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[caption id="attachment_2245" align="alignright" width="300"] ProAudioLand offers a wide selection of electric guitar and bass pickups including single-coil, humbucker, soapbar, Jazz bass, P-bass and more, we've got you covered![/caption] Today we continue our feature on dissecting the factors that contribute to the tone of a pickup. Make sure to to check out Factors that Affect a Pickups Tone -- Part 1 if you haven't done so already. We previously discussed how coil size and thickness relate to the tone of a pickup as well as how pairing two pickups with wires wound in opposing directions can be used to cancel out hum. Now we're going to take a look at high-output pickups, magnets and the tone they deliver.   Continue reading →

Guitar Pickups 101 Series: Part 2   Pickup Output And How It Affects Your Sound   Single coil pickup with wiring exposed. In Guitar Pickups 101 Series: Part 1 , we discussed the basics of what a pickup is and how it sends the sound it picks up from vibrating strings. Read on to find more about the construction of...