HH vs. HS

[Father Gino]

OK, I'm pretty sure this question has been asked before but I don't think it was ever really answered. If I'm wrong, I'll send Jack $5 or one used G string, whichever he prefers.

Anyway, now that you're all back from SLO and slightly more sober, answer me this. On a SR5 or Sterling you can flip that 5-way lever to get a single coil at the neck & bridge position. Do they still sound a lot different?

It seems on paper, that the HH can do almost anything the HS can except to have two coils at the bridge & one at the neck.

I guess the real question is how different do the HH & HS neck pickups sound?

Also, on the HH, does the lever at 1/4 & 2/3 really sound all that different?

 

[Urwordsbreakmed]

I personally thing the HH limits your options and is wayyyyyyyyyy to muddy unless your playing a bongo... on the other hand HS is beautiful it only needs one word to describe it... i love the HS it gives all the extra warm and tone you want and need that you cant get with the HH or the H

 

[marleaux-user]

HI Urwordsbreakmed,

What kind of music do you play?

 

[maddog]

Did they get the new SC pickup that was spoken of into the production line yet?

 

[phatduckk]

good question ... i actually didnt play an HH but i can vouche that the HS is brilliant ... or are urwords said "beautiful". great tone when combining pups.

if you've ever wished the jazz bass had balls then the HS is perfect for u (yes, pun was intended )

 

[marleaux-user]

You guys are so hardcore...

 

[MCBTunes]

I personally thing the HH limits your options and is wayyyyyyyyyy to muddy unless your playing a bongo... on the other hand HS is beautiful it only needs one word to describe it... i love the HS it gives all the extra warm and tone you want and need that you cant get with the HH or the H

Why on earth would the bongoHH be less muddy than the SRHH? I mean I'm glad to hear it because I'm getting a bongo and plan to beable to play some nice clear notes. But where does this info come from? And have you AB'd them side by side?

 

[KEVL]

My Bongo 5 HH is anything but muddy. I can dial it in to get an almost piano sound. I've never played an SRHH so I can't speak for how it sounds. The Bongo on the other hand, clearity. Of course.. I'm more than able to make it sound muddy too... I just wish it would stop happening in the middle of songs.. hehehehe

 

[Dargin]

I wouldn't describe the HH as muddy. I would describe it as beefy and mean. All the positions have their personality too.

 

[bovinehost]

I personally thing the HH limits your options and is wayyyyyyyyyy to muddy unless your playing a bongo..

I played a number of HH models, including the SR4 and SR5, and the very last thing that would have occurred to me was "muddy".

Big? Yeah.
Beefy? Yeah.
Angry? Yeah.

Muddy? Not unless you have a....well, something in your ear!

 

[Randracula]

We were playing them through Korg Pandoras and tiny headphones so that might explain the muddy sound Urwords is describing...................

 

[oddjob]

Both of my HH and Hs are clear and never had any mud problems (and yes I have A/B'ed - and in my case C'ed them together with a HS). All 3 configs are brilliant. Each one offers a subtle difference that you almost have to hear to understand (and there are MANY post discussing the differences - try the "search" function). Like always it is a matter of taste and function (it is so nice to have the choice to start with). Can't go wrong with any of them... but "MUDDY"??? Must have been the Pandora!

 

[Father Gino]

Thanks for the replies but I guess as always the answer is you just have to check them out yourself. Since I can't do that yet, I figured I'd ask. Just impatient I guess. All basses sound different with a different set of hands on them anyway.

I have a Sabre that I do think is muddy live in anything but the best of conditions with both pickups on. Other Sabre players play theirs with both pickups & the bass pot maxed out, so go figure.

 

[marleaux-user]

All basses sound different with a different set of hands on them anyway.

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