Where are Railhammer pickups made?
South Korean
Is Railhammer an American company, and where are they made? Railhammer is an American company based in Ohio, and the pickups are designed in the USA. Our pickups are made by a South Korean winder to proprietary specs, who we selected for their ability to build consistent, high-quality, custom-designed pickups.
What is a HB pickup?
Originally known as the EMG-SS, the HB was developed for Steinberger Sound for their infamous headless bass. It is a P-Style bass pickup in a guitar humbucking housing. The HB has a ceramic magnet that adds presence, punch, and loads of output.
Are all Reverend guitars made in USA?
All of the guitars are expertly designed by Joe Naylor, proudly manufactured in South Korea by boutique guitar manufacturer Mirr Music, and meticulously set up in Ohio by Reverend’s tech team.
What kind of pickups does slash use?
Slash’s pickup of choice has been the APH-1 Alnico II Pro humbucker for many years. As Slash explains, “Something people don’t know about my introduction to Seymour Duncan pickups is that I worked in a music store in the early ’80s. I learned about most of the popular brands of pickups at that time.
What are Alnico 5 pickups?
Alnico V. The strongest of the three; more powerful in tone and response. Its greater output makes it a good choice for bridge pickups, over which there is usually a smaller amount of string vibration. Good for an aggressive, punchy sound.
Who owns Reverend guitars?
Hank Cho
Reverend guitars are built in South Korea by Mirr Music Co. This company is owned by Hank Cho, a third generation guitar builder who’s attention to detail, high quality control, and ability to accurately produce our unique designs (as opposed to the same old knock-offs) made Mirr a perfect partner for Reverend.
Are reverends good guitars?
There are influences, sure, but overall, Reverend feel like a breath of fresh air. The instruments are superb: they play and sound like pro instruments, they look awesome and have their own style. They are also priced well within the budget of most serious players.
What are zebra pickups?
Sometime in 1959, for reasons unknown, PAF pickups began appearing in the “Zebra” color, which had black screw-side bobbins and cream slug-side bobbins. These pickups are dead-ringers for a set of 1959 PAF “Zebras”, but properly calibrated for bridge or neck positions. Classic Rock-n-Roll straight-up.
How do you tell if a pickup is ceramic or alnico?
The ceramic magnet is on the left side of the image, and the alnico magnets are on the right. Ceramic pickups use ceramic magnets, and alnico pickups, as the acronym suggests, use magnets constructed from an aluminum, nickel, and cobalt alloy.
Who Uses Hot Rail pickups?
Hot Rails have been used by artists from Iron Maiden, Queens of the Stone Age, Rollins Band and more. We also have a version available for Telecaster which is used by John 5, Mike Stern and Joe Trohman.
What factory are Reverend Guitars made in?
Mirr Music
Playing to the future Today, Reverend Guitars are designed and built at the Circle R Ranch in Toledo. All the guitars are manufactured by a boutique guitar manufacturer, Mirr Music, in South Korea. Joe Naylor still designs the company’s instruments, while Ken and Penny Haas handle the business side of things.
Did Jimmy Page use humbuckers?
When Page’s original bridge pickup crapped out in the early 70s, it was replaced with a stronger Gibson T-Top humbucker to be paired up with the original PAF neck humbucker.