Pickups

Powerbridge pickups offer the electric guitarist a palette of incredible acoustic and hybrid acoustic/electric sounds, for Strat®, Tele® and Les Paul® guitars. The Fishman Powerchip is recommended, but not required for all Powerbridge models.

The AST Powerbridge Pickup fits Modern American Standard Telecaster and other guitars with closer lead pickup spacing.

• Adds great acoustic sound to any electric guitar
• A Powerchip preamp is recommended, but not required
• Professional installation recommended

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Powerbridge pickups offer the electric guitarist a palette of incredible acoustic and hybrid acoustic/electric sounds, for Strat®, Tele® and Les Paul® guitars. The Fishman Powerchip is recommended, but not required for all Powerbridge models.

• Adds great acoustic sound to any electric guitar
• Drop-in Nashville-style bridge
• A Powerchip preamp is recommended, but not required
• Professional installation recommended

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The Seth Lover vintage output humbucker pickups are the perfect choice for players wanting to transform a solid body or semi hollow into a singing classic rock machine. Nothing but blue sky. The Seth Lover neck model gives you a smooth but articulate tone by striking the perfect balance of warm, full low-end and a nice sweet treble. The alnico 2 bar magnet helps to smooth the high-end response, while the vintage output coils bring out this pickup’s rich harmonic content. Single notes will have that perfect singing quality, and the un-potted nickel silver cover creates an almost piano-like tone and percussive feel. Read more

Crunchy pick attack, scooped mids, and just the right amount of saturation is what the Dimebucker bridge pickup is all about. Dime wanted his signature humbucker to have a thick crunch that sags just a little when you really lay into it. Combine that with a full, tight, low-end response, a ceramic magnet with dual stainless-steel blades, and you have the Dimebucker. Read more

The Alternative 8 humbucker uses high output coils along with a powerful Alnico 8 magnet to give you the sweet treble response of an Alnico 2 magnet with the midrange emphasis of Alnico 5 and the power of a ceramic. The result is a huge, punchy, high-output sound that doesn’t get fizzy, and cuts through without sounding harsh. Match it with the ’59 neck or Jazz neck model for a perfectly balanced setup. Read more

The Duncan Distortion is our original high-output passive humbucker pickup. It incorporates a massive ceramic magnet and hot coil windings to deliver powerful but balanced rock and metal tones with rich upper-midrange harmonic content. Lows strings are tight and mean while the high strings scream with harmonics, making it a go-to pickup for hard-hitting crunch rhythms and blazing lead tones. Read more

The Full Shred medium-output bridge humbucker delivers a clear, focused tone with a nicely balanced treble and bass response, and a backed-off midrange. The shorter Allen head poles and Alnico 5 bar magnet bring a nice crisp clarity to the high end, while keeping the low end tight and articulate. It’s great for all types of rock, blues, and metal, and works well in any humbucker-equipped guitar with medium to warm tone. Read more

In the bridge position, this medium output single coil sized humbucker is designed to give you a crunchy, sizzling, rockin’ humbucker tone. Designed in the 80s, the Lil Screamin’ Demon for Strat bridge is great for edgy, distorted rhythm playing, where you really need to hear the pick attack on the low strings. Solos will have a bright, screaming tonal character that will have no problem cutting through the mix.

In the neck position, the Lil Screamin’ Demon will deliver clear, articulate humbucker tone. This single coil sized humbucker has a well-balanced sound with a slightly enhanced treble emphasis to give it a little more edge. Great for cutting leads, or full sounding rhythms, this pickup will add sizzle to your neck position.

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While based on our original patented Stack design, the YJM Fury uses custom length alnico 5 rod magnets, and a unique coil architecture to bring you that perfect balance of sweet fluidity and articulation that is Yngwie J Malmsteen. The bridge model is designed to handle Yngwie’s chordal onslaught, and it delivers a precise, articulate response that has just the right amount of high end without sounding harsh or brittle. The bridge model is wound hotter to provide better balance with the neck & middle pickups.

The neck/middle model is designed to bring out the balance of Yngwie’s fluid left-hand technique with his broad mix of right-hand pick attack for a tone that is sweet and smooth. There just the right amount of high end to make this pickup extremely articulate, and especially responsive to dynamics. And its dead quiet. Back in the 80s, we patented a special bottom coil that actually injects negative hum into the pickup circuit, and at the end of the production process we fine tune each pickup for maximum noise cancelation.

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To complement the distinct twang and punch of the Vintage 54 Lead, our Telecaster Vintage Rhythm vintage output tele pickup was designed for a smooth open tone with warm lower mids and airy highs. With its hand ground alnico 5 rod magnets, this neck pickup will deliver big full sounding chords. When used in combination with the bridge pickup, you’ll get that famous hollow Tele sound. Warm enough for most types of rhythm playing, but percussive enough for chicken pickin’ as well. Read more