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Great tone doesn't necessarily make for a great practice session – here's why
We deep dive into the differences and similarities between these two powerful pickup options
Humbuckers, single-coils, straps, switches, pots, guitar cables, patch cables, you name it – Sweetwater's DiMarzio sale has it
The modding world has gone pickup crazy, and now Gibson has joined the fray with its Pickup Shop. We put two of its flagship humbuckers under the microscope
Inspired by the likes of Peter Green, Danny Kirwan and Jimi Hendrix, Joakim Nilsson and Jonatan Ramm thrive on P-90 pickups, cranked Marshall Bluesbreakers and world-class vibrato – just don’t call their high-octane rock ’n’ roll “retro”
The modernist pickup maker turns its attention to the wild and wacky Fender Jazzmaster to give it an active pickup makeover
Larry DiMarzio’s Super Distortion not only presented players in the ’70s with a high-output option, it started a culture of players swapping out pickups in search of better tone
If the wood is the soul of the electric guitar, the pickups are the brains of the operation. We walk through the most common pickup styles and what they mean for electric guitar tone
