How Does Guitar Pickup Position Affect Sound?
Have you ever played with your guitar’s pickup selector switch and thought, “Wow, that’s a completely different sound”, well, you’re not alone. The electric guitar is a sonic playground, and one of its best-kept secrets lies in where those magnetic...
Piezo Pickups - What You Need To Know
Piezo pickups - some guitarists love them, some hate them. To be 100% honest, I am not a fan of using a piezo pickup to record acoustic guitars, but for playing either an acoustic, or a hybrid electric that you...
Electric Guitar Pickups 101 - Active Pickups
Before starting, let me congratulate you for making it this far. We’ve come to the final leg of our journey, and, by now, you must be an expert in electric guitar and bass pickups. If this is the first article...
Electric Guitar Pickups 101: P90s, Mini-humbuckers, and Hybrid Configurations
Welcome to the third part of this journey straight to the core of electric guitar pickups. In this episode, we’ll talk about P-90s, mini-humbuckers, hybrid configurations, and the effect wire gauges and turns have on gain and tone. Even if...
Electric Guitar Pickups 101 - Single Coils & Humbuckers
Before you even think about trading your entire pedal collection for a Neural Quad Cortex or getting that amazing tube amp, you must know that your guitar’s cool factor starts with your pickups. In this second part of our journey,...
Electric Guitar Pickups 101 - The Basics
Let me invite you on a journey. This is the first of a four-part article that covers everything you need to know about electric guitar pickups. Yes, we created a comprehensive resource to grant you all the answers in a...
How to Wire Your Stratocaster for Silent Performances
The Stratocaster might be the best-selling electric guitar shape type in the history of humankind. But if you’ve played one, you’ll probably know there’s a B-side to those iconic tones. It’s the 60-cycle hum that those single pickups can generate. Well,...