the pickups 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 […]