Wide range humbucker vs mudbucker ..???

[mike 110]

Can anybody advise me on the sonic / tonal differences please ??

 

Thanks 😁

[Baloney Balderdash]

A wide range humbucker will pick up and reproduce a wide frequency spectrum, being brighter, and more true to the source, that is the string vibrations on the bass, also being much more articulate and with much better definition, while a mudbucker reproduces a much more narrow frequency range with a lot of the high end frequency content being rolled off, resulting in a dark, boomy and muddy sound, somewhat lacking in articulation and definition in comparison, hence the names.

 

Also the mudbucker will be likely to have much higher output in comparison.

 

Edited May 5, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash

[mike 110]

6 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

A wide range humbucker will pick up and reproduce a wide frequency spectrum, being brighter, and more true to the source, that is the string vibration on the bass, a mudbucker reproduce a much more narrow frequency range and a lot of the high end frequency spectrum is cut off, producing a dark, muddy sound, hence the names.

 

Also the mudbucker will be likely to have much higher output in comparison.

 

Great , thanks  😁👍 

[thodrik]

Pretty much as stated by @Baloney Balderdash above. Try a Musicman Stingray and Gibson EB3 one after another and the differences should appear fairly apparent!