Thoughts on tone

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The Thoughts on Tone blog is here to help you better understand your guitar and to aid you in the never-ending tone quest.  Just click the title of the article you are interested in below to be taken to the relevant page.  

How things work/explaining your guitar:

• How do guitar pickups work? (Under construction)
• Onboard guitar buffers - how they work and their benefits
• Why does the same pickup sound different in the neck and bridge position?
• Why are the neck and bridge version of the same pickup wound differently?
• Do metal pickup covers affect tone? If so how? (Under construction)
• What is the difference between a humbucker and a trembucker?
• What are the differences between a stratocster neck and a telecaster neck pickup?
• Do humbuckers and trembuckers of the same model sound different? (Under construction)
• What is a "tapped" strat or tele guitar pickup and how does it sound?
• What is RWRP pickup wiring and should I get a set with it?

The tone search:

• How do I improve my guitar's tone if I cannot afford new pickups?
• What Tele neck pickups sound the most like a Strat neck pickup?

Other:

• Does DiMarzio really own the trademark for double cream pickups?
• What are Seymour Duncan Antiquity pickups and how to they differ from non-antiquity pickups?
• Is the "cream" color for DiMarzio and Seymour Duncan pickups the same?

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