BigBeatNut Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Okay, so I know the difference between a single coil and a humbucking pickup, but what exactly is it that makes a 'soapbar' pickup a 'soapbar' ? Appearance only ? (no pole pieces, wider than a single coil). Or something technical ? (Like, say, humbucking but with vertically stacked coils ? Or hi-fi response ?) hmm ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 I think originally 'soap bar' was merely a reference to one of the two variant casings on a single-coil Gibson/Epiphone P90 guitar pickup, the other being the 'dog ear': P90 'soap bar': P90 'dog ear': So I'd guess all that makes something a 'soap bar' pickup is the rectangular casing. Someone's going to say though that it will be a casing without any pole pieces showing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 (edited) - Edited February 16, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeatNut Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 [quote name='andyjingram' post='900476' date='Jul 20 2010, 09:01 PM']Nowadays, in terms of bass though, you can safely assume that they are humbuckers with (at least in intention) a 'modern' tone. Seems to work out that way.[/quote] That (soapbars -> 'modern' tone) makes sense of the 'death to soapbars' type of sentiment I've seen in some corners of talkbass recently. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mep Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Soap Bars can also be used on either a 4 or 5 string bass asa most of them are quite long. At least that's the case with the Seymour Duncan Basslines fitted to my Aria Pro 2 SB600 fretless. Very organic sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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