Humbuckers vs Trembuckers

[kramer.geetar]

I'm thinking of buying the Seymour Duncan '78 and am wondering is there is a tonal difference between the humbucker version and trembucker on that or any pickup really.
It'll go on a guitar with a Floyd. I know spacing wise I should get a trembucker, I have a SH-11 with regular humbucker spacing in my guitar now with a Floyd and its fine. I just heard some prefer the tone to the hums rather then trems. Any validity to these statements or people just being anal? Thanks for the help.

[Warlord]

many people have "dirty" opinions about it.
I heard that a humb. in a floyded guitar have lower volume in the E strings. Migh be true, might be not.

[kramer.geetar]

Yea I dunno I havn't experienced that at all with my SH-11 about the volume drop

[munkee]

This is so Weird...I was just going to start this same thread I just replaced a pickup in a Kramer 84 with a Duncan Custom Custom. It didn't seem to fit over the strings properly, then I realized it wasn't a Trem spaced pickup

But I have to say it sounds really good. Sometimes I wonder if Trem spaced pickups are a Placebo

[kramer.geetar]

I got the same pickup in my Striker. I like it a lot. How does it sound in the '84 compared to the stock?
Some say they can't really hear a difference, others complain about volume loss on the high e (possibly if your pickup isn't close enough to the strings) and other say the humbuckers have a better tone over trembucker and some just use them for asthetic puposes so theres no gaps between the mounting rings and the poles line up. I know EVH used humbuckers up until he switched to Music Man. I dunno, just wanting to get people opinions before I shell out $160. If the tone is the same I'd go for a trembucker.

[munkee]

I got the same pickup in my Striker. I like it a lot. How does it sound in the '84 compared to the stock?
Some say they can't really hear a difference, others complain about volume loss on the high e (possibly if your pickup isn't close enough to the strings) and other say the humbuckers have a better tone over trembucker and some just use them for asthetic puposes so theres no gaps between the mounting rings and the poles line up. I know EVH used humbuckers up until he switched to Music Man. I dunno, just wanting to get people opinions before I shell out $160. If the tone is the same I'd go for a trembucker.

Comparing the CC to the stock 84 pickup is pretty close. I will say the CC seemed to have a bit more bass, it was warmer than the stock 84t

[pointyheadstock]

try slanting the pickup to get a better string over polepiece alignment.. it works depending on your pickup route obviously, best of luck though