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Note:
If your guitar has active electronics, you should always remove your cable after
playing. Leaving your cable plugged into your instrument will drain the battery.
If your jack ever comes loose, do not tighten it without first removing the jackplate and
securing the inside of the jack, otherwise you may break the wires causing your guitar to
lose output.
Pickups
The pickups on your guitar turn the string vibrations into an electronic signal that is sent
to your amplifier. Pickups are made up of magnets and coils of wire.
There are 2 types of magnetic pickups used in most electric guitars - Single Coils and
Humbuckers. A Single Coil pickup is made up of only 1 coil of wire and generally has a
weak output.
Due to its construction, a single coil will be noisy since it cannot block hum and RF
interference. Humbuckers on the other hand are in fact “hum-cancelling” because of
their construction using 2 coils side by side. The signals from each coil are combined in
a certain way that cancels the hum and RF interference that is common with single coil
pickups. Humbuckers generally have a higher output signal compared to single coils.
Pickup Selector Switch
The selector is used to switch between different pickups or combinations of pickups
(on guitars with two or more pickups).
