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Bare Knuckle Halcyon pickups
"I’m just gonna warn you – these are the LOUDEST pickups I’ve ever heard in a guitar": Bare Knuckle Halcyon humbucker pickup review

By Paul Riario Published

Could the Halcyon humbucker be the forceful sonic voice you've been seeking?

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Seymour Duncan JB Jr. for Tele
Seymour Duncan has retooled its Jeff Beck-backed JB pickup – and it might be your next Tele mod

By Phil Weller Published

The metal and blues-approved pickup has been given a single-coil-sized makeover, with the JB Jr. aiming to rectify classic Tele issues

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Seymour Duncan Joe Bonamassa Bolin Burst humbucker set
Joe Bonamassa’s newest signature pickups are inspired by his Bolin ’Burst – the infamous Les Paul he acquired under extraordinary circumstances

By Phil Weller Published

The original pickups found in the famed Gibson that was once played by Tommy Bolin have been recreated in great detail

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A Gibson Tony Iommi Humbucker sits atop a black Gibson SG guitar
Gibson has relaunched its first ever signature pickup – the Tony Iommi humbucker

By Jackson Maxwell Published

The resurrected 'bucker is designed to help guitarists emulate the mighty, distorted rumble of the metal godfather's tone, without descending into overcooked, blown-out mush

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Tim Mills of Bare Knuckle pickups sits with his arms folded in his workshop/office.
Bare Knuckle’s Tim Mills on how he built the biggest indie pickup brand in the world

By Amit Sharma Published

The guitarist behind the beloved U.K.-based artisan pickup brand, explains how he got started in the biz, the attention to detail that makes Bare Knuckle so good – and what's coming next

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DiMarzio Muscle T over a Fender Telecaster
DiMarzio is determined to make you like the Tele neck pickup position with its new Muscle T set

By Phil Weller Published

The Muscle T aims to add everything Tele pickups lack

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Larry DiMarzio wears shades and plays an ES-335 in a garden, under a tree decorated with his pickups. A giant pink plastic dog looks on.
How Larry DiMarzio changed the sound of rock guitar – and redesigned the Strat bridge

By Andrew Daly Published

The master pickup maker tells us how his problem-solving mindset took him from repair shop to working with the biggest names in the biz and changing the face of rock guitar

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Ruokangas pickups
Why more guitar builders are making their own pickups

By Dave Burrluck Published

We speak to Juha Ruokangas about why his company took pickup design into its own hands – and then retrofitted an old PRS Custom 24 with his humbuckers to see how they sounded

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The DiMarzio pickups and bridge of a Lag Mastershop Imperator IP3000 Prestige electric guitar, during a studio shoot for Guitarist Magazine/Future via Getty Images, February 29, 2008.
Why Larry DiMarzio decided to start a pickup line that would change the face of guitar music in the 1970s

By Janelle Borg Published

DiMarzio started his career as a guitar repairman in New York, when his distaste for stock pickups prompted him to make his own

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Seymour Duncan Philip Sayce Mother Stratocaster Pickup Set
Seymour Duncan has recreated Philip Sayce's blues rock tones with new signature single-coil set

By Phil Weller Published

Sayce’s sound blends a 1963 Strat with pickups from 1958, which have been faithfully reverse-engineered by Seymour Duncan’s in-house tone experts

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