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How do I tell what kind of pickups I have?

armanHammerarmanHammer Posts: 471
edited April 2005 in Musicians and Gearheads
I'm a newbie, sorry. I know they can be either single-coil or humbuckers.

There are four pickups on my guitar I think, arranged like this:

[pickup][pickup] [pickup][pickup]

I'm pretty sure they are single coil. It's an Ibanez GAX 50 or 60. Thanks in advance.
Riverside.. LA.. California. EV?
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  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    opencoiled humbuckers by the sounds of it.
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    exhausted wrote:
    opencoiled humbuckers by the sounds of it.
    Yeah, if the pickups are arranged in pairs, with each pair flush against the other, you have two humbuckers that are open-coil (no chrome covers). That's what the covered humbuckers look like underneath the covers, too.

    EDIT: Does this sound familiar?

    http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/Data4/Ibanez/GAX50-01.html
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • armanHammerarmanHammer Posts: 471
    Indeed that is my guitar, the Ibanez GAX 50, thanks.

    I have been thinking of swapping the pickups for some nicer ones, any suggestions? I almost certainly want some humbuckers. Or would it be better just to get an entirely new guitar? Or swap the amp instead? (I have a 15 watt practice amp)

    Thanks in advance, again.
    Riverside.. LA.. California. EV?
  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    my pickups say ford on the back.
    d'oh!!!!!!

    http://www.myspace.com/brain_of_c
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