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What gives a Fender guitar its spirit? For the Custom Shop's Senior Master Builder, there’s only one answer
By Phil Weller published
Paul Waller has singled out what he believes to be the defining feature of a Fender guitar – and it might surprise you

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

Zakk Wylde on how a student introduced him to a pickup pairing that would define his sound
By Phil Weller published
It was a revolutionary moment for the guitarist – and he’s never looked back since

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

A shipment of Reverend guitars has been stolen in transit
By Phil Weller published
CEO Ken Haas is hoping fans can help track down the shipment, which also included a bulk pack of Railhammer pickups

Guns N' Roses' show in Saudi Arabia was so hot that Richard Fortus' guitar pickups started to melt
By Phil Weller published
The guitarist’s signature Gretsch was left feeling the heat, and it made for a grizzly sight

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

“We’re all looking for new inspiration. These P-90 pickups work really well”: Warren Haynes on the P-90 renaissance
By Jenna Scaramanga published
Need some fresh sounds? The Allman Bros guitarist says P-90s are "instantly the tonal change I’m looking for"
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