Reverb’s Classic Electric Guitar Pickup Shootout
Nicely done video that lets you quickly compare the tone of many types of pickups.
The Submarine: A Pickup for Just Two Strings
Here’s an interesting idea. The Submarine is a sort of, auxiliary pickup, that works on just one or two of your strings. The idea being that you could send the output of just those strings through different pedals or to a different amp to get a wider palette of sounds from your guitar. The obvious […]
How to Eliminate Guitar “Sag” From Any Dirt Pedal
If your dirt pedals are sounding too fat and “farty”, Brian Wampler has a solution that may work for you- lower your pickups, the results can be pretty dramatic.
Fishman’s New “TriplePlay” Wireless Midi Controller
Fishman, mostly known for their acoustic guitar pickup systems, just announced the release of their new guitar midi controller, the “TriplePlay”. Unabashedly calling it “the best Midi guitar controller the world has ever seen”. It uses a very thin hexophonic pickup that easily mounts to the guitar with no permanent modifications, and uses a wireless […]
Identifying Pickup Wires and Polarities
Generally, if you have a pickup, and have no idea which wire is which and you can’t find a corresponding schematic, the advice is usually just to hook it up and see what happens, then make any corrections. The methods in the video take all the guesswork out of the process. You’ll learn how to […]