So, obviously the Burstbucker doesn' have twice the DC resistance of a Strat single-coil. Now DC resistance isn't the only way to judge a pickup's potential output-there are things like the pickups resonant-frequency to consider-but it does give us a quick and dirty comparison method. resistance of your average Strat single-coil-which is around 6800 ohms-with the resistance of, say, a Gibson Burstbucker, at around 8800 ohms. Comparing outputs of various different pickups is a messy thing. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that a humbucker basically has twice the output of a single-coil. So for guitars with both pickup types, having a selector switch that lets you turn on both simultaneously, how does the guitar balance out the difference in output between the two pickup types? Better than a traditional Strat in humbucker mode? For HSS models that can coil-split, does that still provide a traditional single-coil bridge sound?Д®ither way, I'm wondering what kind of trade-offs have to happen with a guitar that has a single-coil/humbucker mix. So the next time I get a chance, I'd love to try a Strat with a purpose-built humbucker in the bridge to see how that sounds.

I'm not a big fan of the latter option, because to me it doesn't REALLY sound like a humbucker (at least not a very nice one). combining two single-coils into a humbucker). I've been curious lately about the differences between an HSS Stratocaster and a traditional Strat with the switch in 2nd or 4th position (i.e.

Single coil vs humbucker in strat