Latest about Guitar Pickups
Kramer delivers the face-melting shred candy with six refreshed electrics, all with US-made pickups
Meet the newly upgraded Kramer 84, Assault, Assault Figured, Pacer Carrera, Jersey Star and Nite-V, available in loud and louder finishes – with some eye-popping online exclusives
Fender releases Tim Shaw-designed Chrome Cobalt power-up for the P/J bass guitar in your life
TheChrome Cobalt bass pickups for Precision Bass, Jazz Bass and P/J Bass feature a Fender-designed magnet and promise “punch, hi-fi clarity and dynamic range”
Fender and Jason Isbell team up for Tim Shaw-designed pickups to sweeten your Telecaster tone
The set comprises a Twisted Tele neck pickup and a replica of the bridge pickup on Isbell's 1965 Telecaster, and it could be the $149 pick-me-up your Tele needs
Seymour Duncan makes a great pickup even better as it gives the Phat Cat P-90 the Silencer treatment
Available in Vintage and Hot bridge pickup configurations, with nickel or gold coverings, these would make for a compelling non-invasive mod to the Les Paul or SG in your life
Gibson wants to give you a good excuse to upgrade your guitar with 7 new pickup options
Additions to the Modern and Original series
Seymour Duncan launches alt.metal Blackout humbucker – the ultimate mod for low-end riffmongers?
Available for six or seven-string guitars, the alt.metal Blackout is literally built to chug, for players who tune to C# or lower
“The Nomads can get super heavy without any unwanted spikiness, but also respect the original early ‘50s tele tones”: Rabea Massaad and Bare Knuckle team-up again for signature Telecaster pickup set
Massaad’s Nomad single-coils are for the Telecaster player that wants to split the difference between modern high-gain and clean and classic
4 guitar upgrades we're considering in Fender's mod-friendly official parts and pickups sale - save up to 20%
Looking to make some upgrades to your current guitar? This is what we'd pick from this limited-time sale at the official Fender shop
Someone put Gibson's $1,000 PAF humbucker pickups in a $400 guitar
An interesting comparison
NAMM 2024: LR Baggs launches lightweight sticker-mounted HiFi Duet acoustic guitar pickup and mic system, promising “a new era in acoustic guitar amplification”
This year's NAMM has been good for the modders already, and now the acoustic player has a top-quality non-invasive option for amplified performance from the latest in the Hi-Fi series