http://www.300guitars.com Guitar Mania by Billy Penn Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:01:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.300guitars.com/2010/08/porter-standard-tele-pickup-set-review/ http://www.300guitars.com/2010/08/porter-standard-tele-pickup-set-review/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:53:49 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=8933 There is a review of the Porter Standard Tele Pickup set on the Reviews page along with a video clip. This set of Tele pickups were hand made by Brian Porter. They feature alnico magnets, fiberboard bobbins, cloth wire and a nickel silver cover for the neck pickup. All of you who visit me here... 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That is a bit long if you want to compare pickups in a guitar. KAM Instruments has designed a plug & play system that allows you to swap pickups in a matter of seconds! “How is this possible” you say?... Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2010/02/kam-instruments-plug-play-pickup-system/feed/ 2 http://www.300guitars.com/2009/11/joe-barden-engineering-danny-gatton-t-style-pickups/ http://www.300guitars.com/2009/11/joe-barden-engineering-danny-gatton-t-style-pickups/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:29:06 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=5729 The video post I put up of Danny Gatton ripping it up got such a great response I thought I’d link you over to the review I did on the Joe Barden pickups Danny used. These pickups are excellent and while not sounding exactly like vintage Tele pickups they have many positive attributes especially for... 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Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2009/08/new-tv-jones-p-90-pickup/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2009/07/buy-authentic-gibson-pickups-online-at-the-gibson-store/ http://www.300guitars.com/2009/07/buy-authentic-gibson-pickups-online-at-the-gibson-store/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:58:32 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=3840  You can now purchase authentic Gibson pickups, hardware and other accessories online at the Gibson Store. Click here to visit the Gibson Store. Tweet]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2009/07/buy-authentic-gibson-pickups-online-at-the-gibson-store/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2009/06/hanson-pickups-launches-new-guitar-line/ http://www.300guitars.com/2009/06/hanson-pickups-launches-new-guitar-line/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:58:01 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=3722  Hanson Musical Instruments has announced a full line of electric guitars available in August 2009. Branded as ‘Hanson Guitars’ the initial offerings include 4 solid-body models: The Cigno and Cigno ST based on a set-neck triple-P90 design, and the Firenze and Firenze ST which are triple mini-humbucker equipped, bolt-on neck models.Aesthetically, the Hanson designs recall... Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2009/06/hanson-pickups-launches-new-guitar-line/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2009/04/new-gfs-neovin-telecaster-pickups-now-available/ http://www.300guitars.com/2009/04/new-gfs-neovin-telecaster-pickups-now-available/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:01:14 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=3198  The new Neovin Tele pickups from GFS finally deliver TRUE vintage Tele tone, with no noise. Over one year in development, after hundreds of prototypes, we’re confident the new Neovin pickups deliver more of the true tone you’ve been lusting after, with zero noise, feedback or squealing. These are passive pickups- no batteries to go... 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Tweet]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2008/04/new-article-gibson-mini-humbucker-vs-gibson-firebird-pickup/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2008/02/joe-barden-introduces-white-s-style-pickups/ http://www.300guitars.com/2008/02/joe-barden-introduces-white-s-style-pickups/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:37:50 +0000 Billy Penn http://300guitars.com/index.php/2008/02/17/joe-barden-introduces-white-s-style-pickups/  After many requests from Strat players the Joe Barden S-Style pickup is now available in white. Up until now the S-Style pickups were only available in black like their T-Style counterparts. The hue of the white is like a white chocolate color with matte finish and match very well with pearloid, black or plaing white... Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2008/02/joe-barden-introduces-white-s-style-pickups/feed/ 0