The HS1 (a.k.a. SHA90) is a humbucker-sized, single-coil pickup on the DN400
Other pickups made by Ibanez which don't belong to any regular line. Most of these are pickups from the late 80's, mid 90's. Few official details have been published about most of these pickups.
Custom wound for Allan Holdsworth's signature guitars. Features alnico magnets and custom coil winding for a clear, smooth, warm tone. All twelve polepieces are adjustable to allow maximum control over string-to-string volume.
Has one traditional coil and one with a blade. Delivers a "fat", harmonically active sound. The most powerful lead pickup in the American-Designed series.
A single-coil-sized humbucker, twin blade, which often comes along with the HB2 humbucker (see above). Can be used in the neck position, like the RG565 or in the middle and neck positions as seen on the RBM series (Reb Beach signatures), like the RBM1.
A single-coil-sized humbucker, twin blade like the SB1. Can be found in the neck/ mid position either with a SB1 in the bridge, or with Axis pickups in the bridge.
The Classic Elite P9D pickups are dogear-mounted P90-style humbucker-sized single-coil pickups with black covers. They provide crispy rock sound with full projection.[5]
This is a P90-style single-coil pickup in a humbucker package. It was introduced in 2009 along with the Darkstone series. It is used in the neck position and paired with the SHA90-B bridge pickup.
They "produce loud and crunchy tones that cut through for hard rock and punk styles."[9]
This is a P90-style single-coil pickup in a humbucker package. It was introduced in 2009 along with the Darkstone series. It is used in the bridge position and paired with the SHA90-N neck pickup. See HS1-N for detailed description
Developed for the Contemporary Archtop series, the Magic Touch-Mini bridge pickup is mounted to the pickguard as a floating pickup above the guitar top. They provide a balance of classic tones, alongside clear articulation on both the top and bottom of the sound spectrum. Players can enjoy the clean response on the top end, presenting fast melodies or complex chord progressions with clarity and precision.[10]
Developed for the Contemporary Archtop series, the Magic Touch-Mini meck pickup is mounted to the neck as a floating pickup above the guitar top. They provide a balance of classic tones, alongside clear articulation on both the top and bottom of the sound spectrum. Players can enjoy the clean response on the top end, presenting fast melodies or complex chord progressions with clarity and precision.[10]
"Tom Quayle and Ibanez teamed up to develop the TQM-S single coil and TQM-H humbucker pickups. These pickups precisely reflect subtle playing nuances and produce a natural clean voicing that works well with various effect pedals. The TQM pickups are mandatory to realize the "Tom Quayle signature sound'."[11]
"Tom Quayle and Ibanez teamed up to develop the TQM-S single coil and TQM-H humbucker pickups. These pickups precisely reflect subtle playing nuances and produce a natural clean voicing that works well with various effect pedals. The TQM pickups are mandatory to realize the "Tom Quayle signature sound'."[11]
