Summer NAMM 2019: Wild Customs' Gyrock System Enables Split-Second Switching Between Six Pickups in One Guitar
Company calls patent-pending pickup modules “revolutionary.”
Summer NAMM 2019: French builder Wild Customs has introduced the Gyrock, a “revolutionary” new system that enables guitarists to load up to six pickups into a guitar and then switch between them in seconds—even, the company says, mid-song.
The pickups are installed and replaced via the Gyrock’s rear-mounted modules. Players then physically switch between them by manipulating two shifters located on the upper bout of the guitar’s body.
The patent-pending system is currently available only on Wild Customs guitars, with a starter pack of Seymour Duncan pickups.
For more information, head to Gyrock Guitars.
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