Seymour Duncan Antiquities: Vintage Hallmarks
Choosing a guitar can be daunting task – not to mention choosing the right set of pickups! The choices are overwhelming. But what if you have an old guitar and want to change pickups but you’d like to...
View ArticleGuitar Wiring Explored: Adding a Blower Switch
We’ve all been there: you’ve dialed in a sweet rhythm tone – the neck volume is on seven and the bridge volume is on… whatever it’s on, you weren’t looking. And the tone controls are turned to the...
View ArticleSingle Coils From A Golden Era
I used to love heavy metal. I still do, actually, but my taste has evolved to encompass more styles. The less gain I use, the cleaner and more subtle I want my pickup to be. In my search for more...
View ArticleCage Match Bass Edition: Precision vs. Jazz
Probably the biggest thing that I hear when someone brings up the very polarizing question, “If you had just one bass for all kinds of styles, what would it be?” you will usually read the answer “Leo...
View ArticleMy Favorite Pickups For Indie
The term ‘indie’ has been used and misused over the years. What is ‘indie’ anyway? Fifteen years ago, nobody even heard of the upcoming new wave of ‘indie’ music from the UK, with for example Franz...
View ArticleThe Anatomy Of Single Coil Pickups
We discussed the anatomy of humbuckers in a general sense a while back, and because there are so many varieties of single coil pickups, we thought it was time we should take a look at single coil...
View ArticleWhat Does ‘Vintage’ Mean in Pickup Design?
In guitar circles, we hear the word vintage all the time. It has sold countless guitars, pedals, amps, and accessories. But what does this word really mean? And how can we reclaim a marketing buzzword...
View ArticlePickups For Jaguar, Jazzmaster, Mustang & Duo-Sonic
Fender’s range of classic ‘offset’ guitars is enjoying quite resurgence lately. Models like the Jazzmaster, Jaguar, Mustang, Bass VI and Duo-Sonic are popular with indie guitar players as well as...
View ArticleThe Antiquity Story
Our Antiquity line of pickups goes back to a particularly unique time in guitar history, the 1990s. A few different things were happening at the same time: the vintage guitar market was huge just as...
View ArticleTop 3: The Best Jazzmaster Pickups for Alt Rock/Indie
Three Jazzmaster pickups perfect for the wide-ranging sounds of indie and alternative rock. To choose the best guitar pickups for Alternative Rock, Indie, or Pop, we need to define the sound of the...
View ArticleThe Different Fender Single-Coil Guitar Pickups and Which Types are Best for...
Are you confused by all the different types of single-coil pickups? You’re not alone. So we thought we’d do a deep dive into some of the most popular ’60s Fender-style single-coil pickup designs. We...
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