Here are the first working prototypes of my pickup design. I did a lot of research on pickup construction and materials as well as practiced winding many coils before getting to this point and I’m very happy with the results. They are fat sounding, low-output single coils with a wide frequency response.

I modeled the look after vintage Magnatone Mark V pickups, but that’s where the similarities end. The structure and configuration of the bobbins, magnets, coils and baseplates is my own design. (Audio samples coming soon!)