Which guitar pickup is better?

The pick-up set depends on the type of sound you want to create.....

This is all down to the lead guitar sound that you want.... if you listen to heavy metal, or heavy rock etc you will need the humbucker (H)..... if you are after a softer more bluesy the 3 single coils will be fine.

You will never get that cool smooth driving sound with a single coil, single coils are more prone to interference from electrical devices, and frequently buzz or hum depending on the electrical items in the local environment. However, single coils (S) will cut through anything live or recorded and will never get lost against the volume of the other instruments, but they just lack that thickness of a humbucker.

So the choice is yours!.... there is no 1 guitar that can do everything.... unless you have a lot of money for coil tapped pick ups, where humbuckers can be switched into single coils at a flick of a switch... never used them.... but i guess they will be expensive.

Happy picking!

Hello there,

Those are pickup configurations. No way to make a serious comparison. If you are comparing a set of 3 single coils from a Squier Bullet to an HSS from a Fender Lonestar Strat, That would be two Fender Custom Shop Texas Specials single coils and a Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates Plus. Of course the HSS set would be higher quality. On the other hand if you are comparing an HSS out of a Squier Bullet to a set of three single coils out of a Fender American Standard, of course the SSS would be higher quality. It is not the configuration, it is the actual pickups being used that matters.

Later,