Vintage vibe, great price. Wake up your guitar! For authentic classic tone, Golden Age humbuckers feature Alnico 5 magnets and AWG42 coil wire just like the originals.
Inspired by legendary pickups of the '50s.
Alnico 5 magnets give that warm classic tone. AWG42 coils are wound on black or zebra bobbins, fabric-taped, mounted on a brass baseplate, and wax-potted for microphonic suppression. The output wire is 4-conductor plus ground, allowing versatile custom coil-tapping, series/parallel, and phase switching options to expand your sound.
Wiring diagrams and vintage dimensions make installation in most humbucker-equipped guitars easy.
Bridge models: | 9.0K ohms, 2.015" polepiece spread |
Neck models: | 8.0K ohms, 1.97" polepiece spread |
Mounting screws, springs and wiring diagrams are included.
Dimensions |
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Length | 2.75" | (69.85mm) | |
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Width | 1.5" | (38.10mm) | |
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Height | .840" | (21.34mm) | including mounting tabs |
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Looking for hotter output with more powerful midrange? Check out Golden Age Overwound Humbuckers.
TIP: Handy Humbucker Helpers make installation a whole lot easier.
Color-matching Cream Parts and Bindings
There have always been slight variations in the color of the cream plastic parts used on Gibson and other guitars. It's not uncommon to see brand new and vintage guitars with bindings, pickup rings, toggle switch rings and pickguards that don't perfectly match in color. We do our best to match all our cream products, but there's no absolute control from batch to batch, or from supplier to supplier.