Stonewall Pickups Villain Bridge Humbucker

Villain Bridge Humbucker

Bridge – 21.3k output – alnico IX magnet

Currently our highest output humbucker. Dark, nasty, overdriven tone. Utilizing an alnico IX bar magnet for the power of a ceramic magnet, while retaining the warmth of an alnico magnet.

Best suited for: Heavy rock, metal, punk, hardcore
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Options for pickup covers are nickel and raw nickel. If you choose to have no cover on your pickups, you have the option of black bobbins, zebra bobbins (a combination of a cream slug bobbin and a black screw bobbin), or reverse zebra bobbins (a combination of a cream screw bobbin and a black slug bobbin). [see photos]

You also have the option of nickel, black, or gold screws and slugs (or any combination).

All Stonewall Pickups are hand-wound (scatter-wound). This is particularly important for humbuckers. When a coil is machine-wound, each turn of the wire lies directly next to the previous turn. This causes a loss of treble frequencies. Since a humbucker consists of two coils, this effect then becomes more prevalent. If you've never owned hand-wound humbuckers, you are in for a treat: the clarity of tone and frequencies really comes through. Very open sounding with great string definition.

Note: All humbuckers come standard with 4 conductor wire for coil-splitting, series/parallel, or phase reversal capabilities. If you would prefer single-conductor braided shielded wire, we can provide it upon request.

All Stonewall Pickups humbuckers are vacuum wax potted to prevent microphonics. If you would prefer your pickups to not be potted (noisy but my favorite for recording), be sure to mention it when we email you regarding your pickup options.

Wider-spaced bridge humbuckers are available. We will send you an email after your order is placed to check the specs of your guitar and ensure that the pickups will fit correctly.

If there is an aesthetic option that you want, which is not listed in the item options menu, please contact us and we can customize the pickup to your specifications.

All pickups are made to order and we have received a huge number of orders recently. Please allow 2-3 weeks from the time of order for us to craft and ship your pickups. Once your order is placed, we will send you a confirmation email to verify the specs and options and ensure you are getting exactly what you want.