G&L tech resources: Pickups

 
 

The Blade humbuckers as used on the Legacy Special come in 2 kinds: the Dual-Blade (TWB-2A), used in the neck and middle position, and the Power-Blade (TWB-2) in the bridge. The Dual-Blade humbuckers were also used on the post-1996 Invader and Invader Plus guitars before they were discontinued by the end of 2017. These (splittable) pickups are wound to G&L specs by Gotoh Japan. As can be seen, they have the same footprint as ordinary Strat single-coil pickups but without the noise from ambient electromagnetic fields. For a short while in 2012, G&L used Blades humbuckers manufactured by Kent Armstrong.

 

Guitar: Blade humbucker