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 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 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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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

When the Jazz bass was introduced, the music world was rocked yet again by fantastic new tone and options for a progressing bass community. These pickups are a faithful recreation of the Jazz Bass single coils of the early 60s. Our Vintage Jazz Bass pickups stay true to the originals by capturing that warm tone with just the right amount of midrange. The neck model is full sounding, and brings in a nice, rich bottom end without being boomy. It is wound RWRP so that it will hum-cancel when used together with the bridge pickup. The bridge model is smooth and punchy and delivers a brightness that is a perfect balance for the warmer neck model. These pickups are drop-in replacements for any American Standard Jazz Bass. Read more

These Jazz Bass pickups capture the tone, feel and articulation of a great ’62 Jazz Bass. We harnessed the warmth, subtle aggressive attack, mid-range growl, and the J-tone that sits just right and voiced it to go lower than before. Read more

Just swap your volume pot with a Blackouts Modular Preamp. It combines the high-output, low-noise Blackouts preamp with a quality volume pot and our Liberator Solderless Pickup Change System for quick connections. Pair it with your favorite set of passive pickups achieve that Blackouts tone with the look you want. Get your own sound with your own look. Read more

The Classic Stack Plus neck pickup looks and sounds like a true Stratocaster single coil but none of the traditional single coil hum. It’s got all of the sparkle and the chime that you would expect from a vintage Strat pickup. Like its neck counterpart, the Classic Stack Plus middle pickup provides all of the classic Strat chime. However, we build it RWRP to give you that perfect in-between sound of positions 2 & 4 when split to keep the set completely hum-free in all selector positions. Read more