Guitar Pickups

In addition to my guitars I offer hand wound guitar pickups, restored vintage pickups, and pickup repair services.

All pickups are designed, assembled, and hand wound by me. Standard models are listed below. In addition to my standard lineup I can custom wind just about any pickup to your specs – regular or mini humbuckers, strat and tele pickups, P90s, goldfoils, Bass VI pickups, Jazzmaster pickups, etc.

If you’d like to order pickups or inquire about a repair please contact me.

Models

Cococaster Tele Set

Slightly hotter-than-vintage tele set designed in collaboration with Cody Nilsen. These use Alnico 5 rod magnets and 42 awg plain enamel coil wire. 6.2k neck and 8k bridge. Lightly wax potted and RWRP for hum canceling when combined.

$160/set

Ike Mini Humbucker

My take on the iconic 3×3 mini humbucker as used in the “Chris Isaak” Silvertone 1446 model. These are wound with 42 awg plain enamel to 6.8-7k and use alnico 5 magnets. Available as a single (excellent tele neck pickup) or set. 50mm pole spacing for modern applications.

$120/pickup

Steelpro

A humbucker sized interpretation of the 3×3 Supro lap steel pickup made famous as a bridge pickup by Ry Cooder and David Lindley. 44 awg coil wire, hi strength alnico, two small coils out of phase with each other. 6k.

$120/each

LAF Humbuckers

PAF spec humbucker set. Butyrate bobbins, 42 awg plain enamel coil wire, rough cast Alnico 2 or 5 bar magnets, correct specs down to polepiece/slug/baseplate/cover materials. 7.2k neck and 8k bridge. Unpotted.  Available uncovered in any combination of cream/black bobbins, or in nickel, gold, or raw covers.

$120/each

Hyper LAF Humbucker

Super version of the LAF designed to drive your amp. Cream or black butyrate bobbins, 44 awg coil wire, thicc ceramic bar magnets, hex head steel slugs with 50mm spacing. At 13.8k this is intended to be a bridge pickup – my favorite humbucker combo is a LAF neck and Hyper LAF bridge. Wax potted.

$120/each

Recycled Vintage Pickups

I offer a rotating selection of rebuilt vintage pickups as well as original pickup builds using vintage magnets, wire, or other components. Current options include 1950s Fender alnico rod magnets, 1966 Phelps Dodge Formvar wire, 1960s Teisco and Guyatone gold foil ceramic bar magnets, and more. The most fun and unique pickup designs I make can be found here.

Varies

Bar Rail Strat Set

Bar magnet “blade” style Strat set – coils are wound directly around vertically oriented bar magnets. These retain classic Strat sounds with extra touch sensitivity and output. Alnico 5 magnets and 42 awg plain enamel coil wire are standard, but other magnet grades and wire gauges can be used. 6.1k neck, 6.3k middle, and 6.5k bridge. Lightly wax potted and RWRP for hum canceling when combined. Steel baseplates available at an additional $10/pickup.

$180/set

Pickup Repair

I have experience repairing many models of vintage Fender and Gibson pickups, goldfoil pickups (Teisco, Guyatone, DeArmond), DeArmond Hershey Bars, Kay Pancakes, Kay Speedbumps, vintage lapsteel pickups (Supro etc.), Guild pickups, early DiMarzio and Seymour Duncan stuff, and many more. When repairing pickups I will first try to use the original components; if coils require rewinding or parts need to be replaced I strive to use the correct spec wire, magnets, etc.

Pickup rewinds start at $75/coil

Players and Builders

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