Aggressive tones filled with thunderous lows and crisp highs characterize the guitar sound you hear from acts ranging from Cradle Of Filth to Opeth. As most guitar enthusiasts would know, great sound starts from great hardware. Lace Music, an innovative pickup manufacturer simply keeps that fact to heart. To cater to the demands of the most extreme metal guitarist, the Lace Alumitone Deathbucker has come to life to bring about the crushing sound of death (metal, that is).

The Deathbucker was designed for high output with a heavy metal drive. Making use of the revolutionary (and patent-pending) "current driven" technology, the Alumitone Deathbucker yields active pickup performance in a passive design with zero noise and no need for a battery. The Deathbucker, as with other Alumitone series pickups, yields unmatched versatility with a broader band response, giving out more lows and mids than conventional pickups along with crisp highs. As recording and performing with the Alumitone Deathbucker yields an unmatched great sound, recording directly into a computer is quieter as the design eliminates that annoying interference, which is due to its aluminium-based design and the lack of a large copper coil. In split mode, the Deathbucker is dead quiet with full range; time for that 60-Hz hum to die!

With such revolutionary design, could the Deathbucker bring about death of active pickups? You have to decide that for yourself. Installation of the Alumitone Deathbucker requires just a slight modification to your guitar to accommodate its rectangular shape. In the end, maybe the Deathbucker kills a lot of issues from that annoying 60-Hz hum to maybe the active pickup industry. Time can only tell.