Call 866‑388‑4445 or chat to save on orders of $199+
Guitar Center logo

Fretted Instrument Pickups

When it comes to finding your signature sound, you don't have to pay an arm and a leg for a brand new custom instrument. In fact, it could be as simple as changing your fretted instrument's pickups. Switching up your pickups is a lot easier than you think and today's lineup of fretted instrument pickups is seemingly endless. Whether you're after Eric Clapton's warm, creamy Strat sound or Johnny Ramone's bright, buzzsaw attack, the fretted instrument pickups for you are waiting in this section.

The best way to begin your search for the perfect pickup is to narrow down your choices by the type of fretted instrument you play. Since there are hundreds of pickups in these pages, filtering by instrument makes browsing a lot easier. Let's say you're in the market for a guitar pickup - once you chose this option from the category menu, you can then filter your choices to either electric guitar pickups or acoustic guitar pickups. Make your selection and the fun begins; you'll find yourself immersed in a sea of pickups for both electric and acoustic guitars.

And the same thing goes for bass pickups. With a few clicks of your mouse, you'll have tons of pickups for acoustic and electric basses at your fingertips. All your favorite brands are here too: Seymour Duncan, EMG, Fender, Bartolini and many more. Still not 100% sure what fretted instrument pickup you're looking for? Check out top sellers like the EMG-40DC Dual Coil 5-String Active Bass Pickup Black, the Basslines SPB-3 Quarter Pound P Bass Pickups or the Bartolini 57J1 5-String Vintage Jazz Bass Pickup Set - any of these pickups are going to change the sound of your bass for the better.

Honesty, this section is so vast, it only makes sense to spend a bit of time here and explore each of your options more closely. Whether you want to amplify your mandolin for an up-and-coming live performance or switch up your current electric guitar sound for something with more bite, there's a pickup for you in this catalog.