Rio Grande makes electric guitar pickups with “Texas Tone that’s Bad to the Bone”. Founded in 1993 by John Wittroc, Rio Grande pickups are custom wound and seasond to taste in a lo tech/hi thech environment. They offer many different types of pickups ranging from single coils to humbuckers and most models are available in [...]

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String construction
Depending on the construction of the instrument on which they are used, strings will usually have either a ball or loop at one end to attach the string to the instrument. Strings for some instruments may be wrapped with silk at their ends to protect the string. The color and pattern of the silk [...]

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