"Some of the earliest electric guitar pickups were manufactured by gifted technicians and were the results of trial and error. These efforts lead to one of the most time-tested pickup...
The single-coil, bridge pickup was the first to be produced in 1950 for use in the new Broadcaster electric guitar. Weathering legal demands for naming rights and several basic design...
"The end of the 50’s brought several changes to the design of popular guitars of the day. Among these were changes including the use of Rosewood fingerboards and changes in...
"The end of the 50’s brought several changes to the most popular electric guitars. Among these were changes including the use of Rosewood fingerboards and changes in single-coil pickups. The...
Originally developed by Dan Electro, the Lipstick pickup gained it’s name from being constructed within the confines of an actual Lipstick tube. It is a simple design with very...
Although relegated to more budget style guitars after the inception of the Humbucker, the P 90 became widely used in the “Dog Ear “configuration found on the ES 330, the...
"The venerable Humbucking Pickup has been around for some 55 years. Originally conceived to reduce the chronic hum and noise created by the single coil pickups of the day, the...
Unlike the various siblings offered in the famous guitars of the 50’s, a pickup emerged that was flat and wide invoking the nickname “soap bar”. Unlike the regular thin and...