Humbucker Pickups


HUMBUCKER PICKUPS

There can be few more magical musical moments than the first time you hear a perfect humbucker-loaded guitar sound. A truly great Humbucker maintains a wide dynamic range and picks up every nuance of your hours of dedicated playing. From late 50s PAF style recreations using everything from vintage alloy slugs, butyrate bobbins, plain enamel wire etc to more modern, progressive setups we have your guitar covered.

If you would like something that isn’t currently shown below or want to discuss the finer points of your sonic-desires please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We love working directly with you to craft your perfect pickups.

UNCOVERED 57 SB-PAF HUMBUCKER

UNCOVERED 57 SB-PAF HUMBUCKER

from £115.00

Please note - all items are currently marked as out of stock as I progress my current order book and while I am away during March. Please check back during April when my books should reopen. Thank you so much for your understanding and support.

This set of PAF Inspired humbuckers was envisaged as the ideal Goldtop-bucker tone. While this is far from an easy task to pin down and of course the pickups loaded into those historic guitars varied a fair amount, this set is everything we personally think of when considering these beautifully musical pickups. Clarity, high-end sweetness, drive when you need it, dynamic range, minimal compression etc were all key in coming up with a recipe that just worked, and gave a constantly inspiring end result. Notes bloom across the neck and the natural character of your guitar comes through as the pickups track ever small detail of your phrasing. We have tested most of the finest modern pickups as well as many vintage examples and feel confident these will please even the pickiest tone-hunter.

A lot of small features contribute to pickups like this and we obsess over them all; vintage correct, low carbon steel slugs, screws and keeper-bar add a sweetness to the highs, while rough-sandcast Alnico magnets maintain enough power but never become harsh or over-compressed in the way a modern magnet might. The plain enamel coated wire, screw-through baseplates etc; the list really does go on and on but in short, the final tone is everything here!

· BRIDGE AII +/- 7.6k: The combination of a warm, rough-cast Alnico II magnet alongside a fairly low wind creates a bridge pickup that oozez musicality. Warm high-end sweetness twins with an almost “Tele on steroids” low-mid clarity and a rich sustaining bloom. One of our absolute favourite pickups.

· Neck AIII +/- 6.9K: At the lower end of the PAF output spectrum and with our favourite Alnico 3 Magnet; this pickup is all about keeping clarity and a “stringy” definition while the classic neck humbuckers plumby charm is ever-present. An ideal match for the bridge and a bucker that will keep a smile on your face for hours with its expressive musicality.

This set is offered as standard with two-conductor vintage braid wiring, 49.2mm pole spacing and long-legged vintage baseplate. if you would prefer short legged baseplate, four conductor wiring or virtually any other tweak please do get in touch; various contact options are available here.

Please note we supply these pickups un-potted as standard for maximum tonal transparency, just as they were originally made. However, we completely understand that you may prefer some more defence against microphonics and feedback. Should this be the case, please make a note during check out stating that you would like them lightly potted in our mix of beeswax and paraffin.

  • CURRENT LEAD TIME FOR WINDING AND ASSEMBLY BEFORE SHIPPING: 39-44 WORKING DAYS.

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