Anatomy of the electric guitar

Making a new guitar pickup is always an exciting experience. You try things out, you experiment, sometimes starting with a vague idea, a simple desire to use a particular component, and other times you begin with a very specific idea in mind. When DoomFred told me about a pickup he was keen on, he immediately mentioned a dual-blade humbucker, with two rails instead of the traditional screws and pole pieces. During our discussions about legendary pickups , the Dimarzio Super Distortion came up, the first high-gain pickup with a ceramic magnet in the history of electric guitars, back in 1972: the beginning of the modern era. We also talked about Black Sabbath, Jimmy Page, and Dave Murray. So, the challenge was on.

Here is a small glimpse of our work through photos of our clients' electric guitars, pickups mounted of course.

When a real guitarist (which I'm no longer!), a professional in his field, gives you a demo video of your pickups , it's just fantastic. When that guitarist is Jerry T., from Jerry T. and the Black Alligators, and he plugs into a high-end amp..

pickups that are hard to find. A few weeks ago, I met Steve Marlowe […]

Today's task is to remove the worn cover from a Bareknuckle Warpig humbucker and replace the cable. The old cable is only 10cm long, so I'm going to replace it with a 4-conductor cable, which is better suited to this type of very powerful pickup . Coil splitting helps to bring a bit more warmth to this otherwise aggressive pickup .

Here's a question every guitarist asks themselves sooner or later in their musical life: "Which pickup should I choose for my guitar?" The reasons for this desire for change are numerous and varied: a change in sound, switching to humbuckers, putting good pickups on a kit guitar, the need to upgrade an entry-level guitar…

Magnets are an essential component of electric guitar pickups . Without magnets, there's no […]

If there are legendary guitars, the Stratocaster is certainly the one that has been copied the most and influenced the most models. The greatest guitarists of the 60s and 70s played this instrument. Among them are: Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Rory Gallagher, Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour, Stevie Ray Vaughan… What is the signature sound of the Stratocaster? Why does the Stratocaster have such a characteristic sound?

"Radius" is an English word that means "ray" in French. The "radius" therefore corresponds to the radius of a circle of which the fingerboard (the part of the neck on which guitarists place their fingers) is a part.