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7/8 String Soapbar Size Now Available
Ever since active pickups came out and many guitar manufacturers starting building with them in mind, there’s been one problem – the standard size of active pickups (Phase II) is different than the size of regular passive humbuckers. Changing out … Continue reading
Crimson Guitars Twin 45 RPM, A Closer View
When you want something new in your sound, you can buy a new pickup or pedal to shape the tone, or you can buy a brand new amp or simply replace the guitar. You establish a wishlist and go to … Continue reading
Posted in The Players Room
Tagged bocote, Crimson Guitars, custom guitar, custom shop, George Lynch, hybrid, hybrid humbucker, Les Paul, Padouk, Rosewood, Sh-1, SH-12, SH-55, SH-6, snakewood, Star Trek, three pickups, Wenge
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Q&A With Gus G of Firewind/Ozzy Osbourne
Between Firewind and Ozzy Osbourne, Gus G’s got this whole guitar thing pretty well stitched up. And he knows his gear too: he has signature equipment from Blackstar, ESP and of course Seymour Duncan, and he’s got the technical knowledge and musical intuition to put it all to good use on albums like Ozzy’s Scream and Firewind’s latest, Few Against Many. We recently caught up with Gus for a chat with our Facebook fans. Continue reading
Posted in Backstage Pass
Tagged Blackstar, ESP, Facebook, firewind, Gary Moore, gus g, Gus G Fire Blackouts, nightrage, ozzy osbourne, Q&A, randall, Rosewood, Sh-1, SH-6
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Inductance: What It Is And Why It Matters
A pickup is nothing more but a large strand of copper wire, wrapped thousands of times around a holder (called the bobbin) forming a coil, and somewhere stuck to the coil you have a magnet. In some very simple designs the magnet itself can be the bobbin! The wires of a pickups are extremely thin – something like the thickness of hairs, maybe even thinner. But there is no such thing as a ‘one size fits all,’ standard wire. Continue reading
Posted in The Tone Garage
Tagged impedance, inductance, sh-11, SH-12, SH-14, sh-16, sh-5, SH-6
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Seven-String Pickup Options
One thing 7-string players continually cite as an attraction to the extended range of the seven is that they can still play everything that they could play on a six-string guitar – as well as getting down into much lower musical territory. And that’s true of tone too: the sounds you get out of your six-string pickups are also available from 7-string versions. Many of our popular models are available in versions for 7-string players, and even if we don’t offer a production 7-string version of a six-string pickup you’ve just gotta have on your seven, the Custom Shop may be able to help! Continue reading
Posted in Product News
Tagged '78 model, 7 string, active, ahb-1, AHB-3 Mick Thomson, Blackouts, custom shop, djent, Formvar, keith merrow, passive, Phase I, Phase II, screamin demon, Sh-1, sh-10, SH-12, sh-16, sh-2, Sh-4, sh-5, SH-6, sh-8, slipknot, SSL-1, stratocaster, telecaster, Wes Hauch
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Choosing Pickups to Match Your Guitar’s Wood
We’ve discussed choosing pickups according to your style before. We’ve also had a bit of a look at choosing pickups with respect to the wood: what wood works best with which pickup for which style? In this article I want to explore some possible guitar, pickup, style and tone choices. What goes good with what? Continue reading
Posted in The Tone Garage
Tagged Alnico II Pro, APH-1, dimebucker, distortion, invader, Jazz, Les Paul, p-90, Pearly Gates, pickups, screamin demon, Sh-1, SH-12, Sh-13, sh-2, SH-6, timber
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The Philosophy of the Fat Strat: Single Coils and Humbuckers At Peace
Some people call them HSS Strats. Others call them Fat Strats. Some people don’t care for them, others don’t know what they’d do without them. Either way, you can’t deny the appeal of a guitar that combines the feel and mechanics of a Strat with the chunky kick of a bridge position humbucker. Continue reading
Posted in The Tone Garage
Tagged Custom staggered, Full Shred, Hot for Strat, HSS, humbucker, PATB-1, Pearly Gates, Quarter Pound Staggered, Sh-1, Sh-4, sh-5, SH-6, single coil, stratocaster
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Nile’s Karl Sanders On Metal Tone, Technique And The Gate Of Sethu
Nile’s latest album is At The Gate of Sethu [Nuclear Blast], an impressive slab of technical death metal loaded with ultra-precise riffs, eerie atmospherics and plenty of the band’s trademark lyrical focus, which finds much of its base in Ancient Egyptology. Continue reading
Posted in Backstage Pass, Seymour Duncan Artists
Tagged 7 string, Dean, Karl Sanders, KXK, Nile, sh-10, SH-6, sh-8, SH-PG1
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Ultimate High-Output Pickup Comparsion
If you are looking for a high-output pickup for rock or metal, check out this comparsion demo where you can see 12 of our most popular models compared in side by side demos. Distortion 0:06 – 1:02 Full Shred 1:03 … Continue reading
Posted in Pickup Reviews, Product News
Tagged ahb-1, ahb-2, ahb-3, dimebag, keith merrow, sh-10, Sh-13, sh-16, Sh-4, sh-5, SH-6, sh-8, slipknot
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Voices of Metal – Ryan Knight of The Black Dahlia Murder
In this weeks edition of Voices of Metal we turn to Ryan Knight, lead guitarist for the metal band The Black Dahlia Murder. Ryan talks with us about his history with Arsis, joining The Black Dahlia Murder, his thoughts on … Continue reading
