I’m a huge guitar geek, since I first started playing guitar at 15 so.. its natural for me to care about “guitar tone”, or the sound that the guitar makes. Most guitarists are very picky about their tone, and what kind of sound they can get out of their guitar. For me, I like very beautiful, smooth sounds, so I’ve always searched for the best tone. Of course the thing that affects tone the most is the amplifier. A tube amplifier especially makes a huge difference. Followed by guitar pedals, then the type of guitar itself, then guitar pickups.
Of course, for guitar pickups, a lot of people believe that handwound guitar pickups, just like hand-wired guitar amps/pedals, produce better sound. And I’ve done a lot of research in my 10 years of guitar playing so I’ve gathered the guitar pickup makers in one place here so that its easy to find :). I personally use a set of Rumpelstiltskin pickups in my Fender Stratocaster:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK2OngQy1jI
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUVP17Y30ws
Big / medium sized pickup makers
DiMarzio
Fender
Seymour Duncan
EMG Pickups
Lace Music
Fralin Pickups
Bare Knuckle Pickups
TV Jones pickups
Harmonic Design pickups
Gemini pickups
Tonerider pickups
Small or independent pickup winders
Smits Pickups
SD Pickups
Lollar pickups
Joe Barden pickups
OC Duff pickups
Kinman pickups
Amalfitano Pickups
Skatterbrane Pickups
Klein Pickups
Porter Pickups
Leosounds
Harrison pickups
BG Pups
Bill Lawrence pickups
Throbak pickups
High order pickups
JWP Pickups
Voodoo Pickups
Bullock Guitar Pickups
Reilander pickups
Arnsparger Pickups
Curtis Novak pickups
SK guitar pickups
J S Moore guitar pickups
Rumpelstiltskin pickups
Rock monkey pickups
Cats whisker pickups
Wolfetone pickups
Shed pickups
Don Mare pickups
JC Vintage pickups
Electric City Pickups