pickups

Installing a set of replacement pickups is a great way to alter your instrument's tone so that it better reflects your own personal taste and style. While most of today's stock pickups tend to offer superb construction and high quality tone, there's nothing wrong with wanting something a little different! Today, we want to take a look at a few quality humbuckers that specialize in recreating vintage dual-coil tones that pair perfectly with the signature sound of blues and rock.  Continue reading →

EMG is easily one of the most popular pickup and electronics manufacturers in the music industry, delivering products that focus on expanding the versatility and range of an instrument's tone through modern ingenuity and time tested techniques. Their active humbuckers in particular have become a staple among the hard rock and heavy metal crowd, with famous players such as Zakk Wylde and James Hetfield having used their pickups for years. But the company is more than just active humbuckers, producing a range of pickups and electronics for basses, single-coil guitars and even acoustics. If you're a player that yearns for high output tone or loves the extended versatility of an active pickup system, EMG will definitely have what you're looking for.     Below Is Just A Small Sample Of EMG's Pickups And Electronics Continue reading →

With more than 30 years in the business, Seymour Duncan pickups have become a staple for musicians everywhere. And here at PAL, we couldn't be more proud and excited to offer our customers the very best in ingenuity and tone that Seymour Duncan has to offer. In the video demos below, the guys at Seymour Duncan take five of their popular neck pickups and pit them against each other in rock, blues, metal and clean demonstrations. A Marshall is used for clean tones, Cornford for blues, Orange for rock and a Peavey 5150 for metal.    Continue reading →

[caption id="attachment_3227" align="alignright" width="170"] Aldrich Bridge Pickup (Gibson-Style 50mm Spacing) @ 104.00[/caption] Having been a Suhr dealer for more than 10 years (as well as being named their 2015 Electronics Dealer of the Year), we know first hand of the outstanding quality, craftsmanship and tone their gear is known for. Founded in 1997 by John Suhr, famous for his exquisitely crafted guitars, Suhr is responsible for creating some of the most highly regarded instruments, amps, effects and pickups in the business. While they might be best known for their top-notch guitars, their high quality effects pedals and pickups deserve the spotlight as well. Below is just a small sample of effects and pickups Suhr has to offer. Continue reading →

Q: "I have the same type of pickups equipped on two of my guitars but they sound different. Why is that?" A: While pickups play a huge role in the sound of an electric guitar, they are not the only pieces that affect tone. In fact, a good deal of the entire guitar can play a role, be it big or...