Other
Humbuckers
These earlier humbuckers are well known for their
high clarity and definition. They can bring out every nuance in the inner
voices of complex chords. The attack and overall quality of tone is in the
region between crisp, acoustic tone and the rounded, or "diffused", treble
quality of vintage humbuckers. This allows a very flexible interaction with
on-board and amplifier tone settings. The active pickups in this group have
accessible preamps that can power other passive pickups on an instrument. The
preamp gain can be modified in many ways for tonal shaping and for overdrive
characteristics. |
| 1C our first humbucker
~1975 - same wire, unequal windings for a clear, clean tone that tends
toward single coil - less warmth in the mids than equal winding
designs |
| 1CTA very near the 1C
tone (part way to single coil tone) but equal windings for best noise
rejection - at Tuck Andress's request ~ 1980 - used only in neck
position |
| V88-C very bright to
glassy humbucker - for neck position |
| V88-D smooth, clean, deep
tone bridge to match V88-C |
| V92C-B bright, smooth, clear
- for neck position with V94-D bridge (recommended) - useable as a very bright
bridge pickup |
| V94-D more mid enhancement,
more of a "voice", deeper bridge humbucker - good match to
V92C-B |
| 1D-01 neck pickup of "grunge
pair" - very good mids |
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| Active Humbuckers |
| E90 neck - active single coil
in HB shape (with hum-canceller coil), high output + boost (9-volt operation
only) |
| E90-D bridge - active dual
coil (with E90 coils), high output + boost (9-volt operation
only) |
| E92C-B neck - active version
of V92C-B, coil cut, high output + boost (9-volt operation
only) |
| E94-D bridge - active version
of V94-D, coil cut, high output + boost (9-volt operation
only) |
| E88-C neck - active
version of V88-C, coil cut, high output + boost (9-volt operation
only) |
| E88-D bridge - active
version of V88-D, coil cut, high output + boost (9-volt operation
only) |
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| Strat*
replacement single coil pickups |
| Note: these are
not Vertical Hum Cancellers (stacked coils) - we make them in North Up (N) and
South Up (S) magnetic polarities - for good hum and noise rejection, use them
in: |
| North / South pairs V88S-S (neck) and V88S-N
(middle) for example |
| North / South / North triples (in Strats)
or |
| South / North / South triples (in
Strats) |
| 3D-01 bright and deep with
excellent mids |
| V88S bright, clear, glassy
top |
| 3XQ bright, smooth single
coil - especially good in the middle position |
| 3X deeper than the 3XQ -
smooth, clear, jazzy - excellent for neck position |
| 3XR deeper than the 3X,
louder, with more lows and mids, good for bridge position |
3S tapped single
coil - full windings are deeper and stronger than 3XR, tapped tone much
brighter
- good choice at bridge position |
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| "Soap
Bar" pickups |
(P-90 shape replacement pickups with very low
noise dual coils)
These mount with 3 screws ("2 + 1" like bass pickups) for
optimum tilt control |
| SB88-C bright, glassy
humbucker with V88-C coils |
| SB88-D smooth, clean humbucker with V88-D coils |
| SB92C-B humbucker with the
V92C-B coils - for neck position |
| SB-D01 humbucker with the
1D-01 coils - for bridge position |
| SB94-D humbucker with the
V94-D coils - for bridge position |
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| Mini-Humbucker size pickups |
| (Les Paul Deluxe shape replacement pickups)
|
| 2C clear, clean tone that
tends toward single coil - 1C coils |
| 288-C bright, glassy
humbucker with V88-C coils |
| 288-D smooth, clean humbucker with V88-D coils |
| 292C-B humbucker with the
V92C-B coils - for neck position |
| 294-D humbucker with the V94-D
coils - for bridge position |
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| Acoustic
Guitar |
| 3A soundhole mount - bright,
clear, accurate single coil with B-string compensation, plastic mounting
brackets and 10 foot cable with strain relief. Excellent feedback
rejection. |
| 3AV soundhole mount - bright,
clear hum-canceller (stacked coil) - B-string compensation, plastic mounting
brackets and 10 foot cable with strain relief. Excellent feedback
rejection. |
| E3AV soundhole mount - active
pickup - bright, clear hum-canceller (stacked coil) - B-string compensation,
plastic mounting brackets and 10 foot cable with strain relief. Excellent
feedback rejection. |
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| Jazz Guitar |
| 5J smooth, clear - same size
and mounting bracket (2 inches internal witdh) as the Johnny Smith* pickup -
0.50 inches thick including cable and bracket |
| 5JNB same pickup
without the mounting bracket |
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| Prewired Guitar Systems |
| System 111 equal stacked
coils, vintage tone, high output + boost |
| System 111B unequal stacked
coils, vintage tone, high output + boost |
| System 112 single coil/ single
coil/ humbucker, vintage tone, high output + boost |
| Some of the pickups listed on this page are no
longer in production. They are listed here to provide information for people
who find them listed on eBay and similar websites. |
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