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SKU: GS20442
Captures the airy top end, the tight lows, balanced midrange and complex overtones of the best originals. Graded Alnico 5 magnet, double black bobbins, single-conductor braided wire (4-conductor available). Sold as singles or matched sets. more information »
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SKU: GS20469
The Classic-T pickups are the result of John Suhr's extensive research into what made the pickups of Tele-style instruments so special, and so renowned for their unmistakable sonic quality as heard on pop and rock records for the past half-century. The Classic-T Bridge pickup retains the twang and the bite of the best vintage T-style pickups while doing away with piercing or harsh highs that are common in pickups of this type. more information »
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SKU: GS20468
Smooth, powerful response, no mush. RWRP bridge for hum-canceling when combined. more information »
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SKU: GS20370
These are humbuckers in size and shape, and they are quiet, but the sound is pure single coil. Built like a P-90, the P-92 has flat Alnico magnets underneath the pickup, with adjustable pole pieces. It's fat but still has clear, bright wound strings. Available in 8,000, 9,000, or 10,000 turns. Covered only, in black, nickel or gold. more information »
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SKU: GS20294
Surf's up! If you're looking for clean, edgy Strat tone that cuts through to the front of the band, then you need the Custom '54 Strat pickups. This augmented set of vintage style Strat pickups feature staggered, hand beveled, Alnico 5 magnets and Formvar magnet wire wound for classic bell tones, and clear harmonic enhancement. The bridge pickup is calibrated for increased, balanced output. OEM on the Custom Shop Dick Dale and American Classic Stratocasters. Available in white only. Sold as a set of 3, middle pickup is not RWRP. more information »
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SKU: GS20417
Great for any humbucker-equipped guitar, and Strat-style guitars with a single-single-hum or hum-single-hum configuration. We have also sold these to Tele players who like a humbucker in the neck. Fralin has devised a humbucker that looks normal but sounds brighter on the wound strings than two single coil Pups side by side.
Fralin Unbuckers have their two coils wound with different amounts of wire. While a typical 8K humbucker would have each coil wound to 4K, an 8K Unbucker would have a 3K coil and a 5K coil. This makes the pickup brighter. A typical 8K humbucker would have one of its 4K coils combined with the single coil, typically closer to 6K. There is somewhat of a mismatch between the two pickups, with the 4K humbucker coil being thinner sounding than the 6K single coil. If an 8K Unbucker is used instead of an 8K humbucker, the Unbucker would have its 5K coil combined with the 6K middle pickup. This is a much better match, and more closely approximates the sound of two single coils combined.
The second benefit of the Unbucker is that some people think they sound better when used as a humbucker (when both coils are on in series). Lindy is in this group. He says that his personal PRS McCarty never sounded so good as when he replaced the stock humbuckers with a pair of his Unbuckers. He thinks that the mismatch between the coils yields a more complex humbucking tone than two matched coils provides. So the Unbucker is not just for use in a Fender-style guitar where a humbucker is being used in conjunction with a single coil, they are also a great upgrade for any guitar that uses humbuckers.
Downside: the hum-canceling is slightly compromised. While an Unbucker is still hum-canceling to a large extent, it is a little noisier than conventional humbuckers.
Available models:
Gibson pole spacing - black, zebra, nickel, gold
Fender pole spacing - black, white more information »
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SKU: GS20304
Recently redesigned for an accurate vintage Tele tone. Made with the same materials and specifications as an early 1950's Telecaster pickup, the Original Vintage Telecaster speaks with extremely accurate vintage Tele twang. Made with Alnico 3 magnets and enamel-coated magnet wire, these pickups duplicate the warmth and edge that you've come to expect from Fender. The bridge pickup sports the traditional copper-plated steel base plate for that extra midrange punch while warmth and clarity is coaxed from the nickel-plated steel covered neck pickup. OEM on the American Vintage and many Custom Shop Telecasters. more information »
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SKU: GS20465
Reproduction of the 50's single coil P-Bass pickup with extended frequency response. Alnico 5 magnets. more information »
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SKU: GS20513
Van Zandt Tele bridge pickups are available in stock or hot wind models with staggered or flat polepieces. more information »
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SKU: GS20501
Calibrated set of killer Strat pickups from the legendary John Suhr, creator of the renowned Pensa-Suhr guitars built for the likes of Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton, Lou Reed, and many others. Suhr has sourced his Alnico magnet rods from the same vendor that Fender used in the '50s and '60s.
All Suhr Strat sets have a RWRP middle pickup for hum-canceling in the 2 and 4 positions. If you want to use the set with Suhr's BPSSC system, please select the non-RWRP option at checkout. This will substitute a second neck pickup in place of the RWRP middle (no additional charge).
White pickup covers are included, along with mounting hardware. more information »
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SKU: GS20382
Fralin's hottest conventional single coil for Teles, this pickup adds even more mids, to help attenuate that bridge-pickup bite that Teles are famous for. 10% overwound (stocked) or 15% overwound (special order).
About Magnet Staggers
We carry Fralin's Tele bridges with a stock stagger or hybrid stagger. The stock stagger is conventional, the magnet heights are staggered per Fender's '50s specs. The hybrid stagger is flat with a raised D. Fralin feels this is the more appropriate choice for many modern guitars that have a flatter radius than the original 7.25" radius used on vintage Fender guitars and vintage reissues. Additionally, the original stagger was optimized for guitars with a wound G string. Because plain G strings are the norm today, some players (Fralin included) feel that the stock stagger doesn't provide as good a string-to-string balance as the hybrid stagger. A third stagger (Broadcaster - all poles flat) is available. We don't stock these because they're so similar to the hybrid stagger, but will happily special order them for you. If you want this option, please order the pickup with a stock stagger, and include a comment that you want us to substitute the Broadcaster stagger (lead time will be approximately 4 weeks). more information »
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SKU: GS20489
DSV+ = Double Screw Vintage Plus
The DSV+ is a hotter version of the DSV, and is recommended for the bridge position only. 50mm or 53mm pole spacing is available.
Acme stocks Suhr's exposed-coil humbuckers with two screw coils (DSV+), in black, white, and zebra. We stock Suhr's covered humbuckers with one screw coil and one slug coil (SSV+) in chrome and gold. All bridge pickups are available in either 50mm (Gibson) spacing, or 53mm (Fender) spacing, with the exception of white bridges, which we only stock in 53mm. Other options available by special order. more information »
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SKU: GS20494
SSV = Single Screw Vintage
Suhr's classic humbuckers, with one screw coil and one slug coil. 50mm pole spacing on neck pickups, 50mm or 53mm spacing on bridge pickups. The DSV+ bridge pickup is a hotter version of the DSV.
Acme stocks Suhr's exposed-coil humbuckers with two screw coils (DSV), in black, white, and zebra. We stock Suhr's covered humbuckers with one screw coil and one slug coil (SSV) in chrome and gold. All neck pickups are 50mm spacing. All bridge pickups are available in either 50mm (Gibson) spacing, or 53mm (Fender) spacing, with the exception of white bridges, which we only stock in 53mm. Other | | |