UK Pickup makers - Advice?

ALMuti · July 15

Hey folks,

I'm considering switching pickups in one of my guitars, and I wanted to get something UK and good quality. I'm looking for a Bridge P90, specifically, and Ideally I'd like to stay a bit under £100. This excludes stuff like Creamery and main line Bareknuckle, but leaves in things like Monty, Mojo, Oil City, Alegree, and probably some others.

I'm sure there's plenty of experience with all these builders here. What's your take? Any favorites? Any one you would or wouldn't recommend?

RickLucas · July 16

I've had several Alegree pickups recently. Old Timers and Sea Smoke P90s. Both great and I would recommend the Old Timers.

Teyeplayer · July 16

Creamery take a long time to arrive, and though they were good pickups there are others that can be had more quickly. Mojo are excellent, but demand has meant that they are often only open for a small ordering window each month.

The two that I’ve also had great pickups from but are less often mentioned are Fletcher and Cats Whisker. Both are great quality pickups, firmly in the affordable camp.

TheMarlin · July 16

Oil City make excellent P90’s.

DavidRees · July 16

Ash at Oil City makes fabulous pickups and is great to deal with too.

Grampa · July 17

Yep, another vote for Ash at Oil City, great pickups and very easy to chat with.

maw4neu · July 18

TheMarlin said:

Oil City make excellent P90’s.

100% what he said . . . !

toescantalk · July 18

Mojo Pickups and Oil City would be where I looked first.

GavRichList · July 18

Nothing Marc at Mojo makes is anything other than wonderful in my experience

monquixote · July 18

@OilCityPickups ; Are my first port of call.

BlackbirdCabs · July 19

toescantalk said:

Mojo Pickups and Oil City would be where I looked first.

100% this, although I think Ash has more options with P90s so Oil City would be my first choice. Definitely get in touch and chat through what you're after.

Humboldt · July 19

RickLucas said:

I've had several Alegree pickups recently. Old Timers and Sea Smoke P90s. Both great and I would recommend the Old Timers.

I've just put an Alegree Old Timer single coil in the neck position of my Strat to replace the original (which looks like it's a Highway One).

Absolutely lovely. £20 well spent and a big improvement.

RickLucas · July 19

Humboldt said:

RickLucas said:

I've had several Alegree pickups recently. Old Timers and Sea Smoke P90s. Both great and I would recommend the Old Timers.

I've just put an Alegree Old Timer single coil in the neck position of my Strat to replace the original (which looks like it's a Highway One).

Absolutely lovely. £20 well spent and a big improvement.

Yes, and as a pair they are well balanced.

timhulio · July 19

Does your guitar currently have a bridge p90? Is it made of the 'correct' components? Because if it is then maybe getting it rewound hotter, or with the correct wire, or scatterwound would be what hits the spot.

Catswhisker make great pickups and also do very affordable rewinds. I'll blow their trumpet because they never do!

Dave_Mc · July 23

Bulldogs are excellent and well under £100. So are Catswhisker. Keep an eye out on Ebay, Catswhisker sells his own pickups there for a bit of a discount, sometimes you get lucky and the pickup/spec you want comes up. Ditto Toltec (but I haven't tried his P90s). Of the ones mentioned in here that I've tried, Alegree, Oil City and Fletcher are great but again I haven't tried their P90s. (I haven't tried Mojo, Monty's or The Creamery.)

sweepy · July 23

Mojo, Oil City, Radioshop and Sunbear have all been awesome in my guitars

Adji · July 30

Big shout out for Alchemy pickups. Some are a tad under £100, some are a tad over.

https://www.alchemypickups.co.uk/buy

Jack there is super helpful, I ended up with a Hartshorn humbucker for the bridge of my Jaden Rose and it was nigh on exactly what I was looking for.

PeteC · July 30

Oil City Firewatch P90s are fabtastic

FastEddie · July 30

I've got Bare Knuckle pups in my Martyn Booth and Strat. P90 and single coils.

The P90's are wonderful. No ide as to how they compare in a sniff test but will happily recommend them.

paulmapp8306 · July 30

Mojo 54s for me - without a doubt. I put a triple set of those in my Tom Anderson. Ive been through a few PUs trying to find the right ones - and the Mojos are utterly perfect.

dangriffiths · August 4

Mojo

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