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Replacement Pickups Part 2: Humbuckers

by on 08. Nov, 2010 in Gear

As discussed in the last instalment of the investigation of replacement pickups, this is a sure-fire way to hot-rod your guitar, injecting your tone with a new lease on life. This time ‘round, we look at replacing humbucker pickups, so let’s begin by clarifying exactly what a humbucker is: According to the oracle of all [...]

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Replacement Pickups Part 1: Single Coils

by on 28. Sep, 2010 in Gear, Guitars, Rock n Roll 101

The replacement pickup industry is booming. Aside from the ‘big’ names that have been around for a while, like DiMarzio (http://www.dimarzio.com/site/) and Seymour Duncan (http://www.seymourduncan.com/), there are a slew of ‘boutique’ companies, like Lindy Fralin (http://www.fralinpickups.com/) and Jason Lollar (http://www.lollarguitars.com/mm5/merchant.mvc), making a name for themselves in the pickup market. For the uninitiated, who might question [...]

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