Pickups

The TL-Classic bridge is an authentic take on the tele bridge pickup. With flat Alnico 5 pole pieces, vulcanized fiberboard flatwork, and a copper plated base plate, the TL-Classic bridge offers a truly vintage experience. This pickup is wax potted for sonic stability and uses cloth pushback wire for an easy and clean install. Mounting screws and springs are included. Made in Japan.

The ST-Classic is an amazing homage to the 1960’s strat pickup. With staggered Alnico 5 rod magnets, vulcanized fiberboard flatwork, and enamel coated wire, the ST-Classic offers a truly vintage sound. These pickups are wax potted for sonic stability, feature a bevel on the magnets, and use cloth pushback wire for an easy and clean install. A cover, mounting screws and springs are included. Made in Japan.

The HB-Classic is a vintage style humbucker pickup. It uses a made in USA Alnico 4 bar magnet which offers a uniquely balanced tone for an alnico magnet. This pickup is wax potted for sonic stability and uses a shielded 4 conductor wire for various wiring options. The HB-Classic comes in various open and covered options to match the look of any guitar. Mounting screws and springs are included. Made in Japan.

The HB-Classicα is a vintage-style humbucker pickup. This pickup uses a made in USA Alnico 2 bar magnet for a smooth vintage tone. This pickup is wax-potted for sonic stability and uses a shielded 4-conductor wire for various wiring options. The HB-Classicα humbucker comes in various open and covered options to match the look of any guitar. Mounting screws and springs are included. Made in Japan.

Kent Armstrong “Smooth Sam” jazz pickup, side-mount configuration. Made in the style of Gibson’s early 1960’s Johnny Smith guitars with floating mini-humbucker pickups, this jazz pickup is perfect for use with traditional arch-top electric guitars. Its non-invasive mounting capabilities keep the guitar’s acoustic properties uninhibited. Magnet Type = Alnico 5 Magnet Dimensions = 2 9/32 in. (58mm) Long x ⅛ in. (3mm) Thick x ½ in. (12.6mm) Wide D.C. resistance = 7.9K (two solder lug connections on underside) Pickup Dimensions: ½ in. (12.6mm) Thick 1 3/32 in.

This is an ultra sweet sounding, low output-pickup. The vintage single coil specifications offer a tight, balanced low end response and sweet chimey highs. If you are looking for a true vintage tone that ISN'T modified to sound like a 60 year old pickup, this is an excellent upgrade. Great for blues and classic old school funk applications. Staggered Alnico polepieces. Available reverse wound/reverse polarity. White Cover

• D.C. resistance = 6.5K
• Magnet Type = Alnico 5
• Magnet dimensions: 5mm X 17mm polepieces

The TL-Classic neck is an authentic take on the tele neck pickup. With Alnico 5 rod magnets, vulcanized fiberboard flatwork, and a long skirted cover, the TL-Classic neck offers a truly vintage experience. This pickup is wax potted for sonic stability and uses cloth pushback wire for an easy and clean install. Mounting screws and springs are included. Made in Japan.

This Texas Vintage bridge position pickup adds the bite to your single coil tone that you have been looking for! Featuring Alnico magnets & overwound coils, these babies satisfy the souls of those who require vintage tone, but want more out of their Pickups.

• Magnet Type = Alnico 5 pole pieces
• Resistance = 7.47K Ohms
• Inductance (henrys) = 4.02
• Magnet Dimensions = 5mm W X 17mm L
• Includes 2 conductor wiring
• All electrical measurements taken at 78 degrees Fahrenheit

Kent Armstrong “Slimbucker” jazz pickup with slim profile (3/8" thick), side-mount configuration.
Made in the style of Gibson’s early 1960’s Johnny Smith guitars with floating mini-humbucker pickups, this jazz pickup is perfect for use with traditional arch-top electric guitars. Its non-invasive mounting capabilities keep the guitar’s acoustic properties uninhibited.

Fender® reproduces the pickup that was introduced in the early 60s, the Original Jazz Bass Pickup. Made with flush mounted AlNiCo 5 magnets and enamel coated magnet wire, the Original Jazz Bass pickups deliver the low-end growl and up front midrange punch that makes this instrument so popular. Each pickup comes with a copper shield and black covers.

Slightly hotter than the 54 models, these recreations of the 1957 Strat® single coil pickups deliver a true vintage tone not available until now. Middle position reverse wound/reverse polarity to achieve noise cancellation when utilizing a 5 way switch. 42 gauge Formvar wire and Alnico III magnets. White covers.

• Magnet Type = Alnico 3 pole pieces
• D.C. Resistance = 5.92k Ohms
• Inductance (henrys) = 3.61
• Wire Type = Formvar AWG 42
• Lead Type = cloth insulated 2 conductor
• Polarity = normal

Slightly hotter even than the 57 models, these recreations of the 1962 Strat® single coil pickups deliver a true vintage tone that is a blast from the past. Middle position reverse wound/reverse polarity to achieve noise cancellation when utilizing a 5 way switch. 42 gauge Formvar wire and Alnico III magnets. White covers.

• Magnet Type = Alnico 3 pole pieces
• D.C. Resistance = 6.19k Ohms
• Inductance (henrys) = 2.63
• Wire Type = Formvar AWG 42
• Lead Type = cloth insulated 2 conductor
• Polarity = normal

Has your original Split-Tube run out of lipstick? Now you don't have to modify your favorite instrument. Bring your guitar back to the original sound you loved and install correct sized replacement pickups for Danelectro®, Silvertone®, and Coral® Split-Tube™ pickups.

• ALNICO MAGNET/D.C. resistance = 4.9K
• Magnet dimensions in millimeters = 62 long X 3 thick X 13 wide.

'57/'62 Strat single coil. Reverse engineered, these pickups deliver the original vintage Stratocaster sound, feel, and vibe! This is pure and original Strat tone. The staggered beveled-edge Alnico 5 magnets with Formvar wire produce glistening highs and warm lows that are unquestionably vintage. These pickups feature special beveled edge Alnico 5 magnets and enamel-coated magnet wire.

• DC Resistance: 5.6k
• Inductance: 3 H

Kent Armstrong “Jazzy Joe” jazz pickup with adjustable pole pieces, side-mount configuration. Nickel. Made in the style of Gibson’s early 1960’s Johnny Smith guitars with floating mini-humbucker pickups, this jazz pickup is perfect for use with traditional arch-top electric guitars. Its non-invasive mounting capabilities keep the guitar’s acoustic properties uninhibited. Magnet Type = Alnico 5 Magnet Dimensions = 55mm Long x 3mm Thick x 12.5mm Wide D.C. resistance = 7.9K (two solder lug connections on underside) Pickup Dimensions: 7/16 in. (11.1mm) Thick – not including pole pieces 1 7/64 in.

Kent is one of the foremost pickup designers in the industry, and years of listening to what the customer wanted to hear has culminated in the esteemed Kent Armstrong pickups. With his pickups, Kent has one goal in mind: to give every player their dream sound.
Faithfully recreated from the famous 1957 Patent Applied For design humbucking pickup with the same plain enamel 42 AWG wire and Alnico 2 magnets for the warmth and singing tone the originals are known for. Proper 49.2mm pole piece spacing, braided wire with no tap and maple spacers.
For the first time you can get a true calibrated set for neck and bridge position but the options don't stop there.

Kent is one of the foremost pickup designers in the industry, and years of listening to what the customer wanted to hear has culminated in the esteemed Kent Armstrong pickups. With his pickups, Kent has one goal in mind: to give every player their dream sound.
Faithfully recreated from the famous 1957 Patent Applied For design humbucking pickup with the same plain enamel 42 AWG wire and Alnico 2 magnets for the warmth and singing tone the originals are known for. Proper 49.2mm pole piece spacing, braided wire with no tap and maple spacers.
For the first time you can get a true calibrated set for neck and bridge position but the options don't stop there.

Made with the same materials and specifications of an early 1950s Telecaster pickup, the Original Vintage Telecaster speaks with extremely accurate vintage Tele twang. Made with AlNiCo 3 magnets, enamel coated magnet wire these pickups duplicate the warmth and edge that you'd come to expect from Fender®.

Overwound Tele pickups constructed with AlNiCo 5 magnets and enamel coated magnet wire.

• DC resistance: 6.6K
• Inductance: 3.8 Henries.

FilterTron pickup, nickel. FilterTron pickups are now made with alnico magnets as they were originally made in the 1950s and 60s.

Precision Bass, Set of 2.
The bass pickup that invented "funk" is still virtually unchanged today with the Original Precision Bass pickup. Made with Alnico 5 magnets, enamel-coated magnet wire, and a copper shield.

• DC Resistance: 10.5k
• Inductance: 6.4 H

“The Alnico 5 Signature is higher output than traditional vintage styles. Tight bass, present mids, and a conveniently subdued treble. It's there if you want it, but you're in control. If I were Leo, this is what I would have made in 1950.” –McNelly Pickups

Pickup designer Tim Shaw has created a breakthrough humbucking pickup design that features no loss in volume when switching to single coil. The unique Double-Tap™ pickups offer a thick humbucker sound and an expressive single coil sound in the same pickup. This pickup uses a special Alnico 4 magnet for a dynamic and articulate voice. The Fender® Double-Tap™ has a light wax potting for perfect balance of control and response.

• Great for neck or bridge position
• No volume loss in single-coil mode
• Wax-potted to control feedback
• DC Resistance: 8.2kΩ
• Inductance : 5.3h
• Magnet Type : Alnico 4
• Includes installation hardware and wiring diagram

“This is for Tele players who have a thing for the wicked vibe of a Strat neck pickup. The rich deep lows to the clear and glassy chime is all there, but squeezed into a standard Tele size.–McNelly Pickups