Why do I find them so awful to listen too? Ok for heavy overdriven sounds perhaps, but no better than single coils. The tone they produce is muffled and indistinct. All low fidelity middle with woolly bass. For lead work they sound ok too, but for rhythm they just sound like a vacuum cleaner. I don't get it. I read about the humbucker tone, the apparent 'creamyness', and the harmonic richness. But I just don't hear it. In fact it makes me cross when I hear them. Why use humbuckers on a guitar when single coils sound so much better. I realise this could be a personal taste thing, I am no guitar player myself, but I must be missing something, Or perhaps the guitarists in my band need to alter their eq?