Rio Grande Electric Guitar Pickups

A classic 50's style Humbucking, but alot more horsepower under the hood! Our most popular humbucking to date....Not a distortion pickup, just more muscle. Bear down on the meat and easy on the potato salad! Recommended bridge position. 2-Conductor cable

As above, but with 4-Conductor cable for coil splitting

A bit less powerful than the BBQ, this one is ballsy and rich when wide open yet clean with lots of top and bottom when rolled back slightly. Fusion, Boogie, or down and out Blues City! Great neck position pickup when combined with a Barbeque Bucker in the bridge. Braided 2-Conductor cable.

As above, but with 4-Conductor cable for coil splitting

Our most "classic" humbucking to date, two of these babies replicates a typical 50's combo . Back in those days the same pickup would be found in both neck and bridge positions. However, we have learned alot since then and prefer the Buffalo in the neck with a Genuine Texas in the bridge. Braided 2-Conductor cable.

As above, but with 4-Conductor cable for coil splitting

All the features of the Tallboy and the Halfbreed, but the most powerful of these three HB's. Big, Beefy, & Muscular, the Muy Grande is the King of the Rio Grande "Tru-Splitting" family. Comes in "F" spacing...."G" spacing available on request.

All the features of the Tallboy but a bit higher in output and a generally beefier character. Full with a lot of bite, never thin or metallic. Perfect for the player who is almost sorry that the rear pickup cavity is so big! Comes in "F" spacing...."G" spacing available on request.

A true humbucking for people who will not compromise on the "single coil" mode of a standard humbucking type pickup. Fits a conventional humbucking cavity but when split to one coil gives you the sound of a "true" single coil. Why? ... because it is! This feature when combined with a middle position single coil will give you the ultimate "quack" tone in the #2 position of your 5-way switch. Sounds fantastic in the full humbucking mode too! A greater harmonic range than a regular bucker. Imagine the natural response of the perfect single coil buckerized! Comes in "F" spacing...."G" spacing available on request.

The gauntlet has been laid down! The challenge was to walk a tightrope between creating a humbucker that sounded great when it was split as well as when it is humbucking. In a perfect world, a split humbucker would still pack enough punch to take you to the hereafter, but the true crime is that in most cases you're left sounding like a pale rider. Only one pickup provides the absolute power needed to take you where eagles dare: The Dirty Harry Humbucker from Rio Grande! What do you get when you split a Dirty Harry Humbucker? A Dirty Harry, that's what! No empty chairs here! It has the power to put you out front and center in the line of fire! The new Dirty Harry humbucking arrives in response to the popularity of it’s single coil cousins (Dirty Harry for Strat and Tele), and with its “True-Splitting” 4 conductor wiring and 12 adjustable pole pieces, it brings the sweet and gnarly tones of its relatives to the humbucking arena. Get one any which way you can because it will quickly become your million dollar baby, without costing you a fist full of dollars!

Same as the Dirty Harry HB but calibrated for neck position. A “True-Spitting” 4 conductor pickup with 12 adjustable polepieces.

With 12 Mega-Polepieces for fine tuning string balance, this pickup redefines pure power, destruction, & has a flatout "Take No Prisoners" attitude. Remember, if you can't budge it, get a bigger hammer! Recommended for bridge position. 4-conductor cable. "F" spaced

Like it's big brother (Crunchbox), the Punchbox also has 12 Mega-Polepieces for fine tuning string balance.This pickup however has a bit less output for acheiving perfect switching balance when combined with the Crunchbox in the bridge position. The Punchbox is recommended for neck position. Pickup is 4-conductor. "F" spaced