I have a question regarding pickups if you don't mine of course. 如果你方便的話，幫我解答一個有關吉他拾音器的問題好嗎？
I have a fender fat strat and I was looking on the fender web page and it said it had a "bridge position humbucking pickup" which I've heard isn't common on guitars. 我有一把芬達STRAT，我在查看芬達網站時看見，這個型號的琴橋拾音器是雙線圈的，而據我所知，琴橋使用雙線圈是很少見的。
I was wondering what exactly this setup does which is different than a normal one. 我很想知道這樣做的目的是什麼，為什麼跟通常的做法不一樣？
I've asked around and heard its for distortion but from your webpage it appears you know more than the person I asked. 我問了很多人，他們都說這樣做是為了增強失真，不過從你的網站上看，你似乎比他們都懂得多一些。
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A bridge humbucker is only really uncommon in the sense that Fender Stratocasters have just about always used all single coil pickups, including at the bridge position. 在琴橋使用雙線圈確實少見，尤其是芬達Stratocasters幾乎一直在使用單線圈，包括它的琴橋位置。
In the 80's there were a large number of companies like Charvel ,Jackson producing "super strats" 在1980年代出現了一批仿製「超級芬達」的廠家，譬如 Charvel 、Jackson 這些公司
which were hotted-up designs using the strat body shape and string length, but with sophisticated whammy bars, paint jobs, and hotted-up electronics. 這些仿製品都使用原來芬達的琴體和弦距設計，但是在其他方面則使用了各種誇張的方式，例如精密複雜的拾音器，眼花繚亂的面板圖案，主動型內部電路等等。
These designs just about always used a humbucker pickup in the bridge position. 這些琴也通常會使用琴橋雙線圈。
Most humbuckers have the appearance of two single coil pickups placed side by side (sometimes placed under a cover), so it is a wider pickup. 大多數雙線圈其實就是兩個單線圈並排放在一個外殼裡面，尺寸上比單線圈寬一倍而已。
The easiest way to see the difference is to look at a Gibson LesPaul pickup, which is rectangular, and a traditional Fender Strat, which has thinner pickups with the 6 magnets showing. 最簡單的區別辦法就是：先看一把Gibson Les Paul ，它的長方形拾音器就是雙線圈，再看一把經典的Fender Strat ，它的單線圈拾音器比較窄，正面可以看見6個磁鐵芯。
There are other internal design differences, but the main difference for the player is the sound 當然在內部細節設計上還有很多差別，但是對樂手來說，兩者最大的卻別在於音色
here are some key features of each. 下面具體說一說這些差別：
Single coil: 單線圈
Bright, chunky, lots of character 明亮，紮實，特點很明顯
conveys the natural sound of the guitar well 可以很好的表現出吉他本身的音質
can sound thin clean, and a little "weedy" when overdriven hard. 清音的時候聲音有點單薄，而嚴重過載的時候，聲音會變得比較毛糙。
Picks up a lot of interference (hum, flouro lights, etc). 容易受到各種幹擾，比如交流哼聲、節能燈幹擾等等。
Popular single coil sounds can be heard from Hendrix, Mark Knopfler, Buddy Guy,post-Cream Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn. 你可以在這些吉他大師 Hendrix, Mark Knopfler, Buddy Guy,post-Cream Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn 的作品中聽到單線圈的聲音
Good for blues, rock'n'roll,nice for country on a Telecaster. 單線圈尤其適合布魯斯、搖滾風格，裝在Telecaster上演奏鄉村音樂也是很棒的選擇。
Humbucker: 雙線圈
Full, smooth, thick sounds. 豐滿，平滑，厚重。
Can sound a little plain when used clean, but gives a really fat and creamy overdrive sound. 清音的時候聽起來似乎很普通，但是過載了以後，可以得到非常甜美、濃厚的奶油般音色。
Almost no interference. 幾乎不受幹擾。
Popular humbucker sounds from Robben Ford, B B King, Slash,Santana. 通常在Robben Ford, B B King, Slash,Santana 等人的作品中可以聽到雙線圈的聲音。
Good for rock and heavy sounds 適合搖滾、重型音樂
nice for jazz on a semi-acoustic.對爵士、不插電等也不錯
I think it makes a lot of sense to put a humbucker on a strat in the bridge position. 我覺得在strat 琴橋部位使用雙線圈也是有道理的。
It allows you to get the best of both worlds. 這樣可以允許你在兩種音色區域自由選擇。
It does not sound quite the same as a Gibson Les Paul bridge humbucker 它跟使用雙線圈的Les Paul 效果是完全不同的
because they are completely different guitars (different construction, woods, etc), 因為它們是完全不同的兩種吉他（不同的結構、木材等等）
but it will give you lot of practical versatility 這樣做能帶給你很大的自由度
and many players find the standard strat single coil pickup to be too sharp and brittle to be really useful 很多人都喜歡標準strat 單線圈的清脆、尖利的聲音
(often because they add a little extra treble on their amps to give some extra bite to the neck and middle pickups). 通常是在音箱電路裡面增加了特殊的高頻電路，使得琴頸和中間拾音器高頻特別的刺耳
The standard 5 way switch can be wired so that you can still get the in-between sounds at positions 2 and 4 使用標準的STRAT 5檔切換開關，可以在2、4 兩個檔位得到混合音色
even if you use a humbucker at the bridge and/or neck. 即使你在琴橋和/或琴頸位置使用雙線圈也沒事
Here's a circuit diagram showing how it's done. 下面這個電路圖告訴你怎麼連接
Some of the new Fender Strat models now include a humbucker in the bridge position. 一些比較新型號的原產 Fender Strat 也確實使用了琴橋雙線圈。
I haven't used any of these new pickups, but I have read good reports on the Lone Star which uses two slightly hotter single coil pickups with a customised Seymour Duncan bridge humbucker. 儘管我本人沒有使用過這種吉他，但是我在 Lone Star 評論上看到相關的文章，似乎口碑不錯，用的是兩個高阻抗單線圈搭配一個定製款Seymour Duncan琴橋雙線圈，單單雙的組合。
Hope this helps, 希望以上內容對你有用。