The set of three pickups are Strat pickup size, but they have no covers and apart from lacking the metal baseplate they resemble structurally the Tele bridge pickup. I don't have any sound clips of the new set yet, but knowing how a hot Tele bridge pup and Strat pups with neodymium magnets sound like I have a rather clear picture of the sound characteristics of this set. They sound somewhat darker and less trebly than the jangly AlNiCo pickups, have a powerful growly midrange and a broad tight low end. So they are suitable for all kind of rock and dirty blues, especially when distorted. The bobbins are taller than standard bobbins, so they can be overwound without losing too much high end.
Here are the specs:
Bridge pickup 10500 turns AWG 42 wire, 10.8 kΩ, polarity South
middle pickup 10500 turns AWG 42 wire,10.8 kΩ, reverse wound, polarity North
neck pickup 9000 turns AWG 42 wire, 7.8 kΩ, polarity South
neodymium button magnets, ABS plastic top and PVC plastic bottom, polished steel polepieces
pickups potted in in a mixture of paraffin (80%) and beeswax (20%)
And here come the pics:
- Winding a Single Mother coil with my DIY power drill winder contraption.
- Soldering lead wires to the coil.
- Attaching neodymium magnets to polepieces. I check the polarity with a good compass several times to rule out any of the polepieces going out of phase.
- I fix the magnets into place with a couple of drops of CA glue.
- Single Mother ready for potting.
