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the pickups of the electric guitar

Jan132026

Launch: Heritage Charlie 90 — The Charlie Christian revisited in P90 Soapbar format

The legendary Charlie Christian sound finally adapts to your P90. Dive into a world of raw dynamics and character, from warm blues to dense stoner rock

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May162025

Electric guitar pickups for playing metal

Dive into the world of specialized electric guitar pickups for metal, tailored to each genre. Explore the choices of iconic guitarists and create your ideal metal sound.

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May312024

P90 Soapbar sized Humbuckers

I am taking advantage of the release of new finishes for Humbucker pickups in Soapbar P90 format to talk to you about this format and the double coil pickups that can be put in this format.

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Jul082023

New pickup format: the Filtertron

The Heritage Charlie is now available in the FilterTron format, a Cecca Guitars exclusive

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Jul092022

New Model: Heritage Charlie Christian

This new model is inspired by the first electric guitar pickup, the Charlie Christian pickup. A P90 type, it features a rail instead of traditional screws.

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Feb112022

Burst Origin launch – Jerry T. signature

It is with great pleasure that I announce the release of a new set of humbucker pickups : the Jerry T. signature "Burst Origin". This is doubly exciting because it is the result of a new collaboration with a highly talented artist: Jerry T. of Jerry T. and the Black Alligators.

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Jan112022

Legendary guitar pickups : The Gibson PAF humbucker

If there's one iconic guitar pickup par excellence, perhaps the most iconic in the history of the electric guitar, it's the Gibson PAF. This pickup was a true technological breakthrough when it was released. Thanks to its clever design, it eliminated the "hum," that infamous 60-cycle hum generated by single-coil pickups.

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Oct142021

Launch of the 1st Cecca metal pickup: Blade Runner – DoomFred signature

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 liked, 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 guitar, 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.

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June212021

My clients' guitars

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

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May092021

Demo video of the Manhattan's 59 by Jerry T.

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..

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