Guitar Pickup Review

Bare Knuckle Brute Force 7 Humbucker Set

Seven strings, ceramic magnets, and a serious appetite for high gain. The Bare Knuckle Brute Force 7 brings thick mids, a deep and controlled low end, and plenty of muscle for progressive metal, thrash, and extreme metal. And when it’s time to clean things up, the split-coil tones deliver a welcome change of pace.

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Brickhouse Toneworks 60 PAF Humbucker

The Brickhouse 60 PAF takes the best traits of vintage PAFs and puts them into a consistent set with chime, harmonic complexity, clarity, and dynamic response. The bridge adds enough push to get a dirty amp moving without sacrificing the openness that makes a great PAF so useful.

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Ibanez KIKO10BP

The Ibanez KIKO10BP takes the sleek S series formula in a distinctly Kiko direction. A beefier body, custom DiMarzio pickups, a more substantial neck, 24 frets and an Edge Zero II tremolo give this signature model plenty of personality and serious Brazilian metal attitude.

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DiMarzio Steve Morse Signature Set

The DiMarzio Steve Morse Signature pickups are anything but an ordinary humbucker set. One packs 21.00 kΩ of resistance yet delivers vintage output, while the other cranks out 450 mV from a comparatively modest 9.94 kΩ winding. Add Steve Morse’s very particular approach to tone, and there’s a lot more happening here than two pickups with his name on the box.

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