Recent content by TinMan

I was playing the P-Rails (which I quite like) and was thinking to myself "wouldn't it be fantastic if there was a pickup that did a perfect (or near enough) strat single coil sound while also maintaining an equally perfect humbucker tone?". This brought to mind the Stag Mag. However, when I...

After recently buying and installing my PATB-1b-7 and loving it with passion, I thought it might be a good idea to create a sort of compendium for Parallel Axis pickups. For example, listing the rigs that people have had success adding these pickups to or which of the three bridge versions...

As the title asks... I'm in search of a neck pickup that is well suited to alder bodied guitars with bolt-on, ebony fretboarded guitars. I need it mainly for playing clean passages (fingerpicked and strummed) and for the occasional overdriven solo. Naturally, if anyone has any other suggestions...

I know my story is becoming more and more common but... I am burned out on high output humbuckers. I have had some good experiences but the more I play vintage or medium output pickups, the more I find that they are far superior than their high output counterparts. Not only do they have better...

Hey y'all! I've been looking into various single coil pickups for a rather large guitar project I'm looking at taking on. After a good deal of forum and website prowling, I've been really intrigued by the Strat Antiquity II pickups. The only problem I can foresee with them is 60 cycle hum. I'd...

Hey everyone! I'm new to the SD community. I'm working on a custom guitar right now that is in dire need of some amazing pickups. I should begin by mentioning that its a bolt-in 7 string guitar with a 25.5" scale. The neck is a 5-piece figured bubinga/maple beauty with an ebony fretboard. The...