pickups 1

this is the hardest part for me

so many variables

"traditional" magnets?

alnico 3 to 5 (or is it 1 to 5?)

ceramic

combinations?

H = Humbucker

S = Single Coil

H

S 

H S

S H

S S 

H H

H S S 

H H S


H H H 

H S H 

S H H 

S S H

S S S

S H S

H S S H (Steve Morse)

introduce a 5 way switch to the 3 pickup combinations

add a new magnet to the equation

neodymium

add another magnet to the equation

samarium-cobalt

apparently this is similar to neodymium

sonically?

then there is the design of the blade pickup (p.s. big fan)

then there is the issue of the reissue of gold foil pickups (p.s. big fan)

coil tapping

series/parallel

active/passive

coil windings

have we exhausted all the variables?

has anyone explored all the variables? 

maybe we have barely scratched the surface

enough to give an aspirin a headache!