How your guitar’s control pots affect its tone By Huw Price published 1 August 22 We twist them, we turn them, but how often do we think about our guitar’s controls? Switching them out can be a cheap upgrade and an easy win for improving our tone
Everything you need to know about the Bigsby vibrato By Huw Price published 22 July 22 Let's take a deep dive into the world of these revered vibratos, their history, and the popular mods and maintenance tips that will keep them running in perfect order for years to come
How to replicate ‘holy grail’ Gibson PAF humbucker tone with modern pickups By Huw Price published 28 June 22 Restoration expert Huw Price looks at vintage PAFs and convincing replicas, offering modding ideas and a pathway to tonal nirvana that won't require remortgaging the house
Why Gibson PAF humbuckers remain the most revered and elusive of all pickups By Huw Price published 26 May 22 A history of Seth Lover’s iconic Patent Applied For humbucker, how it became the Holy Grail of electric guitar pickups and why it remains so difficult to replicate today
How to get the best tone out of P-90 pickups By Huw Price published 27 April 22 Everything you need to know – and more – about modifying your P-90s
The history of the P-90, the most versatile pickup ever made By Huw Price published 11 April 22 Putting the infamous single-coil pickup under the microscope, we chart the evolution of Gibson's favored pickup during its early electric years