Category: Pickups

Looking for the best mini-humbucker for your Strat? A single-coil-sized humbucker can add body, change the attack and reduce conventional pickup hum while fitti...

Looking for the best PJ bass pickups? A good set brings together the weight of a split-coil P pickup and the more focused bite of a J-style bridge pickup. These...

Looking for the best passive Jazz Bass pickups? These six sets cover a stronger attack, vintage-rooted character and different approaches to hum reduction for c...

Looking for the best single-coil pickups for metal? A Strat-size opening still leaves several useful choices: three of the pickups below are compact humbuckers,...

Looking for the best pickup for slide guitar? These four options cover P-90 bite, warm vintage humbuckers and a more muscular Strat sound. The right choice depe...

Looking for the best 7-string pickups for metal? The useful differences are attack, low-string definition, clean-tone range and how the pickup fits the guitar. ...

Looking for the best upright bass pickup for bluegrass or jazz? A good choice should carry the bass’s attack and body into the mix while fitting the bridge prop...

Looking for the best pickups for Ibanez RG series guitars? Choose the position and the sound you want to change first. A stronger bridge humbucker, a more open ...

Looking for the best pickups for baritone guitar? Start with the sound and the instrument: a low-tuned solidbody built for metal needs a different approach from...

Looking for the best pickup for nylon string guitar? The right choice depends on how much installation work makes sense for the instrument and how you plan to a...