Hades Gates Pickups by Seymour Duncan

For anyone tracking guitars at home, the pickup is the first link in the recording chain, and Seymour Duncan's Hades Gates family gives you a straightforward way to change it. Models are split by position: neck, bridge, TB for trembucker-style guitars, and complete sets, so you can retune the character of a single part or the whole guitar.

Studio Gears carries the line for producers and engineers who keep a guitar or two around for sessions. Swapping pickups lets one instrument cover more parts without buying another guitar. Finishes include Black, White, Nickel, Zebra, RevZebra and Rad Gold Mesh, handy for guitars that also appear on camera in video content.

Pricing spans roughly $129 to $318. The Hades Gates name suggests a heavier approach, but output and voicing specifics are not given in our series data, so read each listing and consider how the pickup will sit in your mixes.