Bill Lawrence USA L-500-L - "B&B, not BLUSA review"
The L500L is very similar to the L500XL, but lower output. The XL has so much output that harmonics are almost jumping off the fretboard, making playing efforless. This isn't quite that high. It is s…
DiMarzio DP221 D Activator-X Neck - "Little better than the bridge"
Dimarzio D Activator X neck, has ceramic magnet with 2 very large rail pole pieces. While I absolutely hated the bridge version this wasn't as bad. I didn't try this in the bridge so can't comment h…
DiMarzio DP222 D Activator-X Bridge - "Absolutely hated them!!"
I REALLY disliked this pickup. This isn't to say these pickups are bad, just are NOT anything I was looking for and nothing I'd ever buy again. They looked cool, white pickups in a red guitar with b…
Seymour Duncan SH-13 Dimebucker - "Razor sharp, very modern pickup"
I got this in a Dean Dime O Flame. Based off of Dime's L500XL, whether it was the B&B or the BLUSA isn't known and doesn't really matter, they're incredibly close. There's rumors it was based off a c…
DiMarzio DP100 Super Distortion - "Great crunch and full tone!!"
Dimarzio DP100 Super Distortion, ceramic magnet, small hex pole pieces. Along side the Duncan JB it's one of the most famous and widely used pickups of all time! I bought this originally for a neck p…
EMG 81X - "Not worth the extra $10 over the regular 81"
Now don't get me wrong, this is still a great pickup but I don't find it necessary to spend the extra $10 over the regular 81, not a big enough difference. I made a few recordings comparing the regu…
EMG 81 - "Tight crunchy, but stale tone"
I tried to avoid active pickups for the longest time, just didn't want to have to deal with batteries and all the negative views on them. Eventually I just bought one and was pleasantly surprised. Th…
Bill Lawrence USA L-500-XL BILL & Beckie - "One of my all time favorites"
I first got one of these in my 2006 Dean CFH ML. I absolutely loved it. Made my pinch harmonics effortless and just made playing more fun. VERY articulate, some complain it's too bright but in the…
Seymour Duncan SH-8B Invader Bridge - "Great... at what it does"
Seymour Duncan SH8 Invader. 3 ceramic magnets with 12 large hex pole pieces. It by no means a bad pickup, it's just is it what you want? I bought it mainly because ole Papa Hetfield had used one in…
GFS Mean 90 - "GFS Mean 90"
General: the Mean 90 is a P90 alnico vintage wound pickup. Output: the bridge pickup has an output of 8.8k. Color: I play a cream soapbar bridge model. Size: because it is a little larger than a…
DiMarzio DP192 Air Zone - "DiMarzio Air Zone"
My gear is: Boss CS-3, Boss DS-2 or Boss OD-2, Boss GE-7, SansAmp Classic and Hartke Piggyback 60w. DiMarzio Air Zone pickup. It's a mid-gain humbucker with huge bass response and lots of mid rang…
Fender Tex-Mex Stratocaster Pickup Set - "Fender Tex Mex Pickups"
I've been playing for nine years now and I play everything from rock to southern Gospel. I love playing the Blues which is what led me to buy these Tex Mex Pickups by Fender. I have a Squier Strat …
Seymour Duncan STHR-1B Hot Rails Tele Bridge - "Seymour Duncan Hot Rail Pickup (bridge)"
I bought this off of ebay for 70 bucks new. looking for a good replacement for my Mexican Strat. I love its tone, great for any style. Im in a cover band which plays all types of music, this pickup…
EMG 60 - "EMG EMG60"
Product was purchased as an upgrade from www.gak.co.uk. It cost around £71. The humbucker was packaged with everything required to solder it together and also included a very easy to understand i…
Seymour Duncan SCR-1B Cool Rails Strat Bridge - "Seymour Duncan Cool Rails"
Now I've got your attention, I'd like to share a story with all those out there about to spend hundreds of pounds on new pickups. I've got a Yam Pacifica 312H (review on this site) and I was going to…
Seymour Duncan SHR-1B Hot Rails Strat Bridge - "Seymour Duncan Hot Rails"
I got this baby from music scene mansfield through mail order for around £70. where do we begin. well it beats the crap out of the original single coil pickups fitted to my strat. i thought maybe be…
Bill Lawrence USA L-500 XL - "Bill Lawrence L-500XL"
I found this pickup in a local music store and paid $48 for it. I had heard good things about it on other guitar gear review pages and wanted to try one. I also own other pickups made by this compa…
Seymour Duncan SH-8B Invader Bridge - "Seymour Duncan Invader Humbucker"
I ordered it from America early this year, because i needed a more powerfull sound for the music i play , i payed $300 for it. I like the fullness of the tone it gives and the power of it and it has…
Fender Noiseless Telecaster Pickups - "Fender Noiseless Pickups"
Fender Telecaster Deluxe Where: Chuck Levins Music Why: Country band at the time of purchase Price: around $1,400 Bucks They are extremely quiet. The fact that they put in a dummy coil for the no…
Fender Custom Shop Texas Special Telecaster Pickup Set - " Transforming a Mexican American"
translatedWHAOUUUUUU!!! I own a Mexican Telecaster, I changed the original pickups and replaced them with those. Not only I saved a max but in addition I have the same sound as an American of Mexican strin…
Joe Barden S-Deluxe - " Awesome!"
translatedAfter long hesitation, I decided to change the pickups on my Musicman Luke 2 (never liked the EMG, but always loved the handle of this guitar!). Because of the particular format of simple, I tried …
Joe Barden HB - " Awesome!"
translatedAfter long hesitation, I decided to change the pickups on my Musicman Luke 2 (never liked the EMG, but always loved the handle of this guitar!). Because of the particular format of simple, I tried …
EMG P60A - " Fabulous!"
translatedA lot of waiting, I wanted ivory, suggests that two microphones came from states to swim ... Installed (2 times the same) to replace the infamous Gibson lespaul my 60s reissue or tribute I know mor…
Fender Mod Shop Samarium Cobalt Noiseless Telecaster Pi… - " Inflated"
translatedokaz buy a semi pro guitarist n not like their dark side ... not quite "open" he told me he would put alnico 2 I have mounted on a Telecaster Thinline sx (guitar bn market) saw the price of the pai…
Lollar Imperial Humbuckers HIGH WIND - " Breathtaking!"
translatedI have mounted (for Optim Guitar) the set on my Gibson Explorer and it's magic. The microphone is superb mache (hot and well-balanced and accurate) that the bridge is a rather aggressive use for solo…