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Inside the Classic DeArmond Tone with Duke Robillard
The Good Stuff

Inside the Classic DeArmond Tone with Duke Robillard

The roots and jazz guitar virtuoso offers insights and guidance on how to make the most of the vintage sound of the company’s enduring RH, FH, and Rhythm Chief pickups.

The Complicated Beauty of Electric Guitar Pickups
A Builder’s Perspective

The Complicated Beauty of Electric Guitar Pickups

Pickups are more than magnets and coils. When you’re thinking about how they sound, consider all of the many elements that go into creating their tone.

How an English Punk’s MIJ Electric Got Its Tone
Wizard of Odd

How an English Punk’s MIJ Electric Got Its Tone

This guitar is the same model that belonged to Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks. Of course, the one that our columnist owns still has its whole body intact.

The Fender Marauder Wiring
Mod Garage

The Fender Marauder Wiring

The scoop on the rarest of Fender solidbodies.

Mod Garage: How to Triple Shot Your Humbuckers
Mod Garage

Mod Garage: How to Triple Shot Your Humbuckers

What does this mean? I’ll explain how to do a wiring that yields 16 different sound combinations.

Multi-Phase Switching—The Final Frontier
Mod Garage

Multi-Phase Switching—The Final Frontier

We've discussed full out-of-phase and half out-of-phase pickup switching. Here's a wiring for those who want it all in one switch.