Is This the Best Classic Electric Guitar Pickup Shootout Video on YouTube?

(Image credit: Reverb)

The gang over at Reverb have come up with what might be the best pickup-shootout video on YouTube.

Single coil vs. humbucker, gold foil vs. lipstick—Reverb lets the pickups do all the work (and they even include some off-the-beaten-path axes, including a Gretsch Power Jet, a Rickenbacker 335 and a new Supro Westbury).

All you need to do is click on the interactive buttons for A/B comparisons of 13 of guitardom's most classic pickups.

Everything is played through a Victoria 45410 Bassman-style amp (good stuff, folks), and the settings never change.

At this point, my words are useless. Watch the video!

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Damian Fanelli
Editor-in-Chief, Guitar World

Damian is Editor-in-Chief of Guitar World magazine. In past lives, he was GW’s managing editor and online managing editor. He's written liner notes for major-label releases, including Stevie Ray Vaughan's 'The Complete Epic Recordings Collection' (Sony Legacy) and has interviewed everyone from Yngwie Malmsteen to Kevin Bacon (with a few memorable Eric Clapton chats thrown into the mix). Damian, a former member of Brooklyn's The Gas House Gorillas, was the sole guitarist in Mister Neutron, a trio that toured the U.S. and released three albums. He now plays in two NYC-area bands.