Pickups, Preamps & Microphones

User reviews of guitar pickups, preamps and microphones. Don’t forget you can submit your own guitar pickup reviews to Guitar Jar…


Bare Knuckle Pickups – Blackguard Flat 50 Set Review

Bare Knuckle Pickups – Blackguard Flat 50 Set Review

This review was submitted by Guitar Jar contributor: Mark de Manbey

Being a regular user of Bare Knuckle Pickups kit, when I wanted to build a Telecaster from parts, the BG Flat 50 set was an obvious choice for the sound I was after – traditional, with more than a little oomph, and a little Stratty in the neck pickup.

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Bare Knuckle Pickups – Holydiver Humbucker Review

Bare Knuckle Pickups – Holydiver Humbucker Review

This review was submitted by Guitar Jar contributor: Nelson

I bought a Les Paul Studio a while ago and noticed something wasn’t right… the pickups.

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Audio-Technica – Pro 70 Microphone Review

Audio-Technica – Pro 70 Microphone Review

This review was submitted by Guitar Jar contributor: GP

I’m using this microphone because I wanted a better sound from my jazz guitar than just the pickup. By researching different techniques for amplifying acoustic guitars, I found that using a small mic plus a pickup gives me a much broader range of tonal possibilities resulting in a better sound.

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