Latest about Guitar Pickups
Best electric guitar pickups 2025: upgrade your tone with single-coils, P90s, humbuckers, and more
We’ve rounded up the best electric guitar pickups available on the market right now for a range of budgets, including models from Seymour Duncan, DiMarzio, and more.
DiMarzio partners with Periphery’s Jake Bowen for Mirage signature pickups – a “super-saturated” set that has been tailored to his picking technique
The pickups were previously found in Bowen's Ibanez JBM9999 signature guitar, and are said to be the next step in his quest to “push his progressive metal sound forward”
We’re living in a new golden age for guitar pickups – here’s why
From multi-voice options to Bluetooth switching and a stream of signature sets – after decades of stagnant development, there has been a boom in pickup innovations
Best single coil pickups 2025: from trailblazing designs to vintage traditionalists
From Fender Telecaster twang to Gibson P-90 bite, we’ve compiled our pick of the best aftermarket single coils your money can buy right now
Fender’s radical new CuNiFe pickups have arrived, including “the first truly innovative voice in single-coil Stratocaster pickups in a generation” – hear them in action
Based on magnets used in the company’s sought-after Wide Range humbuckers, the new designs reimagine the tone of the company's most iconic guitars with the launch of CuNiFe and Cobalt Chrome Stratocaster, Telecaster and Jazzmaster pickups
Chibson announces the Humbuckle – a belt-mounted humbucker that is “the greatest pickup money can buy”
Bringing new meaning to the term musical loop, meet the latest innovation from Chibson USA
How Jeff Beck and Seymour Duncan created humbucker magic with the classic JB pickup
While the classic Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB was never actually a signature pickup, without Jeff it may never have happened…
Give your Jazzmaster a serious boost with EMG’s innovative JMaster prewired pickguard and pickup set
Easy-install single-coils are loaded with a vintage-style Retro Active preamp, and also offered in a prewired pickguard with additional boost options
