{"id":2323,"date":"2011-07-25T21:15:39","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T04:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=2323"},"modified":"2011-07-25T21:15:39","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T04:15:39","slug":"wcr-american-steele-pickups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/07\/wcr-american-steele-pickups\/","title":{"rendered":"WCR AMERICAN STEELE PICKUPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2324\" title=\"WCR-AMERICAN-Gear-Review-June-2011\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/WCR-AMERICAN-Gear-Review-June-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/WCR-AMERICAN-Gear-Review-June-2011.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/WCR-AMERICAN-Gear-Review-June-2011-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>WCR AMERICAN STEELE PICKUPS<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mean tone machines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FOR: Rocking guitar tones. WCR founder and designer Jim Wagner knows great tone and how to create it, crafting boutique gear that answers to his own demanding ears. We tested the American Steele on an Ibanez Les Paul copy cursed with bum pickups\u2014and if we were to say that the American Steele radically transformed this guitar into a wicked tone machine we\u2019d be grossly understating the fact. The Steeles cooked up enough gain to muscle the front end of the amp into submission while retaining rich dynamics, especially when backing off the volume. Most impressive was how well all the pickups performed together across a range of styles. These pickups milked tones out of this guitar that were so intoxicating we couldn\u2019t put it down. If you\u2019re looking for a modern take on classic rock tones, you\u2019ll want to check out some American Steele.<\/p>\n<p>NOT FOR: Tinny tone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>wcrguitar.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u2013 Doug Doppler<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WCR AMERICAN STEELE PICKUPS Mean tone machines FOR: Rocking guitar tones. WCR founder and designer Jim Wagner knows great tone and how to create it, crafting boutique gear that answers to his own demanding ears. We tested the American Steele on an Ibanez Les Paul copy cursed with bum pickups\u2014and if we were to say [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[1843,10158,1636,1842],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2325,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323\/revisions\/2325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}