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Seymour Duncan might have just changed P-90 pickups forever with its noiseless Phat Cat Silencers
By Phil Weller published
The humbucker-sized pickups offer all the tonal qualities of P-90s without extraneous noise at high-gain settings
Heritage overhauls its Custom Shop Core Collection with the H-157 – debuting all-new pickups in the process
By Phil Weller published
The LP-style guitar boasts new humbuckers that promise “more oomph and power”
DiMarzio and Billy Sheehan have reinvented the P-Bass pickup with a new patent
By Janelle Borg published
The new DiMarzio design reimagines P-Bass pickup covers, promising improvements in both playability and performance
Seymour Duncan promises country tone without the hum with new noiseless Hot Chicken Strat and Tele pickups
By Janelle Borg published
Seymour Duncan’s latest single coils were designed with contemporary country guitarists’ high-gain demands in mind
Slipknot's Mick Thomson has just released his much-speculated Fishman Fluence signature pickup set
By Janelle Borg published
Mick Thomson's signature pickups come fully equipped with three voicings that reflect the wide array of tones Thomson has employed during his career
Seymour Duncan issues reconfigured alt.metal Blackouts
By Phil Weller published
The latest Blackouts set caters to alternative metal players who favor drop C# or lower tunings
Seymour Duncan debuts signature Blackouts for Trivium’s Corey Beaulieu
By Phil Weller published
Available for six- and seven-string guitars, the pickups feature an EQ voicing sculpted for Beaulieu’s “chugging riffs and intricate leads”
“The combination of them all can be turned to on a dime, according to the feel and vibe that I'm going for”: Seymour Duncan’s Eric Gales signature pickups promise balance across all five positions
By Matt Parker published
The signature set has been developed with in-house pickup guru Maricela ‘MJ’ Juarez
“I’ve always favoured humbuckers. They’re what my heroes used – Clapton, BB King and Paul Kossoff”: Connor Selby on his greatest gear hits and misses, and the Gibson ES-125 that was the bargain of the century
By David Mead published
The up-and-coming blues ace stops by to talk all things gear: the buying, the selling, and the regrets along the way
“One of the most expressive pickups I’ve ever played... notes gloriously blossom into sustained feedback that reaches those magical upper overtones”: Shed Pickups HA-59 PAF Set review
By Paul Riario published
A period-correct pickup set that seeks to nail the holy grail golden-era Gibson tone. Is there a better aftermarket humbucker on the market?
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