The magic sound of the P90 pickup
The song Hideaway by Freddie King is part of what inspired me to get the Epiphone Les Paul Special I P90 guitar...
Above is the Epiphone Les Paul Special I P90. The price? Cheap. As in under $150 cheap. And I got one because I've been wanting a P90-equipped guitar for a while now.
I'm going to answer the question in the title of this article right up front: The answer is neither. A humbucker is not better than a single-coil, nor is a single-coil better than a humbucker.
Instead, I'm going to talk about why "all-in-one" guitars are a bad idea.