experience. I think Are You experienced is about this one thing lol. No just kidding about that but the rest i can't exaggerate how bad they were. If I grew up in today's world I would've learned everything I know now before I was a teenager. Pre 2000's music shops were unbearable to go to.

[@jacktowers7533]

Be Honest Colin, this was just a video to show off your new winder

[@michaelcraig9449]

He threw it out the winder.

[@michaelskelton18]

i wonder if it does tattoo machine coils as well

[@doknox]

@@michaelskelton18 you want a hand winder for that so you can get the wire perfectly layered and parallel with each other.

[@eduardpetr2226]

😂

[@InsomniacMatt]

Coil tap vs coil split? I know the difference, but it seems manufacturers don't

[@ScienceofLoud]

This is a MASSIVE pet peeve of mine.

[@PooNinja]

agreed Sir know your own product WTF people

[@onpsxmember]

The companies know, just the advertisement department often fucks up or the ones selling it in the stores. I still think it would be a nice video since there are different versions even if it's singlecoil or humbucker. The outside circuitry can allow various options to keep certain properties intact while one coil or a certain amount of windings are bypassed (usually inductivity drops by sqrt(2)) . With parallel coils you have other options as well. Lots of great stuff out there like the dummy coils that are used on alembic bass guitars.

[@GunsNRoosendael]

Squirtle Squirtle!

[@ThatBaritoneGuitarGuy]

I agree. That would make for a great video.

[@danielastorga6853]

I'm here just to hear you say "Peckups"

[@smarkalet9078]

And pul peecees

[@LeftSpeedPower]

Great! I need to change my Peck Up now.

[@whheaattzmayne3183]

Are those those magnatac things?

[@oldestries]

Vay dee os are great

[@drifter61]

but you must fairst lairn how to change the peck up

[@bobcoleman9045]

Hahahahahaha

[@vonicrimson3619]

Da shet thet makes de fockin sound?

[@tsvetanlozanov3984]

My TATA would be concerning truss rods. An indepth explanation would be rather eduational as well as pleasurable. P.S. Sorry, couldn't make it any more fancy sounding.

[@angus2016young]

I second this!!!! 🖤

[@DMSProduktions]

Truss rods are EASY: Lefty loosey, righty tighty! ;oP

[@Bramble451]

I think including stiffening rods in such a video would be good!

[@DMSProduktions]

They DO have an operation for that now for men!

[@MScotty90]

@@DMSProduktions instructions unclear, guitar is now a longbow.

[@JuveriSetila]

Patreon early attack! Here is a question that nobody is asking. How is my man Colin doing?

[@ScienceofLoud]

Thank you for asking. You know, I'm doing quite well. While life might not be the happiest, I am content with where I am, and everything is looking up. At this moment things can only get better, and that is reassuring.

[@wido123123]

@@ScienceofLoud I'll drink for your life getting better. Cheers mate

[@DatBoi-mo9vc]

@@ScienceofLoud ❤

[@Generatingmoments]

I was once playing my Strat on a high volume and heard voices from the amp. I've either gone crazy, or caught the radio waves.

[@onpsxmember]

Radio inside.

[@rafaeloda]

That happens, a friend lives right next to a radio station, Tropical FM, and we can hear everything on our amps.

[@ryanwilson5936]

Appetite For Metal Happened to me once before too only mine was a Japanese conversation. I was in central Michigan at the time...

[@celticwolff5429]

When I first started playing, I would pick up a radio station and somebody's cordless phone.

[@tehuselessguig3138]

I played with this phenomenon a few times. Got as clear of a signal as possible then messed with it using modulation pedals and a wah, fun experience

[@yasup9442]

2:13 advertisement ends

[@henrydouberly3950]

Careful, you're a hero

[@comajoebuck999]

TYFYS

[@OddTimeMan]

Years ago, I put a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickup in the bridge position of a Fender Strat. That thing screamed. Great pickups.

[@hazrod13]

BOHBENS ! I love them so much.

[@brendanbecker1658]

they're almost as good as pole piecies.

[@singularity360]

Hot rails: doing rails of meth with a heated up glass tube. 😂😂

[@Zantrop64]

6:04 I recognize this paintjob, is it the return of the legend ?

[@matthewmartin7639]

What about lipstick style pickups? Is that just a covering on regular single coils or are they also different?

[@ViviSectia]

It's basically single rail pickup inside what use to be actual lipstick tubes but now is just a metal covering. More accurately it's a single bar magnet wrapped in something nonconductive like tape and then wrapped in wire followed by more tape and then the metal covering.

[@MichaelBLive]

I'm not afraid to ask but a good discussion of RW v RP and in phaze v Out of phase+ series parralel. Discussion exist but not as one topic. Cool.

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

Michael B, RW? RP? I’m no longer TATA!🥴

[@Doggieman1111]

Holy shit that ferrofluid freaked me out. Looked like a cartoon of itself.

[@ChristopherStandardTime]

it's called a "proprietary eponym"... when your hoover sucks up your kleenex so you google a solution to fix it. vacuum cleaner. facial tissue. web search. used to drive me crazy trying to figure out what that phenomenon was called so i... "web searched" it.

[@brocktechnology]

I've always used genericized trademark, now I need to "web search".

[@JJ-iu5hl]

Nobody really does anything but "Google" things anymore, so I'd say that one is almost always accurate.

[@paulypoobrain2929]

You deserve a coke (aka any carbonated sugar water aka soda aka pop aka sodapop) for that sentence.

[@KnowArt]

thanks. Great explanation. exactly what I was looking for. Seems ideal for custom guitars with weird string spacing..... huehuehue

[@Atibu]

2:14 End of the ad.

[@Secretfiles999]

Savior😄

[@dougnulton]

Wow, dude, I thought I knew most of what there was to know about Hot Rails, but came away learning new things-namely that bit about the uniformity of volume across all strings (with that awesome visual demonstration). Very well produced!

[@AkiraSpectrum]

amazingly informative video! I love the demonstration you did comparing the pole pieces to the rail with magnetic particles.

[@tisbonus]

Be careful handling that copper while winding. Gloves are a good idea, don't want you dropping too soon over an oversight. The video was very informative and done really well.

[@jsaiz681593]

How does the lace sensor pickups work? Like they don’t even have coils

[@jubjub905]

James saiz they have coils, unless you are referring to the alumatones

[@VulgarUltra]

Here's a fun curiosity somebody's sarcasm will probably ruin: If you use a Nashville Tele, installed with a hot-rail pickup, would you treat/wire it like a standard HSS setup? Would the twin polarity in the bridge immediately curse the signal with hum, if both middle and bridge pickups are activated??

[@jacksmith4460]

Dude, i fully dig that you have not only decided to make your own guitars and make a brand but you are going full on into pick ups, muchos respect

[@ok-tchau]

I've been using a Dimarzio Fast Track 2 on the bridge of my strat and I can't recommend it enough. Massive metal machine, just as brutal as my EMG 85 loaded ESP.

[@danielbrookermusic]

and i thank you my dear CSGuitars, as now i can actually learn music theory, also you are awesome keep up the amazing work

[@johnnyterminator2004]

Great series, I’ve been playing for almost 22 years but some of these thing I’ve not put any thought into. Only recently have I been more into expanding my knowledge beyond my own comfort

[@tyroe5002]

I’m doing a project for my school and I’m looking into putting hot rails into my strat. This video couldn’t have come at a better time while I’m doing research. Thank you, Collin

[@k6751]

How about a humbucker with two rails in each coil?

[@AliJr_MetalGames_MetalGuitar]

Dhima Sam Gran woah

[@SodomySnake]

These exist. I think Kramer used them, or rather, the Chinese company or whoever it was that bought the rights to the Kramer brand did. They were nothing special.

[@Draugoth]

There is such a beast. Its called a quad-rail, and Kramer used to make them. Now a company called Dragonfire (some kind of Korean manufacturer, I think an offshoot of the people that make pups for PRS SE models) makes a version. They are supposed to be ridiculously hot pickups. Something like 23k Ohm resistance.

[@PabloGonzalez-hv3td]

dragonfireguitars.com/Quad-Rails-Hot-Humbucker-Pickups-Set-Bridge-Neck-ColorChoice-2120.htm

[@69luca_33]

When u said "Kurzgesagt" (engl.: for short) 😅

[@Mr.Goldbar]

I've always considerd Hot Rails its own seperate category and not jsut a humbucker. It's beefy but doesn't have the magnetic field of a traditional humbucker. makes it sound like a noisless P90 and not really like a traditional humbucker

[@KahltheGaul]

I bought the Telecaster Hot Rail and actually had to file out my bridge a bit to get it to fit right. Totally worth it though, breathed whole new life into my Nashville Blackout Tele and make it sound like a whole new guitar.

[@thirdageamplifiers]

"... Sex Pole Peesees ..." Love your accent dude!

[@willgouin445]

I love your videos man, but I'm jus gonna say it: Scottish macaulay culkin

[@RetroPlus]

Scottish McCauley culkin if he never did meth

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

I first saw Hotrails in Iron Maiden's Dave Murray's Strat. It had two Hotrails and a true single coil in the middle position. I have used them every since. A Hotrail in the bridge, a Lil' 59 in the middle and a Coolrail in the neck. With coil splitting, you can get such a range of tones that every genre you can imagine is right there. So versatile and sounds so good. Magic!

[@brbuche]

The ferromagnetic fluid is really really excellent idea. without the ability to manage or understand all of the variables, (which means I will be buying ferromagnetic fluid shortly). The first observation is it looks like you trade the magnetic field height on the individual pole pieces for more uniform magnetic field horizontally, which supports things I've heard before rail pickups are very sensitive to string height above pickup. 2nd observation the slight heterogeneous field above the individual poles may be what gives vintage single coils such character and feel, I've tried several different brands of rails and always found them to be lacking harmonic decay and character. which you can perhaps reclaim at very high gain. Finally I've always had problems with the high E volume drop off on the rail pickups, it does look to me like the magnetic field runs out or dissipates at the edge or end of the pickup, supported by seeing how the magnet is positioned. I think a smart designer might try to figure out how to improve the length of the magnet or magnetic field to provide the E strings with uniform sensing field. It may actually require slightly modified pickguards to install a fully designed lengthened pickup, instead of using fender standard holes which limit your design parameters forcing you to jam too small of a pickup just because the original hole was too small. Great discussion.

[@RijuChatterjee]

Google thinks you're speaking korean xD

[@teviscorey]

Explain how to set up a floyd rose? How to keep it in tune, and how to maintain?

[@EdKidgell]

This is your best bet: kzbin.info

[@jackallen6261]

Find a witch doctor! I had a Floyd Rose on an Ibanez years ago...I finally sold it, lol.

[@kretieg2943]

I have one of the newer Floyd Roses. Setup is a pain in the A$$. But once it's set up, it's done. It holds its tuning better than many hard tails. Crazy. The guitar in question is a Schecter Hellraiser Hybrid FR-S.

[@lxschwalb]

Might be a stupid question, but are there specific tonal differences between pickups using rails and pickups using pole pieces? Like, do they differ in frequency response, or does one have a stronger attack or something like that? When playing chords, are the individual notes as well defined in the rails as with the other? I know this could be difficult to answer, because it varies from model to model

[@jasonm456]

Is the output of a hot rail similar to a regular sized humbucker, or to a regular single coil? Would you use 250k pots with a hot tail?

[@kurtshirvinski836]

I use 500ks but 250s can work too. They fucntion closer to a true humbucker than a single, darkness included so it's more or less about personal taste. I use 500ks on some singles and all my necks are wired with 250ks because of my personal preferences so experiment and find yours

[@legoharry100]

I have the Duncan Hot Rail Tele set and I have them with 250k pots (mainly because when I got them installed I had no clue that pickup value could affect tonality) and they do just fine.

[@irondarwin1]

They ARE a true humbucker, just not a full sized one. Dave Murray has been playing them almost exclusively for 20 years.

[@federicomarroni7713]

PEKAP!

[@asdf9890]

I love my SD hotrail on my Strat. I hated the shrill stock single coil it came with and I never used that position. The hotrail has a darker tone and makes it more usable to me. Sounds great with distortion/od.

[@maddypuneetofficial]

Hi Is hotrail good for metal...i am looking forward to change my bridge pickup of strat to make it metal guitar

[@MrMistersilly]

Why do pickups sound different how are they made to do that

[@MrBiggordy]

Watch the video!!

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

Different pickup manufacturing processes and materials produce different magnetic field fluctuations which are detected by the pickups magnets. These fluctuations make the strings vibrate a certain way when you strum them. They have a subtle effect on the frequency your notes are vibrating at which affects how the signal sounds when it goes through an amplifier. The type of amplifier you're playing through, how it was made, its settings, etc then modifies the electrical signal being sent to it by your guitar to produce the final sound.

[@absurdistcat]

Zidders‘ response is good, but I want to clarify that pickups affect perceived timbre, rather than a vibrating string’s fundamental frequency. The pitch of a note played, therefore, is left unaffected. This may seem obvious, but I believe this distinction is important enough to mention. Also, an example of a manufacturing variable is the type of magnet used. Alnico magnets and ceramic magnets have their own nuances.

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

@@absurdistcat Thanks, sorry. I got a feeling I was off there somewhere but you beat me to correcting it.

[@Yonlawlawlaw]

When did the Hot Rails style pickups first come out?

[@hetjamesfield4473]

I just MUST to turn on captions bc of the accent... It is a must for me even i know english better than an average American guy. Even captions get confused... for f sake.... So weird... Thanks mate, awesome vids!

[@oddsparrow3532]

Really? Lol I understand every word. Crazy how we all hear things differently depending on our own dialect and environments!

[@hetjamesfield4473]

@@oddsparrow3532 Yeah, it is very strange :) But we can adopt, we are guitarists and musicians, nothing is a problem for us ;) LoL We are smart... kinda :D

[@oddsparrow3532]

@@hetjamesfield4473 growing is the name of the game in music. Tuned down to drop B today, gonna be a fun day. Have a good one and stay safe out there.

[@hetjamesfield4473]

@@oddsparrow3532 LoL, im in dropD at this moment playing #Volbeat songs :) DropB is awesome, enjoy !! You to Sparrow, have a great one and stay safe 👍👋🤟

[@theballadeer2017]

I hope someone answers this for me, can a Hot Rail pickup also come with the Sustainiac/Sustainer mod to it?

[@Daminte]

Could a pick up be bobbined I'm zig zag? What would occur with the magnetic field?

[@djbenjibear4386]

Idea for the next TATA How exactly do fishman fluence pickups work? I've seen videos trying to explain but I fail to comprehend the scientificals. I'd also to know your opinion on them. Cheers!

[@ScienceofLoud]

I'll see if they'll let me pull one of their pickups apart for science.

[@comajoebuck999]

Dylan talks tone....cut one apart. Stacked pcb’s.

[@paolonavarra1536]

Which one would you prefer humbuckers or hot rails? Which has a better sound quality

[@cloud_monkey422]

Paolo Navarra i have a hotrail in my strat and a jb in my duo sonic. I dont know about the pots or anything but the hot rail imo does amazing for literally every genre (I have a tube amp and pedals) I can play rock, punk, country, jazz, heavy genres, grunge etc It’s just so beautiful clean wise and distortion wise and just works for everything My jb is super muddy and just not pleasant at all but I also think it has diff pots in it and even though the same shop put them both in, I feel that they didn’t put the same care into putting in the jb So while I may not be able to help you, I can tell you that my strat with the hotrail just sounds beautiful no matter what I play

[@MrTWINARMAGEDDON]

My tata is regarding intonation. What is it and what’s the difference between an intonated guitar and a guitar that’s not?

[@sheepdogxpress]

Intonation is quite simple really. It's your guitars ability to keep the correct pitch on a string regardless what fret you press on. So if you tune your guitar to standard tuning for example (EADGBE), as you work your way up the frets all the notes should be correct when played and not going sharp or flat. Playing the 6th string (low E) open should also produce an E when played at the 12th fret just a higher octave (?). At least I think that's the theory lol. Someone correct me if I'm wrong please, cheers!

[@EdKidgell]

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[@stevec9972]

@@sheepdogxpress that's correct. Guitars Not intonated properly the notes further up the neck are out of tune. Adjustment is made to make string longer or shorter so note same at open position and 12the fret

[@bohanananza5443]

Tata means grandpa in Spanish

[@ronammar5021]

Ferrofluid is a great way to demonstrate the magnetic field!

[@KentRoads]

6 pole pieces? Did you just assume my string amount?

[@n1w4]

What are the tonal differences between all neck joints (in regards to metal)? Thanks Colin!

[@chalkedupmusic9610]

Bolt-on is brighter but it's extremely subtle, especially in a metal mix. Any style set neck or neck-through sounds darker, but again, it's subtle. Pickups, string gauge, amp and pedal choice (and settings), and cabinet choice are all going to be far more noticeable. Set neck and neck-through sound pretty much the same too, and neck-through is more expensive because it's harder to build and larger pieces of wood are more expensive. Anyone who tells you neck-through sounds better is likely selling a neck-through guitar. Neck joints shouldn't effect sustain either, as long as the necks and neck pockets are routed correctly.

[@ThatBaritoneGuitarGuy]

The honest answer is that neck joints are purely for structural integrity. I personally prefer a neck-thru, because everything being bolted to the same thing means no weak spots. Granted, a bolt-on can be easily replaced if it breaks, but that bolt-on itself is still a break between the neck and body.

[@robinleebraun7739]

Ironically, blade pickups came before the ones with individual poles. The “Charlie Christian” pickup was a single rail.

[@hazrod13]

thank you for this videos once again, I never played on hot rails and didn't even thought about what could be the difference with other types of pickups...

[@valonberchtold]

I replaced the single coils in my uber-cheap first Strat with DiMarzio hotrails; they sound amazing and the guitar positively roars where it used to whimper and cough.

[@hazrod13]

@@valonberchtold those adjectives makes me want to try them

[@onpsxmember]

@@hazrod13 And that's all you get from all kinds of ads. Just listen to demos before you buy them. They have to fit the guitar and especially the circuitry that has a huge influence on the pickups.

[@hazrod13]

@@onpsxmember yes of course, I said try, not buy.

[@valonberchtold]

Lucas, I used the Air Norton S and Super Distortion S model pickups. And as for my comment being an "ad"... I just like the hotrail pickups I have, I'm sure there are plenty of crap ones out there. I didn't do a perfect job of rewiring the guitar when adding them either; on some amps it has a really loud buzz when the strings are still which goes away depending on the selector switch position and whether my hand is touching the bridge or any metal parts; I've had some robo-style fun with that noise, but it's certainly not for everyone. Long story short hotrail pickups can be pretty kick-ass and plus they look cool.

[@dainiusvysniauskas2049]

Off-topic.. But what are best solid state amp heads for metal under budget? Thinking about something like Blackstar ID 60TVP or Roland RG1003H...

[@scruffybones321]

Is there a reason you specifically want solid state? Typically valve amps are gonna be better in every way, and solid state leaders like Randal use hybrids of valve pre amps and solid state power amps. From personal experience the Joyo Zombie is pure black magic and is ridiculously cheap. It's got very limited tone options but sounds awesome where ever the single eq/tone knob is set. Vox's micro amps are also worth a look.

[@dainiusvysniauskas2049]

Good solid state amps can sound pretty good and are simply more reliably than tube. I already have tube amp, but swapping tubes every once in a while can add a lot to the total cost. As far as I know Randall RG amps are all solid, Zombie, Micro Dark and Vox's micro amps are hybrid tho

[@scruffybones321]

@@dainiusvysniauskas2049 yeah that's true. I'd be of the opinion that for metal specifically though valve saturation is preferable to solid state. I actually own an RG and can confirm it's what they call "MOSFET", which is a combination of a valve preamp and solid power amp (which sounds amazing and is loud as balls). I can say with confidence that the Zombie sounds unbelievably good, so long as you're happy with a one trick pony metal amp.

[@ChrisCookPrime]

Could you do the video again, but with a Scottish accent? 😊

[@witmal99]

The single coil pickup on my Bronko bass guitar is very noisy. Would Hot Rails pickup eliminate, or at list reduce the hum? It's new to me that's why I'm not afraid to ask.

[@theccarbiter]

What are lipstick pickups, I’m not sure what they are and how they sound compared to regular single or double coil pickups

[@jackallen6261]

I have a lipstick pickup on my Telecaster, it appears to just be a pickup cover for a standard single coil pickup but I think it has a similar (although I'm sure lesser effect I could be wrong here) as the hot rails which I also have on a Duo Sonic.

[@stratboy1000]

QUESTION/ADVICE NEEDED: I have a 2017 HSS MIM Strat HSS set up. I have Bill Lawrence L500 in the bridge (love it) but want to upgrade the neck pup for greater output and improved fuller and fatter sound vs single coil stock pickup. Should I upgrade the neck pup with Hot Rails or Quarter Pounder?

[@paulbeahm3891]

A hot rail pickup is something you use before you get clean

[@texastyrannyresponseteam794]

my hot rail bucker (4 coils total) sounds like muddy shit... I'm way disappointed... even split... gonna have to change it.. gonna swap out all 3... both single coil size and the bucker...

[@toddwilliamson8557]

Bill Lawrence was the architect of this design along with many other great pickup designs up to his death in 2013. His pickups are still available at Wildepickups and still light years ahead of modern companies and boutique winders. He worked at various times throughout his career @Gibson (invented the L-6 pickups), alongside Seymour Duncan and later Larry Dimarzio and the twin blade pickups both of those companies offer are based off Bill Lawrence designs. The holy grail of Twin Blade designs the XL500 used by Darrel 'Dimebag' Abbott was a Bill Lawrence pickup. Unfortunately many people took advantage of Bills genius and lack of business acumen (Bill Lawrence USA). Wilde Pickups is where you can still get Bills pickups and trust me they are amazing and the most articulate pickup designs you have ever used.

[@mihailmilev9909]

Wow, tysm!

[@texastyrannyresponseteam794]

I'm going over this schematic... Can't find the peckup anywhere..

[@rafaelgutierrez6275]

I get bugged when people call these MINI-humbuckers, they're hot rails/single coil sized humbuckers

[@delgrandephotos]

h my that was verry helpful for making me understand more about pickups!! thank you! and i love your accent!

[@oliverwooding2066]

This was in the background until I heard “curgesah”.

[@patricksommer3971]

Kurzgesagt ;-) That's funny because kurzgesagt means that you explain something quickly.

[@MrFlint51]

I have built a guitar with 4 courses of octave paired strings. I could not find a pickup with pole pieces at the correct spacing. A blade pickup solved the problem. There is another option, the stacked humbucker, as used in Burns guitars from the 60's. When the factory closed in the mid-60's, Golumbs of Glasgow in the Saltmarket bought the entire factory stock. I bought one of those pickups and fitted it into the sound hole of my Eko Ranger 6.

[@logotrikes]

Thanks dude for demystifying this topic. I find the concept interesting and possibly amenable to diy...?

[@nathanjones2447]

Unfortunately blade-style humbucking pick-ups are never as powerful as your regular full-fat humbucking p-up... Sadly..

[@buck7477]

I have an 83 Ibanez Roadstar II SSS pickup config. Pickups are a little noisy when amp is cranked or OD pedals are engaged. Will a hotrail cancel some noise? And what if the guitar your installing a hotrail in has a push pot boost on the volume knob?

[@olenfersoi8887]

I just bought a dual rail pickup and the construction is wacky: Viewed from the bottom, there is no magnet sitting there between the two rail bottoms. Instead, the coil windings are visible, with the plane of the winds being vertical rather than horizontal. And, it is obvious that it is two coils, perhaps 5mm tall (or wide, depending upon your perspective)...with tiny leads coming out from the middle, where the two coils touch. As it is a humbucker, I presume the two coils have opposite wind directions. But, if there is just a single central magnet, they would not have opposite polarities. However, as follows, I guess the rails do have opposite polarities??? Picture a stacked pickup with the two coils having opposite phases (reverse winds)...but with the pickup turned on its side, so that top & bottom are now left & right sides...with vertical steel rails attached to the central (now horizontal) magnet, left & right. Thus, one rail is magnetically gripped by the South & the other rail gripped by the North pole. BUT, looking at the pickup, in its case, from the top, you'd never know that the construction was not as you described. Have you ever heard of this configuration? I haven't...but, I presume it works!

[@MountainHomeJerrel]

Question I'm too afraid to ask? Did my parents split up because they don't love me?

[@BejiVGM]

If hotrails are single coil size humbuckers, what would happen if two hot rail are put together as a humbucker?

[@stratkiller2531]

ALL rockstars know what hot rails are.... And I'm not talking about pickups.....lol

[@MosriteCharlie]

Gibson P-90 vs Mosrite P-90 vs Fender Jazzmaster pickups - what are the differences?

[@chrisparker5278]

TATA: what’s the sound difference between Blades and poles?

[@Rogata_Dusza76]

Hi. I'm in the process of converting my Fender Player HSS Stratocaster (alder body, maple neck and ebony fingerboard) into something like a Strat for playing heavy riffs. I bought a Seymour Duncan Invader humbucker for the bridge, but I have a dilemma about the other two - whether to buy 2 Hot Rials or is it better to have one Hot Rials and one Cool Rials? And in which position will both of these pickups perform better? Greetings from Poland... 🤘

[@MarioRoqueSanRoque]

2 minutes of publicity. It looks like television. Stay tuned Colin. Hug.

[@jasyynnoe8392]

I've seen humbuckers, single coil sized humbuckers, rails, even split-coil pickups, BUT!!... has anyone made a pickup with dual INLINE coils? Like 1 coil for the E, A, D, and a separate coil for the G, B, E, with poles (or rails) on a single line?

[@Smart-Alex]

Thank you for the great explanation but why no (even quick) playing sample and half of the video is an ad.

[@jgmopar]

How about a Railhammer humbucker in single coil size?

[@moy447]

ScaleShare

[@wingnutmcspazatron3957]

The subtitles trying to pick up your accent 😂

[@erojerisiz1571]

Trying to peck ap his accent*

[@groadybones]

Exactly what I wanted to know, nothing that I didn't (besides the ad read, but bills won't pay themselves).

[@jcf6]

Great video (as usual) - the "hot rails" are constructed basically like a PAF humbucker, except steel bars replace the screws/slugs. Firebird pickups are like rails, except they put the magnets where the "rails" would be and dispense with putting a magnet at the base. What difference does this make - or would this make - in a single coil format? What would the difference be if a full sized humbucker were to use the Firebird method of construction (like D'Urbano Magnetic's Big Bird)?

[@JimLove1]

My god. you may be the only one who could pull off a commercial like that, but it is too much. Shorten it to 15 or 20 seconds and charge them the same amount.

[@juneisraelaquino9636]

If I change an SSS stratocaster configuration to an HSH or even an HHH configuration should I change the default 250K Volume and tone potentiometers to 500K for the humbuckers? Thank you.

[@BepBepStev]

I have a Tata for you. My bass (a cheap silvertone bass) has 2 pickups, but they are offset side to side from eachother. The pick up closer to the neck has the poles in line with the strings, meanwhile the one below it has the poles under only the three highest strings. Why is that?

[@zacharygolem6590]

I’m a newer subscriber, do you have any videos about installing a single coil between 2 humbuckers? I have a project guitar (Ibanez Gio) that I found under the pick guard has a space for a single coil. The wiring is really what’s in question since the guitar just has an empty space.

[@TomTobin67]

Hey Colin, Great video but you didn't mention the fact that every pickup is VOICED to what the maker wants it to be. That's who you can buy a humbucker that sound like a single coil (Dimarzio Humbucker From Hell) or vice versa (Hot or Cool Rails)...... and I still can't believe you've bought a pickup coil winding machine.

[@TheHumanEwok]

What if you put two s profile blade pickups into a humbucker?

[@AnyDrug]

...exactly.

[@michaelshane9726]

Quad-Buckers?

[@WibblyWobblyBob]

Americans invent the noise cancelling pickups and call them Filtertrons and Humbuckers. If the British had invented them they'd be called Humfrees.

[@kirkbolas4985]

Colin....I have to stop multi-tasking while I listen to your explanations. You mentioned your pickup winder and through the wee speakers in my iPhone I could swear that you said “pickup wanker”. My first thought was, “Aye laddie ahn keep yer shower toys to ye’self. TMI.” 😆 Anyway I realized tha ya said something else besides what I thought ya said. I know it’s not your brogue but just my half arsed attention to your words. My grandmum was from Edinburg, Clan Stuart...Aye, those Stuarts Mary James Charles etc and on account of my grandmum I learned to decipher Scot English and speak with her accent...it’s your brand o’ Scot elocution too laddie ...I hear your Edinburgh accent and ya sound like my grandmum...the only difference between you and her is about an octave and a half. 😆 Pickup wankers... ✊🏼ha...moving on. What’s the difference between a split-load and long tailed phase inverter as utilised in a push-pull (aka Class AB topology) valve amp. I know what a phase inverter does and the general theory behind how it works but I did not know there were these different types. I can look at a schematic and see which type is used but I don’t know the why or preference for one over the other. Could you please explain this? Keep up the good work. I enjoy your channel and have learned a few things from ya (I’ve been playing guitar and bass guitar for about 38 years) and that I can learn from you reminds me that I still have room for improvement.

[@elikipreos9007]

Great video & explanation, plus You look like a young SRV...all-good...