It’s hard to find an accurate list of every known electric guitar pickup manufacturer…because no one has been “loco” enough to attempt such a list. Until now.
Let’s be honest. Many pickup companies have terrible websites. These people love coils of wire, not lines of code! Often these entities vanish, leaving confused guitar mod enthusiasts to begin the search for great tone from scratch yet again.
Not this time.
I am aggregating all known pickup manufacturer websites into a well-curated list. If you find a dead link or know of a missing company let me know via the contact form and you will receive something special*.
In order to take full advantage, please print or export this table to assist you in this journey for incredible tone.
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| Company | Website | Location | Notes |
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| ABM | https://abm-guitarpartsshop.com/ | Berlin, Germany | Vintage-style pickups. P90, Filtertron. High-end metal part custom shop. |
| Adeson | https://www.adeson.co.uk/ | UK | Vintage recreations using vintage eqipment. Vintage web design, as well! |
| Aero | https://www.aeroinstrument.com/pickups.html | Hilo, HI | Custom manufactured guitar and bass pickups in hundreds of configurations. 1996 web design makes me feel insane. |
| Aguilar | https://www.aguilaramp.com/pickup-series/ | NYC, NY | Boutique bass pickups. |
| Allparts | https://www.allparts.com/ | Houston, TX | Selling pickups from Razor, Bartolini, Burns London, Lace, Gotoh, Danelectro. |
| Alonzo | http://www.alonzoguitars.com/ | KY, USA | Good variety of highly customizable pickups. |
| Amalfitano | https://amalfitanopickups.com/pickups.php | Fort Worth, TX | Vintage-style and bass pickups. |
| Amber | https://www.amberpickups.com/PRODUKTE/Humbucker/ | Germany | Nice selection of vintage-style pickups. |
| Anderson Guitarworks | https://www.andersonguitarworks.com/pickups | Newbury Park, CA | So many options here. |
| Angeltone Electronics | https://www.angeltone.com/Catalog%20Index.html | Oshkosh, WI | This is barely even a website. |
| Arcane Inc | https://www.arcaneinc.com/humbuckers | Los Angeles, CA | Solid array of boutique guitar and bass pickups. |
| Arnsparger | http://arnspargerpickups.com/index.html | Unknown | 1997 web design is bonkers. Lots of handwound pickups. Pickup repair & rewind available. |
| Balaguer | https://www.balaguerguitars.com/ourpickups/ | Pottsdown, PA | Vintage-style and modern-style pickups. All are wax-potted and scatterwound. |
| Bare Knuckle | https://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/ | Falmouth, Cornwall, UK | These are hot right now! If you don’t know BK, you just need to check out the site. |
| Bartolini | https://bartolini.net/product-category/guitar-pickups/ | San Luis Obispo, CA | Unique single coils and humbuckers. Many combine Alnico and ceramic magnets. |
| Benedetti | https://www.benedettipickups.com/us-home | St. Raphael, France | Striking looking pickups, and a pickup custom shop. |
| Benson Custom | https://www.bensoncustom.com/page2 | Lockport, NY | Nice selection of custom handwound pickups. |
| BG | https://www.bgpickups.net | South Park, CO | Large selection! Cool variety. |
| Black Diamond Guitars | http://www.blackdiamondcustomguitarshop.com/pickups.html | Emmaus, PA | Five humbuckers for sale. Vintage-style to metal. |
| Bootstrap | https://bootstrappickups.com/ | Ohio, USA | Good variety of handwound traditional-style pickups. 2 week backlog, so get that order ready! |
| Bulldog | https://bulldogpickups.6.ekm.shop | Brockholes, England | Humbucker, Strat, Tele, P90. Mostly vintage-style, some modern. |
| Carella | http://www.carellaguitars.com/italiano/pickup/pickup.htm | Montegabbione, Italy | This site is in Italian, and I’m not sure what’s going on, but they do make pickups. |
| Catswhisker | http://www.catswhiskerpickups.co.uk/ | England | Humbucker, single coil, P90, bass. Nice selection. |
| Cecca Guitars | https://www.ceccaguitars.com/en/category/electric-guitar-pickups/ | Saint-Manvieu-Norrey, France | Cool variety of P90-style pickups. |
| Coils Boutique | https://www.coilsboutique.com/pickups/ | Tel Aviv & Berlin | Large collection of custom pickups. Interesting company. |
| Crel | http://www.crelpickups.com/ | Gelos, France | Mostly bass pickups, but they also have some Strat, Tele, and Humbuckers. |
| Curtis Novak | https://www.curtisnovak.com | Yucca Valley, CA | Beautiful, unique designs. Large selection of guitar and bass pickups. |
| Darkmoon | https://darkmoon.nyc/pickups/ | NYC, NY | Vintage & modern-style humbuckers, Strat, Tele, P90, Jaguar, Jazzmaster, P-bass, J-bass |
| De Lisle | https://www.delisleguitar.com/shop/pickups/ | Zionsville, IN | 9 various style pickups. Strat, P90, Filtertron, PAF, mini-humbucker |
| Dean Zelinsky | https://deanzelinsky.com/guitars/sidekick-pickups | Highland Park, IL | The Sidekick can be used as a humbucker and a single coil without coil spilitting. I know! Check it out. |
| DeTemple | Sherman Oaks, CA | 4 vintage-style pickups (Tele & Strat). | |
| DiMarzio | https://www.dimarzio.com/ | NYC, NY | You know about Dimarzio. |
| Dommenget | http://www.guitarmaker.de/pickups.htm | Balje, Germany | Large selection of handmade humbuckers and single coils. The Scorpions use these! You know, Rock You Like A Hurricane? |
| Don Mare | http://www.buckcannon.com/ | Long Beach, CA | 1997 web design is bonkers. Sales pages only open on the 20th of each month. Looks like mostly vintage-style. |
| DS Pickups | http://www.dspickups.com.ar/ | Argentina | Strat-style, Tele-style, Humbuckers from vintage-style to high output. Interesting selection. |
| Dylan Pickups | https://dylantalkstone.com/collections/dylanpickups?sort_by= | Unknown | This is Dylan from the Dylan Talks Tone YouTube channel. Good variety of handwound pickups. |
| E-Dis | http://www.edispickups.com | Zadar, Croatia | Single coil, humbucker, and jazz bass pickups. Looks like they’re all handwound by one guy. Bad website, great pickups. |
| EMG | https://www.emgpickups.com/ | Santa Rosa, CA | You know EMG! |
| Eternal Guitars | https://www.eternal-guitars.com/pickups | Chichester, UK | So many vintage-style pickups! |
| EVH | https://www.evhgear.com/accessories | Scottsdale, AZ | Frankenstrat and Wolfgang humbuckers. |
| Fastback | http://www.fastbackguitars.com/pickups.html | Seattle, WA | High gain/high output pickups. |
| Fender | https://www.fender.com/en-US/parts/electric-guitar-parts/pickups/ | Los Angeles, CA | I hope you know Fender. |
| Fishman | https://www.fishman.com/product-type-electric-pickups/ | Andover, MA | Cutting-edge active pickups! |
| Gemini Pickups | https://www.geminipickups.co.uk/ | Mold, Flintshire, Wales | Unique handmade pickups, including many mini-humbuckers. All humbuckers are coil tapped, which is certainly unusual. |
| Gibson | https://www.gibson.com/Gear/Pickups-and-Electronics | Nashville, TN | I will be disappointed if you don’t know Gibson. |
| Goeldo | https://www.goeldo.de/guitar-parts/tonabnehmer/ | Hanover, Germany | Humbucker, P90, single coil, bass. |
| Guitar Fetish | https://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-Guitar-Pickups_c_7.html | Sarasota, FL | Large selection including Kwikplug interchangeable pickups. |
| Haeussel | https://haeussel.com/index.php?id=22&L=1%252527%252522 | Burladingen, Germany | Vintage-style guitar and bass pickups. |
| Hanson | http://www.hansonpickups.com/products.htm | Chicago, IL | Mostly bass pickups. Three guitar pickups. |
| Harmonic Design | https://www.harmonicdesign.net/allpages/strats.html | Unknown | Strat, Tele, Gibson pickups. Crazy 1997 web design. Interesting custom shop. |
| High Order | http://www.highorderpickups.com | Unknown | Terrible website. Hard to navigate. But there are several pickups available, handwound and totally custom. |
| JM Rolph | http://www.jmrolph.com/ | Unknown | 1995 web design. I can’t even tell if the company still exists. This page has a counter! |
| Joe Barden (JBE) | https://jbepickups.com/t-styles/ | Raleigh, NC | Large selection. Springsteen uses these! |
| Josh Parkin (JPG) | https://www.joshparkinguitars.co.uk/handwound-pickups | York, UK | Many handwound pickups, including Firebird and Filtertron! |
| JS Moore | http://www.tonefordays.com/html/j_s_moore_custom_guitar_pickup.html | Ontario, Canada | Another horrible website, but an impressive list of custom-wound pickups. |
| Juicy Pickups | http://www.juicypickups.com/ | Hertfordshire, England | Vintage-style hand scatterwound on original 1950s coil winder. |
| KAMI | http://www.microskami.com/topic/index-en.html | Ligny en Barrois, France | Handmade scatterwound pickups. |
| Kent Armstrong | http://www.kentarmstrong.com/ | North Fort Myers, FL | Vintage, high output, hot rod, archtop, split tube. Mama mia! |
| Keystone Pickups | https://www.wildepickups.com/products/keystone-tele | Los Angeles, CA | Strat-style, Tele-style, dual blade humbuckers. Still handmade. This website certainly won’t win any design awards. |
| Kinman | https://www.mobile.kinman.com/products/guitar.php | Philippines | Advanced multi-Patented “Hum Cancelling Technology”. Nice selection. |
| Klein | https://www.kleinpickups.com | Denton, TX | Massive selection of vintage reproductions. Klein chemically analyzes vintage magnets and wire, then reproduces them. |
| Kloppmann | https://www.kloppmann-electrics.com/de/pickups/ | Delmenhorst, Germany | Strat, Tele, PAF, P90 |
| Lace | https://www.lacemusic.com/collections/7 | Cypress, CA | Tons of pickups here. Claim to have the quietest single coils. Lace Sensor, Alumitone. Interesting technology. |
| Lambertones | https://www.lambertones.com/ | Yakima, WA | Handmade pickups built by caffeine addicts. Small collection of well-designed products. Great website! |
| Lane Poor | https://lanepoor.com/ | Fall River, MA | No information on site. Still ‘under construction’. One working link to a store. They may only sell bass pickups? I can’t tell. |
| LeoSounds | http://www.leosounds.de/EN/strat_vp56_en.html | Sachsenheim, Germany | Many vintage-style pickups. Looks like quality stuff. They will rewind your pickups! |
| Lindy Fralin | https://www.fralinpickups.com/product-category/guitar-pickups/ | Richmond, VA | Fralin is pretty well-known. Lots of handmade vintage-style pickups. This company is around 25 years old. |
| Lollar | https://www.lollarguitars.com/lollar-guitar-pickups | Tacoma, WA | Loads of handmade pickups. They even make many parts at their facility. A nice website for once! |
| Lundgren | https://shop.lundgrenpickups.com/ | Jonkoping, Sweden | About 15 pickups. Good variety. |
| Manson | https://www.mansonguitarworks.com/pickups | Devon, UK | A handful of hand-assembled humbuckers. |
| MJS | https://www.mjscustompickups.com | Ontario, Canada | MJS makes their own bobbins and calibrates their own magnets. Nice selection includes 7-string and 8-string pickups. |
| Moar | https://moarguitars.com/pickups/ | Copenhagen, Denmark | Looks like these are made by one person. Totally custom made after you order. |
| Mojo | https://www.mojopickups.co.uk/ | West Yorkshire, England | One guy does everything. Many cool vintage-style pickups. How does he do it all? |
| Mojotone | https://www.mojotone.com/pickups | Burgaw, NC | Loads of built-to-order pickups. I smell quality! |
| Moollon | http://www.moollon.com/front/product/product_list.php?code=004 | Seoul, South Korea | Korean company. Several vintage-style pickups. |
| Morch | https://www.morch-guitars.dk/category/guitarpickup/ | Orsted, Denmark | Nice selection includes several active pickups. |
| Motor City | http://motorcitypickups.com/pickups.php | Detroit, MI | Bananas 1998 web design. 4 categories: Extreme, Modern, Vintage Hot Rod, Old School. |
| Nordstrand | https://nordstrandaudio.com/collections/guitar-pickups | Redlands, CA | Nice selection of traditional, modern, and signature pickups. |
| Ormsby | https://www.ormsbyguitars.com/pickups/ | Perth, Western Australia | Lots of unique, handwound pickups to go with the unique guitars. |
| Owen Duffy | https://ocduffpickups.com | Shaftsbury, VT | Loads of handmade pickups. 24 Tele-style pickups alone. |
| OX4 | https://ox4pickups.co.uk/ | Oxford, UK | Each pickup is made to order, hand wound and assembled. |
| Planet Tone | planettone.com | Denver, CO | Large variety of pickups made to order. |
| Porter | https://www.porterpickups.com | Boise, ID | Custom wound pickups with detailed options available. |
| Q-Tuner | https://www.q-tuner.com/product-category/guitar-pickups/ | USA | Proprietary neodymium boutique pickups. Neodymium has a much stronger magnetic field than conventional magnets. |
| Railhammer | https://railhammer.com/products/ | Toledo, OH | Started by the guy behind Reverend Guitars. Humbuckers and P90-style. Looks like good stuff. |
| Rautia Guitars | https://www.rautiaguitars.net/about-pickups.html | Joensuu, Finland | Variety of hand-assembled pickups with custom parts. Finland has the best schools, do they also have the best pickups? |
| Raw Vintage | http://www.rawvintage.com/eng/ | CA, USA | Period correct handmade pickups. A great website! Custom saddles and springs. |
| Rio Grande | https://www.riograndepickups.com/guitar | Rio Grande | Eclectic mix including Gretsch, mini-humbuckers, 7-string, and acoustic. This is looking like 2001 web design. |
| Ron Ellis | https://www.facebook.com/ronellispickups | Carlsbad, CA | Vintage-style pickups. Only has a Facebook page. Email with order inquiries. |
| Rose | https://www.rosepickups.com/humbuckers.htm | Livermore, CA | ***CLOSED*** due to impatient customers! |
| RS Guitãrworks | https://rs-guitarworks.myshopify.com/collections/pickups | Winchester, KY | 7 custom wound varities available. |
| Rumpel Stiltskin | https://www.rumpelstiltskinpickups.com | Boyce, VA | Custom Strat, Tele, and bass pickups. |
| Seymour Duncan | https://www.seymourduncan.com/ | Santa Barbara, CA | Odds are you’re aware of SD. |
| Sheptone | https://www.sheptone.com/ | Julian, CA | Lots of vintage and modern handcrafted pickups. |
| Sin | https://sites.google.com/site/soundsofsinpickups/ | Unknown, USA | 10-or-so totally custom pickups. Mindblowing 1996 web design. I honestly can’t tell if this company still exists. |
| SK Guitar | http://www.skguitar.com/SKGS/sk/pickups.htm# | Unknown | This 1997 web design will leave you speechless. Completely custom pickups. Individual quote required. |
| SP Custom | http://www.spcustompickups.com | Cadenet, France | Large selection of custom pickups. |
| Stephens Design | http://www.sdpickups.com/products.shtml | Portland, OR | 6 handmade vintage-style options available. Interesting web design choices. |
| Suhr | https://www.suhr.com/pickups/humbucker-pickups/asatobucker/ | Lake Elsinore, CA | About 15 classy handmade pickups. |
| Swing | http://www.swingguitars.com/xe/pickups_e | Seoul, South Korea | Korean company. Good stuff here. |
| The Creamery | Manchester, UK | Many custom handwound pickups. Repairs and rewinds. | |
| Tone Emporium | https://www.toneemporium.com/pickup-sets | Ontario, Canada | ~25 sets of vintage-style pickups. |
| Tone Hatch | https://www.tonehatch.com/ | Norfolk, NE | Handwound Strat-style and Tele-style. |
| Tornade | https://www.tornademspickups.com/en/category/micros-guitare-en/ | St. Germain sur Morin, France | About a dozen vintage-style pickups. |
| Tradition Guitars | https://www.traditionguitars.com/parts | Hopkins, SC | Tradition PAF Humbuckers! |
| TV Jones | https://tvjones.com/ | Poulsbo, WA | Famous brand. Unique offerings. |
| Van Zandt | https://vanzandtpickups.com/ | Combine, TX | About a dozen vintage-style pickups. |
| Veritas | https://shop.veritasguitars.com/collections/pickups | Mount Pleasant, TN | Rugged, handmade pickups. |
| Vintage Vibe | http://www.vintagevibeguitars.com/pickups.html | Northern CA | Tons of pickups available. Spectacular 1999 web design. |
| Wilde | https://www.wildepickups.com/products/l500 | Los Angeles, CA | All kinds of options. Many blade pickups. |
| Wolfetone | https://www.wolfetone.com | Mountlake Terrace, WA | Nice vintage and modern custom pickups. |
| Zhangbucker | http://www.zhangbucker.com | Kansas City, MO | Lots of bizarre religious discussion on here. Also pickups. |
