Pickups: Industry Standard Quick Connection

[Geo]

Depends. I've done both.

I must just be old fashioned, I always solder speaker connections.

 

[valve]

Seems to work fine for DiMarzio and Mayones

yeah, of course it works, but you can pickup up UNNECESSARY buzz if it's done this way. Far from optimal.
It's a high impedance Signal, it prone to noise.

 

[FourT6and2]

yeah, of course it works,

Exactly

but you can pickup up UNNECESSARY buzz if it's done this way.

I suppose lots of things in this world can happen. But let me ask you a few questions:

1. Have you tried either system? Do they work? You just admitted that they do.

2. Are pickups themselves shielded?

3. Are pickup cavities shielded in most guitars?

4. Are control cavities shielded in most guitars?

3. Is 0.5mm of unshielded wire underneath the pickup going to cause more buzzing than there already is with regular wiring?

As far as I'm aware, the majority of guitars do not have shielded pickup cavities, nor do they have shielded control cavities, Some do. But not most. And historically, very few do. The connections to the pots are not shielded. The connections to the switches are not shielded. The output jack is not shielded. Some guitars do have shielded control cavities. My Mayones come with copper foil tape everywhere. But guess what... they still slightly hum/buzz like every other guitar in the world. Shielding does not stop that kind of thing, it only prevents some forms of RF and EM interference.

Either way, if someone didn't want to use such a system, they wouldn't have to... Both companies offer their pickups with or without the quick connect system. The wiring is the same for both...

The idea here is simply wishful thinking for all these companies to adopt the same system.

 

[311boogieman]

My guess is that Duncan has something on their shelf that they have already. If they do, I'd consider them the leader. And yeah, forget about all the various types of pickups - this is for 5 wire humbuckers. Watching that Duncan video that compares like 22 pups makes me want this even more.

 

[FourT6and2]

My guess is that Duncan has something on their shelf that they have already. If they do, I'd consider them the leader. And yeah, forget about all the various types of pickups - this is for 5 wire humbuckers. Watching that Duncan video that compares like 22 pups makes me want this even more.

Yeah, it should work for both humbuckers and single coils (e.g. DiMarzio's solution). I'm sure something could be worked out for piezo and actives, et. al. But would probably be best to focus on passives first and go from there. I don't think people are swapping piezo pickups often enough to matter. Plus, that is already more involved (removing hardware and other electronics).

 

[scottosan]

Exactly


I suppose lots of things in this world can happen. But let me ask you a few questions:

1. Have you tried either system? Do they work? You just admitted that they do.

2. Are pickups themselves shielded?

3. Are pickup cavities shielded in most guitars?

4. Are control cavities shielded in most guitars?

3. Is 0.5mm of unshielded wire underneath the pickup going to cause more buzzing than there already is with regular wiring?

As far as I'm aware, the majority of guitars do not have shielded pickup cavities, nor do they have shielded control cavities, Some do. But not most. And historically, very few do. The connections to the pots are not shielded. The connections to the switches are not shielded. The output jack is not shielded. Some guitars do have shielded control cavities. My Mayones come with copper foil tape everywhere. But guess what... they still slightly hum/buzz like every other guitar in the world. Shielding does not stop that kind of thing, it only prevents some forms of RF and EM interference.

Either way, if someone didn't want to use such a system, they wouldn't have to... Both companies offer their pickups with or without the quick connect system. The wiring is the same for both...

The idea here is simply wishful thinking for all these companies to adopt the same system.

In singe coils I can understand shields in the pickup cavities. I think shielding in humbuckers guitars is normally unnecessary, but can create multiple paths to ground and produce noise. Between the grounded baseplates and the shielded leads, the body shielding in unnecessary

 

[FourT6and2]

In singe coils k can understand shields in the pickup cavities. I think shielding in humbuckers guitars is normally unnecessary, but can cream multiple patch to ground and k product noise. Between the grounded baseplates and the shielded leads, the body shielding in unnecessary

Agreed. My point was I don't think DiMarzio or Mayones pickups suffer from an epidemic of more hum/buzz than others.

 

[scottosan]

Agreed. My point was I don't think DiMarzio or Mayones pickups suffer from an epidemic of more hum/buzz than others.

My observation is the pickups with higher iron content are noisier in the same pickup. Ceramic magnet it the same pickups is much quieter than A2 in the same pickup. A2 being noisier than A5