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NAMM 2023: LR Baggs promises “game-changing” performance and non-invasive installation from its new HiFi acoustic guitar pickup system
By Jonathan Horsley published
The HiFi system features dual bridge plate sensors and high-fidelity electronics for “exceptional balance, definition, dynamics, and good feedback resistance”

NAMM 2023: Create custom pickup configurations on your phone and mod your guitar in real time with the Seymour Duncan HyperSwitch
By Jonathan Horsley published
It is time to say goodbye to the soldering iron, hello to the smartphone, as Seymour Duncan launch world's first Bluetooth-enabled programmable 5-way pickup selector switch

Joe Bonamassa demos the new Seymour Duncan Cradle Rock '63 Strat pickups
By Rob Laing published
NAMM 2023: The SD Custom Shop based the set on the vintage Strat Joe purchased as a teenager in 1994

EMG unveils the JMaster pickups, offering Jazzmaster modders an active option for classic tones and a zero hum performance
By Jonathan Horsley published
These easy-install active Alnico V pickups have a wide stacked single-coil design and are available as a standalone pair or an integrated pickguard with powerful boost and EQ controls

NAMM 2023: Fender makes a strong play for the modders with Strat and Jazzmaster Cunife pickups and Player Plus necks
By Rob Laing published
There's new Cobalt Chrome Tele pickups too

This new Fender Charcoal Frost Player Plus Strat with US pickups is giving us serious GAS
By Rob Laing published
A versatile Fender Special Run workhorse with a Shawbucker in the bridge and roasted maple neck? Yes please!

"I feel like lower output guitar pickups give you more tone" – David Pajo on what his gifted '65 Strat taught him
By Rob Laing published
But you don't need a vintage guitar to enjoy vintage tone

Rob Chapman is now the co-owner of another guitar company, and a pickup brand
By Rob Laing published
The Chapman Guitars co-founder announces he has part ownership of US Cerberus Guitars and Guitarmory Pickups
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