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“The most accurate recreations of the legendary Patent Applied For humbucker pickups ever made”: Gibson has brought back its “holy grail” ‘59 PAF set – but it’s going to cost you $999
The 1959 Humbucker Collector’s Edition Series 1 was created using Gibson archive schematics and an army of modern engineering processes that analysed original examples from the late ’50s
I love the sound of a good neck pickup – but practicing on the bridge pickup has made me a better guitarist
Great tone doesn't necessarily make for a great practice session – here's why
P90s vs humbuckers: Which pickups should you choose?
We deep dive into the differences and similarities between these two powerful pickup options
Don’t buy a new guitar this Black Friday – give your existing one a tonal upgrade with 25% off all DiMarzio pickups
Humbuckers, single-coils, straps, switches, pots, guitar cables, patch cables, you name it – Sweetwater's DiMarzio sale has it
Gibson Greenybucker and Custombucker review – the affordable way to give your guitar a Custom Shop upgrade?
The modding world has gone pickup crazy, and now Gibson has joined the fray with its Pickup Shop. We put two of its flagship humbuckers under the microscope
“A humbucker is a lot more controlled, and a single coil is twangy and misses frequencies. The P-90s have the best of the two worlds”: Meet Graveyard, the Swedish classic rockers with tone and vibrato worthy of the ‘60s psychedelic blues explosion
Inspired by the likes of Peter Green, Danny Kirwan and Jimi Hendrix, Joakim Nilsson and Jonatan Ramm thrive on P-90 pickups, cranked Marshall Bluesbreakers and world-class vibrato – just don’t call their high-octane rock ’n’ roll “retro”
EMG JMaster Pickup Set review: vintage-voiced Jazzmaster tones with zero noise
The modernist pickup maker turns its attention to the wild and wacky Fender Jazzmaster to give it an active pickup makeover
Used by everyone from Kurt Cobain to Ace Frehley, the DiMarzio Super Distortion pickup changed the sound of rock – and the future of electric guitar tone
Larry DiMarzio’s Super Distortion not only presented players in the ’70s with a high-output option, it started a culture of players swapping out pickups in search of better tone
Types of guitar pickups explained: learn the difference between single coils, humbuckers, P-90s and active designs
If the wood is the soul of the electric guitar, the pickups are the brains of the operation. We walk through the most common pickup styles and what they mean for electric guitar tone
