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  1. Introduction to Pickups Part I: History of the Single-coil and the Humbucker

    Duncan's SSL-1 single-coil A long long time ago, when I was a very young child, the whole family used to gather ‘round the fireplace and in between singing church hymns and season appropriate show tunes, we’d turn on the ol’ picture box, now more commonly known as a television, and while my father would curse every other commercial that came...
  2. Weekday Roundup 4/12

    Photo Credit Things are getting a bit cold over here in sort of sunny Southern California, and while the rest of the country is enjoying the warm nudge of Spring, us west enders are being punched in the face with thunder and rain. What can we say? We’re not used to anything but precisely 70.3453454 degree weather (as we all...
  3. Guitar Pickups 101 Series: Part 7 -What Are Capacitors?

    Welcome back to the Guitar Pickups 101 Series! We are coming at you with Part 7 today, and getting you schooled up on Capacitors! How do these really affect your tone anyway? If you missed any of the other parts of the series, be sure the check them out! The links are at the bottom of this article! What Are...
  4. Guitar Pickups 101 Series: Part 6 - Coil Tapping Explained

    Guitar Pickups 101 Series: Part 6 - Coil Tapping Explained Don’t get it confused, coil-tapping is NOT the same as coil-splitting, make sure you get it right. Coil-splitting is something that is done to humbuckers, coil-tapping is done to single coil pickups. Seymour Duncan Antiquity for Strat has option for coil tap When the single coil pickup is being made...
  5. Guitar Pickups 101 Series: Part 5 - Humbucker Wiring and Push/Pull Pots

    Guitar Pickups 101 Series: Part 5 - Humbucker Wiring and Push/Pull Pots We continue our Guitar Pickups 101 Series with Part 5 about the different ways to wire a humbucker, and some interesting ways to modify your tone with push/pull pots. If you need to know some basics about pickups and how they affect your tone, be sure check out...

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