Hot-ish PAF by British Winder. Any suggestions,and why ?

SnazzyGeezer

I'm looking for a Hot-ish, PAF-ish style,F spaced Bridge pickup for my SG,wound by a British winder, I have various pickups by Catswhisker, Wizard, Manlius,D Allen,Dimarzio,Duncan,Gibson Sound to be Warm and Woody with the volume rolled back a tad, then be able to make your cones want jump out of your Cab when maxed Vintage with a dollop of Andy Timmons "in the mix" ( I hate that saying ! ) would be perfect Just a little extra info.... Loving Rough cast magnets too ! Ok you knowledgable lot, let's hear you're recommendations.

Elwood

Try Oil City Pickups. @Guitarweasel is helpful and can do customs winds.

I've got a set of Scrapyard Dog + models due in a guitar and I'm really looking forward to them. Ash we very helpful answering my numerous and ill informed questions.

Mojo and The Creamery also get a lot of praise in here.

richardhomer

You need @TheGuitarWeasel....

stimpsonslostson

@theguitarweasel is Ash from Oil City Pickups- selling excellent pickups & (from what I've seen on here) a pleasure to deal with when you want something to your own spec.

Mojo pickups are highly regarded too, I don't know if Mark/Marc (?) is a member.

OilCityPickups

SnazzyGeezer said:

I'm looking for a Hot-ish, PAF-ish style,F spaced Bridge pickup for my SG,wound by a British winder, I have various pickups by Catswhisker, Wizard, Manlius,D Allen,Dimarzio,Duncan,Gibson Sound to be Warm and Woody with the volume rolled back a tad, then be able to make your cones want jump out of your Cab when maxed Vintage with a dollop of Andy Timmons "in the mix" ( I hate that saying ! ) would be perfect Just a little extra info.... Loving Rough cast magnets too ! Ok you knowledgable lot, let's hear you're recommendations.

Elwood said:

Try Oil City Pickups. @Guitarweasel is helpful and can do customs winds.

I've got a set of Scrapyard Dog + models due in a guitar and I'm really looking forward to them. Ash we very helpful answering my numerous and ill informed questions.

Mojo and The Creamery also get a lot of praise in here.

OilCityPickups

Damn browser not letting me edit that post with my actual comment ... which is ... 

We can do you a custom 'rough cast alnico 4' Oil City 'NightFighter', F spaced, 4 conductor ... with nickel cover for £69.00 or open coil for £59.00 + P&P.

Oh and the slightly lower output Forces Sweetheart (8,5k) for the same price ... again with rough cast mag

XWulfhere

We're super lucky to have these custom pickup winders in the UK. I think they're all wizards and I tip my hat to their knowledge :-)

OilCityPickups

Wulfhere said:

We're super lucky to have these custom pickup winders in the UK. I think they're all wizards and I tip my hat to their knowledge :-)

Doffs winding hat ...

blueskunk

Dont forget Mojo Pickups

DamianP

I don`t know of a pickup maker with a deeper understanding of the fine details of pickup construction and their relationship to tone than Hayden at Bulldog Pickups.   Guaranteed.  I`ve done the comparisons.

http://www.bulldogpickups.com/

Pete24v

DamianP said:

I don`t know of a pickup maker with a deeper understanding of the fine details of pickup construction and their relationship to tone than Hayden at Bulldog Pickups.   Guaranteed.  I`ve done the comparisons.

http://www.bulldogpickups.com/

+1 Top guy with a real understanding of how to get the sound you describe to him, out of a pickup. 

I've had a few of his Hot PAFs, brilliant pickups. In fact, @John_A may still have on in the bridge position of the PRS i sold him a few months ago.

mark_jwedge

Exactly as said above I would look no further than mojo, oil city and bulldog. All top pickup winders and you can actually talk to them to get exactly what you want

Duppy03

I've heard nothing but reports about Oil City and Mojo. Personally though I'd recommend OX4, I've had a set for over 6 months now and still can't get over how good they sound and how much more I enjoy playing my guitar.