I've been making the Oil City Masterwound Dynamite for some time now, but I thought it was about time I put a spotlight on some of my less well known pickups.
This is timely as I am fitting the particular pair in the picture to my own SG, so I thought I would talk you through their spec and options.
For years I have been a fan of a certain Australian Gibson SG toting rock guitarist, and I wanted to produce a set of pickups that were a homage to his sound.
Based on the sixties 'T-Top' these beauties are wound 7.5/ 8.2k neck and bridge respectively ... a little more heat than vintage for the bridge position to balance out. The coils are wound symmetrically for mid-range push, and fitted with short sixties style magnets (also available with regular PAF length mags).
Winding wire on the set in the pic is 'Polysol' as used in genuine T-Tops ... but PAF style 'PVA' plain enamel wound is also an option for a slightly less biting top end.
Cover options are nickel plated nickel, raw nickel (as in the pic) gold plated nickel, and black nickel ... and open topped they can come in a wide range of bobbin colours from traditional black, zebra, reversed zebra etc, to wild options like hot pink, royal blue or fire red!
In tone they are what you would expect ... an aggressive mid range bark that teams up brilliantly with a good 'British sound' amp run well up. There's plenty of bottom end, courtesy of the A5 magnets and healthy top end sparkle.
If any of you want to get your paws on one 'off the shelf' I believe Jonathan at Feline guitars has some stock :-)
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Honestly I have heard many other manufacturers (guitar, amp and pickup) use buzzwords like masterwound or others simply as an excuse to charge more for what is essentially the same product.
It is nice to see you arent following that trend and that the price difference isn't just that they have had a sprinkling of fairy dust[ie nothing], but that they are actually different and will cost more as they take more time to make/develop or the parts cost more etc.
Where could I find details about specific masterwound sets and pricing? Got to say that strat set sounds tasty!
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